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Symington, Ian William Andrew, son of Andrew Symington of Surbiton, Surrey, and Mabel Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Armstrong, sheep farmer, of Australia; b. 27 May 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (R); left July 1929; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.), Croix de Guerre 1945; chairman and man. dir. Ghana Aluminium Products Ltd; retd 1970; m. 18 May 1940 Elsa Marion, d. of Ernest Markham Lee MusD, composer and author, of Effingham, Surrey; d. 13 Mar. 2002.

Symington, Alexander McLeod, son of A. Harry B. G. Symington, of Hampstead, by Beatrice, daughter of Ambrose Edward Goodwin, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. May 25, 1902; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left April 1919; d. 1974.

Sylvester, Samuel Barry, son of Harry Sylvester and Iris Hilda, d. of Samuel Breckman; b. 26 Nov. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1950; adm. solicitor Nov. 1957; a showbusiness lawyer; m. 20 Apr. 1958 Francine Carole, d. of Alec Silvert, co. dir., of Hampstead; d. 8 March 2011.

Sykes, William Joseph Arnold, son of Joseph Charles Sykes of Beckenham, Kent, and Winifred, d. of Charles Henry Arnold of Beckenham; b. 1 Aug. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1924; King's Coll. Lond., GIMechE 1931, AMIMechE 1948; an electrical engineer Southern Rly 1930-48, BR Southern Region 1948, chief mech. and elec. engineer 1956; MiEE MIMechE 1964; OBE 1968; retd 1972; m. 25 Oct. 1941 Margaret Hember, d. of Thomas Spooner Lascelles of Sevenoaks, Kent; d. 1 Mar. 1986.

SYKES, SIR TATTON, BART., brother of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. (qv); b. 22 Aug 1772; adm. 7 Jun 1784; left Aug 1785; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1788; articled clerk to Atkinson & Farrer, attorneys, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; subsequently clerk in banking house at Hull; succ. brother as 4th baronet 16 Feb 1823; commenced sheepfarming and breeding 1803; held his fifty-eighth and last sale of sheep in 1861; one of the largest breeders of bloodstock in Britain; racehorse owner from 1803 but never bred a winner of the three great races; Master, Lord Middleton’s Hounds, for many years; DL Yorkshire East Riding, High Sheriff 1828; m. 19 Jun 1822 Mary Anne, sister of Sir William Foulis, Bart. (qv); d. 21 Mar 1863. DNB.

SYKES, SIR MARK MASTERMAN, BART., eldest son of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Tatton, Wythenshawe, Cheshire; b. 20 Aug 1771; adm. 7 Jun 1784; left Aug 1785; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1788; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1795; assumed additional name of Masterman 27 Sep 1796; succ. father as 3rd baronet 17 Sep 1801; MP York 1807-20; Master, Holderness Hunt, and Lord Middleton’s Hounds; a well-known book collector; his library and collections of pictures, prints, bronzes, coins and medals were sold by auction in 1824; FSA 6 Jun 1793; m. 1st, 11 Nov 1795 Henrietta, dau. of Henry Masterman, Settrington, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 2 Aug 1814 Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Egerton (formerly Tatton) MP, and sister of Wilbraham Egerton, Tatton Park, Cheshire; d. 16 Feb 1823. DNB.

SYKES, ARTHUR ALKIN, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Burr Sikes, Rector of Warbleton, Sussex, and Frances Henrietta, eldest dau. of Thomas Turner Alkin, Mount Radford, Exeter; b. 1 Apr 1861; adm. 27 May 1875 (G); QS 1876; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1880 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, mathematical exhibitioner, matr. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1919; assumed surname of Sykes in lieu of Sikes 1884; Assistant Master, St. John’s Sch., Leatherhead, Surrey 1885-7; Army and University coach from 1887; assistant editor, Henry Blackburn’s Art Handbooks 1891-1903; member, outside staff of Punch 1893; special correspondent; examiner, Civil Service Commission; Head of Statistical Branch, Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) 1915-21; author, A Book of Words, 1895, and other works; m. 12 Oct 1897 Ada (“Nellie Ganthony”, humorous musical monologist), youngest dau. of Robert Davey Ganthony, Eton Terrace, Richmond, Surrey, artist; d. 15 Sep 1939.

Sydney-Turner, Saxon Arnoll, son of Alfred Moxon Sydney-Turner, F.R.C.S., of Hove, Sussex, by Mary Sophia, daughter of Ryves William Graves, of Gloucester; b. Oct. 28, 1880, adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; elected head to Trin. Coll., Camb. (with Senior Samwaies) July 1899 (adm. pensr. June 25, 1899), matric. 1899; 1st class Classical Tripos (Div. 3), pt. i, 1901; Waddington Scholar 1902; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. ii, 1903; B.A. 1903; a civil servant in the Estate Duty Office Oct. 1904-Dec. 1912, in the Treasury Jan. 1913; d. Nov. 4, 1962.

SYDNEY, THOMAS, natural son of Hon. Thomas Sydney, and Mrs. Hall; b. c. 1729 (bapt. St. Mary le Strand, London 20 Mar 1743 “aged 14 years or thereabouts”); adm. (aged 9) Feb 1738/9 (Stephens'); left 1744.