Person Sykes; William Henry (1790 - 1872) Sykes William Henry 1790 - 1872 Male 25 January 1790 London 16 June 1872

Career: HEIC (from 1803); Interpreter for Hindustani and Mahratta languages (1810); Captain (1819); Major (1826); Lieutenant Colonel (1831); retired 1833; Director HEIC (1840), Chairman (1856); MP for Aberdeen (1857-1872) Memberships: FLS; FGS; FZS Royal Society roles: VP 1841-1842, 1846-1848 Fellow 06/02/1834 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1871-1872 vol 20 pp xxxiii-xxxiv International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 25 Jan 1790 - 16 Jun 1872 NA5872 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/4020172 11b4e252-f816-4369-b581-735fac86b938