Buggins' turn
Buggins' turn or Buggins's turn is appointment to a position by rotation or seniority rather than by merit.[1]
This practise in the Royal Navy was a concern of the reforming admiral Fisher who wrote, "Going by seniority saves so much trouble. 'Buggins's turn' has been our ruin and will be disastrous hereafter!"[2]
Buggins previously appeared in an epigram of Robert Herrick.[3]<templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
Upon Buggins
Buggins is Drunke all night, all day he sleepes;
This is the Levell-coyle that Buggins keeps.
Level-coil was an old party game in which the players changed seats.
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