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.
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

Pages of Honour

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Edward VII

George V

Edward VIII

George VI

Elizabeth II

See also

References

Pages of Honour

George III

★ Lt Colonel Charles Augustus West ^[1]

★ Charles George James Arbuthnot^[2]

★ Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson^[3]

George IV

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1820-1821: Arthur Wellesley, Esq. ★ 1821-1826: Lord Frederick Paulet ★ 1826-1828: William Bathurst, Esq. ★ 1828-1830: Henry D'Aguilar, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1820-1823: Frederick Paget, Esq. ★ 1823-1826: William Burton, Esq. ★ 1826-1830: Frederic Hamilton, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1820-1824: ? ★ 1824-1830: Arthur Somerset, Esq.

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1820-1825: Arthur Torrens, Esq. ★ 1825-1830: Joseph Hudson, Esq.

William IV

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1830-1835: Henry D'Aguilar, Esq. ★ 1830-1837: Charles Ellice, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1830-1831: Frederic Hamilton, Esq. ★ 1831-?: Frederick Stephenson, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1830-1832: Arthur Somerset, Esq. ★ 1830-1837: Lord Hay

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1830: Joseph Hudson, Esq. ★ 1830-1837: Hon. Adolphus Graves ★ 1837: James Cowell, Esq.

Victoria

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1837-1839: Charles Ellice, Esq. ★ 1839-1844: Charles Wemyss, Esq. ★ 1844-1852: George Gordon, Esq. ★ 1852-1859: Henry Farquharson, Esq. ★ 1859-1862: Edmund Boyle, Esq. ★ 1862-1869: Hon. Spencer Jocelyn ★ 1869-1871: Hon. Frederick Bruce ★ 1871-1876: Victor Biddulph, Esq. ★ 1876-1881: Hon. Victor Spencer ★ 1881-1884: Percy Cust, Esq. ★ 1884-?: Eric Thesiger, Esq. ★ ?-1893: Arthur Wood, Esq. ★ 1893-1896: Sir Albert Seymour, Bt. ★ 1896-1901: Hon. Ivan Hay

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1837-1840: George Cavendish, Esq. ★ 1840-1847: Henry Byng, Esq. ★ 1847-1853: Alfred Crofton, Esq. ★ 1853-1861: Charles Phipps, Esq. ★ 1861-1867: Arthur Paget, Esq. ★ 1867-1874: George Grey, Esq. ★ 1874-1877: Lawrence Drummond, Esq. ★ 1877-1882: Albert Wellesley, Esq. ★ 1882-1887: Arthur Ponsonby, Esq. ★ 1887-1892: Victor Wellesley, Esq. ★ 1892-1895: Albert Clarke, Esq. ★ 1895-1899: Hon. John Henniker-Major ★ 1899-1901: The Viscount Torrington

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1837-1840: James Cowell, Esq. ★ 1840-1845: Herbert Wilson, Esq. ★ 1845-1852: William Forbes, Esq. ★ 1852-1859: George Macpherson, Esq. ★ 1859-1866: Henry Loftus, Esq. ★ 1866-1870: Hon. Frederick Stopford ★ 1870-1876: Arthur Hardinge, Esq. ★ 1876-1877: George Macdonald, Esq. ★ 1877-1881: Hon. Francis Hay ★ 1881-1883: George Byng, Esq. ★ 1883-1886: Hon. Edward FitzRoy ★ 1886-?: Cyril Stopford, Esq. ★ ?-1894: Hon. Maurice Drummond ★ 1894-1901: Josslyn Egerton, Esq. ★ 1901-1901: John Bigge, Esq.

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1837-1839: Lord Kilmarnock ★ 1839-1841: Hon. Adolphus Chichester ★ 1841-?: Archibald Stuart-Wortley, Esq. ★ 1856-1862: Viscount Cuffe Castle ★ 1862-1868: Hon. Arthur Lyttleton ★ 1868-1874: Hon. George Somerset ★ 1874-1879: Count Edward Gleichen ★ 1879-1883: Frederic Kerr, Esq. ★ 1883-?: Gerald Ellis, Esq. ★ ?-1895: Geoffrey Stewart, Esq. ★ 1895-1897: Alexander Wood, Esq. ★ 1897-1901: Harold Festing, Esq.

