Edward Armitage

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Edward Armitage (May 20, 1817 – May 24, 1896) was an English Victorian era painter whose work focussed on historical, classical and biblical subjects.

Armitage was born in London to a family of wealthy Yorkshire industrialists, the eldest of seven sons of James Armitage (1793-1872) and Anne Elizabeth Armitage née Rhodes (1788-1833), of Farnley Hall, just south of Leeds, Yorkshire. His great-grandfather James (1730-1803) bought Farnley Hall from Sir Thomas Danby in 1799 and in 1844 four Armitage brothers, including his father James, founded the Farnley Ironworks, utilising the coal, iron and fireclay on their estate. His brother Thomas Rhodes Armitage founded the Royal National Institute of the Blind.

1851 England Census

• Name: Wm Armitage
• Age: 53
• Estimated birth year: abt 1798
• Relation: Head
• Spouse's name: Frances
• Gender: Male
• Where born: Leeds, Lancashire, England
• Civil parish: Leeds
• Town: Farnley
• County/Island: Yorkshire
• Country: England

Street Address: FARNLEY HALL

Occupation:Iron master and owner of coal mines and clay works employing men and boys 300 +

• Registration district: Hunslet
• Sub-registration district: Wortley
• Wm Armitage 53
• Frances Armitage 49
• James Armitage 58
• Josh Linley 30
• Jro Bella Linley 35
• Eliz Oddy 20
• Martha Oddy 20
• Rachel Robinson 20