Lord William George Armstrong, First Baron Armstrong, was a noted English armaments manufacturer, industrialist and engineer active in the mid- to late-19th century. He was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England on 26 November 1810 and died at his Cragside estate, near Rothbury in Northumberland, England on 27 December 1900.
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Science and Society Picture Library, Search, 'Lord William Geore Armstrong' < http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10300385 > [accessed 5 December 2008]