The Sitwell Baronetcy, of Renishaw in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 October 1808 for Sitwell Sitwell

Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet

Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet was a British politician and landowner.Sitwell was the son of Francis Hurt of Mount Pleasant, Sheffield, who changed his name to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire estates of his mother's cousin, and who in 1793 inherited Barmoor...

, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for West Looe

West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)

West Looe was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1797 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election...

. The Sitwell family had been ironmasters and landowners in Eckington, Derbyshire

Eckington, Derbyshire

Eckington is a town in North East Derbyshire, 7 miles north of Chesterfield and 8.5 miles south of Sheffield on the border with South Yorkshire.Eckington has a population of 11,152....

, for many centuries.

In 1625, George Sitwell

George Sitwell (Sheriff)

George Sitwell was the leading ironmaster in North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire in the seventeenth century.. He built Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire in 1626. He mined, forged, and rolled iron for use in Britain and overseas...

 (1600-1667), High Sheriff of Derbyshire

High Sheriff of Derbyshire

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 in 1653, built Renishaw Hall

Renishaw Hall

Renishaw Hall is a stately home in Derbyshire, England which dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building. It has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years....

, which remains the family seat. His great-grandson Francis Hurt Sitwell (1728-1793), father of the first baronet, inherited Barmoor Castle

Barmoor Castle

Barmoor Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house built on an ancient site in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building...

, 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

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament for Scarborough

Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Scarborough was the name of a constituency in Yorkshire, electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, at two periods. From 1295 until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Scarborough, electing two MPs until 1885 and one from 1885 until 1918...

. His sons, the fifth and sixth baronets, were both noted poets and authors. Dame Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell

Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE was a British poet and critic.-Background:Edith Sitwell was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, the oldest child and only daughter of Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, of Renishaw Hall; he was an expert on genealogy and landscaping...

, his only daughter, was a poet and critic. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1983 and a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of the county.

Sitwell Baronets, of Renishaw (1808)

• Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet
  Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet was a British politician and landowner.Sitwell was the son of Francis Hurt of Mount Pleasant, Sheffield, who changed his name to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire estates of his mother's cousin, and who in 1793 inherited Barmoor...
  
   (d. 1811)
• Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet (1797-1853)
• Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, 3rd Baronet (1820-1862)
• Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th Baronet (1860-1948)
• Sir (Francis) Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet (1892-1969)
• Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897-1988)
• Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet
  Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet
  Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet was the head of the Sitwell family, and owner of Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire....
  
   (1927-2009)
• Sir George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell, 8th Baronet
  Sir George Sitwell, 8th Baronet
  Sir George Sitwell, 8th Baronet is the current head of the Sitwell family.The son of Susanna Cross and Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell of Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, he is the nephew of Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet...
  
  (b.1967) - Unproven.