List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II
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.
Chaplains
Office | Person/Title |
---|---|
Chaplains | The Very Reverend John Baillie (1886–1960) |
The Reverend Thomas Malcolm Layng CBE MC (1892–1958) | |
The Reverend Canon L. M. Andrews CVO MBE MC | |
The Reverend Prebendary A. R. H. Grant CVO TD (died 1961) | |
The Reverend A. Nevile Davidson (1899–1976) | |
The Reverend Canon Henry Spencer Stephenson (1871–1957) | |
The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton CH MC (1885–1972) | |
The Reverend Canon C. E. Raven (1885–1964) | |
The Reverend Canon Guy Rogers MC (1876–1967) | |
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, Esq. (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 (1884/5–1966) |
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 (1948) | The Very Reverend Alexander Macdonald |
Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly (1946) | The Very Reverend John McKenzie CIE |
Moderator of the General Assembly | The Right Reverend Professor James Pitt-Watson (1893–1962) |
The Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster | |
Prebendaries Virger | Mr. 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, Reverend Jocelyn H. T. Perkins CVO (1869–1962)[5] | |
The Reverend Canon Edward Carpenter (1910–1998) | |
Archdeacon | The Venerable Adam Fox (1883–1977) |
The Reverend Canon Charles Smyth (1903–1987) [6] | |
The Reverend Canon Stephen Marriott (1886–1964) | |
The Dean's Virger | Mr. G. C. Drake MVO |
Dean of Westminster | The Very Reverend Alan Campbell Don KCVO (1885–1966) |
Officers of the Orders of Knighthood
Office | Person/Title |
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Heralds I | |
Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary | Alexander Colin Cole, Esq. (1922–2001) |
Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms | Charles St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1914–2004) |
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms | Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees, Esq. (1925–2012) |
Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms | Captain Rupert Iain Kay (1919–1985) |
Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms | Lieut.-Colonel Gordon Dalyell of the Binns CIE (1887–1953) |
Carrick Pursuivant of Arms | James M. Grant, Esq. (1903–1981) |
The Officers of the Order of Knighthood | |
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | |
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 | Sir Thomas Lloyd GCMG KCB (1896–1968) |
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 | Colonel Sir Edward Daymonde Stevenson KCVO MC (1895–1958) |
The Most Noble Order of the Garter | |
The Register | Dean of Windsor, The Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton (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, Esq. | |
Heralds II | |
Marchmont Herald | Lieut.-Colonel John William Balfour Paul DSO (1873–1957) |
Rothesay Herald | Lieut.-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson (1899–1985) |
Albany Herald | Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig (1903–1963) |
Standards
Office | Person/Title |
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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 | borne by Captain John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (the Queen's Champion) (1926–2015) |
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 Julian Ormsby-Gore, Esq.[7] (1940–1974)[8] | |
Standards of the Quarterings of the Royal Arms | borne by William Sidney, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC (1909–1991) |
his coronet carried by his page George Jeffreys, Esq. (1939–2010)[9][10] | |
Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby MC (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, Esq. (1942–2006) | |
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 Nicholas Wright, Esq. |
Members of the Royal Household
Office | Person/Title |
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Members of the Royal Household | |
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) | |
Heralds III | |
Bluemantle Pursuivant | James A. Frere, Esq. (1920–1994) |
Rouge Croix Pursuivant | John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq. MC (1913–1984) |
The Knights of the Garter appointed to hold the Canopy for the Queen's Anointing | 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, Esq. (born 1941) | |
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG (1893–1977) | |
his coronet carried by his page the Hon. Bruce Hacking (born 1940) | |
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, Esq. (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 Privy Seal | The Right Hon. Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893–1961) |
Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations
