Vansittart

Vansittart is a surname of Dutch origin that originated in the city of Sittard in Limburg. A rich mercantile branch of the Dutch family that settled at Shottesbrooke, in Berkshire, England, included several members who were prominent in British politics.

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
• Alice Vansittart Comyns Carr (1850–1927), British costume designer associated with the Aesthetic dress movement
• Alma Gertrude Vansittart Strettell, (1853–1939), British translator and poet

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 Bay, Western Australia
• Vansittart Island (Nunavut), uninhabited Canadian arctic island
• Vansittart Island (Tasmania), island in Australia