Archibald "Archy" Armstrong (died March 1672) was a native of Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a sheep thief; afterwards...
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Robert Archibald Armstrong, LL.D. (bapt. 16 February 1788– 25 May 1867), was a Gaelic lexicographer. He was the eldest son of Robert Armstrong, of Kenmore...
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King James VI of Scotland, employed a jester called Archibald Armstrong. During his lifetime Armstrong was given great honours at court. He was eventually...
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Clan Armstrong is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. According to the legend and tradition, the first of the name Armstrong was Siward Beorn (sword...
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John Archibald Armstrong OC (24 March 1917 – 26 December 2010) was a Canadian business executive. Armstrong was chief executive officer of Imperial Oil...
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many examples of jesters in history, fiction, and other mediums. Archibald Armstrong (died 1672), jester of James VI Chicot (c. 1540–1591), jester of...
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player Trace Armstrong (born 1965), American football player Warwick Armstrong (1879–1947), Australian Test cricketer Archibald Armstrong (died 1672),...
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the monarch. Some favourites came from very humble backgrounds: Archibald Armstrong, jester to James VI and I infuriated everyone else at court but managed...
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"praise", from the Latin word laudāre) is a joke attributed to Archibald Armstrong, Charles's court jester; Laud was known to be touchy about his diminutive...
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Mangerton Tower (section Armstrong family)
court jester to James VI and I, Archibald Armstrong, was a relative of the Mangerton family. In 1617 Archibald Armstrong obtained a royal pension of £50...
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College, Dublin. In December 1780, he married Charlotte Armstrong, daughter of Archibald Armstrong, with whom he had two children, Edward and Mary. Edward...
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a finalist in the Archibald prize and in 2005, Armstrong's self portrait was selected as a finalist. An exhibition of Armstrong's prints and sculptures...
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Cary Grant (redirect from Archibald Alexander Leach)
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair...
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trainer Robert Archibald Armstrong (1788–1867), Gaelic lexicographer Robert C. Armstrong, chemical engineer at MIT Robert John Armstrong (1884–1957), fourth...
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John Archibald Armstrong (1917–2010), Canadian business executive John Barclay Armstrong (1850–1913), Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal John S. Armstrong (1850–1908)...
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Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1623) March – Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James I of England and Charles I of England March...
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Archibald Armstrong engraved by Thomas Cecil....
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Robert Shaw (actor) (redirect from Robert Archibald Shaw)
Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial...
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on board several survivors and some cargo. Under the command of Archibald Armstrong (who was sailing master aboard HMS Supply, Eliza sailed for Sydney...
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clothes on the death of Prince Henry in 1612. Another fool at court, Archibald Armstrong, wore a crimson velvet coat with gold lace at the wedding of Princess...
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1851 – November 20, 1853 Preceded by Samuel Burnham Succeeded by Archibald Armstrong Personal details Born January 1802 or January 14, 1803 New Market...
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account for the banquet also survives. The king's fool or "pleasant" Archibald Armstrong was paid £66. There was French and Rhenish wine, sack, ale and beer...
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Sanderson for the saddler Abraham Abercromby, Philip Armstrong the executor of Archibald Armstrong (£80), Lettice Holcroft widow of Sir Henry Holcroft...
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Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 10 January 2016. Robert Archibald Armstrong (1825). A Gaelic Dictionary, in two parts. James Duncan. pp. 327...
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Sandbrook Historian and author Lawrence Stenhouse Educationalist Robert Archibald Armstrong Lexicographer James Crichton 1574 BA M.A. Polymath and origin of...
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court, Archibald Armstrong, was bought a crimson velvet coat with gold lace to wear at the wedding. Dionysius Pepper made a green hat for Armstrong and a...
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including Edward Zouch, John Wolfgang Rumler, Patrick Abercromby, and Archibald Armstrong who travelled to Aberdeen (without the king) and were made burgesses...
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Weatherhead 27 Mar 1791 1 Aug 1791 127 days 225 [25] (250) Atlantic Archibald Armstrong 27 Mar 1791 20 Aug 1791 147 days 202 [18] (220) Salamander John Nichol...
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Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1623) March – Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James I of England and Charles I of England March...
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New Castle County Archibald Armstrong Sewell C. Biggs Abraham Boyce Kent County William Collins Moses Harrington Thomas J. Moore Sussex County Manlove...
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