Definition of Cornetcy. Meaning of Cornetcy. Synonyms of Cornetcy

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Definition of Cornetcy

Cornetcy
Cornetcy Cor"net*cy (k?r"n?t-s?), n. The commission or rank of a cornet.

Meaning of Cornetcy from wikipedia

- Cornet is a military rank formerly used by the armed forces of some countries. A cornet or "cornet of horse" was in the 17th and 18th centuries a term...
- of purchased land, settled in the area. At the time, Knysna was a field cornetcy of Plettenberg Bay within the Magisterial Division of George. In 1858,...
- Scots Fusilier Guards on 1 July 1842. On 7 April 1843, he purchased a cornetcy and sub-lieutenancy in the Grenadier Guards. He purchased a lieutenancy...
- in 1787, Dalhousie joined the British Army in July 1788 by purchasing a cornetcy in the 3rd Dragoons, and was later appointed to the captaincy of an independent...
- William Wilberforce.[citation needed] On 19 March 1811, he purchased a cornetcy in the 15th Hussars. Promoted lieutenant on 3 October 1811, he served with...
- for his younger son. On 27 February 1830, Pitt (as he now was) bought a cornetcy in the Royal Horse Guards vacated by Viscount Fordwich. On 6 July 1832...
- with "Prinnie", the Prince Regent, later King George IV, he was offered a cornetcy in the 23rd Dragoons, which he accepted and became and aide-de-camp to...
- educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1870 he purchased a Cornetcy in the Royal Horse Guards. He was promoted lieutenant in 1871 and captain...
- the Battle of Princeton. His military service began with purchase of a cornetcy in 1st Dragoon Guards (1 August 1752). He served in the Seven Years' War...
- John Horne Tooke and friend of Lord Byron at Harrow, Wildman purchased a cornetcy in the 7th Light Dragoons in 1808 and later the same year he was promoted...