Before the accession of.the late Duke of York to the office of Commander -in-Chief when the army abounded in abuses of all kind> children were sometimes gifted with commissions in acknowledgement of the service of their fathers, or for worse reasons,.. A late Scotch Judge had a sou who, before he was eleven years of age, rose to the rank of Major. One morning the mother of this valiant officer, hearing a noise in the nursery, rang to know the cause of it, " It's naething," answered the servant, but the mijor greeting (cryiug) for hispaifritob.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4372, 8 January 1883, Page 2
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95Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4372, 8 January 1883, Page 2
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