Sir Andrew Armstrong, 1st Baronet DL (19 October 178627 January 1863) was an Irish

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and politician.

Early life

Born at

Gallen Priory Gallen Abbey or Gallen Priory is a medieval monastery and National Monument located in County Offaly, Ireland. Location Gallen Abbey is located on the south bank of the Brosna, about 1 km south of Ferbane. History Gallen Abbey was esta ...

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, Armstrong was the son of Edmund Armstrong and his wife Elizabeth, third daughter of Frederick Trench and sister of

Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (17 September 1755 – 1 May 1840) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Frederick Trench and Mary (née Sadleir). The Trench family were of French descent. He was elected to represent Portarlington fro ...

Career as politician

Armstrong served as captain in the King's County Militia. and was appointed

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in 1811, and again in 1836, and served as deputy lieutenant of that county. He became Receiver General of Stamps in Ireland in 1831, an office he held until its abolition in 1841, when he was created a

, of Gallen Priory, in King's County as compensation. In February of the same year, he entered the

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in a by-election, sitting for King's County until 1852. While in Parliament he argued against the laws restricting commerce in Ireland ...'I never can be satisfied that my country should be bound in calfskin'..., for the establishment of ship manufacturing in Ireland, and for provisions to be made for the Catholic Clergy.

Marriage and later life

In 1835, Armstrong married Frances, daughter of George Alexander Fullerton, and had by her six sons. He died aged 76 at

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and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Edmund. His youngest son, Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong (1858–1948), born when his father was 71 or 72, went to

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, and married Helen Porter Mitchell (the opera singer, Dame

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) in 1882. They had a son, George, but separated after a year and later divorced.

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* 1786 births 1863 deaths 19th-century Irish people Politicians from County Offaly Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of King's County Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for King's County constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 High Sheriffs of King's County {{UK-baronet-stub