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Ensign (/ˈɛnsən/; Late
Middle English, from Old
French enseigne ["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...
- (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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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...
- 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...
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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...
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General Sir
George Beckwith, the
governor of Barbados, he
obtained an
ensigncy in the York
Light Infantry Volunteers in 1813. He was
promoted lieutenant...
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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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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...
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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...
