Sacheverell

Sacheverell (pronounced /səˈʃɛvərəl/ sə-SHEV-ərəl) 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

• Henry Sacheverell (1674–1724), English churchman and politician
• & The Sacheverell riots, a 1710 series of riots in response to his prosecution
• Richard Sacheverell (before 1469 – 1534), English politician
• William Sacheverell (1638–1691), English statesman

As a given or middle name

• Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (1892–1969), English writer, essayist, and poet, known as Osbert
• Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897–1988), English writer and art and music critic, younger brother of the 5th Baronet
• Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet (1927–2009), English landowner and patron of the arts, son of the 6th Baronet, known as Reresby
• Sir George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell, 8th Baronet (born 1967), English businessman, nephew of the 7th Baronet, known as George
• William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell (born 1969), English editor and food journalist, younger brother and heir presumptive of the 8th Baronet
• Walter Henry Sacheverell Sitwell (born 2018), son and heir apparent of the heir presumptive of the 8th Baronet