Background
ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Robert Temple Armstrong was born on March 30, 1927 in Oxford, United Kingdom. Parents: Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong and Hester Armstrong (née Draper).
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Robert Temple Armstrong ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER
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Dragon School, Oxford. Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. Spoken languages: french.
Career
House of Lords; Civil service, 1950-1987. Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1954-1955. Secretary, Radcliffe Committee on Working of the Monetary System, 1957-1959.
Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1968. Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1970-1975. Deputy Under-Secretary of State, 1975-1977.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State, 1977-1979. Secretary of the Cabinet, 1979-1987. Head of the Home Civil Service, 1981-1987.
Chairman, Biotechnology Investments Ltd., since 1988. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Victoria and Albert Museum. Director, Royal Opera House, 1988.
Supervisory Director, Robeco NV, Rolinco NV, Rorento NV, Rodamco NV, since 1988. Director, B.A.T. Industries pic, Inchcape pic, Bristol and West Building Society, N.M. Rothschild and Sons Ltd., RTZ Corporation, Shell Transport and Trading pic, CARE Britain Ltd. D’Oyly Carte Opera Company Ltd., European Arts Foundation Ltd., Leeds Castle Foundation Ltd., Royal Academy of Music Foundation Ltd., since 1988.
Religion
C of E
Membership
Clubs: Athenaeum; Brooks. Rhodes Trust; Eton College (Fellow).
Connections
Spouse Mary Patricia (née Carlov), 1985. Children: two d.
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British