Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Sitwell, Georgia Doble, 1906-1980
Georgia Doble Sitwell Collection
1901-1974
8 boxes (3.36 linear feet), 1 oversize folder
The Georgia Doble Sitwell Collection is
composed primarily of personal correspondence, with a small quantity of business papers
having to do with investments and financial matters relating to her Canadian
family.
English and French
TXRC03-A?
Biographical Sketch
Georgia Doble, the Canadian-born wife of Sacheverell Sitwell, was born in 1906 to a banker
of Cornish descent. She met Sitwell at a party in 1924 while participating in the social
gaiety of the London season. Georgia was familiar with Sitwell’s
Southern Baroque Art and enjoyed his company, but she waited almost
a year before accepting his marriage proposals. They were married in Paris on October 12,
1925. Their first son, Reresby, was born in 1927 and his younger brother, Francis, in
1935.
Georgia found it difficult to blend in with the Sitwell family, which had more than the
usual share of dynamics. She did her best to play the self-assigned role of muse, but
Sitwell was not a social man and Georgia missed the busy whirl of London. She attended many
social events without him, which led to a great deal of friction between them. They both had
affairs over the years, but remained deeply attached to one another throughout their lives.
Georgia died in 1980.
Sources:
Bradford, Sarah.
Sacheverell Sitwell: Splendours and Miseries.
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993.
National Portrait Gallery.
The Sitwells and the Art of the 1920s
and 1930s. London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1994.
Index Terms
People
Aberconway, Christabel Mary Melville
Macnaghten McLaren, Baroness.
Audrain, Lawrence A.
Bryher, 1894-1983.
Horner, David.
Lehmann, John, 1907-
Lindsay, Loelia, 1902-
Magro, Frank.
Massigli, René Lucien Daniel.
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir,
1860-1943.
Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969.
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
West, Mae.
Subjects
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988.
Sitwell family.
Places
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th
century.
Document Types
Business records.
Scope and Contents
The Georgia Doble Sitwell Collection is composed primarily of personal correspondence, with
a small quantity of business papers having to do with investments and financial matters
relating to her Canadian family. The collection is organized in two series: Series I.
Correspondence, 1901-1974 (7 boxes); and Series II. Business Papers, 1926-1974 (1 box).
Portions of this collection were previously accessible through a preliminary inventory of
the Sacheverell Sitwell Collection. They have been re-cataloged as part of a retrospective
conversion project.
The personal correspondence series is notable for the variety of people represented. Along
with members of the Sitwell family and their close associates, including David Horner and
Frank Magro, Georgia's correspondents included Lawrence Audrain, John Lehmann, Loelia
Lindsay, René Massigli, Evelyn Waugh, and Mae West. There are also several folders of
correspondents identified by first name only. An index of all correspondents is found at the
end of this finding aid. Business papers include statements from the firms Coutts and
Lloyds, correspondence with publishers regarding Sacheverell's work, and general business
papers, including an automobile certificate of ownership.
Acquisition:
Purchase, 1964-1990
Access:
Open for research
Processed by:
