Vansittart

Vansittart is a surname of Dutch origin, derived from the city of Sittard in Limburg.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Augustus Arthur Vansittart (1824–1882), English scholar
  • Cyril Vansittart (1852–1887), English-Italian chess player
  • Edward Vansittart Neale (1810–1892), English barrister
  • George Henry Vansittart (1768–1824), British army general
  • George Vansittart (1745–1825), British politician
  • Henrietta Vansittart (1833–1883), English engineer and inventor
  • Henry Vansittart (1732–1770), English diplomat and Governor of Bengal
  • Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851), English politician
  • Peter Vansittart (1920–2008), English writer
  • Robert Vansittart (judge) (1728–1789), English jurist
  • Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart (1881–1957), English diplomat
  • Rupert Vansittart (born 1958), English actor
  • Sir Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet (1862–1938), English politician
  • Tom Vansittart (born 1950), English retired footballer
  • William Vansittart (1813–1878), British politician
  • William Vansittart Bowater (1838–1907), English businessman

See also

  • Vansittart (ship)
  • Vansittart (1814 ship), launched at New York in 1807, under another name
  • HMS Vansittart (D64), Admiralty modified W class destroyer of the Royal Navy
  • Vansittart (East Indiaman)
  • Vansittart Island (Nunavut), uninhabited Canadian arctic island
  • Vansittart Island (Tasmania), island in Australia

References

  1. ^ "Vansittart surname". Forebears. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
Surname list
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