Person Armstrong; John (1674 - 1742) Armstrong John 1674 - 1742 British Male Ballyard, King's County [County Offaly, Ireland] 31 March 1674 25 April 1742

Soldier Career: 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) Son 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) Fellow 02/05/1723 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Dalton; Dalton George I International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 31 Mar 1674 - 25 Apr 1742 NA6700 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes c0594a99-2fa2-4c1b-8074-c641e8d8cec1