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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Mark Richard Sykes 1937-2022

 Mark Richard Sykes, who has died aged 84, was a scion of the Sykes baronets of Sledmere, and descended from the Dukes of Bedford.

He was born 9 June, 1937, son of the writer Christopher Sykes (1907-86) and his wife the former Camilla Georgiana Russell (1912-83), scion of the Dukes of Bedford; and was educated at Downside and at Christ Church, Oxford.

He married 1stly 21 February, 1962 (div 1965), Helen Homweood, daughter of Dr Arthur Norman Homewood; married 2ndly 1968, Valerie Goad; and 3rdly, Alexandra Sotomayor.

Mark Sykes leaves six children, three sons, Thomas, Frederick and Joshua, and three daughters, Lucy, Victoria, and Alice.

Mark Sykes was a grandson of Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet.

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