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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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