The stables: Pages of Honour 1660-1837

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

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"The stables: Pages of Honour 1660-1837". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Ed. R O Bucholz(London, 2006), , British History Online. Web. 26 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp611-615.

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Pages of Honour 1660–1837

The pages of honour were to attend the monarch on all public occasions. They were appointed by royal warrant. (fn. 1) The number of pages fluctuated considerably. In 1669 it was fixed at three. It rose to four in 1682, fell to two in 1685 and again rose to four in 1689. (fn. 2) A fifth page served for a brief period after the accession of George III in 1760 and between 1773 and 1783. In the latter year the number was again fixed at four. (fn. 3) The salary was £156 in 1668, £260 in 1727 (divided from 1779 into £230 salary and £30 for instruction in horsemanship), plus diet when in waiting. (fn. 4) Extra pages were occasionally appointed.

Pages 1661–1837

By 1661 Napier, J.
By 1661 Skelton, B.
By 1662 Godolphin, S.
By 1664 Dillon, R.
1665 28 Feb. Felton, T.
1668 11 Nov. Legge, W.
1668 30 Nov. Berkeley, J.
By 1670 Wyndham, Sir C.
1673 Apr. Prideaux, J.
1673 May Porter, A.
1673 May Killigrew, R.
1675 Feb. Wroth, H.
1678 23 July Pulteney, T.
By 1680 Oglethorpe, S.
By 1685 Windsor, T.
By 1685 Graham, R.
1689 26 Mar. Needham, N.
1689 8 June Keppel, A.J.
1689 8 June Dormer, C.
1690 21 Jan. Harvey, M.
1690 28 Nov. Ittersom, E.H.
By 1692 Rawleigh, C.B.
By 1693 Feilding, G.
1695 11 Apr. Harrison, T.
1697 23 Apr. Rich, R.
1697 23 Apr. Wentworth, A.
1697 1 Dec. Colt, W.
By 1702 Brockhuisen, J.
1702 6 July Gough, J.
1702 6 July Blount, R.
1702 6 July Egerton, Hon. J.
1702 6 July Berkeley, Hon. H.
1707 29 June Arundell, Hon. R.
1708 26 Apr. Hedges, C.
1709 10 May Mordaunt, J.
1710 1 Jan. Hampden, J.
1712 19 July Murray, T.
1714 24 Nov. Killigrew, G.
1715 5 Aug. Bludworth, T.
1718 25 Aug. Howe, E.
1721 26 Apr. Carmichael, A.
1724 29 Feb. Irby, Sir W.
1724 21 May Villiers, W.
1727 26 Apr. Newton, H.
1727 26 Dec. Panton, H.
1727 29 Dec. Fitzwilliam, J.
1731 19 May Style, T.
1731 19 May d'Arcy, H.
1731 2 Oct. Boscawen, Hon. J.
1734 23 Oct. Roberts, P.
1735 9 Dec. Ashburnham, J.
1737 1 Apr. Lee, C.H.
1737 1 Apr. Roper, Hon. C.
1739 8 Nov. Chamberlayne, C.
1739 8 Nov. Wallop, B.
1740 13 May Mill, S.
1741 23 Oct. Keppel, Hon. W.
1744 3 Nov. Howe, Hon. W.
1745 5 Sept. Tryon, W.
1746 24 May Bennet, Hon. G.
1746 1 July Knollis, C.
1747 5 Jan. Brudenell, T.
1747 14 Jan. West, Hon. G.
1748 14 Apr. Jenkinson, J.
1748 14 Nov. Smith, H.
1751 19 Nov. Feilding, W.
1752 2 Dec. Middleton, W.
1753 25 Jan. Byng, Hon. J.
1753 20 Nov. Bathurst, J.
1755 28 Feb. Monckton, Hon. H.
1757 4 Jan. Wallop, H.
1759 9 Apr. Wrottesley, J.
1760 16 Jan. Vernon, H.
1760 25 Mar. Egerton, D.
1760 16 Dec. Hamilton, J.
1760 16 Dec. Boyle, Hon. E.
1761 24 Dec. Manners, J.
1762 1 Sept. Monckton, H.W.
1764 10 Feb. Thoroton, T.
1768 23 Jan. Mackenzie, F.
1768 2 Dec. Chaplin, F.
1769 14 Apr. Greville, H.
1772 3 Dec. Barrington, R.
1773 30 Apr. Bristow, G.
1776 26 July Cerjat, W.P.
1777 24 Jan. Hall, H.L.
1777 24 Jan. Durell, S.H.
1781 14 Feb. Howard, K.A.
1781 5 July Murray, J.
1782 15 Mar. West, C.A.
1784 27 Nov. Neville, J.P.
1786 21 June Cockburn, J.
1789 18 Apr. Jenkinson, C.
1791 6 Apr. Draper, E.A.
1793 29 May Wilson, H.
1794 26 Mar. Dashwood, G.
1794 30 July Parker, C.
1794 31 Dec. Dansey, W.M.
1795 9 Jan. Wilson, C.T.
1800 8 Mar. Wynyard, W.C.
1800 10 Mar. Irby, Hon. E.M.
1802 16 Sept. Stanhope, Hon. H.F.
1803 26 May Greville, C.C.F.
1804 4 Feb. Cumberland, R.F.G.
1804 12 May Somerset, H.
1808 10 Feb. Buckley, H.W.
1809 6 Apr. Stanhope, P.S.
1810 31 Jan. Murray, H.
1812 13 Mar. Turner, F.H.
1812 13 Mar. Arbuthnot, C.G.A.
1815 Culling Smith, W.F.
1815 Bloomfield, J.A.D.
1815 Graves, Hon. W.T.
1817 1 Feb. Paget, F.
1818 8 May Wellesley, A.R.
1819 4 May Torrens, A.W.
1820 23 June Bagot, C.
1821 9 Mar. Paulet, Lord F.
1823 14 Apr. Burton, W.C.
1824 20 Sept. Somerset, A.W.F.
1825 30 May Hudson, J.H.
1826 27 Jan. Hamilton, F.W.
1826 19 June Hervey Bathurst, W.H.
1830 6 July Graves, Hon. A.E.P.
1831 19 July Stephenson, F.C.A.
1832 9 Jan. d'Aguilar, H.T.
1832 18 May Kilmarnock, Lord
1835 30 May Ellice, C.
1837 3 Feb. Cowell, J.C.M.

