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Nautical Quote of The Day...
Tim wrote:
On Feb 17, 4:27 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: Tim wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." Sir Winston Churchill I always wondered why it seems that all the male members of Englands Royal Familily become officers in the Royal Navy...... It's called the Rule of Prima Genitor. Basically, the first born son inherits all the property, lands, titles, etc. The second born usually went into either the Navy or Army with a title (no land) and was expected to earn his own way (with political assistance from the first born son). The Royal Navy has an interesting archive of officers and when you look through it, you see a lot of enrollees with titles like Midshipman Sir Rodney Somethingorother. The Army was a little different in that commissions could be purchased usually with a loan from the first born without any experience and promotion was often a matter of money crossing hands. Naval commissions, once the officer passed the Lieutenant boards, could also be purchased but were usually the result of political pressure up to and past the point of Posting which was a sort of "regular" Navy vs "reserve" Navy. First/second born daughters were considered major political alliance tools by marriage, daughters after were sent to convent and either became nuns or were used for minor marriage alliances. Occasionally, only daughters were produced in which the lands were inherited by marriage. So, is that the reason that most of the nobility of Europe and northern Asia were all inbred? yes |
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