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Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet (23 May 1749 – 17 September 1801) was an English 
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Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet (23 May 1749 – 17 September 1801) was an English Tory
A Tory () is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain. The To ...
politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley
Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located north-west of Hull city centre. At the 2021 census the built-up area of the town had a population of 30,930, and the smaller civil parish had ...
from 1784 to 1790.
He was the only son of Reverend Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet
Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet (9 May 1711 - 14 September 1783) was a priest in the Church of England, Rector of Roos in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Sykes was created a baronet in 1783, shortly before his death; the baronetcy was originally desig ...
, minister of Roos
Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road.
History
The de Ros family originated from the vill ...
in the East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...
, who had created the Sykes Baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Sykes, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the creations are extant as of 2008.
The Sykes Baronetcy, of Basild ...
shortly before his death in 1783. On his father's death Sir Christopher inherited Sledmere House
Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is the ancestral home of the Sykes family and is ...
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In the 1790s he greatly improved the house and expanded the estate He bought and enclosed huge areas of land for cultivation, built two new wings to the house, and landscaped the grounds, planting 10 square kilometres of trees. Sir Christopher left a vast estate of nearly 120 square kilometres and a large mansion set in its own 0.8 square kilometres of parkland, which survives in the family to the present day. Sir Christopher also employed Joseph Rose, the most celebrated plasterer of his day, to decorate Sledmere.
He was elected at the 1784 general election as one of the two MPs for the borough of Beverley, but did not stand again at the 1790 election.
Christopher Sykes married Elizabeth, daughter of William Tatton of Wythenshawe Hall
Wythenshawe Hall is a 16th-century Timber framing, timber-framed historic house and former manor house in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, south of the Manchester city centre, city centre in Wythenshawe Park. Built for Robert Tatton, it was h ...
in Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. He was succeeded in turn by his sons Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Baronet and Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet
Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet (1772–1863) was an English landowner and stock breeder, known as a patron of horse racing.
Life
A younger brother of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, he was educated from 1784 at Westminster School. Matriculating at Bras ...
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Tatton Park
Tatton Park is a historic Estate (house), estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall; a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall; Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a Deer park (England), deer park o ...
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See also
*Sykes family of Sledmere
The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England.
Family history
The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle Ages. The earliest correspondence in the Sykes arch ...
References
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