Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell Bt CH (1897 - 1988)

Born 15 Nov 1897 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1 Oct 1988 at age 90 in Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Sacheverell Sitwell Bt CH was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.

Sacheverell Sitwell Bt CH is Notable.

Sir Sacheverell Sitwell was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Sacheverell Sitwell Bt CH is an English Author.

Sacheverell Sitwell was born on the 15th November, 1897 at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
He was the son of Sir George Reresby Sitwell 4th Bt and Ida Emily Augusta Denison.

He was an English writer, best known as an art critic and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque.

He also wrote poems. ^[1]

Sachie was sent to public school at Eton and then his education was suspended as World War One broke out. At the age of 19 he was serving as a Grenadier Guardsman.

Marriage

Sacherverell Reresby Sitwell married in 1925, Georgina Louise Doble (1905-1980).

CHILD:

1. Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935–2004).

When his brother Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet died in 1969, Sachie became the 6th Baronet and was further decorated in 1984 with the Companion of Honour (CH). Sir Sacheverell Sitwell spent the second half of his life living at Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, England United Kingdom.

Death

Sir Sacheverall Sitwell, 6th Bt. passed away on the 1st October, 1988 at Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ My Poetic Side: Sacheverell Sitwell: (https://mypoeticside.com/poets/sacheverell-sitwell-poems)
2. ↑ FaG: Sir Sacheverall Sitwell, 6th Bt. passed away on the 1st October, 1988. Citing this Record: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 November 2020), memorial page for Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (15 Nov 1897–1 Oct 1988), Find a Grave Memorial no. 62726381, citing St Mary and St Peter Churchyard, Weedon Lois, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England ; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479) .

• comment by Sacheverell in bio of his mother: the esoteric curiosa (http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2010/04/plantagenet-princess-lady-ida-emily.html)

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell