William Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong

William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong (10 October 1892 – 6 July 1972) was a British and Canadian aristocrat and soldier.

[1] Commissioned into the 7th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in the Territorial Force in 1913, Armstrong served during World War I as a captain in France and Belgium, being mentioned in despatches and severely wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, and invalided home in November 1917.

[1] In 1924, Armstrong moved to Canada, where he was appointed Consul for Siam, and after five years promoted in 1929 to Consul-General, where he stayed in post until 1942, through the Siamese revolution of 1932 to do so on behalf of Thailand.

In 1942, Armstrong became Consul of the Netherlands for British Columbia and Yukon, serving until 1946, for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

[1][2] Following World War II, Armstrong returned to the UK in 1946, splitting his time between Cragside and Bamburgh Castle.