John Armytage
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Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet (13 July 1732 – 10 September 1758)[1] was an English politician and soldier.
He was the oldest son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith,[2] and was educated at Eton.[3] In 1747, he succeeded his father as baronet.[4] He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1751, receiving his MA in 1753.[3] Armytage was a Member of Parliament (MP) for York between 1754 and 1758.[5]
He died in the Battle of Saint Cast, France, having been a volunteer in the Seven Years' War,[6] unmarried and aged only 27, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother George.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ The Complete Baronetage Volume 5, page 84
- ^ a b "Armytage, John, Sir Bart. (ARMG750J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 43.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, York". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 442.
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