A Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the

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of the

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. 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

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of the Queen's robes. While a page is a comparatively low-ranking servant, a Page of Honour is a distinguished position. It is usually a distinction granted to teenage sons of members of the

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The character ...

and

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, and especially of senior members of the Royal Household. Pages of Honour participate in major ceremonies involving the British monarch, including coronations and the

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Livery

Pages of Honour in England wear a scarlet frock coat with gold trimmings, a white satin waistcoat, white breeches and

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, 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 (as seen periodically at the Thistle Service in

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). 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 St Patrick's blue is a name often mistakenly applied to several shades of blue associated with Ireland. The official colour of Ireland in heraldic terms is azure blue. The colour blue's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when i ...

with silver lace. At Coronations, the peers who carry regalia in the procession (and others with particular roles in the service) are 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... xcept 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

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or claret, should be used."

Pages of Honour

The Anointing of Queen Alexandra at the Coronation of Edward VII

Charles II

*1661–1662:

Bevil Skelton Bevil Skelton (1641–1696) was a British foreign envoy and diplomat. Probably descended from the Skeltons of Armthwaite Castle, Cumberland, Bevil Skelton began his career as a colonel in the British Army, eventually rising to the position of Li ...

*1661–1669: John Napier *1662–1668: Sidney Godolphin *1664–1665:

Rupert Dillon Rupert may refer to: People * Rupert (name), various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert" Places Canada * Rupert, Quebec, a village * Rupert Bay, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay * Rupert River, Quebec * Rup ...

*1665–1671?: Thomas Felton *1668–1678: John Berkeley *1668–1676: William Legge *1670: Charles Wyndham *1671–1685:

Robert Killigrew Sir Robert Killigrew (1580–1633) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1629. He served as Ambassador to the United Provinces. Life Killgrew was born at Lothbury, London, th ...

*1671–1685:

Aubrey Porter Aubrey Porter was one of the two MPs for Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Sc ...

*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 Second Page of Honour *1689–1690: Arnold van Keppel *1690–1693?: Ernest Henry Ittersum *1695–1702: Thomas Harrison Third Page of Honour *1689–1693?: Charles Dormer *1697–1702:

William Colt William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

Fourth Page of Honour *1690–1693: Matthew Harvey *1693–1697: George Feilding *1697–1702: Allan Wentworth John Brockhuisen appears in the post-mortem accounts of the

Board of Green Cloth The Board of Green Cloth was a board of officials belonging to the Royal Household of England and Great Britain. It took its name from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat. It audited the accounts of the ...

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

First Page of Honour *1702–1707: Hon. John Egerton *1707–1714: Hon. Richard Arundell Second Page of Honour *1702–1709: Robert Blount *1709–1714: John Mordaunt Third Page of Honour *1702–1708: John Gough *1708–1712: Charles Hedges *1712–1714: Thomas Murray Fourth Page of Honour *1702–1710: Hon. Henry Berkeley *1710–1714:

John Hampden John Hampden (24 June 1643) was an English landowner and politician whose opposition to arbitrary taxes imposed by Charles I made him a national figure. An ally of Parliamentarian leader John Pym, and cousin to Oliver Cromwell, he was one of t ...

George I

First Page of Honour *1714–1727: Guildford Killigrew Second Page of Honour *1714–1718: John Mordaunt *1718–1721: Emanuel Howe *1721–1727: Archibald Carmichael Third Page of Honour *1714–1724: Thomas Murray *1724–1727: Sir William Irby, Bt Fourth 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 Byng Second Page of Honour *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 Third 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 Wallop Fourth 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 Henry Monckton (13 July 1740 – 28 June 1778) was the fourth son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and the younger half-brother of the more famous Robert Monckton. During the American Revolutionary War he led a battalion of converge ...

*1769–1777:

Henry Greville Henry Greville may refer to: * Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick (1779–1853), British politician * Henry Gréville (1842–1902), French writer * Henry William Greville (1801–1872), English diarist * Henry Francis Greville (1760–181 ...

*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 Second Page of Honour *1760–1764: Henry Vernon *1764–1772:

Thomas Thoroton Thomas Thoroton (c. 1723–1794), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 25 years between 1757 and 1782. Early life Thoroton was the son of Robert Thoroton of Screveton and his wife Mary Levett, daughter of Sir Richard L ...

