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Armstrong gave £11,500 towards the building of Newcastle's Hancock Natural History Museum, which was completed in 1882. This sum is equivalent to over £555,000 in 2010. Lord Armstrong's generosity extended beyond his death.
Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. With headquarters in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft.
William Armstrong (1778–1857) was an English corn merchant and local politician of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was also the father of prominent industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong . Armstrong was born in a small Cumberland village, where he came into acquaintance with the wealthy Losh family.
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong: Barras Bridge, outside the Great North Museum: Hancock: 1905-6: Hamo Thornycroft: William Henry Knowles Bronze statue with a sandstone screen wall, steps and relief panels Grade II: Q26586754 [8] [2] [3] [4] More images: Queen Victoria: Grounds of the Royal Victoria Infirmary: 1906: George Frampton —
William Armstrong was born on 26 November 1810 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a corn merchant. [4] Trained as a solicitor, he moved to London before he was twenty. Returning to Newcastle, in 1835 he met and married Margaret Ramshaw, the daughter of a build
History [ edit ] Originally created in 1859 to separate William Armstrong 's armaments business from his other business interests, to avoid a conflict of interest as Armstrong was then Engineer of Rifled Ordnance for the War Office and the company's main customer was the British Government.
The Armstrong Building, now part of Newcastle University. In 1849 a new bridge was built across the river at Newcastle. This was the High Level Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson, and slightly up river from the existing bridge. The bridge was designed to carry road and rail traffic across the Tyne Gorge on two decks with rail traffic on the ...
Armstrong donated the banqueting hall together with Jesmond Dene gardens to Newcastle Corporation in 1883, on the understanding that the complex would be used for the arts, literature, science or education. The Prince of Wales was one of the guests entertained, to celebrate the donation of the gardens, in 1884. [6]