The British Army Pay and Purchase of Commissions
A detailed critique of army officer pay and the system of purchasing commissions up to lieutenant colonel. It analyzes how purchase reduces pay, the impact on general officers, and compares to foreign armies and the navy, with calculations of annual net rewards and long term losses. It argues the need to assess true costs of service and acknowledges the duty and varied roles off duty.
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Lord Hill
Foot Guards
Coldstream
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Abjesty
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Marine Forces
Corps of Artillery and Engineers
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Guards
Cavalry
Infantry
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Order of the Bath
Navy
Life Guards
War Office
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COLONEL LYGON and LORD HILL ON ARMY MATTERS
A parliamentary report review compares Life Guards and Blues clothing and pay, noting cuirass wear, caps, and cost differences. It covers command structure under Lord Hill, purchase and sale of commissions, half-pay savings, and pensions, with details from Sir Henry Parnell and contemporaries. A Carlisle Patriot note reports a boy’s accidental death in a coal pit near Moresby.
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Lygon
Life Guards
Dattingen
Blues
Household Cavalry
Grenadier
Fitzroy Somerset
Lord Hill
Bare Hill
2D Regiment of Life Guards
Plymouth
Lord Amherst
Charles 11
Duke of Wellington
England
Bia
Duke of York
Henry Parnell
G. Hill
St. Vincent
Lewis Grant
Trinidad
Lionel Smith
Barbadoes
Wm. Hutton
Moresby
Bragg
Carlisle
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