Sir Arthur Llewellyn Armitage (1 August 1916 – 1 February 1984), was a British academic who was the President of

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, from 1958 until 1970, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University between 1965–67 and Vice-Chancellor of

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between 1969 and 1980. Born in

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, Armitage was educated at

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and in 1933 went to

, where he gained a first class degree in Law. After he spent two years at

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on a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship and was called to the Bar in

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1940. He served for five years in the Army during the

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, achieving the rank of Major. He became a Fellow and tutor of the college in 1947. He was elected President of Queens' in 1958 upon the death of

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. In 1969 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of

. He later served as Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors. In his later years, Armitage chaired a series of government committees under

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and

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, including the Social Security Advisory Committee; the Armitage Committee, set up to review the rules governing the political activities of civil servants; and an independent inquiry into lorries and their effect on people and the environment. Armitage was President of

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between 1965 and 1970. He was

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in the

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List.

References

* "Obituaries: Sir Arthur Armitage", The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 06, 1984; pg. 16 {{DEFAULTSORT:Armitage, Arthur Llewellyn 1916 births 1984 deaths Military personnel from West Yorkshire Knights Bachelor Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Vice-chancellors of the Victoria University of Manchester Vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge 20th-century British lawyers British Army personnel of World War II British Army officers