Chelsea Dinsmore, Isabel Morales, Richard Workman 2003
Other materials related to Georgia Sitwell may be found in the following manuscript
collections at the Ransom Center: - Lehmann, John
- Patmore,
Derek
- Sitwell, Edith, Dame
- Sitwell, Osbert
- Sitwell,
Sacheverell
Container List
Series I. Correspondence, 1901-1974
1
1
A
1
2
Aberconway, Christabel, 1965-70
1
3
Andrade, Lorna, 1960-62
1
4
Audrain, Lawrence A., 1951-56
1
5
B-Bi
1
6
Bamford, Francis, 1938-64
1
7
Beaufort, Louise, 1930-41
1
8
Bl-Bz
1
9
C-Ch
1
10
Callimachi, Anne-Marie, 1938-44
2
1
Cl-Cz
2
2
D
2
3
E-F
2
4
G
2
5
Gordon Woodhouse, Violet, 1944-50
2
6
H
2
7
Hesketh, Freddie & Kristy, nd
2
8
Horner, David, 1940-62
2
9
I-K
2
10
L
2
11
Lindsay, Loelia, 1956-65
2
12
M-Me
3
1
Magro, Frank, 1966-69
3
2
Massigli, René, 1940-62 (in French)
3
3
Mi-Mz
3
4
Milbanke, Sheila, 1940-66
3
5
Mosley, Cynthia, 1927-32
3
6
N-O
3
7
P
3
8
Q-R
3
9
S
3
Sitwell, Edith
3
10-15
Undated
4
1
1925-30
4
2
1931-32
4
3
1933-35
4
4
1936-38
4
5
1939-45
4
6
1946-55
4
7
1956-62
4
8-10
Sitwell, George, 1926-40
5
1
Sitwell, Ida, 1933-59
5
Sitwell, Osbert
5
2-5
Undated
5
6
1924-35
5
7
1936-58
5
8
1959-65
5
9
1966-69
5
10
Sitwell, Reresby, 1959
5
11
Stevenson, Bernard & Gertrude, 1974
5
12
T-V
5
13
W-Z
5
14
Waugh, Evelyn, 1938-65
6
1
Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 1931-40
6
2
Wimborne, Alice, 1926-35
6
Correspondents identified by first name only
6
3
A-B
6
4
C-D
6
5
Daisy
6
6
E-F
6
7
G-I
6
8
J-L
7
1
M
7
2
N-P
7
3
R-S
7
4
Salvador
7
5
T-Z
7
6-7
Unidentified
7
8
Telegrams received upon Reresby’s birth, 1935
Series II. Business Papers, 1926-1974
8
1
Coutts accounts, 1968-74
8
2
Lloyds accounts, 1968-71
8
3-4*
General business papers, 1926-73 (*automobile certificate removed to oversize
folder 1)
8
5
Notes and correspondence with publishers, 1948-50
8
6
The Royal Trust Company, 1942-72
Index of Correspondents
- Abbey, Eleanor--1.1 (includes a drawing)
- Aberconway, Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten McLaren,
Baroness--1.2
- Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Claus--1.1
- Aird, Viola--1.1
- Alison, Barley--1.1
- Ames, Kit--1.1
- Andrade, Lorna--1.3
- Anrep, Helen--1.1
- Arden, Elsie--1.1
- Aria, E.--1.1
- Arlen, Michael--1.1
- Aston, Gavin--1.1
- Audrain, Lawrence A.--1.4
- Balston, Thomas--1.5
- Bamford, Francis--1.6
- Bamford, S.--1.5
- Baragwanath, Dotty--1.5
- Barrington, William, Lord ("Bill")--1.5
- Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir, 1904- --1.5
- Beaufort, Louise--1.7
- Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964--1.5
- Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956--1.5
- Beit, Clementine, Lady--1.5
- Benake, Anthony--1.5
- Bennet, G. W. (George W.) --1.5
- Benson, W. V.?--1.5
- Bentick, H. N. ("Henry")--1.5
- Berckemeyer, Maria E. de--1.5
- Bernstorlt, Albrecht, Count--1.5
- Betjeman, John, Sir, 1906- --1.5
- Betjeman, Penelope, Lady--1.5
- Birrell, Francis, 1889-1935--1.5
- Blanche, Lesley--1.8
- Bolín, Luis A.--1.8
- Bolles, Charles--1.8
- Boneham, Thomas--1.8
- Borenius, Tancred, 1885-1948--1.8
- Borura, Maurice--1.8
- Bourne, F. M. (Munroe)--1.8
- Bourrof?, Auril--1.8
- Bradford, Hugh--1.8
- Brocklehurst, Charles (C. D. F.) ("Charlie")--1.8
- Brooks, Norman--1.8
- Brougham, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Mabel), b. 1883--1.8
- Browning, Arthur--1.8
- Bryher, 1894- --1.8
- Byron, Robert, 1905-1941--1.8
- Cadd, Dorothy--1.9
- Callimachi, Anne-Marie Vacaresco, princess--1.10 (includes
photographs)
- Cantacuyene, Balasha--1.9
- Caraman, Philip, 1911- --1.9
- Carisbrooke, Irene Frances Adza Denison Mountbatten, marchioness of, d.