Pages in Extraordinary 1671–c. 1687; 1812–1815

1671 24 Nov. Killigrew, R.
1671 24 Nov. Porter, A.
1674 25 Nov. Wroth, H.
1681 12 July Skelton, C.
1685 25 June Levinston, J.
1812 13 Mar. Culling Smith, W.F.
1812 13 Mar. Bloomfield, J.A.D.

Governor to the Pages of Honour 1703–1727

The governor to the pages of honour was appointed by the Crown. His official remuneration consisted of £100 per annum and diet when in attendance. After 1727, he was paid out of the Pensions Office. The place was filled until 1782. (fn. 5)

1703 10 Sept. Brisac, D.

Footnotes

  • 1. Beattie, pp. 103–4; MOH PB, 1 pp. 11, 145.
  • 2. Dartmouth MSS ox D [w] 1778/v/132; LS 13/38, f. 16v; LS 13/39, p. 36; LS 13/43, f. 20; MOH EB 11; ibid. 1, p. 2.
  • 3. MOH WB 1, p. 4; WB 2, p. 2.
  • 4. CSPD 1668–9, p. 63; LS 13/38, f. 16v; LS 13/39, p. 36; LS 13/43, f. 20; MOH EB 1, p. 2; EB1A, p. 2; EB 4, p. 4; EB1D; PB 1, pp. 193–94; Beattie, p. 214.
  • 5. LS 13/44, f. 21v; MOH PB 1, p. 133.
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