Henry Vansittart

For the Royal Navy officer, see Henry Vansittart (Royal Navy officer).
Henry Vansittart
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Governor of the Presidency of Fort William
In office
1762–1764
Preceded byRobert Clive
Succeeded byRobert Clive
Personal details
Born(1732-06-03)3 June 1732
Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
Died1770 (aged 37)
Presumed to have died at sea in the Mozambique Channel
Alma materReading School
Winchester College
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Henry Vansittart (3 June 1732 – 1770) was an English colonial administrator, who was the Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764.

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