Office | Person/Title |
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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
Office | Person/Title |
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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 High Chancellor | Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Baron Simonds (1881–1971) |
attended by his Pursebearer, T. Cokayne, Esq. | |
his coronet carried by his page Andrew Parker-Bowles, Esq. (born 1939) | |
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
Office | Person/Title |
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Heralds IV | |
Arundel Herald Extraordinary | Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah, Esq. (1896–1974) |
Norfolk Herald Extraordinary | H. S. London, Esq. (1884–1959) |
Somerset Herald | Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax, Esq. (1900–1972) |
Lord Lyon King of Arms | Sir Thomas Innes of Learney KCVO (1893–1971) |
Windsor Herald | Richard Preston Graham-Vivian, Esq. MC (1896–1979) |
Harbinger of the Gentlemen at Arms | Major-General Arthur Reginald Chater CB OBE DSO (1896–1979) |
The Standard Bearer | Major-General Maurice Anthony Wingfield CMG DSO (1883–1956) |
Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
The Queen's Consort | Admiral of the Fleet The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GBE (born 1921) |
his coronet carried by his page Mr. Nigel Grier-Rees, Midshipman RN (1934/35–1973)[12] | |
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 | Lieut-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) |
Serjeant-at-Arms | Lieut.-Commander (S) Albert W. Stone MVO MSM RN |
Serjeant-at-Arms | George A. Titman, Esq. CBE MVO (1889–1980) |
Heralds V | |
Richmond Herald | Anthony R. Wagner, Esq. (1908–1995) |
York Herald | Aubrey John Toppin, Esq. MVO (1881–1969) |
Chester Herald | John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, Esq. MVO (1888–1967) |
Lancaster Herald | Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq. CVO (1879–1955) |
Bearer of the Regalia
Office | Person/Title |
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Saint Edward's Staff | borne by James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster TD (1907–1983) |
his coronet carried by his page George John Aird, Esq. (born 1940) | |
The Sceptre with the Cross | borne by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford KG GCB OM DSO MC (1893–1971) |
his coronet carried by his page Winston Spencer-Churchill, Esq. (1940–2010) | |
a Golden Spur | borne by Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910–1991) |
his coronet carried by his page Hon. William Grosvenor (born 1942)[13] | |
a Golden Spur | borne by Albert Edward Delaval Astley, 21st Baron Hastings (1882–1956) |
his coronet carried by his page Philip Gurdon, Esq. (born 1940) | |
The Sword of Temporal Justice, or Third Sword | borne by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO (1894–1973) |
his coronet carried by his page Charles John Dawnay, Esq. (born 1938)[14] | |
Curtana | borne by Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914–1988) |
his coronet carried by his page Edward Elwes, Esq. | |
The Sword of Spiritual Justice, or Second Sword | borne by Alexander Frederic Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home (1903–1995) |
his coronet carried by his page David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (born 1943) | |
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms | Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston KCB KCVO (1874–1957) |
Clarenceux King of Arms | Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane KCVO (1872–1954) |
The Lord Mayor of London bearing the Crystal Sceptre | Sir Rupert de la Bère (1893–1978) |
Garter Principal King of Arms | Sir George Rothe Bellew CVO (1899–1993) |
The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod | Lieut.-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB KBE DSO MC (1895–1985) |
The Lord Great Chamberlain | George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883–1968) |
his coronet carried by his page Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater (born 1942) | |
The Lord High Steward of Ireland | John George Charles Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd-Talbot, 21st Earl of Shrewsbury (1914–1980) |
his coronet carried by his page John Chetwynd-Talbot, Esq. (born 1941)[15] | |
The High Constable of Scotland | Gilbert Allan Rowland Boyd, 6th Baron Kilmarnock MBE (1903–1975) |
standing proxy for Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (1926–1978) | |
his coronet carried by his page Robin Jordan Boyd (born 1941) | |
The Great Steward of Scotland | David Alexander Robert Lindsay The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres GBE (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 Marshal | Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk KG GCVO (1908–1975) |
