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.
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, 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.
Armstrong, Walter Launcelot, elder son of Sir Walter Armstrong, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, by Emily Rose, daughter of Charles Cotton Ferard, of Ascot, Berks; b. Feb. 3, 1876; adm. Sept. 1889 (R); left Dec. 1893; served in France during Great War I until Aug. 1916; Capt. 9th Batt. Seafortli Highlanders Oct. 24, 1915; afterwards in Home Service as Major Pioneer School of Instruction; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; m. July 21, 1914, Laura, youngest daughter of Samuel Solomon Joseph, of London; d. April 26, 1944.
Arnold, Charles Hamilton, son of Henry Edgeworth Bicknell Arnold (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (G); left Dec. 1929; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1937; ord. deacon 1935, priest 1936 (Canterbury); Curate St Mary Dover 1935-9, Holy Trinity Eltham 1940-4, Mortlake, Surrey, 1944-51; Vicar of St James Camberwell 1951-9, Forncett St Mary & St Peter, Norfolk, 1959; m. 4 July 1944 Joan Elizabeth, d. of J.B. Williams of Sittingbourne, Kent; d. 1 Jan. 1981.
ARNOLD, EDWARD VERNON, brother of Henry Edgeworth Bicknell Arnold (qv); b. 18 Jul 1857; adm. 8 Feb 1867; exhibitioner 1869; QS (Capt. ) 1871; Capt. of the School 1874; one of the founders, and editor-in-chief, The Elizabethan, the first number of which appeared July 1874; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1875, having previously obtained an open scholarship there, adm. pens. 10 Apr 1875, scholar 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; 1st Bell Univ. Scholar 1876; 15th Wrangler and Senior Classic 1879; 2nd Chancellor’s Classical Medal 1879; founded the Cambridge Review; BA 1879; MA 1882; LittD 1898; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1880; Professor of Latin, Univ. Coll. of North Wales, Bangor 1884-1924; author, Historical Vedic Grammar, 1897, and other works; m. 12 Jul 1894 Violet, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Robert Durie Osborn; d. 19 Sep 1926.
Arnold, Giles Geoffrey, son of Arthur Cecil Arnold, master printer, and Ena Genevieve, d. of John Cuthbert Jeffree, coal exporter; b. 10 Jan. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (A); left July 1955; RMA Sandhurst 1956, Lieut. RA 1960, Capt. RHA 1964, Maj. 1970; Lieut. -Col. commanding 7th Regt RHA 1979-81; Brig. commanding 2nd Divn. RA 1984-6; Roy. Coll. of Defence Studies 1987; Dep. Cdr. Brit. Forces Hong Kong 1988-90; CBE Jan. 1990; commanding Roy. Sch. Artillery 1990-2; retd. Jan. 1993; m. 9 Dec. 1972 Georgina Dawn, d. of G. Donald Trentham, civil engineer; d. 6 Aug. 1995.
Arnold, John Phillip, son of Arthur Phillip Arnold (qv); b. 21 Oct. 1944; adm. Sept. 1958 (A); left July 1962; Roy. Acad. of Music 1962-6, LRAM; cello teacher, RAM 1966-88; a freelance orchestral conductor with Roy. Ballet, BBC, and City of Birmingham orchestras, London Mozart Players, and with American and other European orchestras; 1st prize Lugano internat. conducting competition 1978; m. 29 July 1979 Gillian Anne Arnold, teacher, d. of Stanley Rose, med. practitioner; d. 6 May 1993.
Arnold, Richard Andrew Humfrey, son of Richard Howard Arnold, average adjuster, of Dinas Powis, and Gwen, d. of Charles Humfrey, scientist, of Hartford, Cheshire; b. 17 Oct. 1920; adm. May 1934 (R); left Apr. 1938; RA 1940-5 (Maj.), Z Reserve 1946; Assn of Average Adjusters 1955-84, chairman 1970-1; Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights 1957, Court of Assistants 1979, Warden 1987, Prime Warden 1989; m. 3 Apr. 1948 Mary Margaret, d. of Ellis Dudgeon Hunter, brewer, of Dunbar, E. Lothian; d. 26 Oct. 2002.