Christopher Simon Sykes.

About Christopher Simon Sykes

Christopher Simon Sykes is an English writer, historian and photographer. He was born into the northern English landed gentry Sykes family of Sledmere House, the third son of Sir Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere. He is the grandson of Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes–Picot Agreement, and Lilian Chetwynd, the wife of Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey. In addition to his authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines. He has also written and presented Upper Crust, a six-part television series on country-house cookery for BBC Two. He is married, and has two children by his first wife.