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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...
- 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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Frederick the Great, he
returned to
England and in 1771
purchased an
Ensigncy in the 1st
Regiment of Footguards. In the army
Hanger gained the re****tion...
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Medal with
three Clasps. Major-General Byam's
first commission was an
ensigncy in the 38th, with
which regiment he
served two campaigns: all his other...
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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...
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seclusion and near
blindness at
their ancestral home. He
purchased an
ensigncy in the 12th Foot, in 1776 a Lieutenancy, and in 1780 a captaincy. In 1783...
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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...
