List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II
Introduction 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 +Pursuivants and UshersBluemantle Pursuivant of ArmsJames FrereRouge Croix Pursuivant of ArmsJohn WalkerGentleman UsherCaptain Philip Neville, RNGentleman UsherRear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley, Bt, KCMG, CVOMembers of the Royal Family'''HRH The Princess Royal''', CI, GCVO, GBE, RRC, TDher train borne bythe Honourable Mrs Forbesher coronet borne byThe Master of Forbes'''HRH Prince Richard of Gloucester''''''HRH The Duchess of Gloucester''', CI, GCVO, GBEher train borne byLady Caroline Gilmourher coronet carried byEarl of Dalkeith'''HRH Prince William of Gloucester''''''HRH The Duchess of Kent''', CI, GCVO, GBEher train borne byLady Rachel Davidsonher coronet carried byPhilip Hay, CVO'''HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent'''her train borne bythe Honourable Katharine Smith'''HRH Prince Michael of Kent''''''HRH The Duke of Kent'''his coronet carried by his pagethe Honourable Henry Herbert'''HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone''', CI, GCVO, GBEher train borne byMrs James Mureher coronet carried byRichard Abel Smith'''Lady Patricia Ramsay''', CIher train borne bythe Honourable Gillian Cecilher coronet carried byCaptain Alexander RamsayMajor-General '''The Earl of Athlone''', KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSOhis coronet carried by his page,Gerald Ward'''Princess Marie Louise''', GCVO, GBE, CI, RRCher train borne byMrs Hugh Adams
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret +Heralds and UshersSomerset HeraldMichael Trappes-LomaxWindsor HeraldRichard Graham-VivianGentleman UsherColonel Geoffrey Codrington, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, OBE, TDGentleman UsherLieutenant-Colonel Henry de Satgé, CMG, CVO, DSOPrincess Margaret'''HRH The Princess Margaret''', CI, GCVOher train borne by Iris Peakeher coronet carried by her page,Albemarle Bowes-LyonHM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen MotherRichmond HeraldAnthony WagnerYork HeraldAubrey ToppinChester HeraldJohn Heaton-ArmstrongLancaster HeraldArchibald George Blomefield RussellThe Lord Chamberlain of the Queen Mother's HouseholdLieutenant-Colonel The Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, MChis coronet carried by his pageRobert Ramsay'''HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother'''Her train borne byThe Mistress of the RobesThe Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, GCVO, CBEassisted by:Jonathan PeelMichael AnsonViscount CarlowThe Earl ErneThe coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her pageLord James Douglas-HamiltonLadies of the BedchamberThe Dowager Viscountess HambledonThe Countess Spencer, OBEThe Countess of ScarbroughThe Lady Harlech, DCVOWomen of the BedchamberThe Honourable Mrs John MulhollandLady Jean RankinOther Members of The Queen Mother's HouseholdPrivate SecretaryCaptain Oliver DawnayTreasurerSir Arthur Penn, GCVO, MC
Chaplains The Abbey BeadleThe Abbey BeadleG. F. Calvert The Chaplains The Very Reverend John Baillie (1886–1960) The Reverend A. Nevile Davidson (1899–1976) The Reverend Thomas Malcolm Layng  (1892–1958) The Reverend Canon Henry Spencer Stephenson (1871–1957) The Reverend Canon L. M. Andrews  The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton  (1885–1972) The Reverend Canon A. Rowland H. Grant  (died 1961) The Reverend Canon C. E. Raven (1885–1964)The Reverend Canon Guy Rogers  (1876–1967)The Domestic ChaplainsThe Reverend John Lamb  The Reverend Hector Anderson  The Reverend Maurice Foxell  (1888–1981) '''The Representatives of the Free Churches'''Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and WalesEbenezer Cunningham (1881–1977)Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of EnglandThe Right Reverend Professor T. W. Manson (1893–1958) President of the Baptist UnionThe Reverend Henry Bonser (died 1966) The President of the Methodist ConferenceThe Reverend Colin Roberts (1886–1975) Moderator of the Free Church Federal CouncilThe Reverend Hugh Martin (1890–1964)The Representatives of the Church of Scotland Ex-Moderator of the General AssemblyThe Very Reverend Alexander Macdonald  Ex-Moderator of the General AssemblyThe Very Reverend John McKenzie The Right Reverend Professor James Pitt-Watson (1893–1962)Moderator of