Sacheverell (
pronounced ) is a rare English name of Norman French origin meaning "roebuck leap". The diminutive form is "Sachie" or "Sacha". Notable people with the name include:
As a surname
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Henry Sacheverell
Henry Sacheverell (; 8 February 1674 – 5 June 1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon. He was subsequently impeached by the House of Commons and ...
(1674–1724), English churchman and politician
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Sacheverell riots
The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn of 1710 in which supporters of the Tories attacked the homes and meeting-houses of Dissenters, particularly tho ...
, a 1710 series of riots in response to his prosecution
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Richard Sacheverell (before 1469 – 1534), English politician
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William Sacheverell
William Sacheverell (1638 – 9 October 1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1670 and 1691.
Life
Sacheverell was the son of Henry Sacheverell, a country gentleman, by his wife Joyce Mansfield. Hi ...
(1638–1691), English statesman
As a given or middle name
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Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (1892–1969), English writer, essayist, and poet, known as Osbert
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Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet
Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, (; 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 a ...
(1897–1988), English writer and art and music critic, younger brother of the 5th Baronet
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Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet (1927–2009), English landowner and patron of the arts, son of the 6th Baronet, known as Reresby
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Sir George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell, 8th Baronet (born 1967), English businessman, nephew of the 7th Baronet, known as George
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William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell (born 1969), English editor and food journalist, younger brother and
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
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of the 8th Baronet
* Walter Henry Sacheverell Sitwell (born 2018), son and heir apparent of the heir presumptive of the 8th Baronet
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