Page of Honour

Pages of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II in the procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle during the annual service of the Order of the Garter, 2006.

While a page is a comparatively low-ranking servant, a Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It requires attendance on state occasions, but does not now involve the daily duties which were once attached to the office of page. The only physical activity involved is usually carrying the long train of the Queen's dress.

It is usually a distinction granted to teenage sons of members of the nobility and gentry, and especially of senior members of the Royal Household. Pages of Honour feature in British Coronations, the State Opening of Parliament, and other ceremonies.

Livery

Pages of Honour in England wear a scarlet frock coat with gold trimmings, a white satin waistcoat, white breeches and hose, white gloves, black buckled shoes and a lace cravat and ruffles. A sword is also worn with the outfit and a feathered three-cornered hat is provided.[1] In Scotland the outfit is identical, but in green rather than scarlet (as seen periodically at the Thistle Service in Edinburgh).[2]

At Coronations, the peers who carry regalia in the procession (and others with particular roles in the service) are expected to have their own pages in attendance. These pages are directed to wear 'the same pattern of clothes as the Pages of Honour wear, but of the Livery colour of the Lords they attend... [except that] ...the Royal liveries being scarlet and gold, the use of this combination of colours is restricted to the Pages of Honour, and in the case of a Peer whose colours are scarlet and gold, for scarlet some variant, such as murrey or claret, should be used'.[3]

Pages of Honour

Pages of Honour carrying the train of Queen Alexandra during her anointing at the Coronation of Edward VII depicted in a painting

Charles II

James II

William III

First Page of Honour

  • 1689–1692?: Nicholas Needham
  • 1692–1697: Carew Rawleigh
  • 1697–1702: Robert Rich

Second Page of Honour

  • 1689–1690: Arnold van Keppel
  • 1690–1693?: Ernest Henry Ittersum
  • 1695–1702: Thomas Harrison

Third Page of Honour

  • 1689–1693?: Charles Dormer
  • 1697–1702: William Colt

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1690–1693: Matthew Harvey
  • 1693–1697: George Feilding
  • 1697–1702: Allan Wentworth

John Brockhuisen appears in the post-mortem accounts of the Board of Green Cloth as a page of honour to William III, but this may be an error, as he appears elsewhere as a pensioner after serving as Queen Mary's page of honour.

Anne

First Page of Honour

  • 1702–1707: Hon. John Egerton
  • 1707–1714: Hon. Richard Arundell

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1702–1708: John Gough
  • 1708–1712: Charles Hedges
  • 1712–1714: Thomas Murray

Fourth Page of Honour

George I

First Page of Honour

  • 1714–1727: Guildford Killigrew

Second Page of Honour

  • 1714–1718: John Mordaunt
  • 1718–1721: Emanuel Howe
  • 1721–1727: Archibald Carmichael

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1714–1724: Thomas Bludworth
  • 1724–1727: Walter Villiers
  • 1727: Henry Newton

George II

First Page of Honour

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1727–1731: Sir William Irby, Bt
  • 1731–1737: Hon. John Boscawen
  • 1737–1740: Charles Lee
  • 1740–1746: Sandys Mill
  • 1746–1747: Hon. George Bennet
  • 1747–1752: Thomas Brudenell
  • 1752–1757: William Middleton
  • 1757–1760: Henry Wallop

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1727–1731: Archibald Carmichael
  • 1731–1737: Thomas Style
  • 1737–1741: Hon. Charles Roper
  • 1741–1746: Hon. William Keppel
  • 1746–1748: Charles Knollis
  • 1748–1753: Harvey Smith
  • 1753–1759: James Bathurst
  • 1759–1760: John Wrottesley

George III

First Page of Honour

  • 1760–1762: James Hamilton
  • 1762–1769: Henry Monckton
  • 1769–1777: Henry Greville
  • 1777–1784: Henry Durell
  • 1784–1793: John Neville
  • 1793–1795: Henry Wilson
  • 1795–1803: Charles Wilson
  • 1803–1812: Charles Greville
  • 1812–1815: Frederick Turner
  • 1816–1818: John Bloomfield
  • 1818–1820: Arthur Richard Wellesley

Second Page of Honour

  • 1760–1764: Henry Vernon
  • 1764–1772: Thomas Thoroton
  • 1772–1777: Richard Barrington
  • 1777–1782: Henry Hall
  • 1782–1794: Charles West [4]
  • 1794–1802: George Dashwood
  • 1802–1808: Hon. Henry Stanhope
  • 1808–1809: Henry Buckley
  • 1809–1815: Philip Stanhope
  • 1816–1820: Hon. William Graves

