Robert Armitage | |
|---|---|
 Armitage in 1922 | |
| Member of Parliament forLeeds Central | |
| In office 1906–1922 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald William Balfour |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Wellesley Willey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1866-02-22)February 22, 1866 |
| Died | February 10, 1944(1944-02-10) (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Robert Armitage (22 February 1866 – 10 February 1944) wasMember of Parliament forLeeds Central, England, from 1906 to 1922[1] andLord Mayor of Leeds in 1904–05.[2][3]
Armitage was a son of William James Armitage and Emily Nicholson of Farnley, Leeds. He was the nephew ofEdward Armitage andThomas Rhodes Armitage, the uncle ofRobert Selby Armitage, and second cousin once removed ofEdward Leathley Armitage. He was educated atWestminster School andTrinity College, Cambridge. He earned aBachelor of Arts in 1888. He first married in 1891, Caroline Katharine Ryder, a daughter of Dudley Henry Ryder of Westbrook-Hay, Hemel-Hempstead.[4] They had three sons and four daughters. She died in 1933. He then married in 1936, Mrs Mary Dorothea Russell, widow of Rev. E. Bacheler Russell.[5]
Armitage wascalled to the bar by theInner Temple in 1889.[6] He was director of several mining companies includingBrodsworth Main Colliery Company,Llay Main Colllieries,Markham Main Colliery andWagon Finance Corporation.[7]
Armitage served as Lord Mayor of Leeds from 1904–05 and Deputy Lord Mayor from 1905–06, 1906–07 and 1908–09.[5] He was aJustice of the peace for the City of Leeds.[4] He gained Leeds Central from the Conservative in 1906, the first time the Liberals had won the constituency. He was comfortably re-elected in both 1910 elections. He supported the wartime Coalition government. At the 1918 election he received endorsement by the government and did not get a Unionist opponent and was easily re-elected. At the 1922 election he stood as a candidate of the official Liberal party rather than as aNational Liberal supporter ofLloyd George. As a result he not only faced a Labour party opponent but a Unionist opponent and lost his seat, finishing third. He did not stand for parliament again.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Armitage | 4,188 | 57.3 | +15.0 | |
| Conservative | Gerald Balfour | 3,119 | 42.7 | −15.0 | |
| Majority | 1,069 | 14.6 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 7,307 | 82.2 | +9.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,893 | ||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +15.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Armitage | 3,987 | 54.2 | ||
| Conservative | John Gordon | 3,366 | 45.8 | ||
| Majority | 621 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 87.9 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Armitage | 3,519 | 52.6 | −2.6 | |
| Conservative | John Gordon | 3,169 | 47.4 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 350 | 5.2 | −5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 79.9 | −8.0 | |||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Robert Armitage | 11,474 | 70.6 | +18.0 |
| Independent | Ernest Terry | 2,634 | 16.2 | n/a | |
| Co-operative Party | Joseph Smith | 2,146 | 13.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 8,840 | 54.4 | +49.2 | ||
| Turnout | 16,254 | 37.4 | −42.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 43,496 | ||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | n/a | |||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Arthur Willey | 14,137 | 50.0 | n/a | |
| Labour | Henry Slesser | 7,844 | 27.8 | +14.6 | |
| Liberal | Robert Armitage | 6,260 | 22.2 | −58.4 | |
| Majority | 6,293 | 22.2 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 28,241 | 66.1 | +28.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,738 | ||||
| Unionistgain fromLiberal | Swing | n/a | |||
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Leeds Central 1906–1922 | Succeeded by |