Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet
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20 April 1797
Sir George Sitwell, Bt | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Derbyshire | |
| In office 1828–1829 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole |
| Succeeded by | William Evans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Sitwell 20 April 1797 |
| Died | 12 March 1853 (aged 55) |
| Spouse |
Susan Murray Tait
(m. 1818; died 1853) |
| Relations | James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale (uncle) |
| Parent(s) | Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet Alice Parke |
Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet (20 April 1797 – 12 March 1853) was a British politician and landowner.
Sitwell was born on 20 April 1797. He was the only son of Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet and, his first wife, Alice Parke (d. 1797). From his parents' marriage, he had two sisters, Mary Alice Sitwell (who married their cousin, Sir Charles Wake, 10th Baronet, in 1815; after her death, Charles married George's sister-in-law, Charlotte Tait),[1] and Anne Elizabeth Sitwell (who married Gen. Sir Frederick Stovin, a son of James Stovin and younger brother of their stepmother, Sarah Caroline Stovin).[2] After his mother's death in 1797, his father married Sarah Caroline Stovin, daughter of James Stovin and sister to Lt._Gen. Richard Stovin and Gen. Sir Frederick Stovin.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Warneford) Hurt and Francis Hurt of Mount Pleasant, Sheffield, who changed his surname to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the Derbyshire estates of his mother's cousin. His father was an MP for West Looe from 1796 to 1802,[3] as was his uncle, Francis Sitwell, who was an MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed.[4] His paternal aunt, Mary Sitwell, married Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet. His maternal grandparents were Anne (née Preston) Parke and Thomas Parke of Highfield House, West Derby, Liverpool (previously owned by Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl). His maternal uncle, James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale, was Baron of the Exchequer.[1]
Career
Upon the death of his father on 14 July 1811, he succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Sitwell, of Renishaw, County of Derby, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Succeeding Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, of Radbourne Hall, he served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire, like his father before him, from 3 February 1828 to 11 February 1829, when he was succeeded by William Evans of Allestree Hall.[1]
The Sitwells leased Balmoral Castle before it became a royal residence. Reportedly, "Horses and politics were his particular indulgence" but he made a number of disastrous investments, and "lost a fortune in the crash of the Sheffield Land Bank."[5]