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Armytage, AnnRef 158-371
[1928-] Only daughter of Captain Sir John Lionel Armytage by his first marriage.

In 1948, she married (1) Francis Richard Anson.


Francis Richard came from Rugby
 

In 1962, she married (2) Philip J. Warburton-Lee.


Philip came from London
 

Armytage, Christina MaryRef 158-372
[1952-] Daughter of Captain Sir John Lionel Armytage by his second marriage.

Born 15th September 1952.

She married Mr Cornish from Wiltshire

Armytage, Captain David GeorgeRef 158-260
[1929-] CBE.

Son of Reginald William Armytage.

He is likely to inherit the title as Tenth Baronet of Kirklees from his cousin, Sir John Martin Armytage

On 3rd April 1954, he married Antonia Cosima.


Antonia Cosima was the eldest daughter of Count Cosimo Diodono de Bosardi of Cape Province, South Africa
 

Children:

  1. Hugh [born 1955]
  2. Davina [born 1956]
  3. Charles [born 1962]

Armytage, Edith BeatriceRef 158-313
[1881-19??]
Daughter of
Sir George John Armytage.

In 1903, she and Mary, daughter of Rev John Child, transcribed and edited a volume entitled

The Parish Register of Hartshead [1612-1812]

In 1905, she married Marjoribanks Keppel North

Armytage, EdwardRef 158-186
[15??-1643]
Son of
John Armytage.

Born at Keresforth, Barnsley.

He built Kirklees Hall in 1610.

He married Elizabeth John [1???-1664].


Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward Hanson John of Barnsley
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. John

Armytage, EdwardRef 158-1022
[1812-1???]
Or Armitage.

Son of Joseph Armytage.

Born at Holme House, Lightcliffe.

He was a cotton spinner at Halifax & Huddersfield / a partner in Joseph Armytage & Sons / a card maker and cotton spinner of Lightcliffe / a card maker in Manchester.

In 1850, he was declared bankrupt

He married Sarah Morgan.

Children:

  1. (possibly) Cornelius
  2. Edward [b 1837]
  3. Caroline [b 1837]
  4. Frederick John [b 1839]
  5. Anne [1841] who died in infancy

The children were all born in Lightcliffe.

Sarah died in 1843.

After her death, Edward engaged Lydia Whitehead as a nurse.

In 1846, Edward had an illegitimate son – William Edward Armytage Axon – by Lydia.

Family stories tell how, after Edward's business failed [1850] and he fell on hard times, Lydia returned and nursed him on his deathbed

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Armytage, FrancisRef 158-161
[1600-1644]
Son of
John Armytage. He became 1st Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Francis

He died at the Battle of York

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Armytage, FrancisRef 158-163
[1631-1???]
Son of
Francis Armytage.

He married Unknown.

Child: Thomas

Armytage, Francis RonaldRef 158-3860
[1851-1907]
Of Ravensbourne, Harrow. Youngest son of
Sir George Armytage.

He died 9th December 1907

Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-2
[1???-18??]
A gentlemen living in Lightcliffe [1822].

He married Ellen.

Children:

  1. Sarah [bapt Lightcliffe 12th February 1822]

Armytage, Sir GeorgeRef 158-167
[1660-1736]
Son of
Sir John Armytage.

Born 23rd August 1660.

He never married.

He should have succeeded his father as

5th Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York

but he was unpopular and profligate with the family's fortunes, so his father passed the title to Samuel Armytage.

He died in April 1736.

See Clifton Almshouses

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Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-250
[1661-1709]
Son of
John Armytage.

Born at Keresforth, Barnsley.

In 1706, he found Elizabeth de Staynton's grave in the cemetery at Kirklees Nunnery.

He married Magdalen Usher.


Magdalen came from Barnsley
 

Child: Samuel

Armytage, Sir GeorgeRef 158-252
[1734-1783]
Son of
Sir Samuel Armytage.

Born at Kirklees [25th December 1734].

He was 3rd Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York / High Sheriff for Yorkshire [1775].

In 1760, he married Anna Maria Wentworth.

