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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 ...
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]
In Ireland the name was also adopted as an Anglicization of two Gaelic names from Ulster: Mac Thréinfhir (meaning "son of the strong man") and Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meaning "strong O'Lavery"). [3] From the name Ó Labhraidh Tréan (meaning "strong O'Lavery" and sometimes written in Anglo-Irish as "Tréanlámagh") the following surnames survive ...
Alexander Armstrong; Chris Armstrong (footballer, born 1971) Jonas Armstrong; Karen Armstrong; Linda Armstrong (actress) Rollo Armstrong; Harry Arter; Paul Arthurs; Desmond Flower, 10th Viscount Ashbrook; Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever; John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever; David Astor; John Astor (1923–1987) William Astor, 3rd ...
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
Hey Duggee is a British pre-school children's animated television series aimed at two to five-year-olds. Created by Grant Orchard, [1] it is produced by Studio AKA, in association with BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide). The show is narrated by Alexander Armstrong.
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 ...
Sir Alexander Armstrong KCB FRS (c. 1818 – 4 July 1899) was an Irish naval surgeon, explorer, naturalist and author. After obtaining a medical degree he joined the Royal Navy and was stationed on board HMS Investigator , tasked with finding the lost expedition of explorer Sir John Franklin .