Sir

Richard Armstrong
Bornc. 1782
Died3 March 1854
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldMadras Army
Battles/warsPeninsular War
First Anglo-Burmese War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Armstrong, KCB (c. 1782 – 3 March 1854) was an officer in the British Army.

Military career

Armstrong was the only son of Lt.-Col. Richard Armstrong of Lincoln.[1] Armstrong was commissioned as an ensign in 1796. He served in the Peninsular War and in the First Anglo-Burmese War.[2] He became commander of the British forces in Canada West in 1842 and, after serving in that post until 1848, went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1851.[2] He resigned due to poor health in early 1854 and died shortly afterwards.[2] He was also colonel of the 95th Regiment of Foot and then colonel of the 32nd Regiment of Foot.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dodd, Charles R. (1846). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. p. 17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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