*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 Third Page of Honour *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 Charles Arbuthnot (14 March 1767 – 18 August 1850) was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Welling ...

*1817–1820: Frederick Paget Fourth Page of Honour *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 Edward Alured Draper (22 October 1776 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom – 22 April 1841 in Rivière Noire, Mauritius) was a military officer in the British Army and civil servant in Mauritius. Draper was educated at Eton College. In 1793 he mat ...

*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 Fifth Page of Honour *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 Second Page of Honour *1820–1823: Frederick Paget *1823–1826: William Burton *1826–1830: Frederick Hamilton Third Page of Honour *1820–1824: Charles Bagot *1824–1830: Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset Fourth 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 Ellice General Sir Charles Henry Ellice (10 May 1823 – 12 November 1888) was a former Adjutant-General to the Forces. Life He was born at Florence on 10 May 1823, was second son of General Robert Ellice, the brother of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice ...

Second Page of Honour *1830–1831: Frederick Hamilton *1831–1837: Frederick Stephenson Third Page of Honour *1830–1832: Arthur Somerset *1832–1837: Lord Hay Fourth Page of Honour *1830: Joseph Hudson *1830–1837: Hon. Adolphus Graves *1837: James Cowell

Victoria

First Page of Honour *1837–1839:

*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 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Richard Thesiger DSO, TD (17 February 1874 – 2 October 1961), styled The Honourable from 1878, was a British soldier and page to Queen Victoria. Background Born in London in February 1874, Thesiger was the fourth so ...

*1890–1894: Hon. Maurice Drummond *1894–1901: Josslyn Egerton *1901–1901:

John Bigge John Thomas Bigge (8 March 1780 – 22 December 1843) was an English judge and royal commissioner. He is mostly known for his inquiry into the British colony of New South Wales published in the early 1820s. His reports favoured a return to the ...

Second 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 Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, ...

*1874–1877:

Laurence Drummond Major-General Laurence George Drummond (13 March 1861 – 20 May 1946) was a British Army general officer. Drummond saw active service in the Bechuanaland Expedition (1884–1885), the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896), the Soudan Ex ...

*1877–1882: Albert Wellesley *1882–1887:

Arthur Ponsonby Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (16 February 1871 – 23 March 1946), was a British politician, writer, and social activist. He was the son of Sir Henry Ponsonby, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and ...

*1887–1892: Victor Wellesley *1892–1895: Albert Clarke *1895–1899: Hon. John Henniker–Major *1899–1901: The Viscount Torrington Third Page of Honour *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 Fourth Page of Honour *1837–1840: James Cowell *1840–1845:

Herbert Wilson Herbert Rees Wilson FRSE (20 March 1929 – 22 May 2008) was a physicist, who was one of the team who worked on the structure of DNA at King's College London, under the direction of Sir John Randall. Biography Early life He was born the son ...

*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 George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll ...

*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:

*1904–1910: Hon. Edward Knollys Second Page of Honour *1901–1903: The Viscount Torrington *1903–1908: Donald Davidson *1908–1910: Anthony Lowther Third Page of Honour *1901: Hon. Ivan Josselyn Hay *1901–1907: Hon. Victor Alexander Spencer *1907–1910: George Lane Fourth 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 Crichton Second 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 Herschell Third Page of Honour *1910: George Lane *1910–1914: Victor Harbord *1914–1917: Gerald Lloyd-Verney *1917–1919: Richard Dawnay *1919–1923:

Henry Hunloke Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Hunloke TD (27 December 1906 – 13 January 1978) was a British Conservative politician. Early life Hunloke was born in Marylebone, London, the only son of Philip Hunloke and the former Sylvia Heseltine. ...

*1923–1927: Michael Adeane *1927–1931: Jock Colville *1931–1935: Viscount Errington *1935–1936: George Seymour Fourth Page of Honour *1910–1913: Walter Campbell *1913–1915:

Assheton Curzon-Howe Admiral The Honourable Sir Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe, (10 August 1850 – 1 March 1911) was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1908 to 1910. Early life Curzon-Howe was the thirteenth and younges ...

*1915–1917:

Francis Stonor Francis may refer to: People * Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural ...

*1917–1921:

Guy Dugdale Guy Carol Dugdale (9 April 1905 – 4 September 1982) was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the ...