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1760–1768: Doddington Egerton
  • 1768–1776: Francis Chaplin
  • 1776–1781: William Cerjat
  • 1781–1786: Kenneth Howard
  • 1786–1791: James Cockburn
  • 1791–1794: Edward Draper
  • 1794–1800: Charles Parker
  • 1800–1804: William Wynyard
  • 1804–1810: Richard Cumberland
  • 1810–1816: Henry Murray
  • 1816–1819: Frederick Culling–Smith
  • 1819–1820: Arthur Torrens

Fifth Page of Honour

  • 1760–1761: John Wrottesley
  • 1773–1781: George Bristow
  • 1781–1782: John Murray

George IV

First Page of Honour

  • 1820–1821: Arthur Richard Wellesley
  • 1821–1826: Lord Frederick Paulet
  • 1826–1828: William Hervey-Bathurst
  • 1828–1830: Henry d'Aguilar

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1820–1824: Charles Bagot
  • 1824–1830: Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1820–1825: Arthur Torrens
  • 1825–1830: Joseph Hudson

William IV

First Page of Honour

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1830–1832: Arthur Somerset
  • 1832–1837: Lord Hay

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1830: Joseph Hudson
  • 1830–1837: Hon. Adolphus Graves
  • 1837: James Cowell

Victoria

First Page of Honour

  • 1837–1839: Charles Ellice[6]
  • 1839–1844: Charles Wemyss
  • 1844–1852: George Gordon
  • 1852–1859: Henry Farquharson
  • 1859–1862: Edmund Boyle
  • 1862–1869: Hon. Spencer Jocelyn
  • 1869–1871: Hon. Frederick Bruce
  • 1871–1876: Victor Biddulph
  • 1876–1881: Hon. Victor Spencer
  • 1881–1884: Percy Cust
  • 1884–1890: Eric Thesiger
  • 1890–1894: Hon. Maurice Drummond
  • 1894–1901: Josslyn Egerton
  • 1901–1901: John Bigge

Second Page of Honour

  • 1837–1840: George Cavendish
  • 1840–1847: Henry Byng
  • 1847–1853: Alfred Crofton
  • 1853–1861: Charles Phipps
  • 1861–1867: Arthur Paget
  • 1867–1874: George Grey
  • 1874–1877: Laurence Drummond[7]
  • 1877–1882: Albert Wellesley[7]
  • 1882–1887: Arthur Ponsonby
  • 1887–1892: Victor Wellesley
  • 1892–1895: Albert Clarke
  • 1895–1899: Hon. John Henniker–Major
  • 1899–1901: The Viscount Torrington

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1837–1840: James Cowell
  • 1840–1845: Herbert Wilson
  • 1845–1852: William Forbes
  • 1852–1859: George Macpherson
  • 1859–1866: Henry Loftus
  • 1866–1870: Hon. Frederick Stopford
  • 1870–1876: Arthur Hardinge
  • 1876–1877: George Macdonald
  • 1877–1881: Hon. Francis Hay
  • 1881–1883: George Byng
  • 1883–1886: Hon. Edward FitzRoy
  • 1886–1890: Cyril Stopford
  • 1890–1895: Geoffrey Stewart
  • 1895–1897: Alexander Wood
  • 1897–1901: Harold Festing

Edward VII

First Page of Honour

  • 1901–1904: John Bigge
  • 1904–1910: Hon. Edward Knollys

Second Page of Honour

  • 1901–1903: The Viscount Torrington
  • 1903–1908: Donald Davidson
  • 1908–1910: Anthony Lowther

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1901–1902: Harold Festing
  • 1902–1906: Nigel Legge
  • 1906–1908: Edward Hardinge
  • 1908–1910: Walter Campbell

George V

First Page of Honour

  • 1910–1911: Hon. Edward Knollys
  • 1911–1917: Edward Reid
  • 1917–1921: Iain Murray
  • 1921–1924: The Earl Erne
  • 1924–1927: Allan Mackenzie
  • 1927–1932: Alfred Hesketh-Prichard
  • 1932–1936: Patrick Crichton

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

Edward VIII

First Page of Honour

  • 1936: Patrick Crichton

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1936: George Seymour

Fourth Page of Honour

George VI

First Page of Honour

Second Page of Honour

  • 1935–1940: Baron Herschell
  • 1940–1947: None due to the World War
  • 1947–1951: James Ogilvy[12]
  • 1951–1952: Jonathan Peel[13]

