Armit Family of Newtownpark
John Armit son of William Armit and Agnes Lee and brother to William Armit of Fitzwilliam
1766-1817. He was of the firm Armit, Borough and Edington of Kildare Street, Army Agents.
and took on the role of Secretary to the Post Office in Ireland and the Board of Ordnance.
He was a nephew of the late Sir John Lees and cousin to Rev Sir Harcourt Lees and
married Mary Warren eldest daughter of Nathaniel Warren in 1795.
John Armit married 19.06.1795 Mary Warren
born circa 1758 St Peter’s Church born circa 1762
Dublin
of Fitzwilliam Street
of Kildare Street
and Newtown Park House
died 10.02.1835 in the 77th year of his age died 16.12.1843 aged 81 years
at Naples
1 John Lees Armit eldest son born circa 1796 married Augustine Eugenie Noemi de Tessier de
Marguerittes daughter of the Baron de Marguerittes on 08.09.1824 at the British
Ambassadors Chapel in Paris. John was educated at Trinity College. Eugenie Noemi died on
10.10.1835 at Milan. John a Widower married Elizabeth Yeldham daughter of Samuel
Yeldham on 21.09.1841 at St Mary’s Church, Staines, Middlesex. John died on 18.12.1864
aged 68 years in London. Elizabeth late of 12 Seafield Villas, Har, Sussex died on 22.11.1878
aged 63 years. Both are buried at Highgate cemetery.*
1 Major Louis John Amédée Armit born circa 30.12.1825 Dublin of the Royal Engineers.
Louis married Sarah Elizabeth Bredin daughter of Major Bredin of the RA on 05.05.1847
at Portsmouth. Elizabeth (Bessie) died on 15.10.1862 at Malta. Louis then married
Mary Ann Sykes daughter of John Sykes of Gloucester Grove on 13.06.1865 at St Mary’s
Church, West Brompton. Resigned 14.08.1867 due to ill health and died on 16.06.1868
at Jersey.
2 Captain George Williams Armit born circa 1828 at Liege, Belgium. George of the 47th
Regiment married Jannette Frances Braddell 3rd daughter of Henry Braddell of the
Retreat, Mallow on 29.01.1850 at Mallow. Jannette died on 16.03.1882 aged 50 years
at Marine Villas, Monkstown and George a Widower died on 01.04.1900 aged 72 years
at Main Street, Mallow.
1 John Lees Armit only son born circa 1851 accidently drowned at sea on
27.08.1868 aged 17 years on board the ship Alexandra whilst on passage to
Calcutta.
2 Sarah N Armit
3 Jannette Frances Mary Armit baptised 17.03.1852 at Mallow died unmarried on
16.08.1911 at St John’s, Sandycove. Probate to Sarah N Armit.
3 Frances Elizabeth Armit eldest daughter born circa 1829 Dublin married Hon Edward
Louis Marie eldest son of Baron De Marguerittes on 24.06.1857 at Marylebone Church,
London.
4 Laura Noemie George Armit born circa 1829 Dublin married Henry Braddell a JP son of
Henry Braddell of Montdeligo, Cork on 19.12.1857 at St Peter’s Church. Henry died on
09.03.1913 at Monteligo aged 87 years and Laura died on 08.07.1915 later of Fermoy.
2nd marriage
5 Robert Henry Armit 3rd son baptised 02.07.1844 of Ash in Surrey. Robert became a
naval cadet in 1858 and donated his collection of ethnographic objects, maily spears
and arrows, from Queensland, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands to the British
Museum in 1870. Robert died Australia circa 1891.
6 Emily Georgina Jane late of Liege baptised 05.03.1846 in Surrey and died on
27.03.1848 aged 2 years at Liege, Belgium.
7 William Edington (de Magrat) Armit born 10.05.1848 at Liege. William died on
03.01.1901 in New Zealand.
8 John Lees Emlyn Armit born circa 17.08.1849 at Liege. John married Nina Elizabeth
Eugenie Mapleson daughter of James Henry Mapleson on 22.02.1872 at the Church of
St Dunston West, London. They divorced in 1880.
9 Emily Mary Montague Lees Armit 4th daughter born circa 1852 Belgium. Emily
married Robert Scott Lorimer of Plantation, Wales on 23.12.1873 at George Town,
Demerara.