Child: George

He died 21st January 1783.

He was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

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Armytage, Sir GeorgeRef 158-253
[1761-1836]
MP.

Son of Sir George Armytage.

Born 11th June 1761.

He became 4th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

On 12th August 1783, he married (1) Mary Harbord in London

On 6th December 1791, he married (2) Mary Bowles at Aston, Oxfordshire.

Children:

  1. George
  2. John

In 1791, he became Sheriff for Yorkshire.

In 1794, he commanded the Huddersfield Fusilier Volunteers which had been raised to resist the recent food riots.

In 1816, he sold most of the land and property which the family owned in Brighouse.

He died at Kirklees [14th July 1836] and was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

See Clifton Grammar School

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Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-412
[1769-1836]
He was a
card maker of Lightcliffe.

He married (1) Mary [1775-1810].

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. George
  3. Sarah [bapt 13th May 1798-1814]

Mary died 10th January 1810.

She is remembered on George's gravestone.

On 12th April 1820, he married (2) Ellen.


Ellen was the daughter of John Edwards and widow of Joshua Bates
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [1821-1829]

In January 1804, he bought Holme House, Lightcliffe from John Radcliffe for £1907 10/-

In 1820, he rebuilt the house and called it Home House after a nearby field called Homestead.

George was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [8th January 1836].

George left everything to his eldest son (who was not named in the will) except

1 or 2 cases of the best Port in the house cellar

which he left to his wife Ellen provided that she did not remarry.

Ellen died 3rd December 1861 with less that £1000 to her name

Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-255
[1788-1800]
Son of
Sir George Armytage.

Born 2nd August 1788.

Born at Kirklees.

He died young [17th May 1800], and the baronetcy passed to his younger brother, John, on the death of their father in 1836

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Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-213
[1794-1815]
Son of
George Armytage.

He was a card maker.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. (possibly) William
  2. (possibly) George
  3. (possibly) Joseph

They lived at Holme House, Lightcliffe [1829].

George died 28th September 1815 (aged 21)  and was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

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Armytage, Sir GeorgeRef 158-256
[1819-1899]
Son of
John Armytage.

Born in Bath, Somerset [3rd May 1819].

He was (possibly) president of the Brighouse Town Hall Company Limited.

He succeeded his grandfather to become 5th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

On 1st June 1841, he married Eliza Matilda Mary Pickford at Spofforth, Lancashire.


Eliza Matilda Mary was the third daughter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe
 

Children:

  1. George John
  2. Francis Ronald

He died at Kirklees [9th March 1899] and was buried at Hartshead.

He was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

See Peter Bedford

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Armytage, GeorgeRef 158-1001
[1819-1904]
Or Armitage.

Son of Samuel Armytage.

Born in Clifton; baptised at Hartshead-cum-Clifton [28th December 1819].

He was a woolsorter [1841] / a woolstapler of Lightcliffe [1843] / a wool sorter [1851, 1861] / an annuitant [1871] / living on own means [1891, 1901].

In 1843, he married Sarah Hepworth [1821-1882] at St Peter's Church, Birstall.


Sarah, of Wike, was the daughter of Joseph Hepworth, joiner
 

Children:

  1. Maria [b 1844] who was a servant for the Musgrave  family at 3 Clarendon Place, Halifax [1861]
  2. Mary [1846-1911] who was a servant for the Davis  family at 4 Wards End, Halifax [1861] & married James Holdsworth Titterington
  3. Ann [b 1848]
  4. Emma [b 1854]
  5. Samuel Cooper [b 1856] who was a scholar at Wellhouse  Academy, Mirfield [1871], a widower, a clerk at carpet warehouse  [1881]
  6. Walter

They lived at

  • Bradford Road, Brighouse [1851]
  • Hipperholme, Lightcliffe [1861]
  • Field House, Lightcliffe [1871, 1874]
  • Bramley Lane, Hipperholme [1881]
  • Field House, Hipperholme [1891, 1904]

Sarah died in 1882 (aged 61).

George died at home [6th January 1904] (aged 84).

