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William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, CB FRS (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist.
Baron Armstrong is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came on 6 July 1887 when the industrialist Sir William Armstrong was made Baron Armstrong, of Cragside in the County of Northumberland. The title became extinct on his death in 1900.
These are just some of the roles fulfilled by William Armstrong, the 1st Baron Armstrong during his lifetime. His story began in Newcastle upon Tyne. Born in November 1810, Armstrong was the son of an up-and-coming corn merchant (also called William) who worked along the quayside.
William Henry Armstrong Fitzpatrick Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, DL, (3 May 1863 – 16 October 1941), was a British benefactor. Born William Watson, he was born at 65 Eccleston Square, London, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist. In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in ...
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong (born Nov. 26, 1810, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Eng.—died Dec. 27, 1900, Cragside, Northumberland) was a British industrialist and engineer who invented high-pressure hydraulic machinery and revolutionized the design and manufacture of guns.
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, was an English industrialist who founded the legendary Armstrong engineering and armaments business on Tyneside. His achievements brought him wealth and fame and put Newcastle and the North East of England firmly on the science and engineering map.
