List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II
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The procession for the coronation of Elizabeth II was an element of the ceremony in which court, clerical, governmental, and parliamentary officials from around the Commonwealth of Nations moved in a set order of precedence through the streets of London, England, and into Westminster Abbey, where the coronation took place.
The Royal Family[edit]
Pursuivants and Ushers | |||||
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Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms | Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms | ||||
Gentleman Usher Captain Philip Neville, RN | Gentleman Usher Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley, Bt, KCMG, CVO | ||||
Members of the Royal Family | |||||
HRH The Princess Royal, CI, GCVO, GBE, RRC, TD her train borne by the Honourable Mrs Forbes her coronet borne by The Master of Forbes | |||||
HRH Prince Richard of Gloucester | HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, CI, GCVO, GBE her train borne by Lady Caroline Gilmour her coronet carried by Earl of Dalkeith | HRH Prince William of Gloucester | |||
HRH The Duchess of Kent, CI, GCVO, GBE her train borne by Lady Rachel Davidson her coronet carried by Philip Hay, CVO | |||||
HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent her train borne by the Honourable Katharine Smith | HRH Prince Michael of Kent | HRH The Duke of Kent his coronet carried by his page the Honourable Henry Herbert | |||
HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, CI, GCVO, GBE her train borne by Mrs James Mure her coronet carried by Richard Abel Smith | Lady Patricia Ramsay, CI her train borne by the Honourable Gillian Cecil her coronet carried by Captain Alexander Ramsay | ||||
Major-General The Earl of Athlone, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO his coronet carried by his page, Gerald Ward | Princess Marie Louise, GCVO, GBE, CI, RRC her train borne by Mrs Hugh Adams |
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret[edit]
Heralds and Ushers | |
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Somerset Herald | Windsor Herald |
Gentleman Usher Colonel Geoffrey Codrington, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, OBE, TD | Gentleman Usher Lieutenant-Colonel Henry de Satgé, CMG, CVO, DSO |
Princess Margaret | |
HRH The Princess Margaret, CI, GCVO her train borne by Iris Peake her coronet carried by her page, Albemarle Bowes-Lyon | |
HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother | |
Richmond Herald | York Herald |
Chester Herald | Lancaster Herald |
The Lord Chamberlain of the Queen Mother's Household Lieutenant-Colonel The Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, MC his coronet carried by his page Robert Ramsay | |
HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | |
Her train borne by The Mistress of the Robes The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, GCVO, CBE assisted by: | |
Jonathan Peel | Michael Anson |
Viscount Carlow | The Earl Erne |
The coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page | |
Ladies of the Bedchamber | |
The Dowager Viscountess Hambledon | The Countess Spencer, OBE |
The Countess of Scarbrough | The Lady Harlech, DCVO |
Women of the Bedchamber | |
The Honourable Mrs John Mulholland | Lady Jean Rankin |
Other Members of The Queen Mother's Household | |
Private Secretary Captain Oliver Dawnay | Treasurer Sir Arthur Penn, GCVO, MC |
Chaplains[edit]
The Abbey Beadle | |||||
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The Abbey Beadle G. F. Calvert | |||||
The Chaplains | |||||
The Very Reverend John Baillie (1886–1960) | The Reverend A. Nevile Davidson (1899–1976) | ||||
The Reverend Thomas Malcolm Layng CBE MC (1892–1958) | The Reverend Canon Henry Spencer Stephenson (1871–1957) | ||||
The Reverend Canon L. M. Andrews CVO MBE MC | The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton CH MC (1885–1972) | ||||
The Reverend Canon A. Rowland H. Grant CVO TD (died 1961) | The Reverend Canon C. E. Raven (1885–1964) | ||||
The Reverend Canon Guy Rogers MC (1876–1967) | |||||
The Domestic Chaplains | |||||
The Reverend John Lamb MC | |||||
The Reverend Hector Anderson MVO | The Reverend Maurice Foxell MVO (1888–1981) | ||||
The Representatives of the Free Churches | |||||
Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales Ebenezer Cunningham (1881–1977) | |||||
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of England The Right Reverend Professor T. W. Manson (1893–1958)[1] | President of the Baptist Union The Reverend Henry Bonser (died 1966) | ||||
The President of the Methodist Conference The Reverend Colin Roberts (1886–1975) | Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council The Reverend Hugh Martin (1890–1964) | ||||
The Representatives of the Church of Scotland | |||||
Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly The Very Reverend Alexander Macdonald | Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly The Very Reverend John McKenzie CIE | ||||
The Right Reverend Professor James Pitt-Watson (1893–1962) Moderator of the General Assembly | |||||
The Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster | |||||
The Prebendaries' Virger A. J. R. Greaves (1910–2000)[2] | |||||
The Cross of Westminster borne by The Reverend Christopher Hildyard (1901–1987)[3][4] as deputy to the Minor Canon and Sacrist, the Reverend Jocelyn H. T. Perkins CVO (1869–1962)[5] | |||||
The Reverend Canon Edward Carpenter (1910–1998) | The Reverend Canon Charles Smyth (1903–1987)[6] | ||||
The Venerable Adam Fox (1883–1977) | The Reverend Canon Stephen Marriott (1886–1964) | ||||
The Dean's Virger G. C. Drake MVO | |||||
Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Alan Campbell Don KCVO (1885–1966) | |||||
Heralds and Pursuivants | |||||
Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary Alexander Colin Cole (1922–2001) | Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms Charles St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1914–2004) | Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (1925–2012) | |||
Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms Captain Rupert Iain Kay (1919–1985) | Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Dalyell of the Binns CIE (1887–1953) | Carrick Pursuivant of Arms James M. Grant (1903–1981) |
Officers of the Orders of Knighthood[edit]
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | |
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The Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers GBE (1880–1966) | |
The Secretary Sir Edward Bridges GCB GCVO MC (1892–1969) | The King of Arms Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr KBE CB DFC AFC (1891–1971) |
The Royal Victorian Order | |
The Chaplain The Reverend Cyril Cresswell CVO (1890–1974) | |
The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George | |
The Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham CB (1876–1959) | The Registrar Sir Percivale Liesching KCB (1895–1973) |
The King of Arms Sir (George) Nevile (Maltby) Bland KCMG KCVO (1886–1972) | The Secretary |
The Prelate The Right Reverend Wilfred Marcus Askwith , Bishop of Blackburn (1890–1962) | |
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath | |
The Deputy Secretary Brigadier Ivan de la Bere CVO CBE (1893–1970) | The Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley CB DSO MC (1896–1983) |
The Registrar and Secretary Air Vice-Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft KCB CMG DSO AFC (1883–1958) | Bath King of Arms Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb GCB KBE DSO DFC AFC (1895–1968) |
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle | |
The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod | |
The Most Noble Order of the Garter | |
The Register The Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton , Dean of Windsor (1890–1962) | The Chancellor Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax KG OM GCSI GCIE TD (1881–1958) his coronet carried by his page, Benedick Peake |
Heralds | ||
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Marchmont Herald Lieutenant-Colonel John William Balfour Paul DSO (1873–1957) | Rothesay Herald Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson (1899–1985) | Albany Herald Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig (1903–1963) |
Standards[edit]
Standards of the Commonwealth | |
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The Standard of Ceylon borne by Sir Edwin A. P. Wijeyeratne KBE (1889–1968) | The Standard of Pakistan borne by Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani (1902–1981) |
The Standard of the Union of South Africa borne by Dr. Albertus L. Geyer (1894–1969) | The Standard of New Zealand borne by Sir Frederick Widdowson Doidge KCMG (1884–1954) |
The Standard of the Commonwealth of Australia borne by Sir Thomas Walter White KBE DFC VD (1888–1957) | The Standard of Canada borne by Norman Alexander Robertson (1904–1968) |
The Union Standard | |
The Union Standard borne by Captain John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (the Queen's Champion) (1926–2015) | |
The Standard of the Principality of Wales | |
The Standard of the Principality of Wales borne by William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech KG GCMG (1885–1964) his coronet carried by his page, |
Standards of the Quarterings of the Royal Arms | ||
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borne by | ||
William Sidney, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC (1909–1991) his coronet carried by his page, | Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby MC (1918–1994) his coronet carried by his page, | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, Hereditary Royal Standard-Bearer for Scotland (1902–1983) his coronet carried by his page, |
