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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
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