Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, GCB, GCMG, MVO, PC, known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War. Wikipedia
Born: June 25, 1881, Farnham, United Kingdom
Died: February 14, 1957 (age 75 years), Denham, United Kingdom
Books: The mist procession, Lessons of my life, Dusk, and more
Children: Cynthia Vansittart
Previous offices: Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom (1930–1938) and Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1928–1930)
Grandparents: Robert Vansittart, Harriet Elizabeth Fleming, and G. J. Blane
Great-grandparents: John Willis Fleming, Caroline Eden, and Arthur Vansittart