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.




Contents






  • 1 Livery


  • 2 Pages of Honour


    • 2.1 Charles II


    • 2.2 James II


    • 2.3 William III


    • 2.4 Anne


    • 2.5 George I


    • 2.6 George II


    • 2.7 George III


    • 2.8 George IV


    • 2.9 William IV


    • 2.10 Victoria


    • 2.11 Edward VII


    • 2.12 George V


    • 2.13 Edward VIII


    • 2.14 George VI


    • 2.15 Elizabeth II




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





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] In Ireland, when Pages of Honour were attendant upon the King, Pages of Honour wore exactly the same uniform as at the English Court, except that the colour was St. Patrick's blue with silver lace.[3]


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."[4]



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 by Laurits Tuxen.



Charles II



  • 1661–1662: Bevil Skelton

  • 1661–1669: John Napier

  • 1662–1668: Sidney Godolphin

  • 1664–1665: Rupert Dillon

  • 1665–1671?: Thomas Felton

  • 1668–1678: John Berkeley

  • 1668–1676: William Legge

  • 1670: Charles Wyndham

  • 1671–1685: Robert Killigrew

  • 1671–1685: Aubrey Porter

  • 1673–1678: John Prideaux

  • 1674–1678: Henry Wroth

  • 1678–1685: Thomas Pulteney

  • 1680–1685: Sutton Oglethorpe

  • 1681–1685: Charles Skelton



James II



  • 1685: Thomas Windsor

  • 1685: Reynold Graham

  • 1685: James Levinston



William III












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













George I













George II













George III














George IV













William IV













Victoria













Edward VII













George V













Edward VIII













George VI













Elizabeth II













See also



  • Page of the Presence

  • Page of the Backstairs



References





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  2. ^ "Photo of Page of Honour attending to the Queen in Edinburgh". Flickr.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.


  3. ^ "Dress and insignia worn at His Majesty's court, issued with the authority of the lord chamberlain". Archive.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.


  4. ^ Earl Marshal's Regulations (1937) quoted in Mansfield, A., Ceremonial Costume, London: A & C Black, 1980.


  5. ^ "Lt Colonel Charles Augustus West". Web.onetel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.


  6. ^ "Person Page 2222". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.


  7. ^ "No. 19275". The London Gazette. 2 June 1835. p. 1048.


  8. ^ ab "No. 24506". The London Gazette. 25 September 1877. p. 5367.


  9. ^ "No. 27310". The London Gazette. 3 May 1901. p. 3033.


  10. ^ "No. 27466". The London Gazette. 19 August 1902. p. 5398.


  11. ^ "No. 38255". The London Gazette. 6 April 1948. p. 2215.


  12. ^ "No. 38804". The London Gazette. 3 January 1950. p. 59.


  13. ^ "No. 39430". The London Gazette. 1 January 1952. p. 69.


  14. ^ "No. 38097". The London Gazette. 14 October 1947. p. 4807.


  15. ^ "No. 39161". The London Gazette. 2 March 1951. p. 1104.


  16. ^ ab "No. 37524". The London Gazette. 5 April 1946. p. 1743.


  17. ^ "No. 38729". The London Gazette. 4 October 1949. p. 4750.


  18. ^ "No. 39033". The London Gazette. 3 October 1950. p. 4919.


  19. ^ abcd "No. 39616". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 1952. p. 4199.


  20. ^ "No. 40073". The London Gazette. 12 January 1954. p. 303.


  21. ^ "No. 40936". The London Gazette. 27 November 1956. p. 6727.


  22. ^ "No. 42610". The London Gazette. 27 February 1962. p. 1681.


  23. ^ "No. 43400". The London Gazette. 4 August 1964. p. 6607.


  24. ^ "No. 43834". The London Gazette. 7 December 1965. p. 11447.


  25. ^ "No. 44362". The London Gazette. 11 July 1967. p. 7641.


  26. ^ "No. 45140". The London Gazette. 30 June 1970. p. 7205.


  27. ^ ab "No. 46848". The London Gazette. 12 March 1976. p. 3813.


  28. ^ abc "No. 47734". The London Gazette. 2 January 1979. p. 71.


  29. ^ "No. 48481". The London Gazette. 2 January 1981. p. 77.


  30. ^ "No. 49404". The London Gazette. 1 July 1983. p. 8697.


  31. ^ "No. 50474". The London Gazette. 1 April 1986. p. 4495.


  32. ^ "No. 51525". The London Gazette. 8 November 1988. p. 12509.


  33. ^ "No. 52647". The London Gazette. 3 September 1991. p. 13427.


  34. ^ "No. 53836". The London Gazette. 1 November 1994. p. 15279.


  35. ^ Walker, Tim (2012-03-01). "The Queen turns a page for Viscount Linley's son". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-30.


  36. ^ abc Appendix to Court Circular, 27 February 2015


  37. ^ "No. 40063". The London Gazette. 1 January 1954. p. 98.


  38. ^ ab "No. 54036". The London Gazette. 16 May 1995. p. 6949.


  39. ^ ab Appendix to Court Circular, 14 December 2012


  40. ^ "No. 39822". The London Gazette. 10 April 1953. p. 1971.


  41. ^ ab Appendix to Court Circular, 13 July 2015


  42. ^ "No. 40008". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1953. p. 5921.


  43. ^ "No. 40733". The London Gazette. 16 March 1956. p. 1583.














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