Biography of Edith Sitwell 1887-1964

Paternal Family Tree: Hurt Aka Sitwell

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831

In 1886 [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 25) and [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 51) and [her grandmother] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 47).

On 7th September 1887 Edith Sitwell was born to [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 27) and [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 19) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire [Map].

Around 1900. John Singer Sargent (age 43). Portrait of the Sitwell Family including, left to right, Edith Sitwell (age 12), George Sitwell 2nd Baronet, [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 31), [her brother] Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell 6th Baronet (age 2) and [her brother] Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell 5th Baronet (age 7).

George Sitwell 2nd Baronet: In 1797 he was born to Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet. On 14th July 1811 Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet died. His son George succeeded 2nd Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. In 1853 George Sitwell 2nd Baronet died. His son Sitwell succeeded 3rd Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.

1915. Roger Fry (age 48). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 27).

1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 29).

1918. Roger Fry (age 51). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 30).

1923-1935. Percy Wyndham Lewis (age 40). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 35).

In 1937 [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 68) died.

On 9th July 1943 [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 83) died. His son [her brother] Francis (age 50) succeeded 5th Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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1946. Cecil Beaton (age 41). Photograph of siblings [her brother] Osbert (age 53), [her brother] Sacheverell (age 48) and Edith (age 58) Sitwell.

On 9th December 1964 Edith Sitwell (age 77) died unmarried.

Edith Sitwell 1887-1964 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Edith Sitwell 1887-1964

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edith Sitwell 1887-1964

Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Hurt

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Sitwell 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sitwell 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sitwell 2nd Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Sitwell Reresby Sitwell 3rd Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Edith Sitwell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Burton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Conyngham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Clements

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clements

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Gore

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough

Great x 3 Grandfather: Joseph Denison

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham

GrandFather: William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Forester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Evelyn Evelyn

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smith

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Smith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Culling Smith

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort

Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley