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Ensign (/ˈɛnsən/; Late
Middle English, from Old
French enseigne (transl. mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant), from
Latin insignia (plural))...
- (Master Talbot, aged eight,
Master Skerritt, aged nine, and others), to
ensigncies in his regiment.
Later in 1794 he
obtained the Cork command,
which he...
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succeeded him in his
baronetcy in 1828. On 20
March 1835, he
purchased an
ensigncy in the 18th
Regiment of Foot. On 29
March 1839, he
purchased a lieutenancy...
- the
Royal Military College,
Sandhurst and on 21
April 1821,
purchased an
ensigncy in the 22nd
Regiment of Foot. He
exchanged from the half-pay of that regiment...
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Catherine Read. He
obtained a
cadetship in 1775, and was
appointed to an
ensigncy in the
Madras infantry, 21 Nov. 1776. He
served as an
engineer officer...
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eldest son of
William Farrell of
Skeffington Hall, he was
appointed to an
ensigncy in the 1st Foot
Guards on 11
February 1761, and
married Catherine Josepha...
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General Sir
George Beckwith, the
governor of Barbados, he
obtained an
ensigncy in the York
Light Infantry Volunteers in 1813. He was
promoted lieutenant...
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examinations in May 1852, and was
appointed at the age of
sixteen to an
ensigncy without purchase in the 2nd or Queen's foot. His
biographer Sir William...
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Initially pursuing a
career as an
officer in the
British Army, he
purchased an
ensigncy in the
Coldstream Guards. He was
promoted to
captain in
March 1809. He...
- 1859, at the age of 22, he
founded The
Irish Times. Knox
purchased an
Ensigncy in the 63rd Foot in 1854 and was
promoted lieutenant without purchase later...
