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

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

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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

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for

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from 1796 to 1802. In 1808 he was created a

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, of Renishaw in the County of Derby. Sitwell married twice, firstly to Alice Parke, daughter of Thomas 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

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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.p. 339, His memorial is in

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Sitwell family history
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitwell, Sitwell, 1st Baronet Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1769 births 1811 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1801–1802 Sitwell family High Sheriffs of Derbyshire