10 Euphemia Marie Eleanor Armit born circa 1854 Belgium. Euphemia the youngest
surviving daughter died on 10.05.1880 aged 27 years at St John’s Wood Park.
11 Richard Smythe Armit born 05.01.1857 at Liege.
2 Richard Armit younger son born circa 1798 married Diana Armit daughter of William Armit
on 06.05.1823 at St Peter’s Church. Diana died on 23.11.1855 aged 52 years at Elm View,
Rathgar. Richard of the Scots Fusilier Guards Regiment died on 19.03.1870 aged 72 years
at the Hotel D’Angleterre, Strasbourg. Memorial in Monkstown Church.
1 Infant Son died 20.01.1825 at Holles Street Hospital.
2 Mary Armit eldest daughter married William Stuckey Wood son of late Rev William
Wood of London and late of the 7th Dragoon Guards on 26.06.1852 at Monkstown
Church.
3 Georgina Armit 2nd daughter married Captain William Foster of 11th Prince Albert
Own Hussars eldest son of Sir William Foster of Thorpe, Norfolk on 20.03.1854 at
Monkstown Church.
4 Emily Armit married Catesby Paget son of Berkely Paget on 20.09.1862 at
Monkstown Church. Catesby died on 16.07.1878 at Aspley Guise, Bedford. Emily
died circa 07.07.1924.
3 Elizabeth Armit eldest daughter born circa 1802 married Lieutenant Col Hugh Seymour
Blane of the Scots Fusiller Guards son of Sir Gilbert Blane on 23.01.1832 At St Anne’s
Church, Dublin. Sir Hugh died on 14.04.1869 aged 73 years and Lady Elizabeth died
on 01.05.1877 aged 75 years both at the Pastures, Derbyshire.
4 Emily Anne Armit youngest daughter born 1805 died unmarried on 28.06.1839 at La Cava
de Tirreni near Naples.
When John Lees Armit died in 1835 Newtownpark House was sold in 1839 to Henry Samuel
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© June Bow & Karen Poff – March 2019
* Burial information courtesy of Simon Edwards, tour guide at Highgate cemetery.
John Armit son of William Armit and Agnes Lee and brother to William Armit of Fitzwilliam
1766-1817. He was of the firm Armit, Borough and Edington of Kildare Street, Army Agents.
and took on the role of Secretary to the Post Office in Ireland and the Board of Ordnance.
He was a nephew of the late Sir John Lees and cousin to Rev Sir Harcourt Lees and
married Mary Warren eldest daughter of Nathaniel Warren in 1795.
John Armit married 19.06.1795 Mary Warren
born circa 1758 St Peter’s Church born circa 1762
Dublin
of Fitzwilliam Street
of Kildare Street
and Newtown Park House
died 10.02.1835 in the 77th year of his age died 16.12.1843 aged 81 years
at Naples
1 John Lees Armit eldest son born circa 1796 married Augustine Eugenie Noemi de Tessier de
Marguerittes daughter of the Baron de Marguerittes on 08.09.1824 at the British
Ambassadors Chapel in Paris. John was educated at Trinity College. Eugenie Noemi died on
10.10.1835 at Milan. John a Widower married Elizabeth Yeldham daughter of Samuel
Yeldham on 21.09.1841 at St Mary’s Church, Staines, Middlesex. John died on 18.12.1864
aged 68 years in London. Elizabeth late of 12 Seafield Villas, Har, Sussex died on 22.11.1878
aged 63 years. Both are buried at Highgate cemetery.*
1 Major Louis John Amédée Armit born circa 30.12.1825 Dublin of the Royal Engineers.
Louis married Sarah Elizabeth Bredin daughter of Major Bredin of the RA on 05.05.1847
at Portsmouth. Elizabeth (Bessie) died on 15.10.1862 at Malta. Louis then married
Mary Ann Sykes daughter of John Sykes of Gloucester Grove on 13.06.1865 at St Mary’s
Church, West Brompton. Resigned 14.08.1867 due to ill health and died on 16.06.1868
at Jersey.
