15-658: William Elliot may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] William Elliot of Wells (1701–64), English army officer, courtier and MP William Elliot (Irish politician) (1766–1818), MP and Chief Secretary for Ireland William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto (1814–1891), British Whig politician, MP for Hythe, Greenock, and for Clackmannan and Kinross Others [ edit ] William Elliot (rugby union) (1867–1958), New Zealand rugby union footballer William Elliot (1780–1853), instrument maker in London, founder of
30-466: A captain . While serving under Col. Churchill (1679-1740), Elliot witnessed the will of Churchill's mistress, the celebrated actress Anne Oldfield (1683-1730), and was one of the pallbearers at her funeral in 1730. Elliot inherited his father's estate of Wells, in Roxburghshire , in 1728. In 1737, Elliot was commissioned as major of the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards , of which he
45-419: A captain had just two stars. The 1902 change gave captains three stars, which continues to be used. In addition to the shoulder badges, officers' ranks were also reflected in the amount and pattern of gold lace worn on the cuffs of the full-dress tunic. From 1902, a complex system of markings with bars and loops in thin drab braid above the cuff (known irreverently as the asparagus bed) was used at first but this
60-487: A new rank system was introduced which contained the first complete rank insignia in British Army history. A captain's rank insignia was worn on the collar and displayed a crown and a pip (which is now the rank insignia for a lieutenant-colonel). The rank insignia were returned to the shoulder boards in 1880 for all officers in full dress , when the system of crowns and stars was reorganised. From this time, until 1902,
75-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Elliot of Wells William Elliot of Wells (1701–1764) was an army officer , courtier , and Member of Parliament during the reign of George II . The son of William Elliot of Wells (1660-1728, known to posterity as the "Laceman", from his trade in gold-embroidered lace from which he made his fortune) and his wife Eleanor née Tankard,
90-686: The Scottish title lordship of Dingwall upon the death of her uncle the Earl of Arran , had this title not been forfeited as a consequence of the 1715 attainder of her uncle the Duke of Ormonde following his involvement in the Jacobite risings of that year. William Elliot died on 7 June 1764 and was buried in St James's Church, Piccadilly , Westminster . Lady Frances Elliot died on 5 April 1772, and
105-526: The Royal Air Force maintained the junior officer rank of captain. RAF captains had a rank insignia based on the two bands of a naval lieutenant with the addition of an eagle and crown above the bands. It was superseded by the rank of flight lieutenant on the following day. Badges of rank for captains were introduced on 30 January 1855 and were worn on shoulder epaulettes. After the Crimean War
120-640: The Royal Navy is considerably more senior (equivalent to the Army/RM rank of colonel) and the two ranks should not be confused. In the 21st-century British Army, captains are often appointed to be second-in-command (2IC) of a company or equivalent sized unit of up to 120 soldiers. A rank of second captain existed in the Ordnance at the time of the Battle of Waterloo . From 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919,
135-441: The company that became Elliott Brothers William Elliot, a fictional character from the 1817 Jane Austen novel Persuasion William Elliot (RAF officer) (1896–1971), Royal Air Force commander See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing William Elliot Billy Elliot (disambiguation) William Eliot (disambiguation) William Elliott (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
150-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Elliot&oldid=1062172210 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
165-492: The younger William was christened 6 March 1701–2 at St James's Church, Piccadilly , Westminster . Around 1720, he stood as legal guardian to Granville Elliott , the infant son of his elder sister Charlotte Elliot and her recently deceased husband Roger Elliott . He entered the army in 1722 as a cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards , and in the following year joined Charles Churchill's Regiment of Dragoons as
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#1732782649729180-598: Was buried with her late husband. Captain (British Army and Royal Marines) Captain ( Capt ) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force . The rank of captain in
195-457: Was made lieutenant-colonel in 1741. He fought at both Dettingen and Fontenoy , but resigned his commission in 1746. His eldest sister's son, George Augustus Eliott (later Lord Heathfield , defender of Gibraltar ), was one of his subordinate officers in the 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1741, Elliot was elected as a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Calne , Wiltshire (which seat he held until 1754). Subsequently, in 1743, he
210-408: Was made one of the equerries to George II , and served until the king's death in 1760. Elliot married – against her father's wishes – Lady Frances de Nassau d’Auverquerque , elder daughter of the Earl of Grantham and Lady Henrietta Butler, daughter of the Earl of Ossory , at St Benet Paul's Wharf , London , on 4 June 1737, with one son: In 1758, Lady Frances would have inherited
225-432: Was replaced in the same year by a combination of narrow rings of worsted braid around the cuff, with the full-dress style shoulder badges on a three-pointed cuff flap. Based on equivalent naval ranks, captains had two rings of braid. In the case of Scottish regiments, the rings were around the top of the gauntlet-style cuff and the badges on the cuff itself. During World War I, some officers took to wearing similar jackets to
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