Definition of Ensigncies. Meaning of Ensigncies. Synonyms of Ensigncies

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Definition of Ensigncies

Ensigncies
Ensigncy En"sign*cy (?; 277), n.; pl. Ensigncies. The rank or office of an ensign.

Meaning of Ensigncies from wikipedia

- Ensign (/ˈɛnsən/; Late Middle English, from Old French enseigne (transl. mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant), from Latin insignia (plural))...
- 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...
- 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...
- accomplished sketcher and watercolourist. In 1858 Robley purchased an ensigncy in the 68th (The Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) for £450. After...
- 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...
- General Sir George Beckwith, the governor of Barbados, he obtained an ensigncy in the York Light Infantry Volunteers in 1813. He was promoted lieutenant...
- in 1783. In this regiment young Frederick Philipse Robinson received an ensigncy in February 1777, and on 1 September 1778 he was appointed to the 17th...
- chapter of his history. A small sum given him as the pay of an inland ensigncy, now conferred on him, but antedated, sufficed to defray the expenses of...
- 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...
- before volunteering for the British Army in India in 1806. He obtained an ensigncy in the 22nd Regiment of Foot in 1807 then exchanged into the 3rd Light...