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

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Armytage, George AyscoughRef 158-257
[1872-1953]
CMG, FSA, DSO.

Son of George John Armytage.

Born at Queen Garden, Kensington [2nd March 1872].

He became 7th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

He was educated at Harrow.

He joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He served during World War I and became Brigadier-General in 1916. He was appointed CMG, awarded the DSO and the Croix de Guerre.

An amateur archæologist, he excavated and revealed the foundations of the main buildings of the priory in 1902.

On 12th July 1899, he married Aimée Milbourne-Swinnerton-Pilkington at Knightsbridge, London.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Reginald
  3. Barbara Ellen who married [1930] Henry David  Makgill-Crichton-Maitland from Stamford

His wife obtained a judicial separation in 1922.

He died at Torquay [15th August 1953].

See Clifton Conservative Club

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Armytage, George JohnRef 158-65
[1842-1918]
Son of
George Armytage.

Born at Kirklees [26th April 1842].

He became 6th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York. He was a civil engineer.

He was Deputy Lieutenant of the county / director and chairman of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway / founder member and president of the Yorkshire Archæological Society / president of the Clifton & Lightcliffe Band / High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1907] / chairman of Halifax Rural District Council / Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries / one of the founders of the Harleian Society / a member of the board the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company  [1879] / vice-chairman of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company [1883] / chairman of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company [1887-1918].

He subscribed £300 to the formation of the Brighouse Town Hall Company [1866].

He was an amateur archæologist, and a keen genealogist and antiquary. Between 1902 and 1905, he excavated the foundations of the main buildings of the priory and the Kirklees Roman fort.

On 11th May 1871, he married (1) Ellen Fawkes.

Children:

  1. George Ayscough
  2. John Hawkesworth
  3. a daughter who married Mr North

Ellen died in 1890.

On 6th April 1893, he married (2) Mary Georgina Littledale at Kensington, London.


Mary Georgina was the daughter of Henry A. Littledale of Bolton Hall, Yorkshire
 

Child: 4. Edith Beatrice

George John died 12th November 1918 - the day after World War I ended.

He was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

See Clifton Prize Band and Pickle Bridge Line

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Armytage, GodfreyRef 158-323
[1825-1908]
Born in Tickhill.

He was appointed Adjutant of the 6th West Yorkshire Militia [October 1858]  / Army (Militia) Captain of 6 West Yorks Militia [1861] / Governor of West Riding Prison, Wakefield [1871] / Captain Governor of Prison [1881] / a retired army captain [1901].

He married Charlotte Emily Blackburn [1831-1919].


Charlotte Emily was born in Marnhull, Dorset
 

There are no records of any children

They lived at

  • Haugh House, Northowram [1861]
  • West Riding Prison, Wakefield [1871]
  • HM County Prison, Love Lane, Westgate, Wakefield [1881]
  • see below [1891]
  • 69 Promenade, Southport, Lancashire [1901]
  • 2 Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield [1911]

Living with them [in 1871] was widowed mother-in-law Caroline Louisa Blackburn [b Ware, Hertfordshire 1809]

Living with them [in 1881] was brother-in-law Henry B. Blackburn [b South Africa 1841].

In 1891,

  • Godfrey is listed as Ex Governor of Wakefield Prison, staying at Kensington Court, Kensington, London, with his married sister Laura H. Holberke, wife of Rev Charles W. Holberke, vicar of Farnborough, Warwick
  • Charlotte Emily is listed as Honorary Superintendent, living at St John's "The Industrial Home", Wakefield, a school for teenage girls training for service

Godfrey died in Wakefield in 1908 (aged 83).

Charlotte Emily died in Wakefield in 1919 (aged 88) 

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Armytage, GregoryRef 158-522
[15??-16??]
Of Netherton.

He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Savile.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth who married Sir Thomas Beaumont
  2. William [d 1613]

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Armytage, HenryRef 158-416
[1815-1878]
Son of
Joseph Armytage.

Born in Hipperholme.

He was a card maker of Lightcliffe [1841] / a cotton yarn agent [1851] / a commission agent [1855, 1861] / a partner in Joseph Armytage & Sons / card maker of Slead Hall [1861].

