William Vansittart

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William Vansittart
Member of Parliament
for Windsor
In office
27 March 1857 – 12 July 1865
Serving with Richard Vyse (–1865)
George William Hope (1859–1863)
Charles Grenfell (1857–1859)
Preceded bySamson Ricardo
Charles Grenfell
Succeeded byHenry Hoare
Henry Labouchère
Personal details
Born2 May 1813
Died15 January 1878(1878-01-15) (aged 64)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations		Liberal
Spouse(s)
Melanie Jenkins
​
(m. 1866)​

Henrietta Humphreys
​
​
(m. 1847; died 1852)​

Emily Leslie-Anstruther
​
​
(m. 1839; died 1844)​
ChildrenFour
Parent(s)Arthur Vansittart
Caroline Eden

William Vansittart (2 May 1813 – 15 January 1878)[1] was a British Conservative Party and Liberal Party politician.

Born in 1813, Vansittart was the son of Arthur and Caroline (née Eden) Vansittart. In 1839, he married Emily, daughter of Robert Leslie-Anstruther, and they had two children, Emily Eden (born 21 April 1840, Bhaugulpore,[2] died 27 May 1905[3]) and William Henry (born 1844), before she died in 1844 on return from India. He then remarried to Harriette, daughter of Ambrose Humphrys, on 2 December 1847,[4] and they had one child, Caroline Bretha (died 1919), before she also died in 1852. Thirdly, in 1866, he married Melanie, daughter of Sir Richard Jenkins, and they had a son: Charles Edward Bexley (born 1867)[3][5]

A liberal-conservative in politics, Vansittart was elected Conservative Party MP for Windsor at the 1857 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he sought re-election as a Liberal Party candidate, but failed.[6][7]

He was also part of the Honourable East India Company and a Deputy Lieutenant.[3][5]

He died in January 1878 from shock after receiving burns to his arm when a lint used to dress a wound to his arm caught fire.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Births & Baptisms Transcription - findmypast (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval (2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume (reprint ed.). Heritage Books. pp. 275–276. ISBN 9780788418723. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ Westminster Marriages Transcription - findmypast (subscription required)
  5. ^ a b "William Vansittart". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ^ Disraeli, Benjamin (1982). Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George (eds.). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1857-1859 (Illustrated ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780802087287. william vansittart 1813 1878.
  8. ^ "The Late Mr Vansittart". Reading Mercury. 26 January 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Windsor
1857–1865
With: Richard Vyse (–1865)
George William Hope (1859–1863)
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