Page of Honour
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 Sovereign's robes. This position is distinct from that of a page in the Royal Household, which is the senior rank of uniformed staff.
Pages of Honour participate in major ceremonies involving the British monarch, including coronations and the State Opening of Parliament. 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.
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. In Scotland the outfit is identical, but in green rather than scarlet. 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.At coronations, the peers who carry regalia in the procession were 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... ...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."
Pages of Honour by monarch
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
First Page of Honour- 1689–1692?: Nicholas Needham
- 1692–1697: Carew Rawleigh
- 1697–1702: Robert Rich
- 1689–1690: Arnold van Keppel
- 1690–1693?: Ernest Henry Ittersum
- 1695–1702: Thomas Harrison
- 1689–1693?: Charles Dormer
- 1697–1702: William Colt
- 1690–1693: Matthew Harvey
- 1693–1697: George Feilding
- 1697–1702: Allan Wentworth
Anne
First Page of Honour- 1702–1707: Hon. John Egerton
- 1707–1714: Hon. Richard Arundell
- 1702–1709: Robert Blount
- 1709–1714: John Mordaunt
- 1702–1708: John Gough
- 1708–1712: Charles Hedges
- 1712–1714: Thomas Murray
- 1702–1710: Hon. Henry Berkeley
- 1710–1714: John Hampden
George I
First Page of Honour- 1714–1727: Guildford Killigrew
- 1714–1718: John Mordaunt
- 1718–1721: Emanuel Howe
- 1721–1727: Archibald Carmichael
- 1714–1724: Thomas Murray
- 1724–1727: Sir William Irby, Bt
- 1714–1724: Thomas Bludworth
- 1724–1727: Walter Villiers
- 1727: Henry Newton
George II
First Page of Honour- 1727–1734: John FitzWilliam
- 1734–1739: Philip Roberts
- 1739–1745: Charles Chamberlayne
- 1745–1748: William Tryon
- 1748–1753: John Jenkinson
- 1753–1760: Hon. John Byng
- 1727–1731: Henry Panton
- 1731–1735: Henry d'Arcy
- 1735–1739: John Ashburnham
- 1739–1744: Bluett Wallop
- 1744–1747: Hon. William Howe
- 1747–1751: Hon. George West
- 1751–1755: William Feilding
- 1755–1760: Hon. Henry Monckton
- 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
- 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
- 1760–1764: Henry Vernon
- 1764–1772: Thomas Thoroton
- 1772–1777: Richard Barrington
- 1777–1782: Henry Hall
- 1782–1794: Charles West
- 1794–1802: George Dashwood
- 1802–1803: Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope
- 1803–1808: vacant
- 1808–1809: Henry Buckley
- 1809–1815: Philip Stanhope
- 1816–1820: Hon. William Graves
- 1760–1761: Hon. Edmund Boyle
- 1761–1768: John Manners
- 1768–1782: Francis Mackenzie
- 1782–1789: John Murray
- 1789–1794: Charles Jenkinson
- 1794–1800: William Dansey
- 1800–1804: Hon. Edward Irby
- 1804–1811: Henry Somerset
- 1812–1817: Charles Arbuthnot
- 1817–1820: Frederick Paget
- 1760–1768: Doddington Egerton
- 1768–1776: Francis Chaplin
- 1776–1781: William Paul de 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
- 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
- 1820–1823: Frederick Paget
- 1823–1826: William Burton
- 1826–1830: Frederick Hamilton
- 1820–1824: Charles Bagot
- 1824–1830: Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset
- 1820–1825: Arthur Torrens
- 1825–1830: Joseph Hudson
William IV
First Page of Honour- 1830–1835: Henry d'Aguilar
- 1835–1837: Charles Ellice
- 1830–1831: Frederick Hamilton
- 1831–1837: Frederick Stephenson
- 1830–1832: Arthur Somerset
- 1832–1837: Lord Hay
- 1830: Joseph Hudson
- 1830–1837: Hon. Adolphus Graves
- 1837: James Cowell
Victoria
First Page of Honour- 1837–1839: Charles Ellice
- 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
- 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
- 1877–1882: Albert Wellesley
- 1882–1887: Arthur Ponsonby
- 1887–1892: Victor Wellesley
- 1892–1895: Albert Clarke
- 1895–1899: Hon. John Henniker–Major
- 1899–1901: The Viscount Torrington
- 1837–1839: Lord Kilmarnock
- 1839–1841: Hon. Adolphus Chichester
- 1841–1856: Archibald Stuart-Wortley
- 1856–1862: Viscount Cuffe Castle
- 1862–1868: Hon. Arthur Lyttleton
- 1868–1874: Hon. George Somerset
- 1874–1879: Count Edward Gleichen
- 1879–1883: Frederic Kerr
- 1883–1893: Gerald Ellis
- 1893: Arthur Wood
- 1893–1896: Sir Albert Seymour, Bt.
