Robert Vansittart
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Robert Vansittart may refer to:
- Robert Gilbert Vansittart (1881-1957), British diplomat
- Robert Vansittart (jurist)Robert Vansittart (jurist)Robert Vansittart was an English jurist, antiquarian and rake.-Life:Elder brother of Henry Vansittart, who was to go on to become Governor of Bengal, he grew up in Shottesbrooke in Berkshire and was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, becoming a fellow of All Souls College,...
(1728-1789), British jurist and member of the Hellfire Club - Robert Vansittart, son of the Henry VansittartHenry VansittartHenry Vansittart was the English Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764.Vansittart was born in Bloomsbury in Middlesex, the third son of Arthur van Sittart . His father and his grandfather, Peter van Sittart , were both wealthy merchants and directors of the Russia Company...
, the Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764, and is credited with scoring the first recorded century in cricket in India