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A fact from Thomas Brownrigg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 February 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas Brownrigg went from being a Midshipman to being Naval Aide de Camp to Queen Elizabeth II to creating Europe's first commercial television company, Associated-Rediffusion?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/February.

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"(Retired)"?[edit]

Why is this included in his name at the start of the article? This article covers his whole life, and he clearly wasn't "Retired" while he was on active service! 86.136.251.177 (talk) 00:31, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article starts with his titles, qualifications and honours at the point he died. Rewind to any point before his death and you remove a title. Eventually you get back to when he wasn't retired. Rewind further and he's just Tom Brownrigg, Esq. We need to pick a point for his honours and I think death is that point (also, this is how the sources say he referred to himself, with RN (Rtd) at the end). Anything else is inconsistent or requires a section describing his honours and titles: it's just easier to get them out of the way at the start. ⇦REDVƎRS⇨ 17:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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