What Tom Holland has said about Purchase of commissions in the British Army
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Purchase of commissions in the British Army once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland explains that purchased aristocratic commissions were seen as a safeguard of English liberty against a Cromwell-style professional army.
“It's because it's seen as an expression of English liberty. That there will never again be something like Cromwell's army”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 18:57
Episodes
721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a series on the Charge of the Light Brigade, profiling Lords Cardigan and Lucan and tracing the Crimean War's origins.
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