William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside ( 1810 - 1900 )

Birth: No 9 (formerly No 6) Pleasant Row, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (26 November 1810) Death: Cragside, Northumberland (27 December 1900) Burial: Rothbury, Northumberland Research Field: Electricity Profession: Solicitor Education: Royal Grammar School, Newcastle Career: Practised as a solicitor, Newcastle (until 1844); took up engineering and invented the hydraulic crane, and Armstrong guns; Engineer of rifled ordnance to the War Department (1858-1863); President of the British Association (1863); Founder and Chairman of the Elswick Ordnance Company Honours: CB 1859; Kt 1859; Baron 1887 Memberships: MIMechE (President three times) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/05/1846.