About Sir Francis Sykes, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1767 – 1804 (aged 36). Sir Francis Sykes, 2nd Baronet was a politician.
Sir Francis William Sykes, 2nd Baronet (12 November 1767 – 7 March 1804) was an English baronet and politician.
He was elected at a by-election in 1794 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford, in the interest of his father Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet, of Basildon Park.
On 10 November 1798 he married Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the Hon Major Henniker and grand-daughter of John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker.
Sykes resigned from the Berkshire Militia on 24 August 1799 The couple (and their infant son who had also died) were brought back to Basildon Park for burial.
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