William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, CB FRS (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the...
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William Henry Cecil John Robin Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong (6 March 1919 – 1 October 1987) was an English landowner and peer, a member of the...
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photographer; Baron visited Armstrong-Jones in his London flat, which doubled as his work studio. Baron, impressed, agreed to bring on Armstrong-Jones as an apprentice...
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William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong (10 October 1892 – 6 July 1972) was a British and Canadian aristocrat and soldier. Armstrong...
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Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO (30 March 1927 – 3 April 2020) was a British civil servant and life peer. Armstrong was born...
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in the Lords. Accordingly, the first Earl Snowdon was also created Baron Armstrong-Jones, and retained his seat in the Lords until his death in 2017,...
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William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead GCB MVO PC (3 March 1915 – 12 July 1980) was a British civil servant and banker. The son of William...
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Johnnie Armstrong or Johnie Armstrong was a Scottish raider and folk-hero. Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was captured and hanged by King James V in July...
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He was also the father of prominent industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong. Armstrong was born in a small Cumberland village, where he came...
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steam from a boiler. The effect is named after William Armstrong, who later became 1st Baron Armstrong, who was one of several people involved in discovering...
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William Charles Heaton-Armstrong (1 September 1853 – 20 July 1917) was a British Liberal Party politician, merchant and banker. He was born in Gmunden...
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William Drayton Armstrong (28 March 1862 – 2 June 1936) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893...
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Cragside (section William Armstrong)
Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate...
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John Randle Siddeley, 4th Baron Kenilworth from City Notes. The Times, Saturday, 30 April 1927; p. 18; Issue 44569 The Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club "No...
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Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, GCVO, GCStJ, DL (19 March 1941 – 4 February 2021), was a British peer, landowner, and businessman. He...
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botanical garden by Colonel James Armstrong. After his death, Armstrong's daughter and the Le Baron family mounted an energetic campaign involving public meetings...
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Armstrong guns, designed by William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong. Armstrong then became engineer of rifled ordnance. The Armstrong guns would be produced...
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William Marshal, 1st baron Marshal (24 September 1277 - 24 June 1314), was a minor English noble that held the position of marshal of Ireland. He was a...
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The Great Summit (redirect from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit/Complete Sessions)
album by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. It is a reissue of the two Roulette albums Together For The First Time (track 1–10) and The Great Reunion (track...
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William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield, KCMG (3 January 1883 – 20 November 1969) was a British Conservative Party politician, Governor...
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conversion totally failed during the first trials. Meanwhile William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, inventor and owner of a large machine factory, had developed...
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2nd Baron Vestey (1882–1954) Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey (1912–1944) Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey (1941–2021) William Guy...
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John Marshal, 2nd baron Marshal (1301/02/03 - 1316/17) was a minor English noble. He was the son of William Marshal, 1st Baron Marshal. After his father...
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flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press. Along with William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, he can be considered one of the two fathers of hydraulic...
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Hyde. In 1664, the infant James became the first Duke of Cambridge and Baron of Dauntsey, titles his uncle, King Charles II, created especially for him...
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Armstrong (born 1955), who married in 1991 Simon Armstrong; they have two sons. see Viscount Fauconberg (extinct 1815) Abeyance Baron Belasyse Baron Conyers...
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Anthony Hollist of Midhurst, Sussex. His grandson William Watson-Armstrong was ennobled as Baron Armstrong in 1903. He was distinguished as an advocate by...
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marriages, to Sir William Rayner of Orton, Peterborough, in 1606 and finally to Sir Thomas Compton, a younger son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton. She...
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Cassetti kidnapped three-year-old Daisy Armstrong. Cassetti collected a significant ransom from the wealthy Armstrong family, then revealed that he had already...
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essayist. Thomas Alcock (1784–1833) an English surgeon. William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810–1900) an English engineer and industrialist Imogen...
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