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Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a
senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some
police forces and paramilitary...
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honor bestowed by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is the most well
known colonelcy in the
United States. A
Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate)...
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century most
British regiments were
commonly known by the name of the
colonelcy, for
example Lord Churchill's
Dragoons (1683–1685) or Elliot's
Light Horse...
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travelers and
visitors within their states. The
origins of the
titular colonelcy can be
traced back to
colonial and
antebellum times when men of the landed...
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Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kentucky Colonel,
Kentucky Colonels, or
Kentucky Colonelcy may also
refer to:
Kentucky colonel organizations,
charitable or fraternal...
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Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd
Countess Mountbatten of Burma,
Baroness Brabourne, CBE, , MSC, CD (née Mountbatten; 14
February 1924 – 13 June...
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colonel in the Army in 1707. In 1710 he
succeeded Lord
Strathnaver in the
colonelcy of a
regiment of foot, with
which he
served in
Flanders under the Duke...
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support to the
Hanoverian succession. He was
rewarded with the
colonelcy of the
Royal Horse Guards in June 1715.
During the
Jacobite Rebellion...
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Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Benjamin Forsyth (c. 1760 – June 28, 1814)
served as a
United States Army
officer during the War of 1812. Born in
North Carolina...
- Thus it was
possible for a
regimental major to hold a
brevet lieutenant-
colonelcy with
seniority over the
commission of his own
commanding officer as lieutenant-colonel...
