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Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes Married: 1903-Oct-28 Edith Violet Gorst | |||||||||||
| Mary Freya Sykes [CFT #9841] Born: 1904 Died: 1994 |
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| b Chelsea, London d London Daughter of Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes 6th Bt born 16 3 1879 and died 16 2 1919 in a Paris Hotel from Spanish Flu whilst attending a conference on military matters and Edith Violet Gorst MP Privy Councillor born 8 1872 Kent and died 21 7 ? Yorkshire. They married 28 10 1903 Yorkshire and had 6 children. Sir Tatton B M Sykes's body was exhumed with the full approval of the family by Medical Scientists to take samples to research the Spanish Flu as his body was laid in a lead coffin so preserving the virus. They found the coffin split due to the weight of soil upon it so they took samples through the crack then replaced the soil. |
1: 1928 Mary Freya (Polly) Elwesc H 2: 1942 Jessica Mary Elwesc | ||||||||||
| 2 Children | |||||||||||
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