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ARMITSTEAD, JOHN HORNBY, eldest son of John Richard Armitstead (qv); b. 31 Aug 1868; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (R ); left Aug 1884; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1887; BA 1891; MA 1896; ordained 1892; Curate, Sandbach, Cheshire 1892-9; Vicar of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire 1899-1919; Vicar of Sandbach from 1919; Hon. Canon Chester 1925; Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1932; member Cheshire County Council, Alderman from 1932; JP (1918) Cheshire; d. unm. 26 Oct 1941.

ARMITSTEAD, JOHN RICHARD, eldest son of Rev. John Armitstead, Vicar of Sandbach, Cheshire, and Susan Hester, second dau. of Rev. Richard Massie, Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire; b. 11 May 1829; adm. 15 Jan 1841 (Scott's); QS 1844; rowed bow in race against Eton 29 Jul 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848, Westminster Student 1849-63; BA 1852; MA 1855; ordained deacon May 1853, priest 1854 (both Chester); Perpetual Curate of Goostrey, Cheshire 1858-61; Vicar of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire 1862-5; Vicar of Sandbach, Cheshire, from 1865; Hon. Canon Chester 1898; member Cheshire County Council 1895-1912, Alderman from 1912; for many years a familiar figure in the hunting field; m. 9 May 1866 Frances Mary, eldest dau. of William Henry Hornby MP, Poole Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire; d. 16 Sep 1918.

ARMITSTEAD, ROBERT, brother of John Richard Armitstead (qv); b. 25 Mar 1840; adm. 8 Jun 1853 (Scott's); QS Jun 1855; left 1857; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1857; 2nd Lieut., 1st Bombay European Fusiliers 13 Jun 1857; Lieut. 3 Nov 1859; 103rd Foot (formerly 1st Bombay European Fusiliers) 1 Jul 1860; half pay 8 Feb 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; d. unm. 31 Jul 1871.

ARMITSTEAD, WILLIAM GEORGE, brother of John Richard Armitstead (qv); b. 22 Mar 1833; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Scott's); QS 1847; Capt. of the School 1851; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1852, matr. 3 Jun 1852, Westminster Student to 1856 [check]; played cricket against Cambridge 1853-4, 1856-7; BA 1857; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1859, priest 1860 (both Chester); Curate, Sandbach Heath, Cheshire 1859-62; Vicar of Goostrey, Cheshire, from 1862; m. May 1865 Mary Susan, dau. of Rev. W. Currie, Boughton Hall, Cheshire; d. 12 Mar 1907.

Armitt, Henry Cecil; b. Dec. 5, 1898; adm. Oct. 4, 1912 (R); left July 1917; Probationary Flying Officer R. N. A. S. Aug. 14, 1917; submarine and reconnaissance patrol, North Sea.

ARMSTRONG, ---; in school list Jun 1764; left 13 Aug 1764.

Armstrong, Angus MacConnal, son of Rev. Frederick William Armstrong of Bromley, Kent, and Margaret Muriel, d. ofJohn MacConnal of Tarbert, Argyllshire; b. 13 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1930; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1941; PhD (Edinburgh) 1943; Asst Sec. DOE; retd.; d. 15 May 2003

Armstrong, Cecil Ferard, brother of Walter Launcelot Armstrong (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1895; London Univ.; Slade School of Art; dramatist and dramatic critic; author of A Century of Great Actors (1912), other books, and several plays; served in Great War I Oct. 1914-0ct. 1919; temp. Capt. R. A. S. C. Oct. 15, 1915; d. 1934.

Armstrong, Charles Francis, son of Montagu D'Oyly Fullerton Armstrong, of Horton Kirby, Kent, by Florence Angelica Sophia, daughter of Charle.; John Proby, H. M. Consul at Florence; b. May 27, 1881; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left April 1899; Capt. in the Egyptian Coastguard Service; d. unm. at Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 11, 1904.

Armstrong, John Cochrane Highet, son of Norman Cochrane Armstrong, linen merchant, of Twickenham, and Flora Hamilton, d. of Robert Patterson Shaw, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; b. 8 June 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (W); left July 1954; Univ. of Lond. (Northampton Eng. Coll. ) 1955-60, apprentice D. Napier & Son 1955-60, Associated Automation Ltd. 1960-4, CEng MIMechE 1972; industrial engineer H. J. Heinz & Co. 1966-87; man. dir. Thanetcraft Ltd. (aluminium boats) 1987-; m. May 1991 Rosamond Wilkinson; d. 10 Feb. 2013.