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Ronald Armstrong-Jones
Soldier + Founder + Earl
Male
Born
May 18, 1899
Died
Jan 27, 1966
Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE, QC was a British soldier and the father of Antony Armstrong-Jones, the 1st Earl of Snowdon. The only son of Robert Armstrong-Jones, he was educated at Eton and on graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1922… Read More
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Ronald Armstrong-Jones
d.1966
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CHILDHOOD
1899
Birth
Born in 1899.
TWENTIES
1922
23 Years Old
The only son of Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, he was educated at Eton and on graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1922, he became a barrister in the Inner Temple.
THIRTIES
He was appointed High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1936. Armstrong-Jones was married three times. Firstly, to Anne Messel (8 February 1902 - Jul 1992) on 22 July 1925; they divorced in 1934 (Anne later married the 6th Earl of Rosse) after having two children, Antony (b. 1930), the brother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and Susan (c. 1932 - 1986).
FORTIES
1945
46 Years Old
During World War I, he was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War II; he was invalided in 1945 after serving as Deputy Judge Advocate to Montgomery's staff at Normandy.
FIFTIES
1955
56 Years Old
From 1955-59, he was a member of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal and a sometime Governor of St Bartholomew's Hospital and a member of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1966
67 Years Old
Died in 1966.
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