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Ensign (/ˈɛnsən/; Late
Middle English, from Old
French enseigne (transl. mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant), from
Latin insignia (plural))...
- of
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...
- 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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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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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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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...
- 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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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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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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younger Edwin was
educated at a
military school in Germany. He
obtained an
ensigncy in the 10th (the
North Lincolnshire)
Regiment of Foot, and went with them...
