Vansittart
Americannoun
noun
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One of the great virtues of Spicer’s book is that it brings Vansittart out of the shadows, exploring his critical role in bolstering the kind of policies championed by Winston Churchill: no compromises with Hitler.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
Vansittart pointedly noted in his introduction that it was written by “two Englishmen who know Germany best” and that they had been, until recently, considered Germanophiles.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
After lunch, we descended to one of the building’s entrance lobbies, where Christian Schwochow, the director on the episode, was setting up a shot involving Dance and Rupert Vansittart, the actor who plays Cecil King.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
Vansittart is the only man living who knows all the Number Ones of the British Secret Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vansittart, who knew Calliaud well alike as a friend and as a man trusted by Clive, summoned him to attend the Council upon the deliberations of which the future of Bengal depended.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
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