Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet (13 July 1732 – 10 September 1758) was a British

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 politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith, and was educated at Eton

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. In 1747, he succeeded his father as baronet

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. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge

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 in 1751, receiving his MA in 1753. Armytage was a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for York between 1754 and 1758.

He died in the Battle of Saint Cast

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, France

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, having been a volunteer in the Seven Years' War

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, unmarried and aged only 27, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother George.