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travelling by Seas, about the bearing of their Flagges: For the avoiding of all contentions hereafter. We have, with the advice of our Council, ordered: That from henceforth all our Subjects of this Isle and Kingdome of Great Britaine, and all our members thereof, shall beare in their main-toppe the
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The principal alternative for consideration was a version of the flag with the saltire of Saint Andrew lying on top of that of Saint George, called the "Scots union flag as said to be used by the Scots", but this was rejected.
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in 1625 the flag was called the "Banner of the Union of the two Crosses of England and Scotland". James had the habit of referring to a "Kingdom of Great Britain", considering that it had been created by the
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and other official designs incorporating it nearly all changed as well, either immediately or when pre-existing stocks were used up. An exception is the Commissioners' flag of the
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In the wake of the personal union between England and Scotland, several designs for a new flag were drawn up, juxtaposing the
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Flags, badges & arms of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas and of territories under His Majesty's protection
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A reconstruction of an alternative version of the Union Jack that appears on a painted wooden ceiling boss from
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in 1973 adopted the 1775 flag of John Proctor's Independent Battalion of Westmoreland County Provincials.
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Four stripes of white, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical on a blue field, with a red cross in the middle.
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to be used on ships on the high seas, and it subsequently came into use as a national flag following the
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Another early proposal for the Union Jack, consisting of a white St Andrew's saltire with blue
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This article is about the British flag from 1707 to 1800. For the British flag since 1801, see
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By the King: Whereas, some differences hath arisen between Our subjects of South and
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The flag's official use came to an end in 1801 with the creation of the
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The flag was adopted in 1694, based on the King's Colour from 1606.
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was added to the flag of Great Britain to create the present-day
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A cross of St George with the flag of Great Britain in the canton
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banner at the bicentennial of its 1774 introduction; similarly,
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superimposed over a red St George's cross on a field of white.
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flying the flags of Great Britain and the Kingdom of England
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A blue field with the flag of Great Britain in the canton
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A red field with the flag of Great Britain in the canton
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