Syer, Barrington Blomfield
SYER, BARRINGTON BLOMFIELD. Adm. pens, (age i8) at
Caios, Mar. 25, 177^. [Only] s. of the Rev. Dey {i739). D-D-.
of Kedington, Suffolk (and Elizabeth, dau. of Dr Blomfield).
B. 1755, at Little Stonham, Suffolk. Schools, Harrow and
Stanmore (Mr Parr). Scholar, 1773; matric. Lent, 1774;
B.A. 1778. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 21, i777- V. of Little
Waldingfield, SuSolk, 1787-1837. R. of Kedington, 1800-44.
R. of Great Wratting, 1800-18. J. P. for Suffolk. Married
(1) Mary, dau. of Richard Moore, of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk,
and had issue, 4 sons; (2) Maria Elizabeth Chevallier, of
Aspall Hall, and had further issue, 3 sons. Died Apr. 19, 1844,
aged 89, at Kedington; buried there, Apr. 26, 1844. Father of
the above and of Thomas B. (1798) and William H. (1825).
{Venn, 11. 92; Crockford; G. Mag., 1844, 11. loi; Rev. W. H. Tumbull.)
SYER, BARRINGTON BLOMFIELD. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Oct. 17, i860. Of Suffolk. [Eldest s. of the Rev.
WiUiam Henry (1825), R. of Kedington, Suffolk (and
Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Samuel Croughton). B. 1841.]
Matric. Michs. i860; B.A. 1864. Ord. deacon (Rochester),
1866; priest, 1868; C. of Ashdon, Essex, 1S66-8. R. (and
Patron) of Kedington, Suffolk (succeeding his father), 1868- 1909. Married, 1869, Amelia Katherine, eldest dau. of the
Rev. Dr Wright, of Colchester, and had issue. Died Sept. 30,
1909, aged 68. {Crockford; Walford, County Families; The Times, Oct. 2, 1909.)
SYER, HARRY BELL. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Oct. 1,
1878. School, private. Matric. Michs. 1878. Captain, 3rd
Batt., the Royal Irish Rifles (T.), 1899. Served in the Great
War, 1914-19 (Major, Royal Irish Rifles). {Army Lists.)
SYER, ISAAC NEVILLE. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius, June,
1775. S. of John, gent., of Lavenham, Suffolk (and Miss
Neville, of Lavenham). B. there, June 15, 1758. Schools,
Lavenham (private), and Felsted. Matric. Michs. 1778; B.A.
1780. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 23, 1781; priest, Dec. 18,
1785; C. of Little Wratting, Suffolk, 1781. C. of Rattlesden.
C. in c. of Rayleigh, Essex, 1808-24. Died at Rayleigh
rectory. May, 1824. {Al. Felsted.; Venn, n. 96; G. Mag.,
1824, I. 574-)
SYER (formerly SIER), The Rev. THOMAS. LL.D., 1855, incorp.
from Oxford. [Eldest s. of Thomas, Esq. (Sier), of Dewsall,
Heref.] Matric. from Queen's College, Oxford, June 2, 1841;
B.A. from St Mary Hall, 1846; M.A. from Queen's, 1848; B.C.L. (Oxford) 1852; D.C.L. (Oxford) 1853. Called to the
Bar, Middle Temple, 1847. V. of Ravensden, Beds., 1851-63.
Minister of St James' Chapel, Piccadilly, London, 1859-64. Died July 4, 1892, at Watford, aged 72. {Al. Oxon; Foster,
Men at the Bar; University Almanack.)
SYER, THOMAS BLOMFIELD. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Pem-
broke, June 26, 1798. 2nd s. of the Rev. Barrington Blom- field, (1773), of Wratting, Suffolk (and Mary Moore, of
Kentwell Hall). B. [Aug. 1781], at Haverhill, Essex. [School,
Bury St Edmunds.] Matric. Michs. 1799; B.A. 1803. Ord.
deacon (Norwich) Sept. 23, 1804; priest, Sept. 22, 1805.