In 1841, he married (1) Mary Holt Graham [1820-1851].


Mary, of Huddersfield, was the daughter of daughter of Charles Holt Graham, woolstapler
 

Children:

  1. Mary Josephine [1847-1851]
  2. Eliza Jessie [b 1848]
  3. Frances Gertrude [b 1850]
  4. Ada Louisa [b 1844] who was a scholar at Walton's school in Hipperholme [1851]

Mary Holt Armytage died Q2 1851.

In 1855, he married (2) Isabella Braithwaite [1825-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Isabella, of Askam, was born in Westmorland, the daughter of Thomas Braithwaite, surveyor
 

They lived at

  • Hipperholme, Halifax [1851]
  • Slead Hall, Laverock Lane, Brighouse [1861]
  • 84 Richmond Road, Paddington, Kensington, London (Henry,  Isabella & daughter Frances Gertrude) [1871]
  • 84 Richmond Road, Paddington, Kensington, London  (Isabella alone) [1881]

Living with them [in 1861] were visitors Annie Braithwaite [b  1831] & Charles James Graham [b 1831]

Henry died in Kensington in 1878 (aged 63).

An Isabella Armytage died in Marylebone, London [Q4 1894] (aged 66) 

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Armytage, JohnRef 158-64
[15??-1573]
Son of
William Armytage.

Yeoman clothier and exporter at Farnley Tyas.

In 15??, he married Elizabeth Kaye.


Elizabeth came from Lockwood
 

Child: John

He was murdered on 21st February 1573 following a shipwreck in the Irish Sea.

See Brighouse Corn Mill and Brighouse Low Mills

Armytage, JohnRef 158-902
[15??-1624]
Son of
John Armytage. He built the Jacobean front on Kirklees Hall

Armytage, JohnRef 158-160
[15??-1650]
Son of
John Armytage.

He became High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1668-1669].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Francis
  2. Elizabeth
  3. John

Armytage, JohnRef 158-185
[1547-1573]
Son of
John Armytage.

A yeoman-clothier of Farnley Tyas.

He bought the Kirklees estate from Robert Pilkington in 1564, and started to build the Hall on the site of the old priory.

He became the Sheriff for Yorkshire [1614].

In 15??, he married Margaret Beaumont.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Edward
  3. Gregory [b 1614]
  4. William [d 1624]
  5. Thomas [d 1624]

He died following a shipwreck in the Irish Sea [21st February 1573]

Armytage, JohnRef 158-249
[1610-1664]
Son of
Edward Armytage.

Born at Keresforth, Barnsley.

In 16??, he married (1) Mary Whitley.

In 16??, he married (2) Elizabeth Dransfield.

Child: George

Armytage, Sir JohnRef 158-162
[1629-1676]
Of Kirklees.

Son of Francis Armytage.

Born 15th December 1629.

He became 2nd Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York.

In 16??, he married Margaret Thornhill.


Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Thornhill
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. John
  3. George
  4. Beatrice
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child
  10. child
  11. child
  12. child
  13. child

He is said to have died after twice falling from his horse as he returned home from a drinking party at Nunbrook on the edge of the estate [April 1677]

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Armytage, Sir JohnRef 158-166
[1653-1732]
Son of
Sir John Armytage.

Born 14th April 1653.

He became 4th Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York.

In 1725, he bought Upper Wat Ing, Norland from John Turner of Mirfield.

He died 2nd December 1732.

He bequeathed £100 for

the support and maintenance of a Grammar School in Hartshead-cum-Clifton

See Clifton Free School and Clifton Grammar School

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Armytage, JohnRef 158-141
[17??-18??]
He lived at
Woodhouse, Rastrick

Armytage, Sir JohnRef 158-157
[1731-1758]
Son of
Sir Samuel Armytage.

Born 13th July 1732.

He became 2nd Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

In 1757, he drew up plans to modernise the Kirklees estate and to restore Robin Hood's Grave.

In 1758, he was slain in france whilst in action against the French during the Seven Years War.

