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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...
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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...
- 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,...
- 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...
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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...
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mother was Elizabeth,
daughter of
Peter de la Mazière. He
purchased a
Cornetcy in the 14th
Light Dragoons in 1811 and
served in the
Peninsular War, fighting...
- 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...
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Austrian emperor,
Francis II.
Butler entered the army by
purchasing a
cornetcy in the 14th
light dragoons on 30
September 1788,
gazetted August 1789....
- cousin. He
succeeded his
father as 3rd
baronet in 1860. He
obtained a
cornetcy in the 16th
Lancers on 24
December 1829, and was
transferred to the 6th...
