William Sykes
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William Sykes may refer to:
- Bill SykesBill SykesDr Bill Sykes became the Nationals Member for Benalla in November 2002 after a career as a veterinarian and businessman....
, Member for Benalla in the Victorian Parliament - William Sykes (convict)William Sykes (convict)William Sykes was an English convict, transported to Western Australia for manslaughter.William Sykes was born in Wentworth, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England in 1827. As a member of a poor family, he received no formal education, and took on paid work from an early age. In 1851 he was recorded...
, convict transported to Western Australia - William Sykes (clergyman)William Sykes (clergyman)William Sykes , born Barrow-in-Furness, was first Curate of St John's Church, Tunbrdige Wells; Vicar of Hillsborough and Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield, 1895–1919; Vicar of Audley, Staffordshire, 1919–1928; first President of the Sovereign Grace Union 1913–1930.Married Miss Anne Jane...
, Anglican clergyman - William Sykes (businessman)William Sykes (businessman)William Sykes was just 23 when, against the advice of his father he married and then with his own and his new wife's savings purchased a saddler business in Horbury, England around 1870.He married Ethel Marshall, sister of Herbert Marshall and Alice Whitmarsh - née Marshall. Herbert worked at...
, businessman - William Henry SykesWilliam Henry SykesColonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an Indian Army officer, politician and ornithologist.Sykes was born near Bradford in Yorkshire, and joined the Bombay Army, a part of the armed forces of the Honourable East India Company, in 1804, returning to Britain in 1837...
, Indian Army officer
See also
- Bill SikesBill SikesWilliam "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.He is one of Dickens's most vicious characters and a very strong force in the novel when it comes to having control over somebody or harming others. He is portrayed as a rough and barbaric man. He is a career...
, a fictional character in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens