Harry Armytage

Harry Armytage (19 June 1862 – 27 May 1933) was an Australian politician in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Armytage served as the member for Grant between 1889 and 1894.

Career Prior to politics, Armytage worked as a Pastoralist before being admitted as a barrister at Inner Temple, London in 1886, then at the Victorian Bar in 1888.

Personal life Armytage lived in South Yarra, and was the son of Frederick William Armytage, a member of a well known pastoral family in Victoria, and Mary Susan (nee Staughton). He attended Geelong Grammar School and went on to study at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. At Cambridge, Armytage competed against Oxford in athletics where he wan in a three-mile race in 1882 and then a one-mile race in 1884.

At Cambridge, Armytage attained a Bachelor of Arts in 1885 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1886.

In 1888 Armytage married Fanny Augusta in Toorak and had two sons together.