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Gentlemen at Arms marching alongside the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as part of the procession following her funeral. Today, the duties are purely ceremonial: the Gentlemen accompany and attend the sovereign at various events and occasions, including state visits by heads of state, the opening of parliament, and ceremonies involving the various orders of chivalry, including the Order of the ...
The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a post in the Government of the United Kingdom that has been held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords [1] since 1945. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners .
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 HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH KG KT GBE (1921–2021) his coronet carried by his page Nigel Grier-Rees, Midshipman RN (died 1973) [12] The Standard Bearer of the Gentleman at Arms
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir John Carew Pole, 12th Baronet; Denis Carter, Baron Carter; Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield; Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester; George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon; Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland; Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke
Yeomen Warders were originally a detachment of the Yeoman of the Guard, appointed by Henry VIII to guard the Royal Palace of the Tower of London in 1509; High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse created in the early sixteenth century to guard the Palace and Abbey of Holyroodhouse, and enforce law and order within the precincts of the Palace and the Holyrood Abbey ...
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English Army troops (in red) at the Battle of Malplaquet. A portrait of an English Army officer by Michael Dahl The Second Anglo-Dutch War was predominately a maritime war but English army soldiers were involved in Holmes's Bonfire (19–20 August 1666), the Raid on the Medway (June 1667), the Battle of Landguard Fort (2 July 1667), the Capture ...
Norroy King of Arms: Maj. A. H. S. Howard CVO MC [14] Ulster King of Arms: Maj. Sir Nevile R. Wilkinson KCVO [14] Clarenceux King of Arms: A. W. S. Cochrane CVO [14] Lord Lyon King of Arms: Sir Francis J. Grant KCVO [14] Garter Principal King of Arms: Sir Gerald W. Wollaston KCVO [14] Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Lt-Gen. Sir William P ...