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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/William_Henry_Sykes_by_Whitlock%2C_1860s.jpg/220px-William_Henry_Sykes_by_Whitlock%2C_1860s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/William_Henry_Sykes_by_Whitlock%2C_1860s.jpg/330px-William_Henry_Sykes_by_Whitlock%2C_1860s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/William_Henry_Sykes_by_Whitlock%2C_1860s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>William Henry Sykes.</figcaption></figure> <p>Colonel <b>William Henry Sykes</b>, <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">FRS</a> (25 January 1790 – 16 June 1872) was an English naturalist who served with the British military in India and was specifically known for his work with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a>, <a 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One of the pioneers of the Victorian statistical movement, a founder of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Statistical_Society" title="Royal Statistical Society">Royal Statistical Society</a>, he conducted surveys and examined the efficiency of army operation. Returning from service in India, he became a director of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> and a member of parliament representing Aberdeen.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sykes was born near <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. His father was Samuel Sykes of Friezing Hall, and they belonged to the family of Sykeses of Yorkshire. He joined military service as a cadet in 1803 and obtained a commission on 1 May 1804 with the <a href="/wiki/Honourable_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Honourable East India Company">Honourable East India Company</a>. Joining the <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> Army, he was to lieutenancy on 12 October 1805. He saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bharatpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bharatpur">siege of Bhurtpur</a> under <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake" title="Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake">Lord Lake</a> in 1805. He commanded a regiment at the battles of Kirkee and Poonah and was involved in the capture of hill forts. By 1810 he could speak Hindi and Marathi languages. He became a captain on 25 January 1819 and travelled for four years across Europe from 1820. He returned to India in October 1824 and was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Mountstuart_Elphinstone" title="Mountstuart Elphinstone">Mountstuart Elphinstone</a> as a statistical reporter to the Bombay government. He then collected statistical and natural history researches, and completed a census of the population of the Deccan, producing two voluminous statistical reports, and a complete natural history report illustrated with drawings. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hay of Renistoun, in 1824. He was promoted to the rank of major on 8 September 1826 and to lieutenant-colonel on 9 April 1831. In December 1829 the post of statistical reporter was abolished, but he took leave from military duty and continued to work on his statistical surveys. He completed this in January 1831 and left for Europe on furlough. He retired from active service with the rank of colonel on 18 June 1833, and in September 1835 he became a Royal <a href="/wiki/Commissioners_in_Lunacy" title="Commissioners in Lunacy">Commissioner in Lunacy</a>, a post he held till 1845. On account of his knowledge of Indian matters, he was made a director of the East India Company in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1867 he was elected chairman of the court of directors of the East India Company.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WHSykes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/WHSykes.jpg/220px-WHSykes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/WHSykes.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="412" /></a><figcaption>Sykes in 1857</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1847 he tried to contest for the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> seat for <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen</a> but failed. In 1857 he contested again, representing the liberal interest against John Farley Leith, and was elected. He continued to hold the seat for several terms. He was elected president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Asiatic_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Asiatic Society">Royal Asiatic Society</a> in 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-anglo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the Society of Arts and the Royal British Association.<sup id="cite_ref-news_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes was elected Lord Rector of <a href="/wiki/Marischal_College" title="Marischal College">Marischal College</a>, Aberdeen (whose founder, George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, was an ancestor of his wife) in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took a special interest in libraries and information accessibility, seeking university libraries to remain open for longer and supporting the role of public libraries. He noted that England was lagging behind Europe in the size of public libraries noting that the per-capita availability of books in London was 22 books for 100 persons while Paris had 160 for 100, Florence 317 per 100; Dresden 490 per 100; Munich 780; and Copenhagen 467 per 100. He also noted that Munich had 17 public libraries. In his installation talk as Lord Rector, he also claimed that he could help establish a commission in the Indian Army for the best students of mathematics, natural philosophy, natural history, <a href="/wiki/Biblical_criticism" title="Biblical criticism">Biblical criticism</a> and classics if they had expertise in military drawing, and geology apart from good conduct.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a founder member, in 1835, and president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Statistical_Society" title="Royal Statistical Society">Royal Statistical Society</a>, 1863–1965; he was the eleventh holder of that post but the first not to be a peer or baronet. He also became an Honorary Metropolitan Commissioner in September 1835. Despite suffering from bronchitis he attended all parliament sessions and died in <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, aged 82.