Sykes, Richard Russia, France and Great Britain.' Chief Adviser on Near Eastern policy; in Egypt, 1916 and 1917; in Palestine, 1918, Chan;ipion of Arab independence. Married, Oct. 28, 1903. Edith Violet, 3rd dau. of Sir John Eldon Gorst, and had issue. Author, Ihrougkfive Turkish Provinces; Dar ul-lslam; Five Mansions of the House ofOthman; 2 he Caliph's Last Heritage. Died Feb. ifa, 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.) SYKES, RICHARD. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, June 29, 1773. S. of Joseph, of Hull. School, HuU. Matric. 17731 B.A. 1777; M.A. 1780. In Holy Orders. Sometime C. of Hull. Married, Mary, dau. of James Rowe, Esq., of Cheshire, and had issue. Died Mar. 4, 1832, aged 76. Brother of Joseph N. (1777) and Daniel (1783). (G. Mag., 1832, i. 375; Walford, County Families.) SYKES, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Apr. 2, 1818. 2nd s. of Sir Francis WilUam [2nd] Bart. (Queen's College, Oxford, 1785) [and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of the Hon. Major Henniker]. B. Sept. 25, 1800. Schools, Stratford (Mr Burford) and Eton. Matric. Michs. 1818; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1829. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1848. V. of Cullompton, Devon, 1834- 57. Married, Dec. 7, 1821, Anna Maria Heath, only dau. of Edward Gattey, of Harefield House, Devon. Latterly of The Grotto, Basildon, Berks. R. of Thornham, Suffolk, 1872-5. Died June 3, 1875. Brother of Francis W. (1817); father of William B. (1841). (.il. Oxon.; Burke, P. and B.; Crockford; Clergy List.) SYKES, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Apr. 12, 1843. [S. of John, of Cambridge. B. Nov. 21, 1823, at Melton Mowbray.] Matric. Michs. 1843; B.A. 1847; M.A. 1850. Cricket 'blue,' 1844. V. of Dorrington, Lines., 1862-86. Fell upon evil time.s, being employed selling bootlaces in London streets, c. 1902. Died Feb. 13, 1915, at Rowton House, Vauxhall, London. Brother of John (1837). {Crockford; Sir J. C. G. Sykes; Oxford and Cambridge Scenes and Biogs.) SYKES, WILLIAM BENYON. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Sept. 22, 1841. Eldest s. of the Rev. William (1818), V. of Cullompton, Devon. B. Oct. 23, 1822. School, Ottery St Mary (Mr Cornish). Matric. Michs. 1841. Died, s.p. (Burke, P. and B.) SYKES, WILLIAM SLATER. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 6, 1883. S. of the Rev. John Poulett [V. of RathmeU, near Settle, Yorks.]. B. [Apr. 17, 1865], at the Parsonage, Aust- wick, Yorks. School, Giggleswick. Matric. Michs. 1883; exhibitioner; B.A. 1886; M.A. 1891. Ord. deacon (York) 1888; priest, 1889; C. of Kimberworth, Yorks., 1888-9. C. of Goole, 1889-91. C. of St Matthias, Sheffield, 1891-5. C. of Millom, Cumberland, 1895-1900. V. of Eskdale, 1900-4. V. of Wilcot, Wilts., 1904-9. Lie. Pr., dio. of Winchester, 1909- 10; dio. of Chester, 1920-. Married, June 15, 1892, Mary, eldest dau. of T. Jepson, solicitor, of Southport, Lanes. Latterly of 125, Beresford Road, Birkenhead, where he died, Feb. 3, 1951. [Giggleswick Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Church Times, Feb. 8, 195 1.) SYLE, HENRY WINTER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Sept. 3, 1867. S. of Edward, clerk (and Jane Mary). B. Nov. 9, 1846, in Shanghai, China. Bapt. Jan. 17, 1847. Matric. Michs. 1867. (Matrics. and Degrees, 1851-1900, calls him 'Style.') SYLVESTER, EDWARD THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 13, i860. S. of John Gordon Ansell [and Mary]. B. at Burford, Oxon. Bapt. June 24, 1835. Did not reside. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) i860; priest, 1861; C. of Harringworth, Northants., 1860-5. C. of Deene, 1865-72; R. of Deene, 1872-95. Died Aug. 23, 1895. [Northants. Clergy, xiii. 133.) SYLVESTER, JAMES JOSEPH. Adm. sizar (age 17) at St John's, July 7, 1831. [Youngest] s. of Abraham Joseph, Esq. B. [Sept. 3, 1814], in London. [School, Royal Institution, Liverpool.] Matric. Michs. 1831; {2nd Wrangler, 1837); B.A. 1872; M.A. 1872. Hon. Sc.D. 1890. Hon. FeUow, 1880. Being a Jew, did not take his degree until 1S72. B.A. and M.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1841; LL.D., 1865. M.A., Oxford, 1884. Adm. at the Inner Temple, July 29, 1846. Called to the Bar, Nov. 22, 1850. Professor of Natural Philosophy at University College, London, 1837-41. F.R.S., 1839; Royal medal, 1861; Copley medal, 1S80. Professor of Mathematics at Virginia, U.S.A., 1841-5. Connected with a firm of actuaries, 1845-55. Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1855-70. President, London Mathematical Society, 1866; De Morgan medal, 1887. President, Mathematical and Physical Section, British Association, 1869. Professor of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1877-83. Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford, 1883-97. Fellow of New College. Symes, Thomas Legge Hon. ScD., Dublin, 1865; Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh, 1871; Hon. D.C.L.i Oxford, 1880. Author, mathematical. Resided latterly in London. Died, unmarried, Mar. 15, 1897. (Eagle, XIX. 596, XX. 93; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar; D.N.B.; Proc. Roy. Soc. (1898), ix. 63.) SYLVESTER, The Rev. WILLIAM THOMAS MAINWARING. Adm. as a 'Ten-year man,' at Sidney, 1856. Ord. deacon and priest, 1851; C. of Howden, Yorks., 1851-5. R. of Castleford, Yorks., 1855-88. Disappears from Crockford, 1889. [Clergy List.) SYMES, EDGAR CHARLES. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1894. 6th s. of the Rev. Thomas Legge (1849), R. of St Keyne, CornwaU. B. there, Jan. 1, 1875. School, Christ's Hospital. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1902. Ord. deacon (Carlisle) 1899; priest, 1900; C. of St George's, Kendal, Westmorland, 1899-1903. C. of St Keyne, Cornwall, 1903-5; R. there, 1905-19. V. of Bitteswell, Leics., 1919-25- K. of West Parley, Dorset, 1925-46. Of Wheal Pye, Travannance Lane, St Agnes, Cornwall, where he died Dec. 30, 1950. [Crockford; 2 he 2imes, Jan. i, i95i-) SYMES, ERNEST. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 6, 1890. Schoo Craigmore College, Bristol. Matric. Michs. 1890. SYMES, GEORGE BOWLES. Adm. pens, at Queens', Feb. 16, 1808. Of Gloucs. [S. of R., Esq., of Westbury-on-Trym.] Matric. Michs. 1808. Died Mar. 2, 1821, 'late undergraduate of Queens', Cambridge.' (C. R. Hudleston; Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, Mar. 10, 1821.) SYMES, JOHN ELLIOTSON. Adm. a scholar at Downing, Oct. 11, 1867. Of Bourdon House, Berkeley Square, London. [B. 1847.] Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1874- President of the Union, 1870. Ord. deacon (Chichester) 1873; priest, 1875. Assistant Master at Lancing College, 1872-5. Cambridge University Extension Lecturer, 1875-81. Second 1 Master at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1 880-1. Professor of English Literature at University College, Nottingham, 1881-96; Principal, 1890-1912. Author, Political Economy; Companion to English History. Resided latterly in London. Died Mar. 31, 1921, aged 73, at Palermo. (Lancing Coll. Reg.; Crockford; 2 he limes, Apr. 2, 1921.) SYMES, JOHN LANGFORD. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, Oct. 2, i860. Of Dublin. Matric. Michs. i860; B.A. 1864. SYMES, REGINALD. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1900. Eldest s. of .\lfred, stockbroker, of Clarendon Road, .Margate. B. Sept. 13, 1881, at Broxboume, Herts. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A. and LL.B. 1903. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1905. On the South-Eastern Circuit. Called to the Bar of British Columbia, 1912. Of 2810, S.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver in 1932. Died in 1948. (Law Lists.) SYMES, RICHARD. Adm. pens, (age 24) at Jesus, July 6, 1820. S. of Richard, attorney, of Bridgwater, Somerset. B. there. School, Blundell's, Tiverton. Matric. Michs. 1820; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1827. Ord. deacon, 1825; priest, 1825. C. of Yatton, Somerset, -1841-3. V. of Cleeve-in-Yatton, 1843-86. Preb. of Wells. Died Oct. 18, 1886, aged 90. (Blundell's Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Guardian, Oct. 27, 1886.) SYMES, RONALD. .A.dm. pens, at Trinity, May 27, 1889. [Younger] s. of Herbert William, of Colebrooke House, Pagham, Sussex. B. Feb. 22, 1870, in London. School, Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1896. Ord. deacon (Wakefield) 1900; priest, 1901; C. of All Saints Cathedral, Wakefield, 1900-2. C. of King's Norton, Warws., 1902-4. V. of St Matthew's, Duddeston, Birmingham, 1904-6. V. of Walkeringham, Notts., 1906-9. R. of Halesowen, Worcs., 1909-12. V. and Rural Dean of Kendal, Westmorland, 1912-22. V. of Barrow-in-Furness, 1923-6. V. of St Paul's, Carlisle, 1926-8. Hon. Canon of Carlisle, 1920. Married, Apr. 12, 1910, Violet Julia, only dau. of the Rev. W. A. Rouse, sometime V. of Walkeringham, Notts. Died Feb. 26, 1935, at Parkstone, Dorset. (Uppingham Sch. Roll; Crockford; The Times, Mar. i, i935-) SYMES, THOMAS LEGGE. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, Mar. 26, 1849. S. of Thomas (and Agnes). B. [Sept. 16, 1830], at Long Bredy, Dorset. School, Crewkeme Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A. 1853; M.A. 1856. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1855; priest, 1856; C. of Redruth, Cornwall, 1855-60. C. of Martock, Somerset, 1860-4. C. of Queen Camel, 1864- 70. R. of St Keyne, Cornwall, 1870-1904. Married, Nov. 8, 1859, Clarinda, 5th dau. of Matthew Henry Eade, of Redruth. Disappears from Crockford, 1905. Father of Edgar C. (1894). (Boase, Collect. Cornub., 952.)