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Authorised form of nameArmstrong; John (1674 - 1742)
Dates1674 - 1742
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBallyard, King's County [County Offaly, Ireland]
Date of birth31 March 1674
Date of death25 April 1742
OccupationSoldier
ActivityCareer:
Lieutenant, St John's Regiment of Foot (1691); served under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugen; Major-General and Quartermaster-General (1713); Chief Engineer of England (1714-death); Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Foot in Ireland (1717); Master Surveyor of the Ordnance (1722)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/05/1723
RelationshipsSon of Robert Armstrong and his wife, Lydia, daughter of Michael Howard of Ballyard; married Anne Priscilla, daughter of Major Burroughs; father-in-law of Benjamin Hoadly (FRS 1727)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Dalton; Dalton George I
CodeNA6700
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
RBO/19/13'Of the Alcalescent Disposition of Animal Fluids' by John Armstrong1734
IM/000125Armstrong, Johnnd
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