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Bigoe Armstrong

Bigoe Armstrong

British Army general

General Bigoe Armstrong (10 September 1717 – 24 July 1794) was a senior commander in the British Army in the 18th century.

Bigoe Armstrong was born on 10 September 1717 in County Offaly, Ireland. His father was Michael Armstrong.[1]

Serving in the 18th Regiment of Foot, Armstrong was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 25 November 1752.[2]

On 26 May 1772, Armstrong was promoted to lieutenant-general[3] and later that year on 13 November, he was appointed the Colonel of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot.[4] Armstrong was promoted to full general on 19 February 1783.[5]

Armstrong died without issue[6] on 24 July 1794 at his home on Upper Wimpole Street near Cavendish Square in London.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Burke, Bernard; Burke, John (1885). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 47. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 51.
  2. [2]
    Cannon, Richard; Robertson, Alexander Cuningham (1883). Historical Record of the King's Liverpool Regiment of Foot. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 268.
  3. [3]
    "No. 11251". The London Gazette. 23 May 1772. p. 2.
  4. [4]
    "No. 11300". The London Gazette. 10 November 1772. p. 2.
  5. [5]
    "No. 12416". The London Gazette. 18 February 1783. p. 1.
  6. [6]
    Grazebrook, Henry Sydney (1877). Collections for a genealogy of the noble families of Henzey, Tyttery, and Tyzack. Stourbridge: J Thomas Ford. p. 50.
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