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John Armytage

John Armytage

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Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet (13 July 1732 – 10 September 1758)[1] was an English politician and soldier.

Portrait (1758), oil on canvas, of Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet (1732–1758) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708–1787)

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]

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    "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    The Complete Baronetage Volume 5, page 84
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    "Armytage, John, Sir Bart. (ARMG750J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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    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.
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    "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, York". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 442.
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