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Ensign (/ˈɛnsən/; Late
Middle English, from Old
French enseigne (transl. mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant), from
Latin insignia (plural))...
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accomplished sketcher and watercolourist. In 1858
Robley purchased an
ensigncy in the 68th (The Durham)
Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) for £450. That...
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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...
- (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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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...
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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...
- 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...
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Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. On 14 May 1852, he
purchased an
ensigncy in the 9th
Regiment of Foot. He was
promoted to
lieutenant on 6 June 1854...
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educated at Eton and at the
court of the Duke of Brunswick. He
purchased an
ensigncy in the 40th Foot in 1790. Wellesley's
diplomatic career began in 1791 when...
- Mary Jane Ormsby. He was
educated at Eton
College and
later purchased an
Ensigncy in the 53rd Foot. He
purchased a
Lieutenancy in 1839 and
exchanged into...
