Bigoe Armstrong

General Bigoe Armstrong (10 September 1717 - 24 July 1794) was a senior commander in the British Army in the 18th century.

Bigoe Armstrong was born on 10 September 1717 in County Offaly, Ireland. His father was Michael Armstrong.[1]

Serving in the 18th Regiment of Foot, Armstrong was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 25 November 1752.[2]

On 26 May 1772, Armstrong was promoted to lieutenant-general[3] and later that year on 13 November, he was appointed the Colonel of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot.[4] Armstrong was promoted to full general on 19 February 1783.[5]

Armstrong died without issue[6] on 24 July 1794 at his home on Upper Wimpole Street near Cavendish Square in London.[2]

References

1. Burke, Bernard; Burke, John (1885). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 47. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 51.
2. Cannon, Richard; Robertson, Alexander Cuningham (1883). Historical Record of the King's Liverpool Regiment of Foot. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 268.
3. "No. 11251". The London Gazette. 23 May 1772. p. 2.
4. "No. 11300". The London Gazette. 10 November 1772. p. 2.
5. "No. 12416". The London Gazette. 18 February 1783. p. 1.
6. Grazebrook, Henry Sydney (1877). Collections for a genealogy of the noble families of Henzey, Tyttery, and Tyzack. Stourbridge: J Thomas Ford. p. 50.