The Royal Standard borne by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO (1887–1976) his coronet carried by his page, |
Members of the Royal Household[edit]
Members of the Royal Household | ||
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The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Sir Henry Gray Studholme (1899–1987) | The Treasurer of the Household Sir Cedric Drewe (1896–1971)[11] | The Comptroller of the Household Major Sir Roger John Edward Conant (1899–1973) |
The Keeper of the Jewel House bearing on a cushion the Ring, the Armills, and the Sword for the Offering Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst GCB GCVO MC (1894–1960) acting for Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell CB MC (1896–1973) |
Pursuivants | |
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Bluemantle Pursuivant James A. Frere (1920–1994) | Rouge Croix Pursuivant John Riddell Bromhead Walker MC (1913–1984) |
The Knights of the Garter appointed to hold the Canopy for the Queen's Anointing | |
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Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale KG CB CBE MC (1890–1956) his coronet carried by his page, George Andrew Beaumont (1938–1960) | Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue KG CB OBE MC (1888–1958) his coronet carried by his page, James Sherbrooke Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (born 1940) |
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington KG (1885–1972) his coronet carried by his page, Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born 1941) | William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG (1893–1977) his coronet carried by his page, the Honourable Bruce Hacking (born 1940) |
Members of the Royal Household | |
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The Lord Chamberlain of the Household Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough KG GCSI GCIE TD (1896–1969) his coronet carried by his page, David McEwen (1938–1976) | The Lord Steward of the Household Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon KT GCVO AFC (1903–1973) his coronet carried by his page, Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale (1938–2010) |
The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Right Honourable Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893–1961) |
Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations[edit]
Prime Ministers of the Members of the Commonwealth | |
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The Prime Minister of Ceylon Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1911–1973) | |
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) | The Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) |
The Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa Daniel François Malan (1874–1959) | The Prime Minister of New Zealand Sidney George Holland CH (1893–1961) |
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies CH QC (1894–1978) | The Prime Minister of Canada Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent QC (1882–1973) |
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD (1874–1965) |
Archbishops and the Lord Chancellor[edit]
Archbishop of York | |
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The Cross of York borne by the Reverend T. W. I. Cleasby (1920–2009) | |
Archbishop of York The Most Reverend Cyril Forster Garbett (1875–1955) attended by the Reverend Prebendary Philip William Wheeldon OBE (1913–1992) | |
The Lord Chancellor | |
The Lord High Chancellor Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Baron Simonds (1881–1971) attended by his Pursebearer, T. Cokayne his coronet carried by his page | |
Archbishop of Canterbury | |
The Cross of Canterbury borne by the Reverend John S. Long (1913–2008) | |
Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Reverend Geoffrey Francis Fisher (1887–1972) attended by the Reverend Eric G. Jay (1907–1989) and the Reverend Canon Ian Hugh White-Thomson (1905–1997) |
Duke of Edinburgh[edit]
Heralds | |||||
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Arundel Herald Extraordinary Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah (1896–1974) | Norfolk Herald Extraordinary H. S. London (1884–1959) | ||||
Somerset Herald Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax (1900–1972) | Lord Lyon King of Arms Sir Thomas Innes of Learney KCVO (1893–1971) | Windsor Herald Richard Preston Graham-Vivian MC (1896–1979) | |||
The Duke of Edinburgh and His Household | |||||
Harbinger of the Gentlemen at Arms Major-General Arthur Reginald Chater CB OBE DSO (1896–1979) Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Queen's Consort Admiral of the Fleet The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GBE (1921–2021) his coronet carried by his page | The Standard Bearer of the Gentleman at Arms Major-General Maurice Anthony Wingfield CMG DSO (1883–1956) Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | |||
The Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh Squadron-Leader Sir Beresford Peter Torrington Horsley AFC (1921–2001) | The Treasurer to the Duke of Edinburgh Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning KBE CB DSO (1896–1965) | The Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh Lieut.-Commander John Michael Avison Parker MVO RN (1920–2002) | |||
Serjeants-at-Arms | |||||
Serjeant-at-Arms | Serjeant-at-Arms George A. Titman, CBE MVO (1889–1980) | ||||
Heralds | |||||
Richmond Herald Anthony R. Wagner (1908–1995) | York Herald Aubrey John Toppin, MVO (1881–1969) | ||||
Chester Herald John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, MVO (1888–1967) | Lancaster Herald Archibald George Blomefield Russell, CVO (1879–1955) |
Bearers of the Regalia and Great Officers of State[edit]
The Queen[edit]
The Queen and Her Attendants | |||||||||
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The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Vesey CMG CBE (1884–1957) | |||||||||
The Bishop of Bath and Wells The Right Reverend Harold William Bradfield (1898–1960) | The Queen in Her Royal Robe of crimson Velvet, trimmed with Ermine and bordered with Gold Lace Wearing the Collar of the Garter; on Her Head a Diadem of precious Stones | The Bishop of Durham The Right Reverend Arthur Michael Ramsey (1904–1988) | |||||||
The Lieutenant of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Brigadier General Sir Harvey Kearsley KCVO CMG DSO (1880–1956) | |||||||||
Ten Gentlemen-at-Arms | Ten Gentlemen-at-Arms | ||||||||
Her Majesty's Train borne by The Mistress of the Robes Mary Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988) | |||||||||
Lady Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 1932) | Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (1934–2022) | ||||||||
Lady Anne Veronica Coke (born 1932) | Lady Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (born 1934) | ||||||||
Lady Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (1930–2020)[16] | Lady Rosemary Mildred Spencer-Churchill (born 1929) | ||||||||
the coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page,
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The Groom of the Robes Captain Sir Harold Campbell KCVO DSO RN (1888–1969) | |||||||||
Ladies of the Bedchamber | |||||||||
(Ann) Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (1920–2021) | Elizabeth Mary Coke, Countess of Leicester (1912–1985) | ||||||||
Women of the Bedchamber | |||||||||
Lady Alice Egerton (1923–1977) | Lady Margaret Hay (Lady Margaret Katherine Seymour) (1918–1975) | ||||||||
Mrs. Alexander Abel Smith (Henriette Alice Cadogan) DCVO (1914–2005) | Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone (Jean Frances Hambro) (1923–2017) |
Other Members of the Royal Household | |||||
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The Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith VC KCB (1883–1965) | The Master of the Horse Henry Hugh Arthur Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG GCVO (1900–1984) his coronet carried by his page, | The Gold-Stick-in-Waiting Major-General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse KCMG DSO (1883–1962) | |||
The Captain General of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (the Royal Company of Archers) and Gold Stick for Scotland John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair KT DSO (1879–1961), his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble GBE KCB CVO (1880–1955) | |||||
Lord in Waiting John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon KCVO (1899–1976) his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow MC TD (1913–1971), his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
The Keeper of Her Majesty's Privy Purse Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon KCVO DSO (1906–1976), his coronet carried by his page, | The Private Secretary to the Queen Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles GCB GCVO CMG MC (1887–1981) | ||||
The Crown Equerry Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh GCVO (1890–1958) | The Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent GCVO MC (1895–1973) | ||||
Equerry to the Queen Group Captain Peter Townsend CVO DSO DFC (1914–1995) | Equerry to the Queen Major Sir Michael Edward Adeane KCVO CB (1910–1984) | ||||
Equerry to the Queen Captain Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992) | Equerry to the Queen Captain Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975), his coronet carried by his page, | ||||
The Field-Officer-in-Brigade Waiting Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington MBE (1910–1999) | The Silver-Stick-in-Waiting | ||||
The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham DSO (1885–1977) | The Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet CB DSO MC (1897–1988) | ||||
Twelve Yeomen of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
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