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Descended from a North East landowning family, a distant ancestral relation William Armstrong was created Baron Armstrong in 1887, [1] and his maternal grandparents were economist Lucius Thompson-McCausland, [2] High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and Helen Laura McCausland (6 April 1903 – February 2000), granddaughter of Captain Conolly Thomas McCausland (13 May 1828 – 25 June 1902), High ...
Armstrong and Miller was a short-lived radio programme originally broadcast in March 1998. There were four 15-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In addition to Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller it starred Samuel West, and Tony Gardner
Amongst the many distinguished Armstrongs are Sir Alexander Armstrong who was an Arctic explorer, and Neil Armstrong who was the first man to walk upon the Moon, [2] taking with him a piece of the Clan Armstrong tartan. [9] [10] The Armstrong Baronets are descendants of Gilnockie. [11] Comedian Alexander Armstrong is a descendant. [12]
I obviously used James Hansen's book ["First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong," which our movie is based on], which is full of information, and I leaned quite a lot on [Armstrong's sons] -- Rick ...
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English comedian, actor and author. He rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller.He is also known for his roles as Angus Jeremy Bough in the Johnny English film series, DI Richard Poole in the BBC crime drama series Death in Paradise and James Lester in the ITV sci-fi series Primeval.
NEW YORK (AP) — The sons of Neil Armstrong are defending Damien Chazelle's docudrama about the moon landing after conservative pundits decried the film's lack of emphasis on the American flag's ...
The name Armstrong derives from a Middle English nickname which meant someone with strong arms.. The Scottish Armstrong is reputed to have been originally bestowed by "an antient (sic) king of Scotland" upon "Fairbairn, his armour-bearer" following an act of strength in battle.
Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984), children's writer of the Rufty Tufty Golliwog series; Richard Armstrong (1903–1986), novelist and historian; John Blackburn (1923–1993), novelist who wrote thrillers, horror novels, including The Flame and the Wind (1967) Robert Blakey (1795–1878), radical journalist and philosopher born in Manchester Street ...