Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet

Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet (13 March 1826 – 4 May 1913) was an English landowner, racehorse breeder,[1] church-builder[2] and eccentric.

His wife was 30 years younger than him, and was later convicted of issuing cheques in her husband's name.

He owned 34,000 acres (14,000 ha) of land in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

[7] Between 1856 and 1913, 18 rural churches were built, rebuilt or restored in East and North Yorkshire, chiefly in the Wolds, by Sykes, and his father, the fourth baronet.

[2] Sykes worked with architects C. Hodgson Fowler, G.E.Street and Temple Moore.