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Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet

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Both Sir Francis and his son are commemorated in an unusual memorial at
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.150
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between 1771 and 1804. He was sometime Governor of
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English
House of Commons
Cossimbazar
India
nabob
Thornhill
West Riding of Yorkshire
British East India Company
Bengal
Nawab
Warren Hastings
Lord Clive
England
Ackworth Park
Yorkshire
Basildon Park
Berkshire
Member of Parliament
Shaftesbury
Wallingford
baronetcy
Basildon
Francis William Sykes
Wallingford
St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Basildon
John Flaxman
"Person Page"
"SYKES, Francis (1732–1804), of Basildon Park, Berks"
"National Monuments Record (St Bartholomews Church)"
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

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