George Armytage

Noble person

1734 – 1783

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Who was George Armytage?

Sir George Armytage, 3rd Baronet was a British politician.

He was the second son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith. In 1758, he succeeded his older brother John as baronet. Armytage was a Member of Parliament for York from 1761 to 1768. Between 1775 and 1776, he was High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

On 10 April 1760, Armytage married Anna Maria Wentworth, eldest daughter of Godfrey Wentworth at St Marylebone Church in London. They had three daughters and three sons, of whose George, the oldest succeeded to the baronetcy. Armytage died, aged 48 and was buried at Hartshead in Yorkshire.

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Born
Dec 25, 1734
Died
Jan 21, 1783

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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