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Arnold Bexley Vansittart, who was born in London in 1890 and educated at Eton and Christ Church
College, Oxford, was the second son of Captain Robert Vansittart, a descendant of Nicholas Vansittart
(later created Lord Bexley) who occupied Foots Cray Place until his death in 1851.

The impressive Mansion and adjoining land had been a dominating influence in North Cray for over
almost a century and many local men and women worked in the house and on the expansive landscaped
grounds (believed to have been originally designed by Capability Brown) which had the River Cray
flowing through its centre.

Nicholas Vansittart married the Hon. Catherine Isabella Eden, but she died in 1810 without having
had any children. The title of Lord Bexley was extinguished after his death and the property in North
Cray was inherited by other members of this Dutch Hugeonot family.

In the early part of the 19th Century Nicholas Vansittart was an MP and in 1821 after the British
Government had assumed responsibility for the East India Co. he was a member of the Home
Department alongside many illustrious names in our history.

THE EAST INDIA REGIMENT AND DIRECTORY - 1821
HOME DEPARTMENT
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE BOARD OF COMMISSION FOR
THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA
THE RT. HON. CHARLES BATHURST MP, PRESIDENT
SECRETARIES OF STATE:
RT HON LORD CASTLEREAH
RT HON EARL BATHURST
RT HON LORD SIDMOUTH
RT HON EARL OF LIVERPOOL
RT HON NICHOLAS VANSITTART MP