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.

'The stables: Pages of Honour 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 611-615. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp611-615 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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.