Robert Armitage was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Leeds Central

Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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, England, from 1906 to 1922 and Lord Mayor of Leeds

Lord Mayor of Leeds

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 in 1904-1905.

He was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

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, and was director of several mining companies including Brodsworth

Brodsworth

Brodsworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, situated about five miles north-west of Doncaster...

 Main Colliery Company, Llay

Llay

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 Main Colllieries, Markham Main Colliery and Wagon Finance Corporation.

He lived at Farnley Hall

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, Leeds.

Armitage was the nephew of Edward Armitage

Edward Armitage

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 and Thomas Rhodes Armitage, the uncle of Robert Selby Armitage

Robert Selby Armitage

Lieutenant-Commander Robert Selby Armitage GC, GM, RNVR won both the George Cross and George Medal for his bomb disposal work during the Second World War, one of only eight people to have been awarded both....

, and second cousin once removed of Edward Leathley Armitage

Edward Armitage (cricketer)

Edward Leathley Armitage was an Irish born English cricketer, the son of John Leathley Armitage and his wife Annie Jessie, née Nicholas...

.

The National Portrait Gallery holds two photographs of Armitage.

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