Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Armstrong, Sir William George

by Joseph Foster

Armstrong, Sir William George, C.B., created D.C.L. 21 June, 1870, and LL.D. Cambridge, 1862, created Baron Armstrong of Cragside, Northumberland, 6 July, 1887, inventor of the Armstrong guns, formerly a practising solicitor, knighted 23 Feb., 1859, C.B. 25 March, 1859, president British Association 1863, vice-president Institute of Civil Engineers.