1956--1.9
- Cartalio, Satyri--1.9
- Cavendish, Adele--1.9
- Chamberlain, Austen, Sir, 1863-1937--1.9
- Channon, Henry, 1898-1958--1.9
- Churchill, Clementine, Lady, 1885-1977--1.9
- Clare?, M. L.--2.1
- Clark, K.--2.1
- Clarkson, Tom--2.1
- Clayre, Alasdair--2.1
- Clerk, George T.--2.1
- Coats, Peter--2.1
- Coggins, B. E. --2.1
- Colefax, Sibyl, 1874-1950--2.1
- Connolly, Cyril, 1903-1974--2.1
- Cooper, Diana--2.1
- Cooper, Duff, Viscount Norwich, 1890-1954--2.1
- Corrigan, Laura--2.1 (report)
- Cotton, John Henderson--2.1
- Courtauld, Samuel--2.1
- Cowling, Ruth C.--2.1
- Cox, Lewis, b. 1898--2.1
- Cubitt, Sonia--see Keppel, Sonia
- Cunard, Emerald--2.1
- Davis, Theo--2.2
- Dawson, Frederick--2.2
- De Faiye, Jane--2.2
- De France, Isabelle--2.3
- Denys, Monty--2.2
- Derby, Alice--2.2
- De Zoete, Beryl, 1884-1962--2.2
- Doble, Carmenow--2.2
- Doble, Douglas--2.2
- Domvile, Joan--2.2
- Dudley, Eric--2.2
- Duggan, Hubert--2.2
- Egremont, Pamela--2.3
- Eliot, Vivienne, 1888-1947--2.3
- Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 1926- --2.3
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-
--2.3
- Fenn, E. V.--2.3
- Ferguson, A.--2.3
- Fitzwilliam, Joyce--2.3
- Forbes, Alison--2.3
- Ford, Brinsley--2.3
- Ford, Edward--2.3
- Fowler, John--2.3
- Frost, Nellie--2.3
- Gage, Berkeley, 1904- --2.4
- Gathorne-Hardy, Edward, Hon.--2.4
- Gee, Lydia--2.4
- Goemans, Edith--2.4
- Goldsmid, Rosemary d'Avigdor--2.4
- Goodman, F. J.--2.4
- Gordon Woodhouse, Violet, 1871-1948--2.5
- Gourko, Henriette de--2.4
- Grant, Duncan--2.4
- Greenway, George Lauder, 1904- --2.4
- Griffiths, Ann--2.4
- Grimwade, Arthur--2.4
- Gulday, Han?--2.4
- Haddington, Sarah--2.6
- Hadley, Patrick, 1889-1973--2.6
- Hamerton, F. L.--2.6
- Hampton, Dorothy--2.6
- Hardwick, Ralph--2.6
- Harnis-Smith, Mrs.--2.6
- Harper, Allanah, 1904- --2.6
- Harrod, Roy Forbes, Sir, 1900- --2.6
- Hartnell, Norman--2.6
- Hesketh, Freddie, 1921- --2.7
- Hesketh, Kristy--2.7
- Hillingdon, Arthur Robert Mills, baron, 1891- --2.6
- Hobson, Anthony--2.6
- Hollingworth, P.--2.6
- Hootox, Mrs.--2.6
- Horner, David--2.8
- Hortun, Henry--2.6
- Humphrey, B.--2.6
- Hunt, Peter--2.6
- Islington, — --2.9
- Jackson, Lewis J.--2.9
- Jackson, T. Leslie--2.9
- James, Zita--2.9
- Janin, Nelde--2.9
- Jebb, Cynthia--2.9
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961--2.9
- Kellet, E. O. ("Flash")--2.9
- Kennedy, Moira ("Sugar Ray")--2.9
- Kent, George--2.9
- Keppel, Alice, 1869-1947--2.9
- Keppel, Sonia, 1900- --2.9
- Khan, Ali Solomon, 1911-1960--2.9
- Kobayashi, M.--2.9
- Kochno, Boris--2.9
- Lacerda, Alberto de, 1928- --2.10
- Lambert, Constant, 1905-1951--2.10
- Lancaster, Osbert, Sir, 1908- --2.10
- Lane, Margaret, 1907- --2.10
- Langstaff, Brett--2.10
- Lansberg, Bertie--2.10
- Lavery, Hazel, Lady, 1880-1935--2.10
- Lavery, John, Sir, 1856-1941--2.10
- Lees-Milne, James--2.10
- Lehmann, John, 1907- --2.10
- Lennox, L. Peareth--2.10
- Leslie, Kuener--2.10
- Leverson, Ada--2.10
- Lindsay?, Anabel--2.10
- Lindsay, Loelia, 1902- --2.11
- Londonderry, Edith Helen, Marchioness Dowager of,
1878?-1959--2.10
- Lowz, John--2.10
- Lucar, Sam--2.10
- Lyon, Ted--2.10
- Maby, C. G.--2.12
- Magro, Frank--3.1
- Marina, Princess--2.12
- Markham, Henry--2.12
- Marlborough, E.--2.12
- Marsh, Eddie--2.12
- Martin, Ellen--2.12
- Martin, Philip--2.12
- Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948--2.12
- Massigli, René Lucien Daniel--3.2
- Masson, André--2.12
- Matsas, Alexandros--2.12
- Maugham, Robin, 1916- --2.12
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965--2.12
- Mawle, I. A.--2.12
- McCann, C. W. ("Billy")--2.12
- McEwen, Bridget--2.12
- McFadden, Frances--2.12
- McMullin, John--2.12
- Metcalfe, Baba--2.12
