Background
The son of Edmund Sheffield and Nancy Soames, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his uncle Sir Robert Sheffield, 7th Baronet in 1977.
prime minister Conservative councillor
The son of Edmund Sheffield and Nancy Soames, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his uncle Sir Robert Sheffield, 7th Baronet in 1977.
He was educated at Eton College.
He served as a Conservative Councillor on Humberside County Council from 1985-1993. He is the owner of Sutton Park, Yorkshire and a director of Normanby Estate Company Limited.
In 2011 Sir Reginald admitted that he earned as much as £350,000 a year from eight wind turbines located on his estate at Bagmoor near Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire.
He is a member of White"s, Pratt"s, and the Beefsteak Club.
