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unusual facts about Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Baronet



Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

Francis Sykes

Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1799-1842), husband of Lady Henrietta Sykes, lover of Benjamin Disraeli

Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Baronet

At the next election, in 1774, Rumbold was embroiled in another election-bribery scandal at Shaftesbury: he and Sir Francis Sykes were initially declared elected, but their defeated opponent petitioned to have the result overturned and produced copious evidence of corruption.


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