the General Assembly'''The Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster'''The Prebendaries' VirgerA. J. R. Greaves (1910–2000)The Cross of Westminsterborne by The Reverend Christopher Hildyard (1901–1987)as deputy to the Minor Canon and Sacrist, the Reverend Jocelyn H. T. Perkins  (1869–1962) The Reverend Canon Edward Carpenter (1910–1998) The Reverend Canon Charles Smyth (1903–1987) The Venerable Adam Fox (1883–1977) The Reverend Canon Stephen Marriott (1886–1964)The Dean's VirgerG. C. Drake '''Dean of Westminster'''The Very Reverend Alan Campbell Don  (1885–1966)Heralds and PursuivantsFitzalan Pursuivant ExtraordinaryAlexander Colin Cole (1922–2001)Portcullis Pursuivant of ArmsCharles St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1914–2004)Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of ArmsRobin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (1925–2012)Kintyre Pursuivant of ArmsCaptain Rupert Iain Kay (1919–1985)Unicorn Pursuivant of ArmsLieutenant-Colonel Gordon Dalyell of the Binns  (1887–1953)Carrick Pursuivant of ArmsJames M. Grant (1903–1981)
Officers of the Orders of Knighthood '''The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire'''The Gentleman Usher of the Purple RodSir Ernest Arthur Gowers  (1880–1966)The SecretarySir Edward Bridges  (1892–1969)The King of ArmsAir Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr  (1891–1971)'''The Royal Victorian Order '''The ChaplainThe Reverend Cyril Cresswell  (1890–1974)'''The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George'''The Gentleman Usher of the Blue RodAdmiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham  (1876–1959)The RegistrarSir Percivale Liesching  (1895–1973)The King of ArmsSir (George) Nevile (Maltby) Bland  (1886–1972)The SecretarySir Thomas Lloyd  (1896–1968)The PrelateThe Right Reverend Wilfred Marcus Askwith , Bishop of Blackburn (1890–1962)'''The Most Honourable Order of the Bath'''The Deputy SecretaryBrigadier Ivan de la Bere  (1893–1970)The Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet RodMajor-General Douglas Neil Wimberley  (1896–1983)The Registrar and SecretaryAir Vice-Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft  (1883–1958)Bath King of ArmsAir Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb  (1895–1968)'''The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle''' The Gentleman Usher of the Green RodColonel Sir Edward Daymonde Stevenson  (1895–1958)'''The Most Noble Order of the Garter'''The RegisterThe Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton , Dean of Windsor (1890–1962)The ChancellorEdward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax  (1881–1958)his coronet carried by his page, Benedick Peake+HeraldsMarchmont HeraldLieutenant-Colonel John William Balfour Paul  (1873–1957)Rothesay HeraldLieutenant-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson (1899–1985)Albany HeraldMajor Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig (1903–1963)
Standards  Standards of the CommonwealthThe Standard of Ceylon50pxborne by Sir Edwin A. P. Wijeyeratne  (1889–1968)The Standard of Pakistan50pxborne by Mirza Abol Hassan Ispahani (1902–1981)The Standard of the Union of South Africa50pxborne by Dr. Albertus L. Geyer (1894–1969)The Standard of New Zealand50pxborne by Sir Frederick Widdowson Doidge  (1884–1954)The Standard of the Commonwealth of Australia50pxborne by Sir Thomas Walter White  (1888–1957)The Standard of Canada50pxborne by Norman Alexander Robertson (1904–1968)The Union StandardThe Union Standard50pxborne by Captain John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (the Queen's Champion) (1926–2015)The Standard of the Principality of WalesThe Standard of the Principality of Wales50pxborne by William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech  (1885–1964)his coronet carried by his page,Julian Ormsby-Gore (1940–1974)Standards of the Quarterings of the Royal Armsborne by William Sidney, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley  (1909–1991)his coronet carried by his page,George Jeffreys (1939–2010)Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby  (1918–1994)his coronet carried by his page, Henry Milles-Lade, Viscount Throwley (1940–1996)Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee, Hereditary Royal Standard-Bearer for Scotland (1902–1983)his coronet carried by his page,Christopher James Makins (1942–2006)The Royal Standard50pxborne by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein  (1887–1976)his coronet carried by his page,Nicholas Wright
