Henry Bruce Armstrong

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Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong (27 July 1844 – 4 December 1943) was a Northern Irish barrister and politician, Unionist MP for Mid Armagh from January 1921 until 1922.

Born in Sholden, Henry Bruce Armstrong was the second surviving son of William Jones Wright Armstrong of County Armagh and Frances Elizabeth, widow of Sir Michael McCreagh, and daughter of Major Christopher Wilson.^[1] He was educated at The Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining a BA (2nd Class Law Tripos) in 1867 and a MA in 1870.^[2] Admitted at the Inner Temple in 1866, he was called to the Bar in 1868.^[2]

In 1883 he married Margaret Leader (died 1936), daughter of Willam Leader of Rosnalea, County Cork. They had five sons and three daughters,^[1] of whom C. W. Armstrong also became a politician.^[3]

Armstrong was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh for 1875 ^[4] and High Sheriff of Longford for 1894. He was a County Councillor for Armagh from 1899 to 1920, and a Member of the Irish Convention in 1917–18. Vice-Lieutenant of County Armagh in 1920, he was a Senator of Queen’s University, Belfast from 1920 to 1937.^[1]

He was returned unopposed to the Imperial House of Commons for Mid-Armagh in 1921, at the advanced age of 76, possibly becoming the oldest ever first-time MP. Certainly, he immediately became the oldest member of the current House of Commons. He was a Senator of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1937, and Lord Lieutenant of Armagh from 1924 to 1939. For 25 years he was a member of the Representative Body of the Church of Ireland. He was Chairman of the County Armagh Education Committee from 1925 to 1931, and President of the Association of Education Committees of N. Ireland. In 1932 he was made a Privy Councillor for Northern Ireland, and in 1938 he served as a Justice for the Government of Northern Ireland in the absence of the Governor.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Who's Who
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Armstrong, Henry Bruce (ARMN863HB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.184
↑ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. London: Hurst & Blackett.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Who's Who

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Armstrong

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Rolston Lonsdale	Member of Parliament for Mid Armagh 1921 – 1922	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Donald Macmaster	Oldest Member of Parliament (not Father of the House) 1921 – 1922	Succeeded by Henry Craik
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Armaghdale	Lord Lieutenant of Armagh 1924–1939	Succeeded by Sir Norman Stronge, 8th Bt

Persondata
Name	Armstrong, Henry Bruce
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	27 July 1844
Place of birth
Date of death	4 December 1943
Place of death

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