John Armitstead

The Ven. John Hornby Armitstead, MA was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1932 until his death in 1941.

1876 sculpture of Armistead's grandfather, John Armitstead M.A., by George Frederic Watts, sculpted by George Nelson, at St Mary's Church, Sandbach

Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1868,[1] he was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford and ordained in 1892. After a curacy in Sandbach he was the incumbent at Holmes Chapel from 1899 to[2] 1919 when he became Vicar of Sandbach.

He died on 26 October 1941.[3]

Notes
  1. His father was Canon J. R. Armitstead, sometime Vicar of Sandbach and Hon. Canon of Chester > ‘ARMITSTEAD, Ven. John Hornby’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 16 July 2012
  2. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  3. Obituary The Ven J.H Armistead The Times (London, England), Thursday, Nov 06, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 49076. (247 words)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Henry Thorpe		 Archdeacon of Macclesfield
1932–1941		 Succeeded by
Frank Jackson Okell


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