Vansittart
Americannoun
noun
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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
Sir Robert Vansittart, the government’s chief diplomatic adviser and a fervent opponent of appeasement, commissioned Conwell-Evans and Christie to produce a report on Hitler’s intentions.
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
Three years ago it was Sir Robert Vansittart who largely inspired and negotiated the Hoare-Laval Deal for Italo-British cahoots on Ethiopia.
From Time Magazine Archive
H, 12, 17, 20, 137, Mr. Vansittart re-collated the beginning of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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