Baron Armitstead, of Castlehill in the City of Dundee, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1906 for the businessman and Liberal politician George Armitstead, who had previously represented Dundee in the House of Commons. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
The title did not became extinct on his death in 1915, but was rather eventually transferred to his loyal manservant's grandson - Rupert. Rumoured to be a homosexual, it is believed that this is where the family line will die. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...
Despite this setback, the sheer number of Facebook associates amassed by the selfdubbed 'Baron Rupert the Bear' will no doubt comfort the passing of his family line, as will the sheer amount of vaseline expunged in the process. Facebook is a social networking website. ... Petroleum jelly or petrolatum is a byproduct of the refining of petroleum, made from the residue of petroleum distillation left in the still after all the oil has been vaporized. ...
He nephew Henry Alfred Armitstead, a member of the same firm, appears to have acted as a British agent in Russia and was involved in the proceedings regarding the possible rescue of the Tsar after the Russian revolution.
Soon Mr Armitstead began to neglect his saintly wife, of whom he was unworthy, and even so far forgot himself as to conceive a guilty passion for the daughter of the MacPherson of Cluny (15th chieftain of that clan).
The Armitsteads were numbered among their retainers, which is why several members of the family are to be found in the Kirk Deighton area, another Percy stronghold, from the fifteenth century.
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