Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet was a British politician and landowner.
Background
Sitwell was the son of Francis Hurt (1728–1793) 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 Castle from a Phipps relative.
Career
Sitwell came to his father"s estates in 1793 and greatly extended and improved Renishaw Hall between 1800 and 1803. 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.
His memorial is in Street Peter and Street Paul"s Church, Eckington.
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 18th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was Member of Parliament for West Looe from 1796 to 1802.