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anglo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contributions">Contributions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contributions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Taxa_named_by_William_Henry_Sykes" title="Category:Taxa named by William Henry Sykes">Category:Taxa named by William Henry Sykes</a></div> <p>As a "Statistical Reporter" he travelled across the Deccan region, collecting data on populations apart from collecting natural history specimens. Some of statistical research contributions included the computations of the cost of maintenance per soldier. He calculated for instance that the French army had a much lower cost than that of the British army, which according to him allowed the French to maintain two soldiers for the cost of one "English" soldier.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked out that native Indian soldiers were healthier than their European counterparts and that it was possible to provide pension and insurance to Indian soldiers with a very low premium although this was never implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes was a pioneer meteorologist in India, taking regular temperature and atmospheric pressure readings; he noticed regular patterns in diurnal pressure variations and noted that the range was greatest in winter, while the least difference occurred during the monsoons.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes' collections of animals resulted in the publications of catalogues of <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan</a> region, many of which were published in the <i>Proceedings of the <a href="/wiki/Zoological_Society_of_London" title="Zoological Society of London">Zoological Society</a></i>. His discoveries included fifty-six birds new to science, including the <a href="/wiki/Indian_pond_heron" title="Indian pond heron">Indian pond heron</a>. Sykes also studied the <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> of the area, and wrote papers on the <a href="/wiki/Quail" title="Quail">quails</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hemipode" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemipode">hemipodes</a> of India. His list of birds of the Deccan contained almost 236 species.<sup id="cite_ref-kinnear_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinnear-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an authority on the natural history of the Deccan region and he corresponded with many other naturalists. He used his influence during his position at the East India Company and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> wrote to him to influence decisions in favour of including <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blyth" title="Edward Blyth">Edward Blyth</a> on an expedition to China.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sykes%27s_lark" title="Sykes's lark">Sykes's lark</a> (<i>Galerida deva</i>) of peninsular India is named after him. In addition, a race of <a href="/wiki/Western_yellow_wagtail" title="Western yellow wagtail">blue-headed wagtail</a> (<i>Motacilla flava beema</i>) was given the common name Sykes's wagtail in <i><a href="/wiki/British_Birds_(magazine)" title="British Birds (magazine)">British Birds</a></i> (1907). </p><p>Sykes wrote extensively on Buddhism and its antiquity. In an 1842 paper published in the <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Asiatic_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of the Asiatic Society">Journal of the Asiatic Society</a>, he contended that the <a href="/wiki/Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmins">Brahmins</a> were likely not native to India and that <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a> was older than <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. He believed that, rather than <a href="/wiki/Brahmanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmanism">Brahmanism</a>, it was Buddhism that had reigned supreme in India's ancient past. Referring to the recently translated travelogue of <a href="/wiki/Faxian" title="Faxian">Faxian</a>, Sykes paid tribute to "the literature of that remarkable people—the Chinese" that thankfully existed to illuminate India's past. He hoped that, "by proper means, applied in a cautious, kindly and forbearing spirit, such farther changes may be effected as will raise the intellectual standard of the Hindus, improve their moral and social condition, and assist to promote their eternal welfare."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESingh200437_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESingh200437-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJAS184214_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJAS184214-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1856, the citizens of Bombay presented Sykes with a medal for his advocacy in favour of a native system of education.<sup id="cite_ref-anglo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anglo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sykes also wrote on the <a href="/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion" title="Taiping Rebellion">Taiping Rebellion</a> holding the British Government guilty of unjustifiable aggression towards China.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also held the British responsible for precipitating the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">1857 rebellion</a> by being insensitive to local customs, citing the earlier case of the <a href="/wiki/Vellore_mutiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellore mutiny">Vellore mutiny</a>. In a commentary to the British media which had suggested that the mutineers were using greased cartridges, one of the immediate causes of the uprising, against the British he pointed out that they were all using 'Brown Bess' and conventional musket ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic_Society_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic Society of Bombay">Asiatic Society of Bombay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Sykes%27_monkey" title="Sykes' monkey">Sykes' monkey</a> <i>Cercopithecus albogularis</i> was named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The bird <a href="/wiki/Sykes%27s_nightjar" title="Sykes's nightjar">Sykes's nightjar</a> or the Sindh nightjar <i>Caprimulgus mahrattensis</i> was named after him.