which was exhibited in 1885 at the
Royal Academy of Arts He was born in London, the son of
Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet, of
Normanby Hall, whom he succeeded as
Baronet in 1886. Sheffield was educated at
Eton College and in France and Germany. He served with the
Lincolnshire Regiment and in the
Yeomanry, with the
Diplomatic Service and in the
Foreign Office. On 19 July 1904 he married
Dutch Baroness Julie Marie (Julia Mary) de
Tuyll van Serooskerken, born at
The Hague, daughter of Baron Reginald de
Tuyll van Serooskerken and wife
Countess Anna Mathilda van Limburg-Stirum (alleged illegitimate daughter of
William III of the Netherlands); Lady Sheffield was an Officer of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and a Lady of Grace of the
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. They had one daughter and four sons, including George Berkeley Sheffield. During the
First World War he served as a captain in the
Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Sheffield was a director of
Great Central Railway from 1908 until it was combined with the
London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. Postwar, he was member of Parliament for
Brigg between 1922 and 1929. He was a Justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire. He was Mayor of Scunthorpe in 1936 and he was Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. He lived at 8
South Audley Street in London, and was a member of the
Turf Club, the
Jockey Club, the
Orleans Club and the
Beefsteak Club. Sheffield is one of the great-great-grandfathers of
Cara Delevingne and is great-grandfather of
Samantha Cameron. ==Political career==