| Thomas Armstrong | |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Death Date: | 2 August 1978 |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Spouse: | Una Dulcie Bray |
| Parents: | Charles Plaxton Alice Lily Armstrong |
Thomas Armstrong (3 September 1899 - 2 August, 1978) was a Leeds-born novelist. He is best known for a series of popular novels set in Yorkshire, including the best-selling The Crowthers of Bankdam.[1]
His parents were from mill-owning families. After attending Queen Elizabeth School, Wakefield, he studied at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, followed by service in the Royal Navy during the First World War. He married in 1930 and then began writing novels. He achieved success with the immediately popular The Crowthers of Bankdam that was soon made into a film (Master of Bankdam).[2] The couple lived in Yorkshire, initially in the West Riding and then in Swaledale for 30 years. Throughout his life, he avoided personal publicity.