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Charles Henry Armytage (1824-1876) and Frederick William Armytage (1838-1912), pastoralists, were the fourth and sixth sons of George Armytage and his wife Elizabeth, née Peters. Charles Henry was born on 24 August 1824 at Bagdad, Van Diemen's Land.
Como was purchased in 1864 by Charles Henry Armytage and it became the home of Charles, his wife Caroline, and their ten children. Charles died in 1876 and Caroline in 1909. Their daughters Leila, Constance, and Laura lived on at Como and left an indelible impression there.
One member, Charles Henry Armytage, who was staying in Melbourne on business, became particularly interested when he found out that it would be a mortgagee's auction. He and his wife Caroline lived with their eight children at Fulham Station, a large sheep holding just outside Geelong.
Find out more about the people who make up the Country Racing Victoria Board of Directors, with Chas Armytage being the current Chairman.
Como House is a historical house, with associated gardens in the City of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia. It was constructed in 1847 for Sir Edward Eyre Williams, and now serves as a tourist attraction under the custodianship of the National Trust of Australia.
Charles Armytage died in 1876, leaving Caroline with a vast pastoral empire. The Como property became the main family home, owned and managed by two generations of Armytage women. After Caroline's death in 1909, the property was subdivided into 64 allotments and auctioned in 1911.
Charles and Caroline had five sons and five daughters, one of whom died in childhood. Charles died in 1876, at which time Caroline took over the management of thefamily’s estates. Caroline Armytage took her family to Europe at the end of 1876 for four years, the first of several periods of travel.