In the Cambridge Chronicle of Saturday, 5th February 1762, there was published a poem about Sir John and the Kirklees Estate.

He died 10th September 1758

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Armytage, JohnRef 158-254
[1792-1836]
Son of
Sir George Armytage.

Born at Kirklees [7th October 1792].

On 2nd October 1818, he married Mary Ashton or Assheton in Downham, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. Henrietta
  2. George

He died on the 24th May 1836 – 3 months before his father – and did not become Baronet of Kirklees. The title passed to his son, George.

He was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

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Armytage, John HawkesworthRef 158-258
[1873-1944]
Younger son of
Sir George John Armytage.

Born at Cifton [19th May 1873].

In [Q1] 1912, he married Everilda F. Creyke at Goole.

Children:

  1. Walter John
  2. Ellen Elizabeth [b 1915] who married [1945?] Captain  H. Duncan Crow from Scotland

He died at Torquay

Armytage, Captain Sir John LionelRef 158-123
[1901-1983]
Elder son of
Colonel Sir George Ayscough Armytage.

Born 23rd November 1901. He became 8th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

He was an active dairy farmer, President of the Shorthorn Society, a member of the Royal Agricultural Society, and a member of the Yorkshire executive of the Country Landowner's  Association

In 1976, he became the first titled member of Calderdale Council.

In 1927, he married (1) Evelyn Mary Jessamine Fox.

Children:

  1. Ann
  2. Martin

The marriage was dissolved in 1946.

In November 1949, he married (2) Maria Margarete Tenhaeff.


He had met Maria Margarete when he was working in Germany after the war
 

Child: 3. Christina Mary

He died 21st June 1983.

After his death, Kirklees Hall and other property was sold, and Lady Armytage moved into a new residence on the site of the old priory garden, with Elizabeth de Stainton's grave in the back garden

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Armytage, Sir John MartinRef 158-259
[1933-] Son of Captain Sir John Armytage by his first marriage.

Born 26th February 1933.

He became 9th Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York.

He is unmarried and the title is expected to pass to his cousin, David George Armytage. He lives in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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Armytage, JosephRef 158-785
[1???-1???]
Of Lightcliffe.

Son of William Armitage.

Like other members of the family, he became a card maker

Armytage, JosephRef 158-407
[1777-1849]
He was a
card maker in Lightcliffe.

In 1841, he sold Holme House, Lightcliffe to Edward Ripley and Sir Henry William Ripley for £5,000.

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. Edward
  2. Henry Armytage
  3. a daughter who married Mr Brotherup
  4. a daughter

Armytage, Madame BeatriceRef 158-168
[1664-1686]
Daughter of
Sir John Armytage.

She instituted the custom whereby, each year, on St Thomas's Day – 21st December – a number of the poor from Hartshead-cum-Clifton went to Kirklees Hall and received 6d or 1/- [as needs be] or a quantity of wheat [for making frumenty] in return for 2 fresh eggs.

Armytage, Captain Reginald WilliamRef 158-368
[19??-19??]
GC, CBE.

Younger son of Brigadier-General Sir George Ayscough Armytage.

In 1928, he married Sylvia Beatrice Staveley.


Sylvia Beatrice was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Staveley of Pamflete, Holbeton
 

Child: David George

Armytage, Sir SamuelRef 158-814
[1695-1747]
Son of
George Armytage.

Born at Kirklees [5th May 1695].

On 4th July 1738, he became

1st Baronet of Kirklees [in Hartshead], Co. York

after the old title

Baronet of Kirklees (in the parish of Hartshead), co. York

had come to an end with the death of Sir Thomas the 6th baronet who died without issue in 1737.

He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1739-1740].

Around 1724, he married Anne Griffiths.

Children:

  1. John
  2. George

He is said to have excavated at Robin Hood's Grave but failed to find evidence of interment or disturbance of the natural soil.

He gave money for Mary Bedford's Charity School.

He died 19th August 1747.

He & his wife were buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

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Armytage, SamuelRef 158-414
[1791-1862]
Or Armitage.

Son of George Armitage

Born in Halifax.