- 1896–1901: Hon. Ivan Hay
- 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
- 1901–1903: The Viscount Torrington
- 1903–1908: Donald Davidson
- 1908–1910: Anthony Lowther
- 1901: Hon. Ivan Josselyn Hay
- 1901–1907: Hon. Victor Alexander Spencer
- 1907–1910: George Lane
- 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
- 1910–1913: Anthony Lowther
- 1913–1916: Hon. Thomas Brand
- 1916–1919: Edward Ponsonby
- 1919–1925: George Godfrey-Faussett
- 1925–1932: Neville Wigram
- 1932–1935: Colin Mackenzie
- 1935–1936: The Lord Herschell
- 1910: George Lane
- 1910–1914: Victor Harbord
- 1914–1917: Gerald Lloyd-Verney
- 1917–1919: Richard Dawnay
- 1919–1923: Henry Hunloke
- 1923–1927: Michael Adeane
- 1927–1931: Jock Colville
- 1931–1935: Viscount Errington
- 1935–1936: George Seymour
- 1910–1913: Walter Campbell
- 1913–1915: Assheton Curzon-Howe
- 1915–1917: Francis Stonor
- 1917–1921: Guy Dugdale
- 1921–1924: George Gordon-Lennox
- 1924–1930: Harry Legge-Bourke
- 1930–1933: Douglas Gordon
- 1933–1936: George Hardinge
Edward VIII
First Page of Honour- 1936: Patrick Crichton
- 1936: The Lord Herschell
- 1936: George Seymour
- 1936: George Hardinge
George VI
First Page of Honour- 1936–1940: Robert Eliot
- 1940–1948: None due to the Second World War
- 1948–1950: Lord Hyde
- 1950–1952: Hon. Charles Wilson
- 1952: The Earl Erne
- 1936–1940: The Lord Herschell
- 1940–1947: None due to the Second World War
- 1947–1951: James Ogilvy
- 1951–1952: Jonathan Peel
- 1936–1940: George Seymour
- 1940–1946: None due to the Second World War
- 1946–1949: Bernard Gordon Lennox
- 1949–1952: Henry Seymour
- 1936–1938: George Hardinge
- 1938–1939: David Stuart
- 1939–1946: None due to the Second World War
- 1946–1950: George Paynter
- 1950–1952: Michael Anson
Elizabeth II
First Page of Honour- 1952–1954: The Earl Erne
- 1954–1956: Hon. Anthony Tryon
- 1956–1959: Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet
- 1959–1962: Hon. Julian Hardinge
- 1962–1964: Earl of Lewes
- 1964–1965: Lord Scrymgeour
- 1965–1967: Douglas Gordon
- 1967–1970: Christopher Abel Smith
- 1970–1973: Louis Greig
- 1973–1976: Lord Leveson
- 1976–1978: John Ponsonby
- 1979–1980: Hon. Thomas Coke
- 1981–1983: James Basset
- 1983–1986: Hon. Edward Cecil
- 1986–1988: Benjamin Hamilton
- 1988–1990: Hon. Edward Tollemache
- 1991–1994: Edward Janvrin
- 1994–1996: Simon Ramsay
- 1996–1999: Lord Eskdaill
- 1999–2002: Lord Maltravers
- 2002–2004: Archibald Young
- 2004–2008: George FitzRoy
- 2008–2012: Jack Soames
- 2012–2015: Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
- 2015: Lachlan Legge-Bourke
- 1952–1954: Jonathan Peel
- 1954–1956: Edward Adeane
- 1956–1957: Duncan Davidson
- 1957–1958: Andrew Gordon
- 1960–1962: David Hughes-Wake-Walker
- 1962–1963: Viscount Ipswich
- 1963–1964: Heneage Legge-Bourke
- 1964–1966: Christopher Tennant
- 1966–1968: Hon. Harry Fane
- 1968–1969: John Maudslay
- 1969–1971: Hon. David Hicks-Beach
- 1971–1973: Simon Rhodes
- 1973–1974: David Bland
- 1974–1976: Earl of Rocksavage
- 1976–1979: Charles Loyd
- 1979–1981: Viscount Carlow
- 1981–1983: Marquess of Lorne
- 1983–1984: Hon. Hugh Crossley
- 1984–1988: Malcolm Maclean
- 1988–1991: Hon. Charles Tryon
- 1991–1995: James Bowes-Lyon
- 1995–1997: Hon. William Vestey
- 1997–2000: Lord Dunglass
- 2000–2004: Hon. John Bowes-Lyon
- 2004–2008: Viscount Garnock
- 2008–2012: Lord Stanley
- 2012–2015: Viscount Aithrie
- 2015–2019: Hon. Augustus Stanhope
- 2019–2022: Lord Claud Hamilton
- 1952–1953: Henry Seymour
- 1953–1955: Viscount Carlow
- 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
- 1998–2001: Viscount Chewton
- 2001–2004: Viscount Garnock
- 2005–2008: Arthur Hussey
- 2008–2009: Michael Ogilvy
- 2009–2015: Arthur Chatto
- 2015–2018: Marquess of Lorne
- 2018–2022: Robert Bruce
- 1952–1953: Michael Anson
- 1953–1956: Hon. Simon Scott
- 1956–1957: Earl of Shelburne
- 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
- 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 Fraser, Master of Saltoun
- 2006–2008: Henry Naylor
- 2008–2012: Andrew Leeming
- 2012–2016: Hugo Bertie
- 2016–2018: Thomas Hallé
- 2018–2022: Max Bowen
Charles III
The pages of honour at the 2023 coronation were:- Prince George of Wales
- Lord Oliver Cholmondeley
- Nicholas Barclay
- Ralph Tollemache
- 2023: Nicholas Barclay
- 2024: Hon. Guy Tryon
- 2023: Ralph Tollemache
- 2024: Hon. William Sackville
- 2023: Charles van Cutsem
- 2024: Hon. Alfred Wellesley
- 2023: Lord Oliver Cholmondeley
- 2024: Ralph Tollemache