Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster
- Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster
Robert Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster GCB, CVO (born 30 March 1927), son of the musician Sir Thomas Armstrong, is a British life peer and former civil servant.
He was educated at Eton, where he was a King's Scholar and Newcastle Scholar, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a first in Greats. In a long civil service career, Armstrong worked in several departments, including HM Treasury and the Home Office. From 1970 to 1975 he served as the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. He was knighted in 1978. From 1979 to 1987, he served as Secretary of the Cabinet under Margaret Thatcher. He was subsequently made a life peer as Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, of Ashill in the County of Somerset in 1988, and sits as a crossbencher.
He is credited with bringing the phrase "economical with the truth" into popular usage, after he used it during the "Spycatcher" trial in 1986.
From 1994 to 2006 Armstrong was Chancellor of the University of Hull.
In popular culture
Armstrong has been portrayed by the following actors in film and television productions;
* Rupert Vansittart in the 2002 BBC production of Ian Curteis's controversial "The Falklands Play".
* Timothy West in the 2004 BBC production of "The Alan Clark Diaries".
ee also
*Baron Armstrong
Offices held
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