Person Page - 1949

     John William Watson was the son of Sir William Henry Watson and Anne Armstrong.² He married Margaret Godman Fitzpatrick, daughter of Patrick Persse Fitzpatrick. He died on 30 January 1909.¹
     John William Watson lived at Adderstone Hall, Belford, Northumberland, England.¹

     Margaret Godman Fitzpatrick was the daughter of Patrick Persse Fitzpatrick.¹ She married John William Watson, son of Sir William Henry Watson and Anne Armstrong. She died on 18 August 1922.¹
     Her married name became Watson.

     
     Patrick Persse Fitzpatrick lived at FitzLeet House, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England.¹

     Elizabeth Soward is the daughter of J. Soward.¹

     Lucy Taylor is the daughter of Luke Taylor.¹

     
     Luke Taylor lived at Dudley, Worcestershire, England.¹

     
     Cecil Drummond-Wolff lived at Caplanne, Billère, Pau, France.¹ He lived at The Thatched Cottage, Bushey Park, County Wicklow, Ireland.¹

     Sir William George Armstrong, 1st and last Baron Armstrong of Cragside was born on 26 November 1810 at Shieldfield, Newcastle, Northumberland, England.¹ He was the son of William Armstrong and Anne Potter.¹ He was baptised in December 1810 at All Saints, Newcastle, Northumberland, England.¹ He married Margaret Ramshaw, daughter of William Ramshaw, on 1 May 1835.² He died on 27 December 1900 at age 90.¹ His will was probated, at £1,399,000 gross, and over £1,232,000 net, leaving almost all to his great-nephew, William Henry Armstrong Fitzpatrick Watson-Armstrong.²
     Sir William George Armstrong, 1st and last Baron Armstrong of Cragside was educated at Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England.¹ He was a partner in the law firm Donkin, Stable and Armstrong in 1833.³ In 1839 he constructed a water pressure wheel.³ In 1844 he constructed a hyrdo-electric machine.³ In 1846 he patented the hyraulic crane.³ He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) on 7 May 1846.¹ He was the founder and Chairman of the Elswick-on-Tyne engineering works in 1847.^1,3 In 1850 he invented the hydraulic pressure accumulator.³ In 1851 he designed submarine mines for the Crimean War.³ He invented the rifled bore breech-loading gun with cylinder, pantented his invention, and presented the patent to the nation.³ He was Engineer of Rifled Ordnance to War Department between 1858 and 1863, resigning after the government swtiched back to muzzle loading guns.¹ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor on 23 February 1859.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 25 March 1859.¹ He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1862 with a Doctor of Law (LL.D.).¹ He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 21 June 1870 with a Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.).¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1873.³ In 1880 The government switched back to breech loading guns, and he completed a 6 inch breech loading gun.³ He graduated from Durham University, Durham, County Durham, England, in 1882 with a Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.).² In 1882 he established at shipyard at Elswick to build warships.³ He was created 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside, co. Northumberland [U.K.] on 6 July 1887.² He graduated from Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, in 1892 with a honorary Master in Engineering (M.E.).² In 1897 he merged his own business with those of Sir Joseph Whitworth at Openshaw, to make Whitworth guns.³ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     William Armstrong was born in 1778.²
     William Armstrong held the office of Alderman.¹ He was a corn merchant.² He held the office of Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1850.² He lived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.¹