Peerage Record – 12543

     Sir George Armytage, 5th Bt. was born on 3 May 1819 at 72 Pulteney Street, Bath, Somerset, England^G.¹ He was the son of John Armytage and Mary Assheton.¹ He was baptised on 27 April 1820 at Hartshead, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He married Eliza Matilda Mary Radcliffe, daughter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Bt. and Jacobina Maria Macdonnell, on 1 June 1841 at Spofford, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He died on 9 March 1899 at age 79 at Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ His will was proven (by probate), at £190,245 gross and £124,600 net.¹
     He was educated in 1833 at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Armytage, of Kirklees [in Hartshead], co. York [G.B., 1738] on 14 July 1836.¹ He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 1 March 1837.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Yorkshire.²

     Eliza Matilda Mary Radcliffe was born circa 1822.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Bt. and Jacobina Maria Macdonnell.¹ She married Sir George Armytage, 5th Bt., son of John Armytage and Mary Assheton, on 1 June 1841 at Spofford, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ She died on 2 March 1898 at Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire, England^G.¹
     From 1 June 1841, her married name became Armytage.¹

     Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Bt. was born on 5 June 1799.² He was the son of Reverend Joseph Pickford Radcliffe and Mary Grant.³ He married Jacobina Maria Macdonnell, daughter of General John Æneas Macdonnell, 5th of Leek and Helen Leslie of Fetternear, on 29 October 1819.² He died on 29 November 1872 at age 73.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Radcliffe, of Milnesbridge House, Yorkshire [U.K., 1813] on 19 February 1819.² They had another son who died young and four other daugters who died unmarried.²

     Jacobina Maria Macdonnell is the daughter of General John Æneas Macdonnell, 5th of Leek and Helen Leslie of Fetternear.^1,2 She married Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 2nd Bt., son of Reverend Joseph Pickford Radcliffe and Mary Grant, on 29 October 1819.³ She died on 10 May 1868.³
     From 29 October 1819, her married name became Radcliffe. They had another son who died young and four other daugters who died unmarried.³

     General John Æneas Macdonnell, 5th of Leek was born in 1722.² He was the son of Angus Macdonald, 4th of Leek and Mary Macdonald.³ He married Helen Leslie of Fetternear.⁴ He died in 1813 at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.⁴
     He was also known as John Macdonald.⁴ He fought in the Jacobite Uprising in 1745.⁴ He fought in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, where he was wounded.⁴ He gained the rank of commander in the Fraser’s Highlanders.⁴ He fought in the Capture of Quebec in 1759.⁴ He was commander of the Veteran Corps in Newfoundland.⁴ He fought in the American War.⁴

     Ellen Martha Story is the daughter of John Bainbrigge Story and Frances Maria Holden.^1,2

     John Bainbrigge Story married Frances Maria Holden, daughter of Robert Holden and Mary Anne Drury-Lowe, in 1833.²
     He lived at Lockington, Leicestershire, England^G.¹

     Walter Ramsden Fawkes was born circa 1770.¹ He was the son of Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes and Amelia Farrer.¹ He died in 1825.¹

     Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes was born circa 1746.¹ He was the son of Walter Hawksworth and Frances Elizabeth Hall.² He married Amelia Farrer, daughter of James Farrer and Rachel Armytage. He died in 1792.¹
     He was given the name of Walter Ramsden Beaumont Hawksworth at birth.¹

     Amelia Farrer was the daughter of James Farrer and Rachel Armytage.¹ She married Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes, son of Walter Hawksworth and Frances Elizabeth Hall.
     Her married name became Fawkes.