Paternal Family Tree: Sykes
On 9th March 1735 [his father] Mark Sykes 1st Baronet (age 23) and [his mother] Decima Woodham were married.
On 23rd May 1749 Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] Mark Sykes 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his mother] Decima Woodham.
In 1761 [his uncle] Richard Sykes (age 55) died without issue. He left his Sledmere estates to his brother [his father] Mark Sykes 1st Baronet (age 49).
Before 20th August 1771 Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Tatton (age 23) were married.
On 20th August 1771 [his son] Mark Masterman-Sykes 3rd Baronet was born to Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tatton (age 23). He married 2nd August 1814 his half first cousin Mary Elizabeth Egerton Lady Sledmere.
In 1772 [his son] Tatton Sykes 4th Baronet was born to Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tatton (age 23). He married in or before 1826 Mary Anne Foulis and had issue.
On 27th December 1777 [his daughter] Elizabeth Sykes was born to Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 28) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tatton (age 29). She married before 30th December 1806 her half first cousin Wilbraham Egerton and had issue.
Before 14th September 1783 [his father] Mark Sykes 1st Baronet (age 72) was created 1st Baronet Sykes of Sledmere in Yorkshire. The baronetcy was, apparently, intended for his son Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 34) who insisted it be given to his father.
On 14th September 1783 [his father] Mark Sykes 1st Baronet (age 72) died. His son Christopher (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Sykes of Sledmere in Yorkshire.
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1786. George Romney (age 51). Portrait of Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 36) and his wife [his wife] Elizabeth Tatton (age 37).
Elizabeth Tatton: On 14th April 1748 she was born to William Tatton. Before 20th August 1771 Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet and she were married. On 27th July 1803 Elizabeth Tatton died.
1786. George Romney (age 51). Portrait of Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 36) and his wife Anne Pole (age 34).
From Museum of Fine Art
1786, John William de la Pole (b. 1757 - d. 1799), 6th Bart., Shute House, near Axminster, Devonshire1 [see note 1]; 1799, by descent through the family to Sir Frederick Arundell de la Pole (b. 1850 - d. 1926), 11th Bart., Shute House, Devonshire; June 13, 1913, De La Pole sale, Christie's, London, lot 125, sold for £41,370 to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London; by 1919, sold by Duveen to Herbert Stern (b. 1859 - d. 1919), 1st Baron Michelham, Hellingley, Sussex; 1919, by inheritance to Stern's wife, Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw Stern (d. 1927), Baroness Michelham, London and Paris; November 23, 1926, Michelham sale, Hampton's, London, lot 297, sold for £46,200 to Agnew's, London (stock no. 6622); 1926, sold by Agnew's to Alvan Tufts Fuller (b. 1878 - d. 1958), Boston [see note 2]; 1959, to Fuller Foundation Inc., Boston; 1961, gift of Fuller Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1961)
1. Original commission from the artist by the husband of the sitter. Anne Templer (d. 1832) of Stover House, Devonshire, married John William de la Pole (d. 1799) on January 9, 1791.
2. See Agnew's, 1817-1967 (London, 1967), n.p.
Anne Pole: In 1752 she was born to Reginald Pole and Anne Buller. On 20th May 1772 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers and she were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. On 25th April 1833 Anne Pole died.
On 17th September 1801 Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet (age 52) died. His son Mark (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Sykes of Sledmere in Yorkshire.
On 27th July 1803 [his former wife] Elizabeth Tatton (age 55) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Daniel Sykes
GrandFather: Richard Sykes
Father: Mark Sykes 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Twyford Woodham of Ely
Mother: Decima Woodham