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Union flag
[union n.1 4 b, 7 c.]
a. The national flag or ensign, formerly of Great Britain, in later use (from 1801) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, formed by combining the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, retaining the blue ground of the banner of St. Andrew. See Union Jack, and union n.1 10 a.
This flag was introduced to symbolize the union of the crowns of England and Scotland and was formed by surmounting the cross saltire of St. Andrew by the cross of St. George; the cross saltire of St. Patrick was added on the union of the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland, when the whole flag was blazoned by Royal Proclamation (Lond. Gaz. 1 Jan. 1801), as follows: Azure, the Crosses saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly per Saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the Second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the Third, fimbriated as the Saltire.
1634in Rymer Fœdera (1732) XIX. 549/1 None shall from henceforth presume to carry the Union Flag in the main Top or other part of their Ships, that is Saint George his Cross and Saint Andrews Cross joined together,..but that the same Union Flag be still reserved as an Ornament proper for our own Ships, and Ships in our immediate Service and Pay, and none other. 1681in English Hist. Rev. Jan. (1911) 50 [An article forbidding] privateers to wear our Union flagg and jack. 1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3190/3 Leaving the Command of the Fleet with my Lord Berkeley, who..has put up the Union Flag on Board the Britannia. 1724C. Johnson Hist. Pirates 153 One of them struck the Union Flag on the Top of the Castle. 1769[see union1 10 a]. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay viii, A union flag is displayed at the mizen peak. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 48 The Union Flag or Jack being the distinctive flag or mark of an Admiral of the Fleet, when displayed at the main-top-gallant-mast-head. 1865N. & Q. 11 March 208/2 The incorporation of the red saltier of St. Patrick into the Union Flag.
b. The flag of the federated colonies or provinces of the American Union.
1776Pennsylv. Even. Post 28 May 266/2 The Union Flag of the American States waved upon the Capitol. |