R. of Great and Little Wratting, Suffolk, 1818-57. J. P. for Suffolk. Died June 11, 1857, at Great Wratting. Brother of
Barrington (1798) and half-brother of William H. (1825). {Bury St Edmunds Gr. Sch. Reg.; Clergy List; Foster, Index
Eccles.; G. Mag., 1857, 11. 99.)
SYER, THOMAS MARVEN. Adm. sizar at Peterhouse, July 2,
1821. Of Newhall, Copdock, Suffolk. Matric. Michs. 1821.
Died Jan. 11, 1823, at his lodgings in Ipswich. {T. A. Walker,
413; G. Mag., 1823, I. 190.)
SYER, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, at Jesus, Mar. 2, 1825.
[7th and youngest] s. of the Rev. Barrington Blomfield (1773)
(by his 2nd wife, Maria Elizabeth Chevallier, of Aspall Hall).
B. 1807, at Kedington. Schools, Felsted and Bury St
Edmunds Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1825; B.A. 1829. Ord.
deacon (Norwich) June 6, 1830; priest, June 5, 1831; C. of
Bamardiston, Suffolk, -1841-9. R. (and Patron) of Keding-
ton, 1849-68. Married, 1839, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Samuel Croughton, Esq., of Clare, Suffolk. Died Aug. 7,
1868. Father of Barrington B. (i860); half-brother of
Thomas B. (1798) and Barrington (1798). {Bury St Edmunds
Sch. List; Al. Felsted; Clergy List; Crockford; Walford,
County Families; Camb. Chronicle, Aug. 15, 1868.)
SYERS, HENRY WALTER, .-^dm. at Caius, Jan. 29, 1872. S. of John Aspinall, gent., of Leamington. B. at Kenilworth.
Schools, Leamington College and private. Matric. Lent, 1872;
B.A. 1875; M.A. 1879; M.D. 1883. M.R.C.P. 1883. Medical
Registrar and Tutor, Westminster Hospital; Resident Clinical
Assistant, Bethlehem Royal HospitaL Physician, Great
Northern Central Hospital. Practised in Wimpole Street.
Died Oct. 10, 1906, in London, aged 54, from blood poisoning,
'contracted in the practice of his profession.' {Venn, ii. 402; Scott, MSS.; Medical Directories; The Times, Oct. 11, 1906.)
Sykes, Edward
SYFRET, STEPHEN BOXER. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1883.
S. of E. J. M., Esq., of Cape Town, S. Africa. School,
Diocesan College, Cape Town. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A.
1886; M.B. and B.Chir., 1889. At St George's Hospital. House Surgeon, West London Hospital. Of Rondebosch,
South Africa in 1900; of Mowbray, in 1910. Sometime
additional District surgeon at Wynberg. Brother of the next. {Medical Directories.)
SYFRET, WALKER HENRY. Adm. at Trinity Hall, i88i. S.
of E. J. M., Esq., of Cape Town, S. Africa. Matric. Michs.
1881; B.A. and LL.B. 1884. A 'barrister at law.' Died Jan. 28, 1887, at Rondebosch, Cape Town, aged 25. Brother of the above. {Univ. Almanack.)
SYKES, ALBERT EDWARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 13, 1865. S. of Edward, manufacturer (and Mary). B. Dec. 31,
1844, at Stainland, Yorks. Bapt. May 30, 1847. Matric.
Michs. 1865; B.A. 1869. Admitted at the Middle Temple,
June 1, 1868. Called to the Bar, June 7, i873- A Special
Pleader. On the North-Eastem Circuit. (Law Lists.)
SYKES, ARTHUR ALKIN (i88(^ , see SIKES.
SYKES, CHARLES EDWARD. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1893.
2nd s. of John (1837), assistant Secretary, Education Office,
of 38, Kensington Square, London, W. B. Nov. 8, 1873, in
Kensington. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1893;
B.A. 1896; M.A. 1903. A teacher under the London School
Board, 1897-8; Assistant Master at Weymouth College, 1898.
