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Armstrong (Cavan)
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The Law Journal Reports (Vol 43, 720) record the marriage in 1802 of Elliott Armstrong, the elder and Mary Carleton with reference to freehold estates in county Cavan held in trust. These trusts were later subject to uses in favour of Harriet Ellen Armstrong and her husband Elliott Anderson of Bath. Mary was the daughter of Oliver Carleton and Harriet Ellen was the daughter of Captain John Saunders of St Annes, Somerset. In the 1850s Oliver Armstrong held two townlands in the parish of Templeport, while John Armstrong held three townlands in the parish of Killinkere and John Thomas Armstrong held two townlands in the parish of Drumlumman, all in county Cavan. In 1876, Elliott Armstrong of Bath owned 1,308 acres in county Cavan while John S. Armstrong of Geelong, Australia, owned 537 acres. Elliott Graham Armstrong, born 1840, was another member of this family. He was the son of Oliver Armstrong who lived at Emlaghroyin, near Dunamon, county Roscommon and his wife Jane Mary Graham. Oliver Armstrong was a land agent. His son Elliott G. Armstrong also described himself as a land agent and grazier when he gave evidence to the Tariff Commission in 1906. He was living at Ballinasloe, county Galway, at the time. He farmed 1,500 acres of his own and was agent to a further 2,700 acres. E.G. Armstrong and Mahon were agents to the Clonbrock Estate in the early 20th century. Elliott G. Armstrong had previously resided at Emlaghroyin as recorded in Walford’s County Families 1889.
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