John Armytage Explained

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. In 1747, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1751, receiving his MA in 1753. Armytage was a Member of Parliament (MP) for York between 1754 and 1758.^[3]

He died in the Battle of Saint Cast, France, having been a volunteer in the Seven Years' War,^[4] unmarried and aged only 27, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother George.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224745/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsA2.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 17 April 2009 .
2. The Complete Baronetage Volume 5, page 84
3. Web site: Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, York . 17 April 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231739/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ycommons.htm . 10 August 2009 .
4. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . 5th . Debrett's Baronetage of England . I . 1824 . London . 442 .
5. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . I . 4th . 1832 . 43 .