Savage-Armstrong family.

Poet and scholar George Francis Armstrong was born in Dublin in 1845 to Edmund John Armstrong and Jane Savage. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and later became a professor of history and English literature at Queen's College, Cork. His own first published poetical work appeared in 1869, beginning a long and very fertile career in print that continued up until his death in 1906. Though generally well-regarded at the time, he came under harsh criticism from Irish literary revivalists, particularly W.B. Yeats, and is now seen as a mostly marginal figure in Irish literature. In 1879, George married Marie Elizabeth Wrixon. Their marriage produced two sons, Francis Savage Nesbitt (1880-1917) and John Raymond Savage (b. 1882), and a daughter, Arabella Guendolen (b. 1885). In 1891, with the death of a maternal aunt, he assumed the additional surname of Savage. Francis S.N. Savage-Armstrong was educated at Shrewsbury School and went on to serve in the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment and 4th Mounted Infantry during the Second Boer War. He then served both at home and abroad before 1914, when as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he joined his regiment in France after the battle of Ypres. He was killed in action in France while serving as commander of a battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on April 23 1917, at the age of 36. Raymond Savage-Armstrong also attended Shrewsbury School, entering at Easter Term in 1895 alongside his older brother. Raymond served during World War I as a captain in the 4th Battalion Leinster Regiment. Guendolen Savage-Armstrong served as a nurse at the Richmond Military Hospital during World War I, and after this, was active in social settlement programs like the Hackney Girls' Club, the Pell Street Club and the Sandes Soldiers' Home at Derry. Her notebooks also show an intense interest and devotion to religious thought, particularly Christian Science and spiritual healing.

From the description of Papers, 1821-1931. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 319541703

Biography

Poet and scholar George Francis Armstrong was born in Dublin in 1845 to Edmund John Armstrong and Jane Savage. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and later became a professor of history and English literature at Queen's College, Cork. His older brother, Edmund John (1841-1865) was a promising poet before his early death, and George compiled and published his brother's work in 1877. George's own first published poetical work appeared in 1869, beginning a long and very fertile career in print that continued up until his death in 1906. Though generally well-regarded at the time, he came under harsh criticism from Irish literary revivalists, particularly W.B. Yeats, and is now seen as a mostly marginal figure in Irish literature.

In 1879, George married Marie Elizabeth Wrixon. Their marriage produced two sons, Francis Savage Nesbitt (1880-1917) and John Raymond Savage (b. 1882), and a daughter, Arabella Guendolen (b. 1885). In 1891, with the death of a maternal aunt, he assumed the additional surname of Savage.

Francis S.N. Savage-Armstrong was educated at Shrewsbury School and went on to serve in the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment and 4th Mounted Infantry during the Second Boer War. He then served both at home and abroad before 1914, when as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he joined his regiment in France after the battle of Ypres. He was killed in action in France while serving as commander of a battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on April 23 1917, at the age of 36.

Raymond Savage-Armstrong also attended Shrewsbury School, entering at Easter Term in 1895 alongside his older brother. Raymond served during World War I as a captain in the 4th Battalion Leinster Regiment.

Guendolen Savage-Armstrong served as a nurse at the Richmond Military Hospital during World War I, and after this, was active in social settlement programs like the Hackney Girls' Club, the Pell Street Club and the Sandes Soldiers' Home at Derry. Her notebooks also show an intense interest and devotion to religious thought, particularly Christian Science and spiritual healing.

From the guide to the Savage-Armstrong Family Papers, 1821-1931, (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library)