Commissioned office in the English and later British Army could be purchased for either infantry or cavalry regiments from the 17th to 19th centuries....

non-commissioned officer Purchase of commissions in the British Army Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty Great Commission, a...

and countersigned by the Secretary of State). Dormant commission Roving commission Purchase of commissions in the British Army Black's Law Dictionary...

precondition for a commission. Two thirds of the officers in the infantry and the cavalry had purchased their commissions. One third of the commissions were non-purchase...

commonly sought careers in the Church, in military service (see purchase of commissions in the British Army), or in government. Some wills made bequests...

The British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837...

started in 2000 SUNY Purchase, a public college in the State University of New York system Purchase of commissions in the British Army, the practice...

secured the abolition of the purchase of commissions in the British Army and of religious tests for admission to Oxford and Cambridge; the introduction of the...

The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock...

to the Royal Commission on the purchase of commissions in the British army. In his father's second administration Lord Stanley held, at first, the office...