</li> <li>The bird <a href="/wiki/Sykes%27s_warbler" title="Sykes's warbler">Sykes's warbler</a> <i>Iduna rama</i> was named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_W.H.1846" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, W.H. (1846). "Statistics of the Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice in British India from 1841 to 1844, both Inclusive". <i>Journal of the Statistical Society of London</i>. <b>9</b> (4): 310–338. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2337677">10.2307/2337677</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2337677">2337677</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Statistical+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=Statistics+of+the+Administration+of+Civil+and+Criminal+Justice+in+British+India+from+1841+to+1844%2C+both+Inclusive&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=310-338&rft.date=1846&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2337677&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2337677%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Sykes%2C+W.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1839" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1839). "On the Quails and Hemipodii of India". <i>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London</i>. <b>2</b> (1): 1–24. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1839.tb00004.x">10.1111/j.1469-7998.1839.tb00004.x</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Zoological+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=On+the+Quails+and+Hemipodii+of+India&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-24&rft.date=1839&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1839.tb00004.x&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1839" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1839). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofzo02zool#page/n477/mode/2up">"On the Fishes of the Dukhun"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London</i>. <b>2</b> (5): 349–378. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1839.tb00029.x">10.1111/j.1469-7998.1839.tb00029.x</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Zoological+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=On+the+Fishes+of+the+Dukhun.&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=349-378&rft.date=1839&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1839.tb00029.x&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftransactionsofzo02zool%23page%2Fn477%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1839" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1839). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1447601">"Some Account of the Land-crabs of the Dukhun"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London</i>. <b>2</b> (3): 181–184. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2311.1839.tb03206.x">10.1111/j.1365-2311.1839.tb03206.x</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Royal+Entomological+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=Some+Account+of+the+Land-crabs+of+the+Dukhun&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=181-184&rft.date=1839&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1365-2311.1839.tb03206.x&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1447601&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1836" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1836). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/2250326">"Land Tenures of Dukhun"</a>. <i>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland</i>. <b>3</b> (2): 350–376. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0035869X00014337">10.1017/S0035869X00014337</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44011994">44011994</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162483236">162483236</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+%26+Ireland&rft.atitle=Land+Tenures+of+Dukhun&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=350-376&rft.date=1836&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A162483236%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F44011994%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0035869X00014337&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F2250326&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Sykes, WH 1834–8. On the Fishes of the Dukhun, and on the Fossils collected at Cutch.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1835" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1835). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1432372">"On the atmospheric tides and meteorology of Dukhun (Deccan), East Indies"</a>. <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society</i>. <b>125</b>: 161–220. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1835RSPT..125..161S">1835RSPT..125..161S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1835.0012">10.1098/rstl.1835.0012</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:186208263">186208263</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society&rft.atitle=On+the+atmospheric+tides+and+meteorology+of+Dukhun+%28Deccan%29%2C+East+Indies&rft.volume=125&rft.pages=161-220&rft.date=1835&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A186208263%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frstl.1835.0012&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1835RSPT..125..161S&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1432372&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_W.H.1850" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, W.H. (1850). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1432398">"Discussion of meteorological observations taken in India, at various heights, embracing those at Dodabetta on the Neelgherry Mountains, at 8640 feet above the level of the sea"</a>. <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>. <b>140</b>: 297–378. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstl.1850.0016">10.1098/rstl.1850.0016</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:111239855">111239855</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philosophical+Transactions+of+the+Royal+Society+of+London&rft.atitle=Discussion+of+meteorological+observations+taken+in+India%2C+at+various+heights%2C+embracing+those+at+Dodabetta+on+the+Neelgherry+Mountains%2C+at+8640+feet+above+the+level+of+the+sea&rft.volume=140&rft.pages=297-378&rft.date=1850&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frstl.1850.0016&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A111239855%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.au=Sykes%2C+W.