| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | LS/920 SIT |
| Title | Left hand, right hand! |
| Date | 1946 |
| Publication Date | 1946 |
| Edition | Reprinted |
| Author | Sitwell, Osbert |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Further Information | On pages 21-22 is an account of a Black servant who ran away from Kedleston and "lived [near Renishaw] for more than eighteen months, going back to something more like his own method of existence, capturing a sheep from time to time, cooking it, and preparing its fleece as a covering for his body". Sir George Sitwell being chairman of the bench of magistrates refused to let him hang for sheep stealing and had him repatriated to Africa. |
| This is in Local Authors series NOT 920.SIT |
| Term | Country houses |
| African-Caribbean peoples |
| Ethnic groups |
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| Place (click for further details) | Type |
| Renishaw | |