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William George Armstrong, Sir, Bart.
(Born: Nov 26th, 1810, Died: Dec 27th, 1900)
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Lord Armstrong , C.B., LL.D., D.C.L, F.R.S., etc.
Source: Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers, Vol. XXI
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Membership
1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Elected: 03 May 1866
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Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Past President, Member of Council); Elected: 03 May 1866
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Biographical Notes
The Late Lord Armstrong, C.B.
The President (Mr. J. G. Weeks) said that Lord Armstrong was president of the Institute from 1872 to 1875. His inaugural address was worth studying, and it would be found that they had not profited by the very good advice which it contained. "There was no institution in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne or in the neighbourhood, worthy of support on religious, educational, or philanthropic grounds, which had not largely benefited by his assistance. Among those who have made the nineteenth century remarkable in the history of the world for the wonderful advance of science and the richness of mechanical invention, posterity will venerate Lord Armstrong as one of the most famous and most illustrious; and his discoveries had made a new era in civilisation."
The members were proud to have had so distinguished an engineer, as the late Lord Armstrong as one of their Presidents; and he moved that a vote of condolence be sent to Mr. W. A. Watson-Armstrong and family, conveying the sympathy of the members with them, in the loss which they had sustained by the death of their illustrious relative.
Mr. J. H. Merivale, in seconding the resolution, remarked that the deceased nobleman was an engineer of extraordinary talent, one of the greatest that we had had in Great Britain, and as the result of that talent he had accumulated a fortune, which he applied for the benefit of the district in which he lived.
The vote of condolence was unanimously adopted.
Source: Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers, Vol. XXI
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- Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers, Volume XXI, 1900-1901, Published in 1903
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
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