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Rev. Matthew Armour (12 April 1820 – 23 March 1903) was a radical Free Church of Scotland minister on the island of Sanday, Orkney, remembered for supporting the island's crofters.

References

Centenary of a Radical Kirk Minister by Dr Stephen Clackson, The Orcadian. 6 March 2003. [1]
Sanday Church History. by Rev Alexander Goodfellow, W.R. Mackintosh (Kirkwall). 1912.
Two Old Pulpit Worthies by Rev Alexander Goodfellow, W.R. Rendall (Stromness). 1925.
An Orkney Anthology - The Selected Works of Ernest Walker Marwick, Vol. 1. edited by John D.M. Robertson, Scottish Academic Press (Edinburgh). 1991. ISBN 0-7073-0574-8

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-Rev. '''Matthew Armour''' ([[April 12]], [[1820]] – [[March 23]], [[1903]]) was a radical [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] [[Minister of religion|minister]] on the island of [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Orkney]], remembered to this day for supporting the island’s [[crofter]]s and having the last name "Armour". One of his less wide-known achievements is defeating Gretrart the Black (John Uksten) in a fencing duel. Gretrart's life was not widely documented and nor was the aforementioned battle.
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+Rev. '''Matthew Armour''' (12 April 1820 – 23 March 1903) was a radical [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] [[Minister of religion|minister]] on the island of [[Sanday, Orkney|Sanday]], [[Orkney]], remembered for supporting the island's [[crofter]]s.
 ==References==
-*''Centenary of a Radical Kirk Minister'' by Dr Stephen Clackson, The Orcadian. 6 March 2003. [http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/centenaryofminister.htm]
+*''Centenary of a Radical Kirk Minister'' by Dr Stephen Clackson, The Orcadian. 6 March 2003. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090108065933/http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/centenaryofminister.htm]
 *''Sanday Church History.'' by Rev Alexander Goodfellow, W.R. Mackintosh (Kirkwall). 1912.
 *''Two Old Pulpit Worthies'' by Rev Alexander Goodfellow, W.R. Rendall (Stromness). 1925.
-*''An Orkney Anthology - The Selected Works of Ernest Walker Marwick, Vol. 1.'' edited by John D.M. Robertson, Scottish Academic Press (Edinburgh). 1991. ISBN 0-7073-0574-8
+*''An Orkney Anthology - The Selected Works of Ernest Walker Marwick, Vol. 1.'' edited by John D.M. Robertson, Scottish Academic Press (Edinburgh). 1991. {{ISBN|0-7073-0574-8}}
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