Family
Humphrey Sturt was the son of Humphrey Sturt (1687-1740) of Horton and Diana Napier (died 1740). He married Mary Pitfield, daughter of Charles Pitfield and Dorothy Ashley, on 27 April 1756 at St James, Westminster, London.
Diana Napier, his mother, was the great great granddaughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier the builder of Crichell House, and it was through her that the house passed to the Sturts.
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