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A flag is a piece of fabric ( most often rectangular or quadrilateral ) with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol , as a signaling device , or as decoration . The term " flag " is also used to refer to the graphic design employed , and flags have since evolved into a ___MASK33___ tool for rudimentary signalling and identification , especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging ( such as the maritime environment where semaphore is used ). National flags are patriotic symbols with varied wide - ranging interpretations , often including strong military associations due to their original and ongoing military uses . Flags are also used in messaging , ___MASK94___ , or for other decorative purposes . The study of flags is known as vexillology , from the Latin word " vexillum ", meaning flag or banner . A ___MASK12___ is a male ___MASK8___ , monarch , or ___MASK32___ of a monarch ' s or former monarch ' s family . " Prince " is also a hereditary title in the ___MASK24___ of some European states . The feminine equivalent is a princess . The English word derives , via the French word " ___MASK12___ ", from the Latin noun " princeps ", from " primus " ( first ) + " capio " ( to seize ), meaning " the chief , most distinguished , ___MASK8___ , ___MASK12___ ". Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk . The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly settlement of the ___MASK54___ . It is north - east of London , north - east of Ipswich and south - east of Norwich . It is situated on the edge of The Broads system and is the major settlement within the district of Waveney with a population of 71 , 010 in 2011 . Ensign is the national flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality . The ensign is the largest flag , generally flown at the stern ( rear ) of the ship . The naval ensign ( also known as war ensign ), used on warships , may be different from the civil ensign ( ___MASK68___ ships ) or the yacht ensign ( recreational boats ). Large versions of naval ensigns called battle ensigns are used when a warship goes into battle . The ensign differs from the jack which is flown from a jackstaff at the bow of a vessel . A standard - bearer is a person ( ___MASK98___ or civilian ) who bears an emblem called an ensign or standard , i . e . either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image , which is used ( and often honoured ) as a formal , visual symbol of a state , prince , military unit , etc . Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short - lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the ___MASK54___ . It existed from 1965 to 1974 , when it became part of Cambridgeshire . Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was , from 1965 to 1974 , an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the ___MASK54___ . In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire . Felixstowe is an Edwardian seaside town and civil parish between the River Orwell and River Deben on the North Sea coast of Suffolk , England . The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 23 , 689 . It includes the Port of Felixstowe , which is the largest container port in the ___MASK54___ . Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire , England , on the River Cam about north of London . At the ___MASK54___ Census 2011 , its population was 123 , 867 , including 24 , 488 students . Silicon Fen ( sometimes known as the Cambridge Cluster ) is the name given to the region around Cambridge , England , which is home to a large cluster of high - tech businesses focusing on software , electronics and ___MASK36___ . Many of these businesses have connections with the University of Cambridge , and the area is now one of the most important technology centres in Europe . Sir William Brandon ( 1456 -- 22 August 1485 ) of Soham , Cambridgeshire was Henry Tudor ' s standard - bearer at the Battle of Bosworth , where he was killed by ___MASK73___ Richard III . He was the ___MASK58___ of Charles Brandon , 1st ___MASK1___ of Suffolk . Charles Brandon , 1st ___MASK1___ of Suffolk , 1st Viscount Lisle , ( 22 August 1545 ) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn . Through his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother - in - law to Henry VIII . His father was the standard - bearer of Henry Tudor , Earl of Richmond ( later King Henry VII ). Suffolk died of unknown causes at Guildford . Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire , England . The town was chartered by ___MASK73___ John in 1205 . It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire , and is the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council . It is known as the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell , who was born in 1599 and was the ___MASK32___ of parliament ( MP ) for the town in the 17th century . The former Conservative prime minister John Major was the MP for the town from 1979 to 2001 . Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England . It has borders with Norfolk to the north , Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south . The North Sea lies to the east . The county town is Ipswich ; other important towns include Lowestoft , Bury St Edmunds , Newmarket and Felixstowe , one of the largest container ports in Europe . Cambridgeshire ( or ; abbreviated Cambs .), archaically known as the County of Cambridge , is an East Anglian county in England , bordering Lincolnshire to the north , Norfolk to the north - east , Suffolk to the east , Essex and Hertfordshire to the south , and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west . The city of Cambridge is the county town . Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough , which had been created in 1965 from the historic counties of Cambridgeshire , Huntingdonshire , the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough . It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK54___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . ___MASK1___ of Suffolk is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England .