Members of the Royal Household '''Members of the Royal Household'''The Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdSir Henry Gray Studholme (1899–1987)The Treasurer of the HouseholdSir Cedric Drewe (1896–1971)	The Comptroller of the HouseholdMajor Sir Roger John Edward Conant (1899–1973)The Keeper of the Jewel Housebearing on a cushionthe Ring, the Armills, and the Sword for the OfferingAlexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst  (1894–1960)acting for Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell  (1896–1973)'''Pursuivants'''Bluemantle PursuivantJames A. Frere (1920–1994)Rouge Croix PursuivantJohn Riddell Bromhead Walker  (1913–1984) The Knights of the Garterappointed to hold the Canopy for the Queen's AnointingWentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale  (1890–1956)his coronet carried by his page, George Andrew Beaumont (1938–1960)Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue  (1888–1958)his coronet carried by his page, James Sherbrooke Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton (born 1940)Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington  (1885–1972)his coronet carried by his page,Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born 1941)William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland  (1893–1977)his coronet carried by his page,the Honourable Bruce Hacking (born 1940) Members of the Royal Household   The Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdLawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough  (1896–1969)his coronet carried by his page,David McEwen (1938–1976)The Lord Steward of the HouseholdDouglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon  (1903–1973)his coronet carried by his page,Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Clydesdale (1938–2010)The Lord Keeper of the Privy SealThe Right Honourable Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893–1961)
Prime Ministers of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]  Prime Ministers of the Members of the CommonwealthThe Prime Minister of CeylonDudley Shelton Senanayake (1911–1973)The Prime Minister of PakistanMuhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963)The Prime Minister of IndiaJawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)The Prime Minister of the Union of South AfricaDaniel François Malan (1874–1959)The Prime Minister of New ZealandSidney George Holland  (1893–1961)The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of AustraliaRobert Gordon Menzies  (1894–1978)The Prime Minister of CanadaLouis Stephen Saint-Laurent  (1882–1973)The Prime Minister of the United KingdomSir Winston Spencer-Churchill  (1874–1965)
Archbishops and the Lord Chancellor  Archbishop of YorkThe Cross of Yorkborne by the Reverend T. W. I. Cleasby  (1920–2009)Archbishop of YorkThe Most Reverend Cyril Forster Garbett  (1875–1955)attended by the Reverend Prebendary Philip William Wheeldon  (1913–1992)The Lord ChancellorThe Lord High ChancellorGavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Baron Simonds (1881–1971)attended by his Pursebearer, T. Cokaynehis coronet carried by his pageAndrew Parker Bowles (born 1939)Archbishop of CanterburyThe Cross of Canterburyborne by the Reverend John S. Long  (1913–2008)Archbishop of CanterburyThe 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 +HeraldsArundel Herald ExtraordinaryDermot Michael Macgregor Morrah (1896–1974)Norfolk Herald ExtraordinaryH. S. London (1884–1959)Somerset HeraldMichael Roger Trappes-Lomax (1900–1972)Lord Lyon King of ArmsSir Thomas Innes of Learney  (1893–1971)Windsor HeraldRichard Preston Graham-Vivian  (1896–1979)    The Duke of Edinburgh and His HouseholdHarbinger of the Gentlemen at ArmsMajor-General Arthur Reginald Chater  (1896–1979)Three Gentlemen-at-ArmsThe Queen's ConsortAdmiral of the Fleet The Duke of Edinburgh  (1921–2021)his coronet carried by his pageNigel Grier-Rees, Midshipman  (died 1973)The Standard Bearer of the Gentleman at ArmsMajor-General Maurice Anthony Wingfield  (1883–1956)Three Gentlemen-at-ArmsThe Equerry to the Duke of EdinburghSquadron-Leader Sir Beresford Peter Torrington Horsley  (1921–2001)The Treasurer to the Duke of EdinburghLieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning  (1896–1965)The Private Secretary to the Duke of EdinburghLieut.-Commander John Michael Avison Parker  (1920–2002)Serjeants-at-ArmsSerjeant-at-ArmsLieut.-Commander (S) Albert W. Stone Serjeant-at-ArmsGeorge A. Titman,  (1889–1980)HeraldsRichmond HeraldAnthony R. Wagner (1908–1995)York HeraldAubrey John Toppin,  (1881–1969)Chester HeraldJohn Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong,  (1888–1967)Lancaster HeraldArchibald George Blomefield Russell,  (1879–1955)
Bearers of the Regalia and Great Officers of State  RegaliaSaint Edward's Staffborne by James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster  (1907–1983),his coronet carried by his page,George John Aird (born 1940)The Sceptre with the Crossborne by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford  (1893–1971),his coronet carried by his page,Winston Spencer-Churchill (1940–2010)a Golden Spurborne by Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910–1991),his coronet carried by his page,the Honourable William Grosvenor (born 1942)a Golden Spurborne by Albert Edward Delaval Astley, 21st Baron Hastings (1882–1956),his coronet carried by his page,Philip Gurdon (born 1940)The Sword of Temporal Justice, or Third Swordborne by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry  (1894–1973),his coronet carried by his page,Charles John Dawnay (born 1938)Curtanaborne by Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914–1988),his coronet carried by his page,Edward ElwesThe Sword of Spiritual Justice, or Second Swordborne by Alexander Frederic Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home (1903–1995),his coronet carried by his page,David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (1943–2022)English Kings of Arms, Black Rod and the Lord Mayor of LondonNorroy and Ulster King of ArmsSir Gerald Woods Wollaston  (1874–1957)Clarenceux King of ArmsSir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane  (1872–1954)The Lord Mayor of Londonbearing the Crystal SceptreSir Rupert de la Bère (1893–1978)Garter Principal King of ArmsSir George Rothe Bellew  (1899–1993)The Gentleman Usher of the Black RodLieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks  (1895–1985)The Great Officers of State and the Sword of StateThe Lord Great ChamberlainGeorge Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883–1968)his coronet carried by his pageNicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (born 1942)The Lord High Steward of IrelandJohn George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury (1914–1980)his coronet carried by his pageJohn Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1941)The High Constable of ScotlandGilbert Allan Rowland Boyd, 6th Baron Kilmarnock  (1903–1975)standing proxy forDiana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (1926–1978)his coronet carried by his pageRobin Jordan Boyd (born 1941)The Great Steward of ScotlandDavid Alexander Robert Lindsay The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres  (1900–1975)standing proxy for The Duke of Rothesay (known outside Scotland as The Duke of Cornwall) (born 1948);his coronet carried by his page,Thomas Richard Lindsay (born 1937)The Earl MarshalBernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk  (1908–1975),attended by his two pages,Duncan Henry Davidson (born 1941) andthe Honourable James Reginald Drummond (born 1938)The Sword of Stateborne by Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury  (1893–1972)his coronet carried by his page,William Hugh Amherst Cecil (1940–2009)The Lord High Constable of EnglandField Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, Viscount Alanbrooke  (1883–1963)attended by his two pages,Henry Neville Lindley Keswick (born 1938) and Charles Anthony Selby McCreery (born 1942)RegaliaSceptre with the Doveborne by Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon (1904–1989)his coronet carried by his pageSimon Warley Frederick Benton Jones (1941–2016)St. Edward's Crownborne by the Lord High StewardAdmiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope  (1883–1963),attended by his two pages,Julian Alexander Ludovic James (born 1939) and Martin BrettThe Orbborne by Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis  (1891–1969)his coronet carried by his pagethe Honourable Brian James Alexander (born 1939)The Bible and Altar PlateThe Patenborne by the Bishop of London, The Right Reverend John William Charles Wand (1885–1977)The Bibleborne by the Bishop of Norwich, The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert (1885–1968)The Chaliceborne by the Bishop of Winchester, The Right Reverend Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (1888–1968)