Edward VII

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1901: Hon. Ivan Hay ★ 1901-1907: Hon. Victor Spencer ★ 1907-1910: George Lane, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1901-1902: Harold Festing, Esq. ★ 1902-1906: Nigel Legge, Esq. ★ 1906-1908: Edward Hardinge, Esq. ★ 1908-1910: Walter Campbell, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1901-1903: The Viscount Torrington ★ 1903-1908: Donald Davidson, Esq. ★ 1908-1910: Anthony Lowther, Esq.

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1901-1904: John Bigge, Esq. ★ 1904-1910: Hon. Edward Knollys

George V

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1910: George Lane, Esq. ★ 1910-1914: Victor Harbord, Esq. ★ 1914-1917: Gerald Lloyd-Verney, Esq. ★ 1917-1919: Richard Dawnay, Esq. ★ 1919-1923: Henry Hunloke, Esq. ★ 1923-1927: Michael Adeane, Esq. ★ 1927-1931: Jock Colville, Esq. ★ 1931-1935: Viscount Errington ★ 1935-1936:George Seymour, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1910-1913: Walter Campbell, Esq. ★ 1913-1915: Assheton Curzon-Howe, Esq. ★ 1915-1917: Francis Stonor, Esq. ★ 1917-1921: Guy Dugdale, Esq. ★ 1921-1924: George Gordon-Lennox, Esq. ★ 1924-1930: Edward Legge-Bourke, Esq. ★ 1930-1933: Douglas Gordon, Esq. ★ 1933-1936: George Hardinge, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1910-1913: Anthony Lowther, Esq. ★ 1913-1916: Hon. Thomas Brand ★ 1916-1919: Edward Ponsonby, Esq. ★ 1919-1925: George Godfrey-Faussett, Esq. ★ 1925-1932: Neville Wigram, Esq. ★ 1932-1935: Colin Mackenzie, Esq. ★ 1935-1936: The Lord Herschell

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1910-1911: Hon. Edward Knollys ★ 1911-1917: Edward Reid, Esq. ★ 1917-1921: Iain Murray, Esq. ★ 1921-1924: The Earl Erne ★ 1924-1931: Allan Mackenzie, Esq.

'Fifth Page of Honour'

★ 1927-1932: Alfred Hesketh-Prichard, Esq.

★ 1932-1936: Patrick Crichton, Esq.

Edward VIII

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1936:George Seymour, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1936: George Hardinge, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1936: The Lord Herschell

George VI

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1936-1940: George Seymour, Esq. ★ 1940-1946: None due to WW2 ★ 1946-1949: Bernard Gordon-Lennox, Esq. ★ 1949-1952: Henry Seymour, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1936-1938: George Hardinge, Esq. ★ 1938-1939: David Stuart, Esq. ★ 1939-1946: None due to WW2 ★ 1946-1950: George Paynter, Esq. ★ 1950-1952: Michael Anson, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1936-1940: The Lord Herschell ★ 1940-1947: None due to WW2 ★ 1947-1951: James Ogilvy, Esq. ★ 1951-1952: Jonathan Peel, Esq.

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1936-1940: Robert Eliot, Esq. ★ 1940-1948: None due to WW2 ★ 1948-1950: Lord Hyde ★ 1950-1952: Hon. Charles Wilson ★ 1952: The Earl Erne

Elizabeth II

'First Page of Honour' ★ 1952-1953: Henry Seymour, Esq. ★ 1953-1955: Viscount Carlow ★ 1955-1956: John Aird Esq. ★ 1956-1958: Lord Ardee ★ 1958-1961: Guy Nevill Esq. ★ 1961-1964: David Penn, Esq. ★ 1964-1966: Edward Hay Esq. ★ 1966-1969: Nicholas Bacon Esq. ★ 1969-1973: Hon. George Herbert ★ 1973-1975: Napier Marten, Esq. ★ 1975-1976: James Hussey Esq. ★ 1976-1978: William Oswald Esq. ★ 1978-1979: John Heseltine, Esq. ★ 1979-1981: James Maudslay, Esq. ★ 1981-1984: Guy Russell, Esq. ★ 1984-1987: Harry Legge-Bourke Esq. ★ 1987-1989: Hon. Robert Montgomerie ★ 1989-1992: Rowley Baring, Esq. ★ 1992-1995: Rory Penn, Esq. ★ 1995-1998: Thomas Howard, Esq. ★ 1998-2001: Viscount Chewton ★ 2001-2005: Viscount Garnock ★ 2005- ? : Arthur Hussey, Esq.

