• Captain general (and its literal equivalent in several languages) is a high military rank of general officer grade, and a gubernatorial title. The term...
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    Captain General (Spanish: Capitán General) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) since the 18th century. A five-star rank...
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    Captain General Royal Marines is the ceremonial head of the Royal Marines. The current Captain General is King Charles III. This position is distinct from...
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  • The captain general of the Church (Italian: Capitano generale della Chiesa) was the de facto commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Papal States...
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  • general or to a field marshal five-star rank (NATO OF-10). The rank of general came about as a "captain-general", the captain of an army in general (i...
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  • general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general...
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  • Captain general, the top Army officer rank, is used by various countries: Australia Captain general is used when describing the ceremonial head of the...
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    combined 10.5 years of these 18 Captains Regent). The Captains Regent are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council, and they usually belong...
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    execution from the Captain-General. Later on, Simoun goes to Manila and meets Quiroga, a wealthy Chinese businessman and aspiring consul-general for the Chinese...
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    Captain general of the Navy (Spanish: Capitán general de la Armada) is the highest naval officer rank of the Spanish Navy, rated OF-10 with the NATO ranking...
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  • Philippines was under Spanish rule. From 1565 to 1821, the governor and captain-general was appointed by the viceroy of New Spain upon recommendation of the...
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  • Captain General of the Air Force (Spanish: Capitán General del Aire or Capitán General del Ejército del Aire) is a five-star air force officer rank and...
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    Capitán general ("captain general") shoulder board Capitán general de la Armada ("captain general of the navy") shoulder board and sleeve Capitán general del...
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    Captain General of the Sea (Venetian: Capitano Generale da Mar) was the wartime commander-in-chief of the Venetian navy. The post of Captain General of...
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    governor-captain general based in Havana oversaw the administration of the new district. The local governors of the larger Captaincy General had previously...
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    of the port, dancing, singing, and throwing dust on his head. The captain-general [i.e., Magellan] sent one of our men to the giant so that he might...
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  • numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the captain-major in 1551 and before that by the captain in 1518...
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    Salvador, and Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The governor-captain general was also president of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala, the superior...
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    free companies (capitani di ventura) and their transformation into captain generals fighting for the major powers during the struggle for political and...
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    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (category British Army generals)
    the new Queen. Anne appointed him Master-General of the Ordnance, a Knight of the Garter and Captain-General of her armies at home and abroad. Lady Marlborough...
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  • abolished. Captain-general (c. 17th century): a full general. Sergeant-major-general (c. 17th century): shortened to major general. Captain-lieutenant...
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    century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the...
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  • The office of Captain General of Catalonia (Spanish: Capitán general de Cataluña; Catalan: Capità general de Catalunya) was created in 1713 by the Nueva...
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    discovered his inability to find the captain-general. On May 4, 1891, Lieutenant-General Ramon Blanco became captain-general. He conducted the last considerable...
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    major general. This was eventually shortened to major general, while captain general began to be addressed, depending on the military branch, as general of...
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  • General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army...
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  • Captain Vikram Batra, PVC (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian...
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    assisted by a Deputy Commandant General, with the rank of brigadier. This position is not to be confused with Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial...
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    Magellan himself died in battle in the Philippines and was succeeded as captain-general by a series of officers, with Elcano eventually leading the Victoria's...
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    Cape Comorin. Afonso de Albuquerque was Captain-General of the latter. Jorge de Aguiar was made Captain-General of the former. A third high captaincy,...
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