Robert Vansittart (lawyer)

Robert Vansittart (born December 28, 1728 in London , † January 31, 1789 in Oxford ) was an English lawyer , archaeologist and bad repute for his immoral lifestyle.

Life

Robert was the second son of Arthur van Sittart (1691-1728), a merchant from Shottesbrook , Berkshire , where Robert grew up. His mother Martha was the eldest daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, Baronet of Radley, Berkshire, and Auditor of Queen Anne . His younger brother Henry (1732– around 1770) was later appointed governor of Bengal .

After attending school in Reading and Winchester College , he continued his education at Trinity College (April 3, 1745), University of Oxford and in 1748 became a Fellow of All Souls College . In 1751 he achieved his Bachelor of Law (BCL) and in 1757 the Doctor of Civil Law (DCL). In 1753 he became a member of the Inner Temple Bar Association and practicing lawyer . He occupied a few lower judicial positions , for example, High Steward of Monmouth (from May 17, 1760), Recorder in Maidenhead (1758), Newbury (1764) and Windsor 1770. In 1767 he was appointed Regius Professor of Civil Law and held this position up to his death in 1789. His predecessor in this office, Robert Jenner , had represented Vansittart for several years as a reader . In his spare time he published some works of antiquity.

He was a close friend of Samuel Johnson , William Hogarth and Paul Whitehead and took part in the debauchery of the Hellfire Club . On a trip to Italy he met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who named a character in a comedy after Vansittart.

He died a bachelor in Oxford on January 31, 1789 and was buried in the crypt of the All Souls Chapel.

literature

Edward Irving Carlyle: Vansittart, Robert . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 58: Ubaldini - Wakefield. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1899, pp 144 - 145 (English).
EI Carlyle, rev. Robert Brown: Vansittart, Robert (1728–1789). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), As of 2004, accessed June 2, 2014.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m E. I. Carlyle, rev. Robert Brown: Vansittart, Robert (1728–1789). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), As of 2004, accessed June 2, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Vansittart, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 1789
Place of death	Oxford

[ODNB-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m E. I. Carlyle, rev. Robert Brown: Vansittart, Robert (1728–1789). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), As of 2004, accessed June 2, 2014.