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1432398&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_W.H.1833" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, W.H. (1833). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1448585">"On a portion of Dukhun, East Indies"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Geological Society</i>. <b>4</b> (2): 409–432. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1144%2Ftransgslb.4.2.409">10.1144/transgslb.4.2.409</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:140668005">140668005</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Geological+Society&rft.atitle=On+a+portion+of+Dukhun%2C+East+Indies&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=409-432&rft.date=1833&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1144%2Ftransgslb.4.2.409&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A140668005%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.au=Sykes%2C+W.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1448585&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Sykes, WH 1837. On the Increase of Wealth and Expenditure in the various classes of Society in the United Kingdom.</li> <li>Sykes, WH 1838. Special Reports on the Statistics of the Four Collectorates of Dukhun.</li> <li>Sykes, WH 1841. Notes on the Religious, Moral and Political State of Ancient India.</li> <li>Sykes, WH 1847. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/jstor-2337813/2337813#page/n0/mode/1up">Prices of the Cerelia and other Edibles in India and England compared</a>. Quarterly Journal of the Statistical Society of London 10(4):289-315.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Notes in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_W.H.1835" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, W.H. (1835). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofro03asia#page/404/mode/2up">"Description of the wild dog of the Western Ghats"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</i>. <b>3</b> (3): 405–411. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0950473700001142">10.1017/S0950473700001142</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft.atitle=Description+of+the+wild+dog+of+the+Western+Ghats&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=405-411&rft.date=1835&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0950473700001142&rft.au=Sykes%2C+W.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftransactionsofro03asia%23page%2F404%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_W.H.1835" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, W.H. (1835). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofro03asia#page/n597/mode/2up">"Some account of the Kolisurra silk-worm of the Deccan"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</i>. <b>3</b> (3): 541–547. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0950473700001245">10.1017/S0950473700001245</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft.atitle=Some+account+of+the+Kolisurra+silk-worm+of+the+Deccan&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=541-547&rft.date=1835&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0950473700001245&rft.au=Sykes%2C+W.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftransactionsofro03asia%23page%2Fn597%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Sykes, WH 1833. Ornaments on figures in cave temples at Karli. 451.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSykes,_WH1835" class="citation journal cs1">Sykes, WH (1835). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1793549">"Land Tenures of the Dekkan"</a>. <i>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</i>. <b>2</b> (4): 205–233. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0035869X00094363">10.1017/S0035869X00094363</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25207464">25207464</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163125872">163125872</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland&rft.atitle=Land+Tenures+of+the+Dekkan&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=205-233&rft.date=1835&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A163125872%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F25207464%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0035869X00094363&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1793549&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Sykes, WH 1837. 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London: Warren Hall & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Taeping+Rebellion+in+China%3A+Its+Origins%2C+Progress%2C+and+Present+Condition&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Warren+Hall+%26+Co.&rft.date=1863&rft.au=Sykes%2C+WH&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftaepingrebellio00sykegoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001086/18570923/028/0001">"Colonel Sykes on the mutinies in India"</a>. <i>Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph</i>. 23 September 1857. p. 1 – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jersey+Independent+and+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Colonel+Sykes+on+the+mutinies+in+India&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1857-09-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0001086%2F18570923%2F028%2F0001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnonymous1877" class="citation journal cs1">Anonymous (1877) [1819]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofli01asiauoft#page/n22/mode/1up/search/">"Editor's preface"</a>. <i>Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay</i>. <b>1</b>: xix.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+of+the+Literary+Society+of+Bombay&rft.atitle=Editor%27s+preface&rft.volume=1&rft.pages=xix&rft.date=1877&rft.au=Anonymous&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Ftransactionsofli01asiauoft%23page%2Fn22%2Fmode%2F1up%2Fsearch%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kingdon, J. 1997. <i>The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals.</i> Academic Press Limited, London. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-12-408355-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-12-408355-2">0-12-408355-2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeolensWatkins,_Michael2003" class="citation book cs1">Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). <i>Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds</i>. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 332–333.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Whose+Bird%3F+Men+and+Women+Commemorated+in+the+Common+Names+of+Birds&rft.place=London&rft.pages=332-333&rft.pub=Christopher+Helm&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Beolens&rft.aufirst=Bo&rft.au=Watkins%2C+Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingh2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Upinder_Singh" title="Upinder Singh">Singh, Upinder</a> (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7DRuAAAAMAAJ"><i>The discovery of ancient India: early archaeologists and the beginnings of archaeology</i></a>. Permanent Black. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788178240886" title="Special:BookSources/9788178240886"><bdi>9788178240886</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+discovery+of+ancient+India%3A+early+archaeologists+and+the+beginnings+of+archaeology&rft.pub=Permanent+Black&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9788178240886&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=Upinder&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7DRuAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJAS1842" class="citation journal cs1">Society, Asiatic (1842). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VSEYAAAAYAAJ">"Asiatic Journal"</a>. <i>Journal of the Asiatic Society</i>. Parbury, Allen, and Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Asiatic+Society&rft.atitle=Asiatic+Journal&rft.date=1842&rft.aulast=Society&rft.aufirst=Asiatic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVSEYAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Henry_Sykes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-sykes">contributions in Parliament by William Henry Sykes</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWoodward,_B._B._Woodward_(revised_by_M._G._M._Jones)" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Woodward, B. B. Woodward (revised by M. G. M. Jones). "Sykes, William Henry". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F26871">10.1093/ref:odnb/26871</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Sykes%2C+William+Henry&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F26871&rft.au=Woodward%2C+B.+B.+Woodward+%28revised+by+M.+G.+M.+Jones%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Henry+Sykes" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; 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Rawson">Rawson W. Rawson</a></li> <li>1886–1888 <a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></li> <li>1888–1890 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graham_Balfour" title="Thomas Graham Balfour">Thomas Graham Balfour</a></li> <li>1890–1892 <a href="/wiki/Frederic_J._Mouat" title="Frederic J. Mouat">Frederic J. Mouat</a></li> <li>1892–1894 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(social_reformer)" title="Charles Booth (social reformer)">Charles Booth</a></li> <li>1894–1896 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Farrer,_1st_Baron_Farrer" title="Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer">The Lord Farrer</a></li> <li>1896–1897 <a href="/wiki/John_Biddulph_Martin" title="John Biddulph Martin">John Biddulph Martin</a></li> <li>1897 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Edmund_Bateman" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Edmund Bateman">Alfred Edmund Bateman</a></li> <li>1897–1899 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith" title="Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith">Leonard Courtney</a></li> <li>1899–1900 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fowler,_1st_Viscount_Wolverhampton" title="Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton">Henry Fowler</a></li> <li>1900–1902 <a href="/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury" title="John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury">The Lord Avebury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1902–1904 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_George_Craigie" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick George Craigie">Patrick George Craigie</a></li> <li>1904–1905 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Powell,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet">Sir Francis Powell, Bt</a></li> <li>1905–1906 <a href="/wiki/William_Onslow,_4th_Earl_of_Onslow" title="William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow">The Earl of Onslow</a></li> <li>1906–1907 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Martin,_1st_Baronet,_of_Overbury_Court" title="Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court">Richard Martin</a></li> <li>1907–1909 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Dilke,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet">Sir Charles Dilke, Bt</a></li> <li>1909–1910 <a href="/wiki/Jervoise_Athelstane_Baines" title="Jervoise Athelstane Baines">Jervoise Athelstane Baines</a></li> <li>1910–1912 <a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li>1912–1914 <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ysidro_Edgeworth" title="Francis Ysidro Edgeworth">Francis Ysidro Edgeworth</a></li> <li>1914–1915 <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Welby,_1st_Baron_Welby" title="Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby">The Lord Welby</a></li> <li>1915–1916 <a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li>1916–1918 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mallet" title="Bernard Mallet">Bernard Mallet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Registrar_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Registrar General">Registrar General</a></li> <li>1918–1920 <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Herbert Samuel</a></li> <li>1920–1922 <a href="/wiki/R._Henry_Rew" title="R. Henry Rew">R. Henry Rew</a></li> <li>1922–1924 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Emmott,_1st_Baron_Emmott" title="Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott">The Lord Emmott</a></li> <li>1924–1926 <a href="/wiki/Udny_Yule" title="Udny Yule">Udny Yule</a></li> <li>1926–1928 <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Vincent,_1st_Viscount_D%27Abernon" title="Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon">The Viscount D'Abernon</a></li> <li>1928–1930 <a href="/wiki/A._William_Flux" class="mw-redirect" title="A. William Flux">A. 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