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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Armstrong    
First names  Richard    
Rank / occupation  Lieut.-General & Sir    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "British Army" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  British Army    
Death date  3 Mar 1854    
Place of death  On board the ship Barham on his voyage home from Madras    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Aug 1854    
Page number  191    
Detail  [On board the ship Barham, on his voyage home from Madras, aged 73. Late commander in chief at Madras. Only son of Lieut.-Col. Richard Armstrong, of Lincoln. Ensign 1796. In 1851 he was appointed commander in chief at Madras, and was made Lieut.-Gen. in November 1851. Having resigned due to impaired health he died on the homeward voyage]     
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