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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.
Watson-Armstrong lacked Armstrong's commercial acumen and a series of poor financial investments led to the sale of much of the great art collection in 1910. [44] In 1972, the death of Watson-Armstrong's heir, William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong, saw the house and estate threatened by large-scale residential development, intended to raise the ...
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 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 ...
Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from ...
The Israeli-American Alexander twins, 37, and their older brother Tal, once wealthy, high-flying real estate brokers who moved in some of the most elite circles in New York and Florida, are facing ...
When Armstrong was 11 in 1903, his father was created Baron Armstrong after inheriting his industrialist great-uncle's wealth but not title in 1900, at which point he became The Hon William Watson-Armstrong. Armstrong was educated at Eton and then Trinity College, where he received a first class degree in history in 1914.
The brothers "used their wealth and prominent positions in real estate to create and facilitate opportunities to sexually assault women," SDNY prosecutors alleged in their statement.