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Vansittart

American  
[van-sit-ert] / vænˈsɪt ərt /

noun

  1. Sir Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham, 1881–1957, British statesman and diplomat.


Vansittart British  
/ vænˈsɪtət /

noun

  1. Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham. 1881–1957, British diplomat and writer; a fierce opponent of Nazi Germany and of Communism

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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

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

It was Lord Vansittart who wrote, but he was quoting not himself but Velleius Paterculus, a 1st-Century Roman historian.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon his lordship's advancement to this high and important office, Lord Sidmouth and Mr. Vansittart were announced as new members of the ministry.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

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