Richard Armstrong (British Army officer)

Richard Armstrong (British Army officer)

:"for other men with the same name, see Richard Armstrong"Sir Richard Armstrong KCB (c. 1782 – 3 March 1854) was an officer in the British army, and succeeded Major-General John Clitherow as commander of the British forces in Canada West.

Stationed in Kingston, Ontario, Armstrong served in this role from 1842–1848.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3749 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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