Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet (September 1769 - 14 July 1811) was a British politician and landowner.

Sitwell was the son of Francis Hurt (1728-1793) of Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Sheffield

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, Sheffield

Sheffield

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, who changed his name to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the 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....

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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 estates of his mother's cousin, and who in 1793 inherited Barmoor Castle

Barmoor Castle

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 from a Phipps relative. Sitwell came to his father's estates in 1793 and greatly extended and improved Renishaw Hall between 1800 and 1803. He was 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...

 from 1796 to 1802. In 1808 he was created a Baronet, of Renishaw in the County of Derby.

Sitwell married twice, firstly to Alice Parke in 1791 and secondly to Sarah Stovin in 1798. He was succeeded by his son Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet.

His daughter Anne married Sir Frederick Stovin

Frederick Stovin

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in 1815; this was an unusual marriage, as Stovin was the younger brother of Sarah, Sitwell's second wife and Anne's stepmother.