Page of Honour

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.

Pages of Honour

Charles II

*1661-1662: Bevil Skelton
*1661-1669: John Napier
*1662-1668: Sidney Godolphin
*1664-1665: Rupert Dillon
*1665-?: 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-?: Nicholas Needham
*1689-1690: Arnold van Keppel
*1689-1702: Charles Dormer
*1690-1695: Matthew Harvey
*1690-1693: Ernest Ittersom
*1692-1697: Carew Rawleigh
*1693-1697: George Fielding
*1695-1702: Thomas Harrison
*1697-1702: William Colt
*1697-1702: Robert Rich
*1697-1702: Allan Wentworth
*?-1702: John Brockhuisen

Anne

First Page of Honour
*1702-1707: Hon. John Egerton
*1707-1714: Hon. Richard ArundellSecond Page of Honour
*1702-1709: Robert Blount
*1709-1714: John MordauntThird Page of Honour
*1702-1708: John Gough
*1708-1712: Charles Hedges
*1712-1714: Thomas MurrayFourth Page of Honour
*1702-1710: Hon. Henry Berkeley
*1710-1714: John Hampden

George I

First Page of Honour
*1714-1727: Guildford KilligrewSecond Page of Honour
*1714-1718: John Mordaunt
*1718-1721: Emanuel Howe
*1721-1727: Archibald CarmichaelThird Page of Honour
*1714-1724: Thomas Murray
*1724-1727: Sir William Irby, BtFourth Page of Honour
*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 ByngSecond Page of Honour
*1727-1731: Henry Panton
*1731-1735: Henry d'Arcy
*1735-1739: John Ashburnham
*1739-1744: Bluet Wallop
*1744-1747: Hon. William Howe
*1747-1751: Hon. George West
*1751-1755: William Fielding
*1755-1760: Hon. Henry MoncktonThird 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 WallopFourth 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 WellesleySecond Page of Honour
*1760-1764: Henry Vernon
*1764-1772: Thomas Thoroton
*1773-1781: George Bristow
*1781-1789: John Murray
*1789-1794: Charles Jenkinson [ [http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?Nid=226 Jenkinson, The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope] ]
*1794-1800: William Dansey
*1800-1804: Hon. Edward Irby
*1804-1812: Henry Somerset
*1812-1817: Charles Arbuthnot [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2222.htm#i22212 Lt.-Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot] ]
*1817-1820: Frederick PagetThird Page of Honour
*1760-1761: Hon. Edmund Boyle
*1761-1768: John Manners
*1768-1772: Francis Mackenzie
*1772-1777: Richard Barrington
*1777-1782: Henry Hall
*1782-1794: Charles West [ [http://web.onetel.com/~pelhamwest/westfamily/west9-charlesaugustus%20west.htm Lt Colonel Charles Augustus West] ]
*1794-1802: George Dashwood
*1802-1808: Hon. Henry Stanhope
*1808-1809: Henry Buckley
*1809-1815: Philip Stanhope
*1816-1820: Hon. William GravesFourth 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

George IV

First Page of Honour
*1820-1821: Arthur Wellesley
*1821-1826: Lord Frederick Paulet
*1826-1828: William Hervey-Bathurst
*1828-1830: Henry d'AguilarSecond Page of Honour
*1820-1823: Frederick Paget
*1823-1826: William Burton
*1826-1830: Frederic HamiltonThird Page of Honour
*1820-1824: Charles Bagot
*1824-1830: Arthur SomersetFourth Page of Honour
*1820-1825: Arthur Torrens
*1825-1830: Joseph Hudson

William IV

First Page of Honour
*1830-1835: Henry d'Aguilar
*1835-1837: Charles ElliceSecond Page of Honour
*1830-1831: Frederic Hamilton
*1831-1837: Frederick StephensonThird Page of Honour
*1830-1832: Arthur Somerset
*1832-1837: Lord HayFourth Page of Honour
*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 BiggeSecond 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: Lawrence 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 TorringtonThird Page of Honour
*1837-1839: Lord Kilmarnock
*1839-1841: Hon. Adolphus Chichester
*1841-?: 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 HayFourth 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 KnollysSecond Page of Honour
*1901-1903: The Viscount Torrington
*1903-1908: Donald Davidson
*1908-1910: Anthony LowtherThird Page of Honour
*1901: Hon. Ivan Hay
*1901-1907: Hon. Victor Spencer
*1907-1910: George LaneFourth 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 CrichtonSecond Page of Honour
*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 HerschellThird Page of Honour
*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 SeymourFourth Page of Honour
*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 CrichtonSecond Page of Honour
*1936: The Lord HerschellThird Page of Honour
*1936: George SeymourFourth Page of Honour
*1936: George Hardinge

George VI

First Page of Honour
*1936-1940: Robert Eliot
*1940-1948: None due to World War II
*1948-1950: Lord Hyde
*1950-1952: Hon. Charles Wilson
*1952: The Earl ErneSecond Page of Honour
*1936-1940: The Lord Herschell
*1940-1947: None due to World War II
*1947-1951: James Ogilvy
*1951-1952: Jonathan PeelThird Page of Honour
*1936-1940: George Seymour
*1940-1946: None due to World War II
*1946-1949: Bernard Gordon-Lennox
*1949-1952: Henry SeymourFourth Page of Honour
*1936-1938: George Hardinge
*1938-1939: David Stuart
*1939-1946: None due to WW2
*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, Bt
*1959-1962: Hon. Julian Hardinge
*1962-1964: Earl of Lewes
*1964-1965: Lord Scrymgemour
*1965-1967: Douglas Gordon
*1967-1973: Christopher Abel Smith
*1970-1973: Louis Greig
*1973-1976: Lord Leveson
*1976-1977: John Ponsonby
*1977-1983: Hon. Thomas Coke
*1977-1983: 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 : Jack SoamesSecond Page of Honour
*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: Hon. James Lindsay
*2008 : Lord StanleyThird Page of Honour
*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
*2001-2005: Viscount Garnock
*2005-2008: Arthur Hussey
*2008 : Michael OgilvyFourth Page of Honour
*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
* -2003: Lord Carnegie
*2003-2006: Xander Fraser
*2006-2008: Henry Naylor
*2008 : Andrew Leeming

ee also

*Page of the Presence
*Page of the Backstairs

References