Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Richard FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet
Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet (born 2 November 1963), is a British landowner and holds the FitzHerbert baronetcy, which he inherited in 1989 along with the family home, Tissington Hall, on the death of his uncle, Sir John FitzHerbert. At the time of his inheritance, he was working as a wine merchant.
He is the son of Major the Rev. David Henry FitzHerbert MC by his marriage to Charmian Hyacinthe Allsopp. Educated at Eton, he is an elected
. The current occupant is Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert Bart. Both Francis FitzHerbert and his son (Sir) John served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire, a post that circulated among the county families.
It is the hall that makes Tissington Hall unusual. It is one of a small group of compact Derbyshire gentry houses in which a central hall runs through the house from front to back. Nicholas Cooper surmises that the unusual, progressive character may be due to the influence of lodges (he counted some fifty emparked estates in Saxton