Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet (17321804) was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1771 and 1804. He was sometime Governor of Kasimbazar in India, being styled an English nabob by his peers.

Sykes was born in Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1732.[1] He joined the British East India Company and amassed a fortune in Bengal, at the court of the Nawab. He became Governor of Kasimbazar and was good friends with both Warren Hastings and Lord Clive. Upon his return to England, he purchased Ackworth Park in Yorkshire and Basildon Park in Berkshire. He was for many years Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury and then for Wallingford, and acquired a baronetcy in 1781.[2] Sir Francis lived at Basildon, although he died before the building was complete. His son, Francis William Sykes (1767–1804) was also member of parliament for Wallingford. Both Sir Francis and his son, Francis William, are commemorated in an unusual memorial at St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Basildon in Berkshire.

References

  1. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  2. "SYKES, Francis (1732-1804), of Basildon Park, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
William Chaffin Grove
Ralph Payne
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
17711775
With: William Chaffin Grove 177174
Thomas Rumbold 177475
Succeeded by
Thomas Rumbold
Hans Winthrop Mortimer
Preceded by
Hans Winthrop Mortimer
George Rous
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
17801784
With: Sir Thomas Rumbold 178081
Hans Winthrop Mortimer 178184
Succeeded by
Hans Winthrop Mortimer
Adam Drummond
Preceded by
Sir John Aubrey
Chaloner Arcedeckne
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
17841801
With: Thomas Aubrey 178490
Nathaniel Wraxall 179094
Francis Sykes 179496
The Lord Eardley 17961801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
18011804
With: The Lord Eardley 180102
William Hughes 180204
Succeeded by
William Hughes
George Galway Mills
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Basildon)
17811804
Succeeded by
Francis William Sykes

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