Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Baronet JP (né Hurt; September 1769 – 14 July 1811) was a British politician and landowner.
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Early life
Born as Sitwell Hurt in September 1769, he was the eldest son of Mary (née Warneford) Hurt and Francis Hurt (1728–1793) of Mount Pleasant, Sheffield, who changed his surname to Sitwell in 1777, when he inherited the Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire estates of his mother's cousin. Among his siblings were younger brother was Francis Sitwell, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed (who married Ann Campbell, a daughter of Ilay Campbell of Succoth), and sister, Mary Sitwell, who married Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet (after Mary's death, Sir William married Jenny Gambier, daughter of Vice-Admiral James Gambier).
His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Hurt and Catherine (née Sitwell) Hurt (daughter of William Sitwell). Sitwell was a great-great grandson of ironmaster George Sitwell, "who first put the Sitwell family on the map." His maternal grandparents were Mary (née Stainforth) Warneford and the Rev. Richard Warneford of York.
Sitwell was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1788, before commencing his Grand Tour.