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Robert Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (born 30 March 1927), son of the musician Sir Thomas Armstrong, is a British life peer and former civil servant. ==Life== He was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he read 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.〔http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26633&group=5&Page=Lord%20Armstrong%20of%20Ilminster%20:%20Political%20Biography〕 Armstrong was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1974, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1975 Birthday Honours. In the 1978 Birthday Honours he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 1983 New Year Honours. He was created a life peer as Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, ''of Ashill in the County of Somerset'' on 26 February 1988, and sits as a crossbencher.〔〕〔http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/rolls/peerage/lifebarons.htm〕 He is credited with bringing the phrase "economical with the truth" into popular usage, after he used it during the ''Spycatcher'' trial in 1986 - his use of the phrase was subsequently included in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. From 1994 to 2006, Lord Armstrong was Chancellor of the University of Hull. He was chairman of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation until 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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