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Escutcheon of the Sitwell baronets

The Sitwell Baronetcy, of Renishaw in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 3 October 1808 for Sitwell Sitwell, Member of Parliament for West Looe. The Sitwell family had been ironmasters and landowners in Eckington, Derbyshire, for many centuries.

The coat of arms of Reresby, whose estates were inherited by the Sitwell baronets.

In 1625, George Sitwell (1600–1667), High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1653, built Renishaw Hall, which remains the family seat. The family were to inherit the estates of two other families; Sacheverell, which died out in 1726, and Reresby, whose heiress married George Sitwell's grandson. George Sitwell's great-great-grandson Francis Hurt Sitwell (1728–1793), father of the first baronet, inherited Barmoor Castle, Northumberland. He was born Francis Hurt, the son of Jonathan Hurt and his wife Katherine Sitwell, heiress of the Sitwell family, and assumed the surname of Sitwell in lieu of his patronymic. The fourth baronet sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Scarborough. His sons, the fifth and sixth baronets, were both noted poets and authors. Dame Edith Sitwell, his only daughter, was a poet and critic. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1983 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.

The family seat was originally Renishaw Hall, near Eckington, Derbyshire. The present Baronet until recently resided at Weston Hall near Towcester, Northamptonshire[2] which was sold in 2021.[3]

Coat of arms

Arms: Barry of eight Or and Vert, charged with three Lions rampant Sable; Crest: A Demi-Lion rampant erased Sable, holding between the paws an Escutcheon per pale Or and Vert; Motto: Ne cede malis (Latin: Yield not to misfortune).[4]

Sitwell baronets, of Renishaw (1808)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell (b. 1969), a food journalist.[9][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 16185". The London Gazette. 20 September 1808. p. 1303.
  2. ^ Wells, Emma. "Putting the posh into Portugal".
  3. ^ William Sitwell, Daily Telegraph, "The day I said a final farewell to my ancestral home and the treasures buried within its walls"
  4. ^ a b c d e Townend, Peter (ed.). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (103rd ed.). Burke's Peerage Limited. pp. 2237–2238.
  5. ^ "Sitwell, Sir George Reresby". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Sitwell, Sir Osbert". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Sitwell, Sir (Sacheverell) Reresby". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Sitwell, Sir (Sacheverell) Reresby". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ a b "Sitwell, Sir George (Reresby Sacheverell)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "Official Roll of the Baronetage". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  11. ^ Waterson, Jim (31 October 2018). "Waitrose magazine editor quits after joke about killing vegans". The Guardian.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sitwell baronets
of Renishaw

3 October 1808
Succeeded by