For the English priest, see Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet. For the Irish footballer, see Mark Sykes (footballer).
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Sir
Mark Sykes
Bt
Sykes, c. 1918
Born
Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes
(1879-03-16)16 March 1879
Westminster, London, England
Died
16 February 1919(1919-02-16) (aged 39)
Hôtel Le Lotti, Paris, France
Resting place
St Mary's Church, Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupations
Soldier
Diplomat
Middle Eastern advisor to War Cabinet
Known for
Sykes–Picot Agreement, Conservative Party politician, diplomatic advisor, and traveller
Spouse
Edith Gorst
Children
6
Parent(s)
Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet Christina Cavendish-Bentinck
Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First World War.
He is associated with the Sykes–Picot Agreement, drawn up while the war was in progress regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire, and was a key negotiator of the Balfour Declaration.
Balfour Declaration. Born in Westminster, London, MarkSykes was the only child of Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet, who, when a 48-year-old wealthy bachelor...
Victoria Rowland (née Sykes; born 4 December 1969), known both professionally and socially as Plum Sykes, is an English-born fashion journalist, novelist...
Sir MarkSykes and François Georges-Picot, with the primary arrangements being set out in draft form in a joint memorandum on 5 January 1916. Sykes was...
Paris in 1911. Yet another version is that the flag was designed by Sir MarkSykes of the British Foreign Office. Whatever the correct story, the flag was...
The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England. The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle...
I, and as the first flag of the Kingdom of Hejaz. It was designed by MarkSykes but is highly reminiscent of previous Arab flags, such as the flags of...
Sykes may refer to: Sir Alan Sykes, 1st Baronet, businessman and British politician Annette Sykes, New Zealand human rights lawyer and Māori activist...
Evelyn Waugh and son of the diplomat Sir MarkSykes, sixth baronet (1869–1919), associated with the so-called Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, by which Britain...
Jay Sykes (born November 11, 1954) is an American political commentator who was editor-in-chief of the website The Bulwark. From 1993 to 2016, Sykes hosted...
"firmness bordering on disrespect." Weizmann 1949, p. 348. Sykes, p. 71. Pappe, pp. 220, 221. Sykes, p. 72. Kayyali, pp. 99–104. Halabi 2012, pp. 30–32. Lausanne...
Jesse Sykes (born Jessica Ann Sykes, née Solomon; July 17, 1967) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her band Jesse Sykes & the Sweet...
meeting, Sykes hinted the likelihood of distributing the area to the Allied imperial powers. Outraged by the suggestion, Rida threatened Sykes with the...
home of Colonel Sir MarkSykes, 6th Baronet, noted English traveller and diplomatic advisor, and is now the home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Baronet. The house...
Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 March 1783 for Reverend MarkSykes. He was the son of Richard Sykes, a prosperous merchant, of Kingston upon Hull. The second...
and a former army sergeant. When Sykes was two, his father remarried and he gained a half-brother named John. Sykes was educated at Ward Street Central...
Mel's Summer Escape from 2017. Sykes currently co-presents Shop Well For Less alongside Joanna Page on BBC One. Sykes was born in 1970 at Ashton-under-Lyne...
a limited line of John Sykes Signature Les Pauls, which were modelled after his 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom. John James Sykes was born 29 July 1959 in...
Oxford, St Anthony's, MEC, J&ME, LSOC/2 Malcolm to Sykes, 3 February 1917, Hull University Sykes Papers, DDSY/2; Schneer, p. 195 Schneer, p. 196 Sacher...
Kızılcahamam-Çamlıdere near Ankara) in 1463.[page needed] According to MarkSykes, the earliest population transfer (or exile) of Kurds to Central Anatolia...