Background
Atmore was born at Heacham, near King"s Lynn, Norfolk, 17 August 1759, his father being the captain of a ship belonging to Lynn.
Atmore was born at Heacham, near King"s Lynn, Norfolk, 17 August 1759, his father being the captain of a ship belonging to Lynn.
In June 1779 he turned his attention to the Wesleyan ministry, and in February 1781 he was sent forth by John Wesley as an itinerant evangelist. At the conference which met in the following August, he was appointed a regular preacher. His ministry until 1825 was in the following towns: York, Edinburgh, Halifax, Bristol, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Wakefield, Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Salford, Sheffield.
In 1811, while stationed in Hull, he was elected to the presidency of the Wesleyan conference.
Atmore, who was twice married, died in Fountain Court, Cheapside, London, on 30 June 1826, aged 66 years.
Wesley three years later caused Atmore"s name to be inserted in the deed of declaration as one of the members of the legal conference.