attended by his two pages Duncan Henry Davidson, Esq. (born 1941) | |
Hon. James Reginald Drummond (born 1938) | |
The Sword of State | borne by Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury KG (1893–1972) |
his coronet carried by his page William Hugh Amherst Cecil, Esq. (1940–2009) | |
The Lord High Constable of England | Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, Viscount Alanbrooke KG GCB OM DSO (1883–1963) |
attended by his two pages Henry Neville Lindley Keswick, Esq. (born 1938) | |
Charles Anthony Selby McCreery, Esq. (born 1942) | |
Sceptre with the Dove | borne by Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon (1904–1989) |
his coronet carried by his page Simon Warley Frederick Benton Jones, Esq. (1941–2016) | |
St. Edward's Crown | borne by the Lord High Steward Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope KT GCB OM DSO (1883–1963) |
attended by his two pages Julian Alexander Ludovic James, Esq. (born 1939) | |
Martin Brett, Esq. | |
The Orb | borne by Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG GCB CSI DSO MC (1891–1969) |
his coronet carried by his page Hon. Brian James Alexander (born 1939) | |
The Paten | borne by the Bishop of London, The Right Reverend John William Charles Wand, (1885–1977) |
The Bible | borne by the Bishop of Norwich, The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert (1885–1968) |
The Chalice | borne by the Bishop of Winchester, The Right Reverend Alwyn Terrell Petre Williams (1888–1968) |
The Queen
Office | Person/Title |
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The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant | Lt.-Colonel Hon. Osbert Vesey CMG CBE (1884–1957) |
Ten Gentleman-at-Arms | |
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 | Brigadier General Sir Harvey Kearsley KCVO CMG DSO (1880–1956) |
Ten Gentleman-at-Arms | |
Her Majesty's Train borne by The Mistress of the Robes assisted by the Maids of Honour | Mary Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988) |
Lady Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 1932) | |
Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (born 1934) | |
Lady Anne Veronica Coke (born 1932) | |
Lady Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (born 1934) | |
Lady Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (born 1930) | |
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 Robes | Captain Sir Harold Campbell KCVO DSO RN (1888–1969) |
Ladies of the Bedchamber | (Ann) Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (born 1920) |
Elizabeth Mary Coke, Countess of Leicester (1912–1985) | |
Women of the Bedchamber | Lady Alice Egerton (1923–1977) |
Mrs. Alexander Abel Smith (Henriette Alice Cadogan) DCVO (1914–2005) | |
Lady Margaret Hay (Lady Margaret Katherine Seymour) (1918–1975) | |
Mrs. Andrew Elphinstone (Jean Frances Hambro) (1923–2017) | |
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 Reuben Charles Harford, Esq. | |
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 Archibald George, Lord Montgomerie (1939–2018) | |
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 Simon Peter Scott (1939–2009) | |
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 Michael John Hare, Esq. (1938–2018) | |
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 Hon. Anthony Tryon (born 1940) | |
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 | Lieut.-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent GCVO MC (1895–1973) |
Equerries to the Queen | Group Captain Peter Townsend CVO DSO DFC (1914–1995) |
Major Sir Michael Edward Adeane KCVO CB (1910–1984) | |
Captain Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992) | |
Captain 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 Waiting | Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington MBE (1910–1999) |
The Silver-Stick-in-Waiting | Colonel Edward John Sutton Ward MVO MC (1909–1990) |
The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard | Lieut.-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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References
The London Gazette, no. 40020 of 20 November 1953, pp. 6238 ff.
- Telegraph obituary
- Westminster's crib of reconciliation Article about a display Hildyard provided, including his dates
- Westminster Abbey, Christopher Hildyard
- National Archives reference
- Westminster Abbey, Charles Smyth
- Time magazine
- Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 1318
- Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 1531
- The Telegraph (death notice)
- London Gazette
- Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 939
- Burke's Peerage 106th edition page 870
- Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 2612
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