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Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1928 to 1930 and Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1930 to 1938 and later served as Chief Diplomatic Adviser to the British Government. He is best remembered for his opposition to Appeasement and his hardline stance towards Germany during and after the Second World War. Vansittart was also a published poet, novelist, and playwright.
==Background and education==
Vansittart was born at Wilton House, Farnham, Surrey, the eldest of the three sons of Robert Arnold Vansittart, of Foots Cray Place, Kent, a Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards, by his wife Susan Alice Blane, daughter of Gilbert James Blane〔Williams, E. T., Palmer, Helen M. ''The Dictionary of National Biography 1951-1960.'' Oxford University Press, 1971.〕 of Foliejon Park, co. Berks. His younger brother Guy Nicholas (Nick) Vansittart had a successful career with General Motors before and after the war. He was recruited into “Z” Network during the 1930's and served in Special Operations Executive during World War Two.〔http://www.gmhistory.chevytalk.org/THE_VANSITTARTS_Lord_and_GN_Van.html〕 The Vansittart family was of Dutch descent - ancestors included Arthur Vansittart, Member of Parliament for Windsor, and Colonel Arthur Vansittart, Member of Parliament for Berkshire, while Henry Vansittart, Robert Vansittart and Lord Bexley were members of other branches of the family. A female line ancestor was Lord Auckland.〔(thepeerage.com Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st and last Baron Vansittart )〕 Vansittart was also a second cousin of T. E. Lawrence (better known as Lawrence of Arabia).〔 He was educated at Eton.〔
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