Third Page of Honour

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1936–1938: George Hardinge
  • 1938–1939: David Stuart
  • 1939–1946: None due to the World War
  • 1946–1950: George Paynter[14]
  • 1950–1952: Michael Anson[16]

Elizabeth II

First Page of Honour

Second Page of Honour

Third Page of Honour

  • 1952–1953: Henry Seymour[17]
  • 1953–1955: Viscount Carlow[38]
  • 1955–1956: John Aird
  • 1956–1958: Lord Ardee
  • 1958–1961: Guy Nevill
  • 1961–1964: David Penn
  • 1964–1966: Edward Hay
  • 1966–1969: Nicholas Bacon
  • 1969–1973: Hon. George Herbert
  • 1973–1975: Napier Marten
  • 1975–1976: James Hussey
  • 1976–1978: William Oswald
  • 1978–1979: John Heseltine
  • 1979–1981: James Maudslay
  • 1981–1984: Guy Russell
  • 1984–1987: Harry Legge-Bourke
  • 1987–1989: Hon. Robert Montgomerie
  • 1989–1992: Rowley Baring
  • 1992–1995: Rory Penn
  • 1995–1998: Thomas Howard[36]
  • 1998–2001: Viscount Chewton
  • 2001–2005: Viscount Garnock
  • 2005–2008: Arthur Hussey
  • 2008–2009: Michael Ogilvy
  • 2009–2015: Arthur Chatto
  • 2015: Marquess of Lorne[34]

Fourth Page of Honour

  • 1952–1953: Michael Anson[17]
  • 1953–1956: Hon. Simon Scott[39]
  • 1956–1957: Earl of Shelburne[40]
  • 1957–1959: Oliver Russell
  • 1959–1962: Charles Strachey
  • 1962–1964: Simon Rasch
  • 1964–1966: Richard Ford
  • 1966–1968: James Colville
  • 1968–1971: Alexander Colville
  • 1971–1974: Lord Ogilvy
  • 1974–1977: Edward Gordon-Lennox
  • 1977–1979: Viscount Althorp
  • 1979–1980: Tyrone Plunket[26]
  • 1980–1982: Richard Lytton-Cobbold
  • 1982–1984: Marquess of Hamilton
  • 1984–1988: Piers Blewitt
  • 1988–1990: Lord Hyde
  • 1990–1993: Hon. Alexander Trenchard
  • 1993–1996: Hon. Edward Lowther
  • 1996–1998: Earl Percy
  • 1998–2003: Lord Carnegie
  • 2003–2006: Alexander William Malise Fraser
  • 2006–2008: Henry Naylor
  • 2008–2012: Andrew Leeming
  • 2012–2016: Hugo Bertie[37]
  • 2016  : Thomas Hallé

See also

References

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  7. 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 24506. p. 5367. 25 September 1877.
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  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39430. p. 69. 1 January 1952.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38097. p. 4807. 14 October 1947.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39161. p. 1104. 2 March 1951.
  14. 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 37524. p. 1743. 5 April 1946.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38729. p. 4750. 4 October 1949.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39033. p. 4919. 3 October 1950.
  17. 1 2 3 4 The London Gazette: no. 39616. p. 4199. 5 August 1952.
  18. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40073. p. 303. 12 January 1954.
  19. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40936. p. 6727. 27 November 1956.
  20. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 42610. p. 1681. 27 February 1962.
  21. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43400. p. 6607. 4 August 1964.
  22. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43834. p. 11447. 7 December 1965.
  23. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44362. p. 7641. 11 July 1967.
  24. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45140. p. 7205. 30 June 1970.
  25. 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 46848. p. 3813. 12 March 1976.
  26. 1 2 3 The London Gazette: no. 47734. p. 71. 2 January 1979.
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  28. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 49404. p. 8697. 1 July 1983.
  29. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 50474. p. 4495. 1 April 1986.
  30. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 51525. p. 12509. 8 November 1988.
  31. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52647. p. 13427. 3 September 1991.
  32. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 53836. p. 15279. 1 November 1994.
  33. ↑ Walker, Tim (2012-03-01). "The Queen turns a page for Viscount Linley's son". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  34. 1 2 3 Appendix to Court Circular, 27 February 2015
  35. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40063. p. 98. 1 January 1954.
  36. 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 54036. p. 6949. 16 May 1995.
  37. 1 2 Appendix to Court Circular, 14 December 2012
  38. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39822. p. 1971. 10 April 1953.
  39. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40008. p. 5921. 6 November 1953.
  40. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40733. p. 1583. 16 March 1956.
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