- Metcalfe, C. W.--2.12
- Middleton, Sarah--3.3
- Milbanke, Sheila--3.4
- Miller, Alfred A.--3.3
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973--3.3
- Monro, Harold, 1879-1932--3.3
- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--3.3
- Morrow, Julia--3.3
- Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980--3.3
- Mosley, Cynthia, Lady, 1898-1933--3.5
- Mullens, Lady--3.3
- Nash, Paul--3.6
- Neame, Elizabeth--3.6
- Nevinson, C. R. W. (Christopher Richard Wynne),
1889-1946--3.6
- Nicol, J. L.--3.6
- Northampton, Elspeth--3.6
- Northampton, Virginia--3.6
- Obolensky, Serge--3.6
- Olinier, Edith--3.6
- Olivrina, Raoul Regis de--see Regis de Olivrina, Raoul
- Palewski, Gaston, 1901-1984--3.7
- Pansa, Mario--3.7
- Pares, Victoria--3.7
- Parsons, Bridget--see Cox, Lewis
- Pelly, Elizabeth Ponsonby--3.7
- Pembroke, Mary--3.7
- Petriburg, Cyril--3.7
- Petriburg, Sh— (Bishop of Peterborough) --3.7
- Petrickstrin, Alexandre--3.7
- Pinnegas, V. J.--3.7
- Piper, Myfanwy--3.7
- Pond, Cordelia Sargent--3.7
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980--3.7
- Potocrie, Helen--3.7
- Quennell, Peter, 1905- --3.8
- Radziwill, Dolly--3.8
- Rainbird, George--3.8
- Ramsey, L. G. G.--3.8
- Rattigan, Terence--3.8
- Reade, Brian--3.8
- Regis de Olivrina, Raoul--3.8
- Rivaris, Bernard--3.8
- Robins, J. F.--3.8
- Rootham, Helen--3.8
- Roper, Lanning--3.8
- Rosslyn, Tony--3.8
- Rothenstein, John, Sir, 1901- --3.8
- Rotherman, Edward--3.8
- Russell, James--3.8
- Russell, John--3.8
- Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957--3.9
- Salfeld, Denise--3.9
- Santa Cruz, Cesilna?, La Marquesa de--3.9
- Sargent, Mrs.--see Pond, Cordelia Sargent
- Savadenes, Frances--3.9
- Saye and Sele, Hersey--3.9
- Schwayerberg, Kathleen--3.9
- Sekers, Nicholas--3.9
- Seles, Olgi?--3.9
- Severini, Jeanne--3.9
- Simpson, Ernest A.--3.9
- Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964--3.10-4.7
- Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir, 1860-1943--4.8-10
- Sitwell, Ida, Lady--5.1
- Sitwell, Jessica--3.9
- Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969--5.2-5.9
- Sitwell, Reresby, 1927- --5.10
- Smith, Eleanor--3.9
- Smith, Fred--3.9
- Smith, G.--3.9
- Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960--3.9
- Smith, John--3.9
- Somerset, Penny--3.9
- Southern, G. H.--3.8
- Spencer-Churchill, Ivor--3.9
- Stark, Freya--3.9
- Stevenson, Bernard--5.11
- Stevenson, Gertrude Scott, 1891- --5.11
- Stewart, Michael--3.9
- Sung, Chong--3.9
- Sutton, Denys--3.9
- Tallegraen, Hébi--5.12
- Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957--5.12
- Tennant, David, 1902-1968--5.12
- Thomas, Edda--5.12
- Thomas, Lucy--5.12
- Thursby, Poppy--5.12
- Tredegar, Ivan--5.12
- Trefusis, Violet Keppel, 1894-1972--5.12
- Treowen, Albertina--5.12
- Tvede, Mogens--5.12
- Verco, W. J. G. (Walter J.)--5.12
- von Tropmansthal, Raimund--5.12
- Waley, Arthur--5.13
- Walton, William--5.13
- Wardell, Michael--5.13
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966--5.14
- Webb, John--5.13
- West, Mae--5.13
- West, Rebecca--5.13
- Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Duke of,
1879-1953--6.1
- Westminster, Loelia Lindsay, Duchess of--see Lindsay,
Loelia
- Westminster, Sally--5.13
- Weymouth, Daphne--5.13
- Whilar, Mary--5.13
- Whistler, Laurence, 1912- --5.13
- White, Gabriel--5.13
- Willis, Evan--5.13
- Wills, Dorothy E.--5.13
- Wills, Frank--5.13
- Wimborne, Alice--6.2
- Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972--5.13
- Winn, Kittey--5.13
- Woodhouse, Violet Gordon--see Gordon Woodhouse, Violet
- Woodrow, E.--5.13
- Woog, Bernard--5.13
- Woog, Olgila--5.13
- Yeo, William--5.13
- Zoete, Beryl de--see De Zoete, Beryl