| Authorised form of name | Armstrong; Robert Young (1839 - 1894) |
| Dates | 1839 - 1894 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Calry, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 19 September 1839 |
| Place of death | Prospect House, Omeath, Ireland |
| Date of death | 01 November 1894 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Mount Jerome Cemetery, Ireland |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin
Career:
Obtained a commission in the Royal Engineers (1858); served in Canada (1863-1868); Instructor in signalling, Chatham; Instructor in Telegraphy (1871); Major (1879); Electrical adviser to the Borad of Trade (1883); Instructor of Submarine Defence, War Office (1884); Lieutenant Colonel (by 1889); Colonel (1890); retired (1892)
Honours:
CB 1891
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1892 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev William Armstrong and his wife Cassandra Maria, daughter of John Young of Castlerea, Roscommon |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp xxii-xxiv signed by P A M |
| Code | NA2853 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1892/08 | Armstrong, Robert Young: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/10/355 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 November 1894 |
| NLB/10/338 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 November 1894 |
| NLB/10/524 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | 11 December 1894 |
| NLB/7/57 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Harrisons | 18 November 1892 |