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The title became extinct on his death in 1900. The title was revived three years later, on 4 August 1903, for his great-nephew William Watson-Armstrong, who was created Baron Armstrong, of Bamburgh and of Cragside in the County of Northumberland. Born William Watson, he had assumed the additional surname of Armstrong by Royal licence in 1889.
In 1887 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Armstrong, of Cragside in the County of Northumberland. His last great project, begun in 1894, was the purchase and restoration of the huge Bamburgh Castle [ 16 ] on the Northumberland coast, which remains in the hands of the Armstrong family.
In 1903 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Armstrong, of Bamburgh and Cragside in the County of Northumberland, [8] a revival of the barony which had become extinct on his great-uncle's death three years earlier. Lord Armstrong was married three times. He married firstly Winifreda Jane Adye, daughter of General Sir John Miller Adye, in 1889 ...
Cragside became an integral part of Armstrong's commercial operations: honoured guests under Armstrong's roof, including the Shah of Persia, the King of Siam and two future Prime Ministers of Japan, were also customers for his commercial undertakings. Following Armstrong's death in 1900, his heirs struggled to maintain the house and estate.
Fraser Andrew Armstrong: 2008-05-16: 1951 – UK Chemist Henry Edward Armstrong: 1876-06-01: 6 May 1848 – 13 July 1937 John Armstrong: 1723-05-02: 31 March 1674 – 25 April 1742 Robert Young Armstrong: 1892-06-02: 19 September 1839 – 1 November 1894 William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside: 1846-05-07: 26 November 1810 – 27 ...
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 House of Lords from 1972 until his death. Born at Jesmond Dene House , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Armstrong was the only son of William Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong and his wife Zaida ...
Sláinte! After disappearing from the public eye for roughly 40 years, Grimace’s Irish, green, Shamrock Shake-slinging uncle has returned to McDonald’s. Uncle O’Grimacey, who was introduced ...
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