*1921–1924:

George Gordon-Lennox Lieutenant-General Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox (29 May 1908 – 11 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War. Military career Gordon-Lennox was the eldest child of Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox and ...

*1924–1930: Harry Legge-Bourke *1930–1933:

Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon' ...

*1933–1936: George Hardinge

Edward VIII

First Page of Honour *1936: Patrick Crichton Second Page of Honour *1936: The Lord Herschell Third Page of Honour *1936: George Seymour Fourth Page of Honour *1936: George Hardinge

George VI

First Page of Honour *1936–1940: Robert Eliot *1940–1948: None due to the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

*1948–1950: Lord Hyde *1950–1952: Hon. Charles Wilson *1952: The Earl Erne Second Page of Honour *1935–1940: Baron Herschell *1940–1947: None due to the World War *1947–1951:

James Ogilvy James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of '' Luxury Briefing''. He is a relative of the British royal family as the elder child and only son of Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princes ...

*1951–1952: Jonathan Peel Third Page of Honour *1936–1940: George Seymour *1940–1946: None due to the World War *1946–1949: Bernard Gordon Lennox *1949–1952: Henry Seymour Fourth Page of Honour *1936–1938: George Hardinge *1938–1939: David Stuart *1939–1946: None due to the 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, whose mother was Lady Abel Smith, a lady-in-waiting to the Queen. *1959–1962: Hon. Julian Hardinge *1962–1964:

Earl of Lewes Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

*1964–1965: Lord Scrymgeour *1965–1967:

*1967–1970: Christopher Abel Smith, whose mother was Lady Abel Smith, a lady-in-waiting to the Queen, and who is a half-brother of Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet, First Page of Honour 1956–1959. *1970–1973:

Louis Greig Group Captain Sir Louis Leisler Greig, KBE CVO (17 November 1880 – 1 March 1953) was a Scottish naval surgeon, rugby player, courtier and a friend of King George VI. Rugby union Greig was a successful rugby player, and was capped for ...

*1973–1976: Lord Leveson *1976–1978: John Ponsonby *1979–1980: Hon. Thomas Coke *1981–1983:

James Basset James Basset (1526–1558) was a gentleman from the ancient Devonshire Basset family who became a servant of Stephen Gardiner (c. 1483–1555), Bishop of Winchester, by whom he was nominated MP for Taunton in 1553, for Downton in 1554, both ...

*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 The title Baron Maltravers or Mautravers was created in the Peerage of England on 25 January and 23 October 1330 when John Maltravers was summoned to Parliament by writs directed ''Iohanni Mautravers Iuniori''. The barony fell into abeyance among ...

*2002–2004:

Archibald Young Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop o ...

*2004–2008: George FitzRoy *2008–2012: Jack Soames *2012–2015: Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones *2015: Lachlan Legge-BourkeAppendix to Court Circular, 27 February 2015 Second 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 David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

*1962–1963: Viscount Ipswich *1963–1964:

Heneage Legge-Bourke Heneage may refer to: * Baron Heneage, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Heneage knot, a decorative heraldic knot People with the surname *Algernon Heneage Admiral Sir Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage (19 March 1833 – 10 June 1 ...

*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 A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman ...

*1983–1984: Hon. Hugh Crossley *1984–1988: Malcolm Maclean *1988–1991: Hon. Charles Tryon *1991–1995:

James Bowes-Lyon Major General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, (19 September 1917 – 18 December 1977) was a senior British Army officer who served as commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1968 to 1970. Early life and education Bowes-Lyon was bo ...

*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 AithrieAppendix to Court Circular, 14 December 2012 *2015–2019: Hon. Augustus Stanhope *2019–2022: Lord Claud Hamilton Third 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 Admiral Sir Guy Herbrand Edward Russell, (14 April 1898 – 25 September 1977) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, Second Sea Lord from 1953 to 1955, and C ...

*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:

*2018–2022: Robert Bruce Fourth 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 A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

*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 William Malise Fraser *2006–2008: Henry Naylor *2008–2012: Andrew Leeming *2012–2016: Hugo Bertie *2016-2018: Thomas Hallé *2018–2022: Max BowenAppendix to Court Circular, 13 July 2015

Charles III

First Page of Honour Second Page of Honour *2022–present: Lord Claud Hamilton Third Page of Honour *2022–present: Robert Bruce Fourth Page of Honour *2022–present: Max Bowen

References

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