Major Ronald Armstrong-Jones MBE QC |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones 18 May 1899 |
Died | 27 January 1966 | (aged 66)
Spouse(s) |
Anne Messel (m. 1925; div. 1934) Carol Akhurst (m. 1936; div. 1959) Jenifer Unite (m. 1960) |
Children | Susan Vesey, Viscountess Vesci Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Peregrine Armstrong-Jones |
Parents |
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones Margaret Roberts |
Alma mater |
Eton Magdalen College, Oxford (1922) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | c. 1914–1945 |
Rank | Major |
Unit |
Royal Regiment of Artillery King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
Major Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones MBE QC (18 May 1899 – 27 January 1966) was a British barrister and soldier and the father of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
The only son of Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, a psychiatrist, he was educated at Eton, then during the First World War was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Royal Regiment of Artillery. After the war he continued his education at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1922, then became a barrister in the Inner Temple. During the Second World War he returned to the army and served as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps; he was invalided out in 1945, after serving as Deputy Judge Advocate to Montgomery's staff in Normandy. A liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, from 1955 to 1959 he was a member of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal. He also served as a Governor of St Bartholomew's Hospital.
In 1936 Armstrong-Jones served as High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire.