Vansittart is a surname of Dutch origin, derived from the city of

Sittard Sittard (; ) is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the southernmost province of Limburg. The town is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen and has almost 37.500 inhabitants in 2016. In its east, Sittard borders the German municipali ...

in Limburg. Notable people with the surname include: *

Augustus Arthur Vansittart Augustus Arthur Vansittart (24 July 1824 – 17 April 1882)The Guardian, Apr. 26, 1882 was an English scholar. Life He was the son of George Henry Vansittart of Bisham Abbey—his father predeceased his birth—and his widow Anna Maria, daughter a ...

(1824–1882), English scholar *

Cyril Vansittart Cyril Bexley Vansittart (1852 – 22 January 1887) was an English–Italian chess master. Born in London, he moved to Rome in 1860, later establishing a bank there. He twice participated in unofficial Italian Chess Championships (''Torneo Nazional ...

(1852–1887), English-Italian chess player *

Edward Vansittart Neale Edward Vansittart Neale (1810–1892) was an English barrister, cooperator, and Christian socialist. Biography Neale was born on 2 April 1810 in Bath, one of the eight children of Edward Vansittart Neale (formerly Vansittart), Rector of T ...

(1810–1892), English barrister *

George Henry Vansittart General George Henry Vansittart (16 July 1768 – 4 February 1824) was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Life He was the eldest son of George Vansittart, M.P., of Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, by Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Sir Jame ...

(1768–1824), British army general *

George Vansittart George Vansittart (15 September 1745 – 31 January 1825) was a British politician. He was the younger son of Arthur Vansittart of Shottesbrook and educated at Reading school. His brothers Arthur Vansittart and Henry Vansittart were also MPs. ...

(1745–1825), British politician *

Henrietta Vansittart Henrietta Vansittart, née Lowe (1833 - 8 February 1883) was an English engineer and inventor, awarded a patent for a screw propeller called the Lowe-Vansittart propeller. She was self-trained and she is considered to be one of the first female ...

(1833–1883), English engineer and inventor *

Henry Vansittart Henry Vansittart (3 June 1732 – 1770) was an English colonial administrator, who was the Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764. Life Vansittart was born in Bloomsbury in Middlesex, the third son of Arthur van Sittart (1691–1760), and his wif ...

(1732–1770), English diplomat and Governor of Bengal * Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851), English politician *

Peter Vansittart Peter Vansittart OBE, FRSL (27 August 1920 – 4 October 2008) was an English writer. He had 50 novels published between 1942 and 2008; he also wrote historical studies, memoirs, stories for children and three anthologies: ''Voices from the Grea ...

(1920–2008), English writer *

Robert Vansittart (judge) Robert Vansittart (December 28, 1728 – January 31, 1789) was an English jurist, antiquarian and rake.Carlyle (2005) Life The son of Arthur Vansittart and Martha, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet, and elder brother of Henry Vansittart ...

(1728–1789), English jurist *

Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War. He was Principal Pri ...

(1881–1957), English diplomat * Rupert Vansittart (born 1958), English actor *

Sir Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet, (29 October 1862 – 28 March 1938) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1913 to 1914 and as one of the city's Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1924 to 19 ...

(1862–1938), English politician *

Tom Vansittart Thomas Vansittart (born 23 January 1950) is an English, retired professional footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Crystal Palace and Wrexham. He also played non-league football for Wimbledon. Playing career Vansitta ...

(born 1950), English retired footballer *

William Vansittart William Vansittart (2 May 1813 – 15 January 1878) was a British Conservative Party and Liberal Party politician. Born in 1813, Vansittart was the son of Arthur and Caroline (née Eden) Vansittart. In 1839, he married Emily, daughter of Robert ...

(1813–1878), British politician *

William Vansittart Bowater William Vansittart Bowater (15 March 1838 – 28 April 1907) was the founder of Bowater, which became one of the world's largest producers of newspaper print. Today it had been broken up into a series of market-leading paper-based products busines ...

(1838–1907), English businessman

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