2 Captain George Williams Armit born circa 1828 at Liege, Belgium. George of the 47th
Regiment married Jannette Frances Braddell 3rd daughter of Henry Braddell of the
Retreat, Mallow on 29.01.1850 at Mallow. Jannette died on 16.03.1882 aged 50 years
at Marine Villas, Monkstown and George a Widower died on 01.04.1900 aged 72 years
at Main Street, Mallow.
1 John Lees Armit only son born circa 1851 accidently drowned at sea on
27.08.1868 aged 17 years on board the ship Alexandra whilst on passage to
Calcutta.
2 Sarah N Armit
3 Jannette Frances Mary Armit baptised 17.03.1852 at Mallow died unmarried on
16.08.1911 at St John’s, Sandycove. Probate to Sarah N Armit.
3 Frances Elizabeth Armit eldest daughter born circa 1829 Dublin married Hon Edward
Louis Marie eldest son of Baron De Marguerittes on 24.06.1857 at Marylebone Church,
London.
4 Laura Noemie George Armit born circa 1829 Dublin married Henry Braddell a JP son of
Henry Braddell of Montdeligo, Cork on 19.12.1857 at St Peter’s Church. Henry died on
09.03.1913 at Monteligo aged 87 years and Laura died on 08.07.1915 later of Fermoy.
2nd marriage
5 Robert Henry Armit 3rd son baptised 02.07.1844 of Ash in Surrey. Robert became a
naval cadet in 1858 and donated his collection of ethnographic objects, maily spears
and arrows, from Queensland, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands to the British
Museum in 1870. Robert died Australia circa 1891.
6 Emily Georgina Jane late of Liege baptised 05.03.1846 in Surrey and died on
27.03.1848 aged 2 years at Liege, Belgium.
7 William Edington (de Magrat) Armit born 10.05.1848 at Liege. William died on
03.01.1901 in New Zealand.
8 John Lees Emlyn Armit born circa 17.08.1849 at Liege. John married Nina Elizabeth
Eugenie Mapleson daughter of James Henry Mapleson on 22.02.1872 at the Church of
St Dunston West, London. They divorced in 1880.
9 Emily Mary Montague Lees Armit 4th daughter born circa 1852 Belgium. Emily
married Robert Scott Lorimer of Plantation, Wales on 23.12.1873 at George Town,
Demerara.
10 Euphemia Marie Eleanor Armit born circa 1854 Belgium. Euphemia the youngest
surviving daughter died on 10.05.1880 aged 27 years at St John’s Wood Park.
11 Richard Smythe Armit born 05.01.1857 at Liege.
2 Richard Armit younger son born circa 1798 married Diana Armit daughter of William Armit
on 06.05.1823 at St Peter’s Church. Diana died on 23.11.1855 aged 52 years at Elm View,
Rathgar. Richard of the Scots Fusilier Guards Regiment died on 19.03.1870 aged 72 years
at the Hotel D’Angleterre, Strasbourg. Memorial in Monkstown Church.
1 Infant Son died 20.01.1825 at Holles Street Hospital.
2 Mary Armit eldest daughter married William Stuckey Wood son of late Rev William
Wood of London and late of the 7th Dragoon Guards on 26.06.1852 at Monkstown
Church.
3 Georgina Armit 2nd daughter married Captain William Foster of 11th Prince Albert
Own Hussars eldest son of Sir William Foster of Thorpe, Norfolk on 20.03.1854 at
Monkstown Church.
4 Emily Armit married Catesby Paget son of Berkely Paget on 20.09.1862 at
Monkstown Church. Catesby died on 16.07.1878 at Aspley Guise, Bedford. Emily
died circa 07.07.1924.
3 Elizabeth Armit eldest daughter born circa 1802 married Lieutenant Col Hugh Seymour
Blane of the Scots Fusiller Guards son of Sir Gilbert Blane on 23.01.1832 At St Anne’s
Church, Dublin. Sir Hugh died on 14.04.1869 aged 73 years and Lady Elizabeth died
on 01.05.1877 aged 75 years both at the Pastures, Derbyshire.
4 Emily Anne Armit youngest daughter born 1805 died unmarried on 28.06.1839 at La Cava
de Tirreni near Naples.
When John Lees Armit died in 1835 Newtownpark House was sold in 1839 to Henry Samuel
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© June Bow & Karen Poff – March 2019
* Burial information courtesy of Simon Edwards, tour guide at Highgate cemetery.