Sacheverell Sitwell
| Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt | |
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| Born | Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell 15 November 1897 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1 October 1988 (aged 90) Towcester, Northamptonshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1918-1986 |
| Spouse | Georgia Doble (1925–1980) |
| Children | Reresby, Francis |
| Relatives |
George Sitwell (father) Edith Sitwell (sister) Osbert Sitwell (brother) |
Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH ( /sæˈʃɛvərəl/; 15 November 1897 – 1 October 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell were his older siblings.
He was the youngest child of Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, of Renishaw Hall. His mother was the former Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Londesborough and a granddaughter of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort. She claimed a descent through female lines from the Plantagenets.
Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, he was brought up in Derbyshire and educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. In World War I he served from 1916 in the British Army, in the Grenadier Guards.
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