• Captain general (and its literal equivalent in several languages) is a high military rank of general officer grade, and a gubernatorial title. The term...
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    Captain General Royal Marines is the ceremonial head of the Royal Marines. The current Captain General is King Charles III. The uniform and insignia currently...
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    Captain General (Spanish: Capitán General) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) since the 18th century. A five-star rank...
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    combined 10.5 years of these 18 Captains Regent). The Captains Regent are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council, and they usually belong...
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  • general or to a field marshal five-star rank (NATO OF-10). The rank of general came about as a "captain-general", the captain of an army in general (i...
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  • Captain general, the top Army officer rank, is used by various countries: Australia Captain general is used when describing the ceremonial head of the...
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  • general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general...
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    Captain general of the Navy (Spanish: Capitán general de la Armada) is the highest naval officer rank of the Spanish Navy, rated OF-10 with the NATO ranking...
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  • Philippines was under Spanish rule. From 1565 to 1821, the governor and captain-general was appointed by the viceroy of New Spain upon recommendation of the...
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    Captain General of the Sea (Venetian: Capitano Generale da Mar) was the wartime commander-in-chief of the Venetian navy. The post of Captain General of...
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    The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers...
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  • The captain general of the Church (Italian: Capitano generale della Chiesa) was the de facto commander-in-chief of the Papal States’ armed forces (generally...
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    Capitán general ("captain general") shoulder board Capitán general de la Armada ("captain general of the navy") shoulder board and sleeve Capitán general del...
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    and Albany, Lord High Admiral and brother of King Charles II, was Captain-General of the Artillery Company, now the Honourable Artillery Company, the...
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    governor-captain general based in Havana oversaw the administration of the new district. The local governors of the larger Captaincy General had previously...
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  • Group captain (Gp Capt or G/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces...
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    assisted by a Deputy Commandant General, with the rank of brigadier. This position is not to be confused with Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial...
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    execution from the Captain-General. Later on, Simoun goes to Manila and meets Quiroga, a wealthy Chinese businessman and aspiring consul-general for the Chinese...
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  • General of the army is a military rank used to denote a senior military leader, usually a general in command of a nation's army. This rank is higher than...
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  • Captain General of the Air Force (Spanish: Capitán General del Aire or Capitán General del Ejército del Aire) is a five-star air force officer rank and...
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    force rank of group captain. Equivalent ranks worldwide include ship-of-the-line captain (e.g. France, Argentina, Spain), captain of sea and war (e.g...
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  • The office of Captain General of Catalonia (Spanish: Capitán general de Cataluña; Catalan: Capità general de Catalunya) was created in 1713 by the Nueva...
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  • Captain Vikram Batra pronunciation, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra...
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    executed by Captain General Jaime Milans del Bosch in Valencia, also failed. Tejero, Milans del Bosch and a third conspirator, General Alfonso Armada...
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  • attack from indigenous peoples. Their governors were the Captains general. Spanish captaincies general, on account of their independence and distance from...
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    Salvador, Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The governor-captain general was also president of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala, the superior...
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  • describe general and flag officers. Within NATO's armed forces, the stars are equal to OF-6–10. A one-star rank is usually the lowest ranking general or flag...
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  • numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the captain-major in 1551 and before that by the captain in 1518...
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    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (category British Army generals)
    the new Queen. Anne appointed him Master-General of the Ordnance, a Knight of the Garter and Captain-General of her armies at home and abroad. Lady Marlborough...
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  • may be called captain or ship-of-the-line captain. In the Commonwealth's air force ranking system, the equivalent rank is group captain. By the end of...
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