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Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet

1927 – 2009

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Lived 1927 – 2009 (aged 81). Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet was a British.

Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet DL (15 April 1927 – 31 March 2009) was the head of the Sitwell family, and owner of Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire.

Early life Sacheverell was born on 15 April 1927. The elder son of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet, and the former Georgia Louise Doble. He was the nephew of poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet. His maternal grandparents were Georgie ( Hyde) Doble and Arthur Richard Doble, a wealthy Canadian banker. His maternal aunt was Frances Doble, an actress who had a short career on the West End stage in the 1920s and 1930s before her marriage to Sir Anthony Lindsay-Hogg, 2nd Baronet.

He was educated at Sandroyd School then Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, but left the latter of his own volition without a degree. and was Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire in 1984. Upon the death of his father in 1988, he succeeded as the 7th Baronet Sitwell, of Renishaw, Count of Derby.

Alexandra Isobel Susanna Edith Sitwell (b. 1958), who married Richard "Rick" Hayward, son of Sir Jack Hayward and Jean Mary Forder, in 1991.

Sitwell died on 31 March 2009. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, George Sitwell, the son of his brother Francis, who died in 2004, and his sister-in-law Susanna Cross. Due to Sir Reresby and his brother being "never in harmony", he bequeathed Renishaw Hall to his daughter, and only child, Alexandra.

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Eton College, King's College
Positions held
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
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Sir Reresby Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet, Reresby Sitwell

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet?

British baronet (1927-2009)

When was Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet born?

Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet was born on 15 April 1927.

When did Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet die?

Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet died on 31 March 2009.

What nationality was Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet?

Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7314890

· DBpedia: Reresby Sitwell

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