Ramsay Armitage

William Robert Ramsay Armitage was Dean of New Westminster from 1929 to 1940.

Armitage was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1914.[1] After a curacy at the Church of the Messiah, Toronto, he was a chaplain to the Canadian Armed Forces during World War One.[2] When peace returned he went back to his parish, becoming vicar in 1921. He stayed here until his appointment as dean. In 1940 he became Principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto: a professorship there is named in his honour.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 pp 30,31 London: OUP, 1947
  2. ↑ "The Roll of Service 1914-1919 / The War Book of Upper Canada College" Young, A.H. (Ed) Toronto, PGL, 1923
  3. ↑ University of St Andrews