'Second Page of Honour' ★ 1952-1953: Michael Anson, Esq. ★ 1953-1956: Hon. Simon Scott ★ 1956-1957: Earl of Shelburne ★ 1957-1959: Oliver Russell, Esq. ★ 1959-1962: Charles Strachey Esq. ★ 1962-1964: Simon Rasch Esq. ★ 1964-1966: Richard Ford, Esq. ★ 1966-1968: James Colville Esq. ★ 1968-1971: Alexander Colville Esq. ★ 1971-1974: David Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy ★ 1974-1977: Edward Gordon-Lennox, Esq. ★ 1977-1979: Viscount Althorp ★ 1979-1980: Tyrone Plunket Esq. ★ 1980-1982: Richard Lytton-Cobbold Esq. ★ 1982-1984: Marquess of Hamilton ★ 1984-1988: Piers Blewitt, Esq. ★ 1988-1990: Lord Hyde ★ 1990-1993: Hon. Alexander Trenchard ★ 1993-1996: Hon. Edward Lowther ★ -2003: Lord Carnegie ★ 2003-2006: Xander Fraser ★ 2006- ? : Henry Naylor, Esq.

'Third Page of Honour' ★ 1952-1954: Jonathan Peel, Esq. ★ 1954-1956: Edward Adeane Esq. ★ 1956-1957: Duncan Davidson Esq. ★ 1957-1958: Andrew Gordon, Esq. ★ 1960-1962: David Hughes-Wake-Walker Esq. ★ 1962-1963: Viscount Ipswich ★ 1963-1964: Heneage Legge-Bourke, Esq. ★ 1964-1966: Christopher Tennant, Esq. ★ 1966-1968: Hon. Harry Fane ★ 1968-1969: John Maudslay, Esq. ★ 1969-1971: Hon. David-Hicks-Beach ★ 1971-1973: Simon Rhodes Esq. ★ 1973-1974: David Bland, Esq. ★ 1974-1976: Earl of Rocksavage ★ 1976-1979: Charles Loyd, Esq. ★ 1979-1981: Viscount Carlow ★ 1981-1983: Marquess of Lorne ★ 1983-1984: Hon. Hugh Crossley ★ 1984-1988: Malcolm Maclean, Esq. ★ 1988-1991: Hon. Charles Tryon ★ 1991-1995: James Bowes-Lyon, Esq. ★ 1995-1997: Hon. William Vestey ★ 1997-2000: Lord Dunglass ★ 2000-2004: Hon. John Bowes-Lyon ★ 2004-? : Hon. James Lindsay

'Fourth Page of Honour' ★ 1952-1954: The Earl Erne ★ 1954-1956: Hon. Anthony Tryon ★ 1956-1959: Sir Mark Palmber, Bt ★ 1959-1962: Hon. Julian Hardinge ★ 1962-1964: Earl of Lewes ★ 1964-1965: Lord Scrymgemour ★ 1965-1967: Douglas Gordon Esq. ★ 1967-1973: Christopher Abel Smith, Esq. ★ 1970-1973: Louis Greig Esq. ★ 1973-1976: Lord Leveson ★ 1976-1977: John Ponsonby Esq. ★ 1977-1983: Hon. Thomas Coke ★ 1977-1983: James Basset, Esq. ★ 1983-1986: Hon. Edward Cecil ★ 1986-1988: Benjamin Hamilton Esq. ★ 1988-1990: Hon. Edward Tollemache ★ 1991-1994: Edward Janvrin, Esq. ★ 1994-1996: Simon Ramsay Esq. ★ 1996-1998: Earl Percy ★ 1996-1999: Lord Eskdaill ★ 1999-2002: Lord Maltravers ★ 2002-2004: Archibald Young ★ 2004-? : George FitzRoy, Esq.

See also

★ Page of the Presence

★ Page of the Backstairs

References

1. Lt Colonel Charles Augustus West
2. Lt.-Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot
3. Jenkinson, The Honourable Charles Cecil Cope