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19-649: Sykes may refer to: People [ edit ] Sir Alan Sykes , 1st Baronet, businessman and British politician Annette Sykes , New Zealand human rights lawyer and Māori activist Bob Sykes (American football) , American football player Bob Sykes (baseball) , American baseball pitcher Bob Sykes (ice hockey) , Canadian ice hockey player Bobbi Sykes , Australian author and land rights activist Bryan Sykes , British academic and geneticist Christopher Sykes (author) , British author Christopher Sykes (politician) , British politician Diane S. Sykes , judge on

38-531: A dog actor from Clifton, Oxfordshire, England Sykes (TV series) , a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979 Sykes baronets , four separate baronetcies of Great Britain or the United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Sikes (disambiguation) Syke (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Sykes Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

57-478: A family of global companies delivering business process outsourcing services Characters [ edit ] Bill Sykes, antagonist from the animated Disney film Oliver & Company Fredrick Sykes, one of the main antagonists of the 1993 action film The Fugitive Mr. Sykes, a character from the film Shark Tale , voiced by Martin Scorsese Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, the main character in

76-499: A number of directorships, of which the principal one was of Williams Deacons Bank held between 1918 and 1948. Others were land holding companies and Swain & Co the newspaper group. He was Chairman of the governors of Stockport Grammar School from 1921 to 1950, Chairman of the Stockport Infirmary from 1918 to 1948, president of Manchester Northern Hospital from 1901 and chairman thereof from 1942 to 1950, chairman of

95-749: A number of local civic positions in Stockport , becoming treasurer of the Infirmary and a Governor of the Grammar School. Sykes was interested in agriculture, running Edgeley Home Farm and the family's estates in Canada of 13,000 acres (53 km ) in Saskatchewan . He travelled extensively in his early years to America and Canada, and also to South Africa, Egypt, India and Russia and was an early enthusiast for motoring and flying. In 1907 Sykes

114-581: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alan Sykes Sykes was born at Cringle House Cheadle , the second son of Thomas Hardcastle Sykes of the Sykes Bleaching Company and his wife Mary Platt daughter of John Platt MP for Oldham. He was known as Jack. He was left motherless in 1875, and in 1881 went away to Rugby School , following his brothers and cousins. He then went to Oriel College, Oxford and while at Oxford joined

133-540: The 17th Earl of Derby as Grand Superintendent of Lancashire (East Division) Provincial Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. He remained a confirmed bachelor, with plutocratic tastes - for example yellow Rolls Royces and annual gastronomic tours of France followed by taking the waters at Vichy. Sykes was the nephew of Richard Sykes the rugby player who founded towns in America and cousin of Sir Percy Sykes

152-744: The Ephraim Hallam Trust and president of the Oldham Blue Coat School. As early as 1923 he was noted as holding "more offices than he can remember" He was involved in the local government of Cheadle. For many years he was also president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Economic League and was an early supporter of the FBI and other business associations which the Bleachers' Association had helped to fund. In 1948, he succeeded

171-636: The Freemasons, to which he remained deeply committed in his adult life. He entered the family bleaching company at the age of 23 and worked his way through the various departments of the bleachworks before becoming manager. Sykes played cricket for Cheshire Gentlemen and hunted with the Cheshire hounds. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1897 and was active in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment until 1904. After his father died in 1901, he took on

190-1726: The Horizon Paul Sykes (boxer) (1946–2007), English heavyweight boxer of the 1970s and 1980s Paul Sykes (businessman) (born 1943), English Eurosceptic businessman, and political donor Paul Sykes (rugby league) (born 1981), rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s Paul Sykes (singer) , American folksinger of the 1960s Sir Percy Sykes , British soldier, geographer and travel writer Peter Sykes (director) (1939–2006), Australian/British film director Peter Sykes (chemist) (1923–2003), British chemist Sir Richard Sykes (biochemist) , businessman and university rector Sir Richard Sykes (diplomat) , diplomat assassinated in 1979 Richard Sykes (rugby union) , Rugby player and Dakota landowner Stephen Sykes , ecclesiologist Sykes family of Sledmere Tatton Sykes (disambiguation) Thomas Sykes (Mississippi politician) , African-American legislator in Mississippi during Reconstruction Thomas A. Sykes , African-American legislator in North Carolina and Tennessee during Reconstruction Thomas Hardcastle Sykes , businessman Timothy Sykes (born 1981), penny stock trader Tom Sykes , British motorcycle racer Wanda Sykes , comedian and actress William Sykes (1852–1910), English businessman Colonel William Henry Sykes , military officer, politician, and ornithologist William Robert Sykes , British railway signal engineer Companies [ edit ] Sykes Bleaching Company Sykes Enterprises , Incorporated,

209-2101: The United States Court of Appeals Edmund Sykes , Catholic martyr Emilia Sykes , American politician Eric Sykes , comedic writer and actor Eric A. Sykes , developer of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife Ernest Sykes (VC) , recipient of the Victoria Cross Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867–1954), malacologist from Great Britain Eugene O. Sykes (1876–1945), justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court Frederick Henry Sykes (1863–1917), Canadian-American educator and college president Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes , British military officer and politician Gary Sykes , English Profesional boxer George Sykes , U.S. Army general Gresham Sykes (1922–2010), American sociologist and criminologist Homer Sykes , Canadian-born British photographer Congressman James Sykes (Continental Congress) , lawyer and American politician Governor James Sykes (governor) , physician and American politician Rod Sykes , Canadian politician John Sykes , rock musician John Sykes (American football) (1949–2019), American football player John Sykes (composer) (1909–1962), English composer and music teacher, born in India John Sykes (politician) , British politician John H. Sykes Tampa Bay area businessman and founder of Sykes inc. Keifer Sykes (born 1993), American basketball player Sir Mark Sykes , British politician and diplomatic advisor Melanie Sykes (born 1970), English television and radio presenter, and model Nathan Sykes (born 1993), member of boy band The Wanted Norman Sykes (1936–2009), English footballer Oliver Sykes , frontman of Bring Me

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228-599: The direction of an uncle. In parliament he kept up persistent questioning in support of local interests, and was a leading member of a group of MPs critical of the Government's neglect of Territorial Army and the Volunteer Forces before and during the First World War. In 1916 he served the Government as commissioner reviewing permits for aliens. At the beginning of World War I he returned to command

247-703: The game Crysis Warhead , and a secondary character in Crysis Reverend Sykes, a character from Harper Lee 's novel To Kill a Mockingbird Robert "Pliers" Sykes, character in the game Wing Commander IV Places [ edit ] Sykes, Lancashire , England Sykesville, Maryland , USA Forward Operating Base Sykes , a U.S. military base in Iraq Sykes Camp , a campground in California Other [ edit ] 4438 Sykes , an asteroid Sykes (dog) ,

266-612: The geographer and explorer of central Asia. Prior to his death he lived at South View Cheadle and was buried in the family vault at Cheadle St Mary's Parish Church graveyard Peter Sykes (chemist) Peter Sykes , FRSC (19 February 1923 – 24 October 2003 ) was a British chemist and a former fellow and vice-master of Christ's College , Cambridge . He is the author of the undergraduate -level organic chemistry textbook A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry . A textbook on mechanistic organic chemistry, it

285-699: The local volunteers as lieutenant-colonel of the reformed 6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment TF. He was unfit for active service in 1914 but served as secretary to the County Committee of the Cheshire Volunteer Regiment and Staff commandant from 1916 until the force's disbandment in 1920. He was awarded a baronetcy in June 1917. Sykes resigned as an MP in 1922 but continued to be active in local party organizations. He

304-520: The title Sykes . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sykes&oldid=1257157257 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Hidden categories: Short description

323-629: Was a leading Conservative organizer in the North West, chairing the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Junior Unionist organization. In January 1910, as a keen Tariff Reformer, he was elected MP for Knutsford, taking control from the Liberal. Unsatisfied with the political support he was receiving from the local press, in 1912 he gained control of the Stockport Advertiser Group, which was in fact owned by Swain & Co under

342-588: Was adopted as the Conservative candidate for Knutsford and a year later gave up the management of the Edgeley Bleachworks, while remaining director of the Bleachers' Association . In April 1910, he was appointed deputy lieutenant of Cheshire, and from 1910 to 1911 he was mayor of Stockport, the fourth generation of the family to hold this office. Before and after the first world war, Sykes

361-710: Was chairman of the Cheshire division of the National Union from 1913, of the Lancashire and Cheshire Division of the Conservative Association from 1930 to 1932, of the North West Provincial Association from 1933 to 1947, and of Knutsford Conservative Association 1922–1946. After retiring as an MP, he became involved in the bleaching business again. Outside the Bleacher's Association, Sykes held, mostly by inheritance,

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