I was promised a halbert, too, and afterwards, perhaps, an ensigncy, if I distinguished myself; but Fate did not intend that I should remain long an English soldier: as shall appear presently. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Old Tiptoff would have sworn black was white if the great Earl had bidden him; and he made his son give up his commission in the Guards, in imitation of my Lord Pitt, who resigned his ensigncy rather than fight against what he called his American brethren. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Ireland, being given to Colonel Nassau, whose favour the young volunteer acquired to such a degree, that he was recommended to the king for his ensigncy, which in all probability he would have obtained, had not the regiment been unluckily reduced. ❋ Unknown (2004)
A small sum given him as the pay of an inland ensigncy, now conferred on him, but antedated, sufficed to defray the expenses of the voyage. ❋ Various (N/A)
Gallant service in the field had won him advancement; and in 1817 he was selected for an ensigncy in the 25th ❋ Horace Wyndham (N/A)
Claude, the elder of these children, who had a peculiar scar on his brow (which had been left by a burn), at an early age expressed a strong desire to become a soldier, and his father accordingly procured an ensigncy for him in the regiment of Clanleu. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
He fell gloriously at Toulouse, and the next day came the gazette with his promotion to an ensigncy, which, if it was then of little value to him, was at any rate "a great consolation to his poor afflicted widow, and the means of reconciling her father to the choice she had made; and her return once more to her home was a scene of great rejoicing." ❋ Various (N/A)
Disappointed in obtaining an ensigncy in a Militia Regiment, through the interest of Sir Walter Scott, and frustrated in every other attempt to retain the social position he had gained, he returned to Ettrick, once more to seek employment in his original occupation. ❋ Various (N/A)
Fortune favoured me; in half an hour I was master of a thousand pounds; it would have been obvious folly and ingratitude to check the torrent of success for the paltry prospects of an ensigncy. ❋ Various (N/A)
At the close of that period he was offered by his employer an ensigncy in the service of the ❋ Various (N/A)
There he remained till 1777, when, the Earl's friendly disposition remaining in full force, and the youth's predilection for a military career continuing unabated, an ensigncy was procured him, through Lord ❋ Various (N/A)
He has the promise of an ensigncy in Generals regiment, now quartered in the north. ❋ Unknown (1917)
If, therefore, you can persuade little Weischel to come into ours, for Gods sake let him buy the ensigncy, live prudently, mind his duty, and trust to the fates for promotion. ❋ Unknown (1917)
On his return to England he was gazetted to an ensigncy early in 1787; and five years later, having passed through the intermediate degrees, he obtained a troop in the Eighteenth Light ❋ Unknown (1906)
Spain, that -- that my son-in-law "-- he hesitated and spoke the word with a certain prim deliberateness --" has been gazetted to an ensigncy in that gallant regiment. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
Dublin, passing thence to an ensigncy in the 17th (Forbes ') Regiment. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
As a mere lad he used his influence to procure for him an ensigncy in a Virginia regiment, and an appointment on Lafayette's staff. ❋ Ford, Paul L (1896)
He obtained an ensigncy in 1747, and was on half-pay in ❋ Unknown (1893)
He has the promise of an ensigncy in General ---- 's regiment, now quartered in the North. ❋ Unknown (1892)
