Page of Honour

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Pages of Honour in the House of Lords at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament

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.

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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.<ref name="archive.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Scotland the outfit is identical, but in green rather than scarlet (as seen periodically at the Thistle Service in Edinburgh).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="archive.org"/>

At coronations, the peers who carry regalia in the procession (and others with particular roles in the service) 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... [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."<ref>Earl Marshal's Regulations (1937) quoted in Mansfield, A., Ceremonial Costume, London: A & C Black, 1980.</ref>

Pages of Honour by monarch

Charles II

James II

William III

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

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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

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

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George I

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George II

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George III

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

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George IV

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

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William IV

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Victoria

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Edward VII

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George V

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Edward VIII

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  • 1936: George Hardinge

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George VI

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Elizabeth II

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Charles III

The pages of honour at the 2023 coronation were:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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  • 2023: Nicholas Barclay<ref name=CC081123>State Opening of Parliament 2023, Court Circular 8 November 2023.</ref>Template:Efn
  • 2024: Hon. Guy Tryon<ref name=CC170724>State Opening of Parliament 2024, Court Circular 17 July 2024.</ref>Template:Efn

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  • 2023: Ralph Tollemache<ref name=CC081123 />Template:Efn
  • 2024: Hon. William Sackville<ref name=CC170724>State Opening of Parliament 2024, Court Circular 17 July 2024.</ref>Template:Efn

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  • 2023: Charles van Cutsem<ref name=CC081123 />Template:Efn
  • 2024: Hon. Alfred Wellesley<ref name=CC170724>State Opening of Parliament 2024, Court Circular 17 July 2024.</ref>Template:Efn

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  • 2023: Lord Oliver Cholmondeley<ref name=CC081123 />Template:Efn
  • 2024: Ralph Tollemache<ref name=CC170724>State Opening of Parliament 2024, Court Circular 17 July 2024.</ref>Template:Efn

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