Assistant Secretary at the Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute, New Cross, London, 1898-1900. Junior
Inspector, Board of Education, 1901 ; Assistant Secretary
(Statistics) and later, of the Welsh Dept. Of 51, Argyle Road,
London, W. and of The Chantry, Wilton, Salisbury in 1946.
Died at Wilton, Feb. 14, 1950. {Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Feb. 16, 1950.)
SYKES, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 16, 1792. [3rd] s. of Sir Christopher [2nd] Bart. (Brasenose
College, Oxford, 1767), of Sledmere, Yorks. (and Elizabeth, dau. of William Tutton, of Withenshaw, Cheshire). [B.
Oct. 18, 1774.1 School, Macclesfield. Matric. Easter, 1796;
B.A. 1797. Ord. deacon (London, Litt. dim. from York),
Apr. 30, 1797; priest (York), Oct. 13, 1799; C. of Kirby-
Grindalythe, Yorks., 1797. P.C. of Scampston, 1802-9. R. of Hilston, 1809-57 and of Roos, 1819-57. Married, May 14,
1799, Lucy Dorothea, dau. of Henry Langford, of Stockport.
Died Nov. 9, 1857, at Roos rectory. {St John's Coll. Adm. IV. 503; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1857, ".
684.)
SYKES, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 27. 1848.
[2nd s. of Sir Tatton, 4th Bart. (Brasenose College, Oxford,
1788) (for whom see D.N.B.) (and Mary Anne, 2nd dau. of
Sir Wmiam Foulis, 7th Bart.). B. Jan. 10, 1831. School,
Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1848. Of Brantinghamthorpe,
Yorks. M.P. for Beverley, 1865-8; for the East Riding of
Yorks., 1868-85; for the Buckrose Division (East Riding),
1885-6 and 1886-92. J. P. and D.L. for the East Riding of Yorks. Order of St Lazarus of Belgium, 1879. Intimate
friend of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. The
'Mr Brauncepath' of Disraeli's Lothair. Died, umnarried, Dec. 15, 1898, in London. The Prince erected a tablet to his
memory in Westminster Abbey. [Rugby Sch. Reg.; Scott,
MSS.; Burke, P. and B.; Who's Who; the Times, Dec. 17, 1898; Christopher Sykes, Four Studies in Loyalty.)
SYKES, DANIEL. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, June 26,
1783. S. of Joseoh, of Hull (and Dorothy, dau. of Nicholas
Twigge, of Bakewell, Derbs.). [B. Nov. 12, 1766.] School,
Pocklington, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1784; Scholar, 1786;
B.A. (i4iA Wrangler) 1788; M.A. 1791. Fellow, 1790. Adm.
at the Middle Temple, Dec. 22, 1787. Called to the Bar,
June 14, 1793. Joined the firm of Joseph Sykes and Co.,
iron-merchants, of Hull. Recorder of Hull, 1817-30. M.P.
for Hull, 1820-30; for Beverley, 1830-2. Of Raywell. J. P. for the East Riding. Married, 1795, Isabella, dau. of Matthew
Wright, of Stamford Bridge. Died.Jan. 24, 1832. Brother of
Joseph N. (1777) and Richard (i773)- (Foster, Baronetage;
Return of M.P.s; Venn, Family Annals; G. Payne.)
SYKES, DANIEL. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, June 14,
1820. [5th] s. of Nicholas, of Cottingham Hall, Yorks. (and
Mary, dau. of John Cam, of Hereford). B. there, Jan. 9, 1801.
School, Bingley. Matric. Michs. 1820; B.A. 1825. Of Kirk
Ella, near Hull. Married, Jan. 14, 1830, Catharine, youngest
dau. of James Phillipps, Esq., of Bryngwyn, Heref. Died in
1900. (Walford, County Families, which confuses Um with the above; Venn, Family Annals, 260.)
SYKES, EDWARD. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Magdalene, Apr. 21,
1832. S. of Edward, Esq., of ThornhiU, near Wakefield (and
Elizabeth Gratrix). School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs.
1832; B.A. 1836.
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