Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
George IV | |
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Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool George Canning Viscount Goderich |
Preceded by | Charles Bathurst |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Aberdeen |
Personal details | |
Born | Tory | 29 April 1766
Spouse(s) | Catherine Isabella Eden (1778–1810) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley,
Background and education
The fifth son of
Political career
During these and the next few years Vansittart's reputation as a financier was gradually rising. In 1809 he proposed and carried without opposition in the
Chancellor of the Exchequer
When Vansittart became
Vansittart became very unpopular in the country, and he resigned his office in December 1822. His system of finance was severely criticised by
Family
Lord Bexley married Catherine Isabella (1778–1810), daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, in July 1806. He withdrew from public life in the spring of 1809 to take her on rest cures at Malvern and Torquay.[6] The marriage was childless. He died at Foots Cray, Kent, on 8 February 1851. As he had no issue the title became extinct on his death.
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Legacy
The Australian explorer Phillip Parker King named one of the bays on the coast of Kimberley in Western Australia "Vansittart Bay" after Lord Bexley.[8]
Archives
There are nine volumes of Vansittart's papers in the British Library.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "No. 17896". The London Gazette. 15 February 1823. p. 251.
- ^ Bexley and Coburn Halls Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine at Kenyon College website. Retrieved on 8 September 2006.
- ^ "Library and Archive catalog". Royal Society. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ The African Repository, American Colonization Society, 1842, Volumes 18–19, p. 54 [1]
- ^ Vansittart, Nicholas, first Baron Bexley (1766–1851), politician, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1840.
- ^ "Vansittart Bay". Great Escape Cruises. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
Vansittart Bay was named after the Chancellor of Exchequer by early explorer Phillip Parker King
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bexley, Nicholas Vansittart". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Carr, William (1899). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nicholas Vansittart
- Vansittart Arms – named after Nicholas, 1st Baron Bexley