He was a yeoman of Lightcliffe [1818] / a card maker of Lightcliffe / Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse / of independent means [1841] / a retired (gent) [1851] / a retired card maker [1861].

On 20th March 1830, James Fletcher of Mirfield [aged 23] and Thomas Squires [41] of Liversedge, were charged with breaking into Armitage's workshop and stealing cards, leather and card makers' tools. The 2 men were transported to New South Wales for 7 years

On 29th October 1818, he married Maria Cooper [1798-1839] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, of Lightcliffe, was born in Kirkheaton
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Mary [1823-1836]

They lived at

  • Lightcliffe, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1841]
  • Hipperholme [1851]
  • Hipperholme, Lightcliffe [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] were grandchildren Ann Armytage [b  1848], Emma Armytage [b 1854] & Samuel Cooper Armytage [b 1856]

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Armytage, Sir ThomasRef 158-165
[1652-1694]
Son of
Sir John Armytage.

Born 10th May 1652.

He became 3rd Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York.

He spent much of his time at the family's Bramham estates, near Wetherby.

He died without issue. [between 28th February 1694 & 26th May 1694].

He was buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead

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Armytage, Sir ThomasRef 158-164
[1678-1737]
Son of
Francis Armytage.

Born 31st July 1678.

In 1736, he became 6th Baronet of Kirklees [in the parish of Hartshead], Co. York.

He died [12th October 1737] without any children and the title

Baronetcy of Kirklees (in the parish of Hartshead), co. York

came to an end with his death

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Armytage, WalterRef 158-3
[1858-1???]
Son of
George Armytage.

He was a wool sorter [1881] / a woollen warehouseman [1891].

In [Q4] 1890, he married Jane Howitt [1862-1???] in Grantham.


Jane / Jennie was born in Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire.
 

Child: Marjorie [b 1896]

They lived at Field House, Hipperholme (living with Walter's widowed father) [1891, 1901]

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Armytage, Walter JohnRef 158-403
[1913-19??]
Son of
John Hawkesworth Armytage.

Born at Paddington [Q2 1913].

On 10th July 1947, he married Mrs Daphne Lucas.


Daphne came from Ireland
 

Armytage, WilliamRef 158-159
[15??-15??]
One of the first local members of the
Armytage family.

He married Katherine Beaumont.


Katherine was the daughter of Henry Beaumont
 

Child: John

Armytage, WilliamRef 158-411
[17??-18??]
He was a
card maker of Brighouse / Shelf.

In 1806, he was declared bankrupt.

He married Mary [17??-1787].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. George
  3. William

Armytage, WilliamRef 158-415
[17??-18??]
Son of
William Armitage.

He was a card maker.

He lived at Ash Grove, Clifton.

On 13th December 1821, he married Elizabeth Barber in Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of William Barber
 

Children: daughters including

Child: Lavinia who married [13th January 1852] George Elliott Kent from Mirfield

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Families

The Armytage familyRef 158-351
The family are recorded at Wrigbowls, Lincolnshire in the 12th century.

From the 16th century, the Armytage family were prominent in Clifton and Brighouse, and held considerable amounts of land and property in the district.

From 1564, they lived on the Kirklees Estate.

The family held the Baronetcy of Kirklees, and even though the original line died out in 1737, the baronetcy was re-created and still exists today.

The names John and George were extremely popular in the family and are found in virtually every generation. This can lead to considerable confusion for the unwary.

The members of the family discussed here are those descended from William Armytage.

The family owned much land in and around Brighouse. In 1816, about 100 acres in the centre of the town was sold for development.

Chris Helme writes that


Around 1850, Sir Titus Salt wanted to build a mill, and a model village for the workers, along Armytage Road, Brighouse, but the Armytage family rejected the proposal; Salt then went on to establish Saltaire instead
 

See Hartshead Hall

This & associated entries use material contributed by David Nortcliffe

Surname

Armytage surnameRef 158-1
A variant of the surname Armitage.

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

Nicholas Armytage is recorded in Halifax in 1672.

There are 50 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Armytage, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.



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