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SYKES, MARK. Adm. pens. (age 18) at JESUS, Oct. 1897. [Only] s. of Sir Tatton, 5th Bart. (Christ Church, Oxford, 1844) (and Jessica, eldest dau. of the Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederic Cavendish Bentinck, M.P.). B. [Mar. 16, 1879], at Sledmere, Yorkshire . Received into the Roman Catholic Chnrch at the age of 3. Schools, Beaumont College, and in Monaco and Brussels for short periods. Matric. Michs. 1897. Travelled in the Near East, in Turkey and Mesopotamia and published arnusing accounts of his wanderings. Private Secretary to George Wyndham in Dublin, 1904-5. Hon. Attaché to the British Embassy in Turkey , 1905-7. M.P. for Central Hull, 1911-19. Succeeded as 6th Bart., 1913. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Hon. Col., East Yorks. Regt. and General Staff; mentioned in Sec. of State's List for 'valuable services'; Order of St Stanislas, 2nd Class ( Russia ); Commander, Order of the Star of Roumania). 'Largely responsible for the Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916, by which definite spheres of interest in the Near East were assigned to Russia , France and Great Britain.' Chief Adviser on Near Eastern policy; in Egypt , 1916 and 1917; in Palestine , 1918, Champion of Arab independence. Married, Oct. 28, 1903. Edith Violet, 3rd dau. of Sir John Eldon Gorst, and had issue. Author, I hrough five Turkish Provinces; Dar ul-Islam; Five Mansions of the House of Othman; The Caliph's Last Heritage . Died Feb. 16, 1919, in Paris, while attending the Peace Conference; buried at Sledmere. ( D.N.B.; Who was Who ; Shane Leslie, Mark Sykes, his Life and Letters .) | Mark SYKES Approx. lifespan: 18791919 pens. aged 18 Jesus College adm1897:10 Only s. of Sir Tatton SYKES 5th Bart. ( Christ Church [Oxford] (1844) (and Jessica, eldest dau. of the Rt Hon. George Augustus Frederic Cavendish Bentinck, M.P.: ) b. 1879:03:16 Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire , Received into the Roman Catholic Church at the age of 3. Schools, Sch: Beaumont College Beaumont, ???, < >[[XXX], and Monaco , and Brussels, [Belgium], for short periods. Matric 1897:10MT: Travelled in the Near East, Turkey , and Mesopotamia , and published arnusing accounts of his wanderings. Private Sec. to: : George Wyndham in Dublin, [Ireland], 1904-05 Hon. Attaché to the British Embassy Turkey , 1905-07 M.P. for: : Central Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire], 1911-19 Succeeded as 6th Bart. 1913 served in the Great War: 1914-19 Hon. Colonel: East Yorks. Regiment and General Staff ; mentioned in Sec. of State: 's List for 'valuable services'; Order of St Stanislas, 2nd Class ( Russia , ); Commander: Order of the Star of Roumania) 'Largely responsible for the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916 by which definite spheres of interest in the Near East were assigned to Russia , France , and Great Britain.' Chief Adviser on: : Near Eastern policy; Egypt , 1916, and 1917 ;in Palestine , 1918 Champion of Arab independence. m. 1903:10:28 Edith Violet GORST 3rd dau. of Sir John Eldon GORST had issue Publ.: I hrough five Turkish Provinces; Dar ul-Islam; Five Mansions of the House of Othman; The Caliph's Last Heritage d. 1919:02:16 in Paris, [France], while attending the Peace Conference buried Sledmere, [East Riding of Yorkshire], ( D.N.B.; Who was Who ; Shane Leslie, Mark Sykes, his Life and Letters .) |