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  2. Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Cragside - Wikipedia

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    Cragside, and Armstrong's fortune, were inherited by his great-nephew, William Watson-Armstrong. [43] 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 ]

  4. William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. William Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. William Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    Armstrong was born in 1892 as the first child of the businessman William Watson-Armstrong and Winifreda Jane (née Adye). 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.

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  9. Barrasford - Wikipedia

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    William Watson-Armstrong, who became Baron Armstrong after the death of his great uncle Lord Armstrong of Cragside, gave £4000 – equivalent to £350,000 today. The Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland sanatorium opened in 1907 on the moors above the neighbouring villages of Barrasford and Gunnerton.