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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
century a term for...
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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...
- 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,...
- 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...
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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...
- in
India until November 1806,
before returning to Europe. He
bought a
cornetcy in the 4th
Dragoons regiment of the
British Army on 5 May 1808,
being promoted...
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educated at Eton and
Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1870 he
purchased a
Cornetcy in the
Royal Horse Guards. He was
promoted lieutenant in 1871 and captain...
- Pate was
educated in Norwich. In 1841, his
father purchased for him a
Cornetcy in the 10th
Light Dragoons. 'Robert Pate to be Cornet, vice Lord G A Beauclerk'...
- 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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Order of St
Patrick in 1833. On 21
September 1820,
Conyngham purchased a
cornetcy in the 22nd
Light Dragoons, but this
appointment did not take place, and...
