Between the 17th and 19th centuries, officer's commissions in the infantry and cavalry units of the English and British armies could be purchased. This...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

only lost 33 per cent of its value. Venal offices were abolished and reimbursed in 1789. Purchase of commissions in the British Army Doyle, William (2001)...

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States...

The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and...

of social backgrounds. Officers in British service could purchase commissions to ascend the ranks, and the practice was common in the Army. Values of...

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British...

also of leadership, management, etiquette, and international-affairs training. Until the Cardwell Reforms of 1871, commissions in the British Army were...

Gladstone seized the moment to enact them. The goal was to centralise the power of the War Office, abolish the purchase of officers' commissions, and create...

British Army officer best known for his actions during the French and Indian War. At the age of twenty, he purchased a commission in the British Army...

War in History, 25(1), 56-81. doi:10.1177/0968344516631284 Spiers, E. (2008). The British Army, Discharge by Purchase and the Question of the 'Long...

until vacancies (without purchase) for commissions became available. The Duke of York oversaw a reform of the sale of commissions, making it necessary for...

deals with the history and development of tanks of the British Army from their first use in the First World War, the interwar period, during the Second World...

The British Army came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British...

The Gadsden Purchase (Spanish: Venta de La Mesilla "La Mesilla sale") is a 29,640-square-mile (76,800 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern...

The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was...

support, the introduction of the Cardwell Reforms. The goal was to centralise the power of the War Office, abolish purchase of officers' commissions, and...

was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, he fought in King George's War, the French and Indian War and the American...

between the British and Indians—not just between British army officers and their Indian staff but in civilian life as well. The Indian army was completely...

Bay of Haifa by the 1930s. The purchase of land was often accompanied by the eviction of the Arab tenants. On 1 April 1945, the British administration's...

referring to officers of the British Army who held temporary (or war-duration) commissions, particularly when such men came from outside the traditional "officer...

The Hellenic Army (Greek: Ελληνικός Στρατός, romanized: Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece....

soldier who served in the British Army from 1729 until his death in 1759. During the 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War, he commanded the 1758 Forbes Expedition...