Introduction
Born: August 22, 1813, Bishopwearmouth, England.
Died: May 16, 1856, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Born: August 22, 1813, Bishopwearmouth, England.
Died: May 16, 1856, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Son of a doctor, Armstrong was educated at Charterhouse, and Lincoln College, Oxford (BA 1836).
Taking Holy Orders in 1837, he became curate of Alford (1837); priest-vicar of Exeter Cathedral (1841); rector of St. Paul’s, Exeter (1843); vicar of Tidenham (1845); and bishop of Grahamstown, South Africa (1853).
He founded St. Andrew’s College at Grahamstown in 1855.
His memoirs, by T. T. Carter, were published in 1857.
If you know Armstrong’s burial place,