Edward Leathley Armitage OBE (26 April 1891 – 24 November 1957) was an Irish first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
In a military career which spanned from 1910 to 1944, Armitage served in both the First and Second World Wars, in addition to other regional conflicts in British India.
[10] In September 1937, he was appointed to the Territorial Army to command the Pembroke Yeomanry, firstly as a temporary lieutenant colonel,[11] before being granted the rank in full in November of the same year.
[16] Following the First World War, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making his debut against Essex at Bournemouth in the 1919 County Championship.
[20] Armitage also played minor matches for Malaya against Hong Kong and for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States.
[21] On 28 April 1945 in London he married Lady Katherine Jane Elizabeth Manley, née Carnegie, daughter of the 10th Earl of Northesk, as her second husband.