Sitwell, Sacheverell, Sir, 1897-1988 (6th Baronet Sitwell, poet and art critic)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1897 - 1988
Dates and places
1897-1988. Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Studied at Eton, served in the army, then travelled in Spain and Italy, where he began to write books on art and architecture, such as Southern Baroque Art (1924). His many volumes of poetry cover a period of over 30 years, from The People's Palace (1918) to An Indian Summer (1982). He became a baronet on the death of his brother, Osbert, in 1969.
Admin / Family structure
Borther of Osbert and Edith
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
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Illustrated letter, 1925-1966 (circa; undated)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/372
Scope and Contents
Letter giving news of social engagements (a concert and ballet) and of bumping into friends Willie and Sachie [Sacheverell Sitwell] and 'Crikey' Nichols. Includes drawing of a figure with a [?whip] and a sticker of a fish.
Dates:
1925-1966 (circa; undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Journal, 9 Dec. 1925-9 June 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/22
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1925-III, 1926-I' and mostly comprises diary entries written while Sassoon was living at 23 Campden Hill Square, London. Diary entries include passages on: /8r. a biography of Thomas Hardy; /10r-11r. the death and funeral of his uncle Hamo Thornycroft; /16r-16v, /117r. Robert Graves; /39v-41v. entries concerning his War experience; /48r-48v. on meeting Sean O'Casey; /51. Virginia Woolf; /77r-109r. on the coal miner's strike; and frequent...
Dates:
9 Dec. 1925-9 June 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
Series
Letter (23 Campden Hill Square, London), 17 Dec. 1927 (year inferred)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/95
Scope and Contents
Giving news (of a dinner in honour of Blunden; plans to visit Sacheverell Sitwell) and quoting extract of a letter from Osbert Sitwell.
Dates:
17 Dec. 1927 (year inferred)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 12 Oct. 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/14
Scope and Contents
Back in London, missing Glen [Byam Shaw] but busy writing, Blunden coming to visit, going with the Sitwells for a weekend at Stephen Tennant's country house, Salisbury.
Dates:
12 Oct. 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 21 June 1927-24 June 1927 (year inferred from context)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/19
Scope and Contents
His letters to Festing Jones a substitute for his journal-writing; also descriptive accounts of a party attended with Frankie Schuster and of various social engagements, with comments on the Sitwells and [his first] meeting with Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
21 June 1927-24 June 1927 (year inferred from context)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letter (addressed from Wien), 14 Sep. 1927 (year inferred)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/79
Scope and Contents
Recounting Sassoon's travels with Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. Enclosing a photograph mounted on card.
Dates:
14 Sep. 1927 (year inferred)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell, 1941-10-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/94
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter, signed.
Dates:
1941-10-13
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to Edward Dent, 1934-06-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EJD/4/377
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed.
Dates:
1934-06-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to GHWR, 1979-07-31
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/389
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed.
Dates:
1979-07-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
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Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to JTS, 1945-04-04
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JTS/2/183
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed.
Dates:
1945-04-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Series
Letters about Bernard Van Dieren, 12 Dec. 1905-12 Apr. 1969 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/187-200
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
12 Dec. 1905-12 Apr. 1969 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Photograph of Sassoon, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, [?Max Meyerfield] and Nellie Burton, 8 Sep. 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/79/1
Scope and Contents
Printed on a postcard from Berlin.
Dates:
8 Sep. 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Postcard from Vienna, Austria, 17 Sep. 1927-17 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/13
Scope and Contents
Giving news of his travels, Osbert and Sachie [Sitwell] charming and considerate companions, travelling on to Budapest.
Dates:
17 Sep. 1927-17 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sir Sacheverell Sitwell: poem, 'Fountains'
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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