The Queen  The Queen and Her AttendantsThe Clerk of the Cheque and AdjutantLieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Vesey  (1884–1957)The Bishop of Bath and WellsThe Right Reverend Harold William Bradfield  (1898–1960)'''The Queen'''in Her Royal Robe of crimson Velvet, trimmed with Ermine and bordered with Gold LaceWearing the Collar of the Garter; on Her Head a Diadem of precious StonesThe Bishop of Durham The Right Reverend Arthur Michael Ramsey  (1904–1988) The Lieutenant of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsBrigadier General Sir Harvey Kearsley  (1880–1956) Ten Gentlemen-at-Arms Ten Gentlemen-at-ArmsHer Majesty's Train borne byThe Mistress of the RobesMary Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988)assisted by the Maids of Honour: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)Lady Rosemary Mildred Spencer-Churchill (born 1929)the coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page,Peregrine Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (born 1944)The Groom of the RobesCaptain Sir Harold Campbell  (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 BedchamberLady Alice Egerton (1923–1977)Lady Margaret Hay (Lady Margaret Katherine Seymour) (1918–1975)Mrs. Alexander Abel Smith (Henriette Alice Cadogan)  (1914–2005)Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone (Jean Frances Hambro) (1923–2017)Other Members of the Royal HouseholdThe Vice-Admiral of the United KingdomAdmiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith  (1883–1965)The Master of the HorseHenry Hugh Arthur Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort  (1900–1984)his coronet carried by his page,Reuben Charles HarfordThe Gold-Stick-in-WaitingMajor-General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse  (1883–1962)The Captain General of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland(the Royal Company of Archers) and Gold Stick for ScotlandJohn James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair  (1879–1961),his coronet carried by his page,Archibald George, Lord Montgomerie (1939–2018)The Rear-Admiral of the United KingdomAdmiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble  (1880–1955)Lord in WaitingJohn Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon  (1899–1976)his coronet carried by his page,Simon Peter Scott (1939–2009)The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the GuardWilliam Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow  (1913–1971),his coronet carried by his page,Michael John Hare (1938–2018)The Keeper of Her Majesty's Privy PurseCharles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon  (1906–1976),his coronet carried by his page,the Honourable Anthony Tryon (1940–2018)The Private Secretary to the QueenAlan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles  (1887–1981)The Crown EquerryColonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh  (1890–1958)The Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's OfficeLieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent  (1895–1973)Equerry to the QueenGroup Captain Peter Townsend  (1914–1995)Equerry to the QueenMajor Sir Michael Edward Adeane  (1910–1984)Equerry to the QueenCaptain Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992)Equerry to the QueenCaptain Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975),his coronet carried by his page,Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988)The Field-Officer-in-Brigade WaitingColonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington  (1910–1999)The Silver-Stick-in-WaitingColonel Edward John Sutton Ward  (1909–1990)The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Yeomen of the GuardLieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham  (1885–1977)The Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the GuardSir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet  (1897–1988)Twelve Yeomen of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
References  The London Gazette, no. 40020 of 20 November 1953, pp. 6238 ff.