History of the Union Jack and Flags of the EmpireCumberland, Barlow
History
History of the Union Jack and Flags of the Empire
Cumberland, Barlow
Emblems -- Great Britain; Flags -- Great Britain
Parliaments, not united, 76;
separate flags, 77, 183;
Irish, 184;
Union Jack tells union of Scottish, 118;
of Irish, 186;
precedence of Union acknowledged, 218;
Colonial, 194, 261.
Patron Saints, England, 41;
Scotland, 64;
Ireland, 141.
Pennants, command flags, 51;
Henry VIII., 59;
Royal navy, 108;
Colonial navy, 284.
Paardeberg, Canadian at, 296.
Pennsylvania ensign, 176.
Percy Ensign, 39.
Peruvians' emblem, 17.
Philip II. salutes Union Jack, 60.
Pilgrim Fathers migrate to Holland, 155;
land in America, 157;
loyal subjects King James, 157;
flags carried, 158.
Pilot Jack, flag, 267.
Pine tree flag, 162, 166.
Poland, white eagle, 15.
President United States, position, 255.
Prussian, black eagle, 16.
Puritans, flag carried by, 158;
object to crosses, 160, 162.
Q
Quarters, flags, 12;
Union Jack, 217.
Quebec, defended under fleur-de-lis, 25, 166;
Wolfe and Montcalm, 133;
under Union Jack, 29, 136, 192.
Quebec Act, effect of, 135, 192.
Queen Anne creates Union Jack, 118;
authority of Parliament, 119;
designers, 120;
authorized by Privy Council, 121;
Draft C, 121;
promulgated in colonies, 121;
restricted to navy, 124;
border St. George enlarged, 127;
establishes Red Ensign, 122;
to be used on land and sea, 126, 268.
Queen Victoria uses Irish harp, 146;
Diamond Jubilee, 290.
Queenston Heights, 237.
R
Raleigh, sea maxim, 103, 116.
Red Ensign, see Ensign.
Red fighting flag of navy, 113.
Regulations for making Union Jack, 208.
Responsible government contrasted, 254, 257, 261.
_Revenge_, glorious contest, 61.
Richard I. adopts St. George, 44;
star and crescent badge, 48.
Rivalries create Jack of James, 70, 74, 80.
Roman eagle, 15;
labarum, 143.
Royal arms standard, 72;
removed from ships, 96;
fleur-de-lis, 71, 282;
harp inserted, 72;
origin Irish blue, 146, see Arms.
Royal Standard, flag of sovereign, 71, 92, 202;
present regulations, 99.
Royal Standard at main, 98, 99.
Royal Standard at stern, 37, 92, 99;
replaced by ensigns, 98;
meanings of change, 101.
Royal yacht squadron flag, 52.
Russian eagle, 16;
flags, 43, 70.
S
Saints, reverenced, not canonized, 42.
Shackleton, Union Jack, 213.
St. Andrew, banner and legend, 64;
why adopted by Scotland, 65;
Russia, 70.
St. Andrew Cross, white of Scotland, 38;
blue of Russia, 70;
united in James Jack, 77;
objections to position, 78;
in great union, 93;
in Union Jack, 119;
same size St. George, 205, 224;
same size St. Patrick, 206;
counterchanged with, 217;
why higher position, 218;
same size border St. George, 210, 225;
examples narrow form, 225.
St. Denis, red banner, 25.
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