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.
| Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of ArmsRobin de La Lanne-Mirrlees | Portcullis Pursuivant of ArmsCharles St Clair, Master of Sinclair | |||||
| Rulers of Protectorates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HH The Sultan of Lahej | ||||||
| HH The Tengku Ampuan of Selangor | ||||||
| HH The Sultana of Johore | ||||||
| HH The Sultana of Zanzibar | ||||||
| HM The Queen of Tonga | ||||||
| Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms | Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms | |||||
| Gentleman Usher Captain Philip Neville, RN | Gentleman Usher Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley | |||||
| Members of the Royal Family | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRH The Princess Royal her train borne by her coronet borne by | ||||||
| HRH Prince Richard of Gloucester | her train borne by her coronet carried by | HRH Prince William of Gloucester | ||||
| HRH The Duchess of Kent her train borne by her coronet carried by | ||||||
| HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent her train borne by | HRH Prince Michael of Kent | HRH The Duke of Kent his coronet carried by his page | ||||
her train borne by her coronet carried by | her train borne by her coronet carried by | |||||
his coronet carried by his page | her train borne by | |||||
| Somerset Herald | Windsor Herald | |
| Gentleman UsherColonel Geoffrey Codrington | Gentleman UsherLieutenant-Colonel Henry de Satgé | |
| Princess Margaret | ||
|---|---|---|
| HRH The Princess Margaret her train borne by Iris Peake her coronet carried by her page | ||
| HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | ||
| Richmond Herald | York Herald | |
| Chester Herald | Lancaster Herald | |
his coronet carried by his page | ||
| HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | ||
assisted by: | ||
| Jonathan Peel | Michael Anson | |
| Viscount Carlow | The Earl Erne | |
| The coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page Lord James Douglas-Hamilton | ||
| Ladies of the Bedchamber | ||
| The Dowager Viscountess Hambledon | ||
| The Countess of Scarbrough | The Lady Harlech | |
| Women of the Bedchamber | ||
| The Honourable Mrs John Mulholland | Lady Jean Rankin | |
| Other Members of The Queen Mother's Household | ||
| Private Secretary Captain Oliver Dawnay | ||
| The Abbey Beadle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 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 Chaplains | ||||||
| The 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 England The Right Reverend Professor T. W. Manson (1893–1958)[1] | President of the Baptist UnionThe Reverend Henry Bonser (died 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 | ||||||
| The Right Reverend Professor James Pitt-Watson (1893–1962) Moderator of the General Assembly | ||||||
| The Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster | ||||||
| The Prebendaries' Virger 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, the Reverend Jocelyn H. T. Perkins (1869–1962)[5] | ||||||
| The Reverend Canon Edward Carpenter (1910–1998) | The Reverend Canon Charles Smyth (1903–1987)[6] | |||||
| 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 Pursuivants | ||||||
| Fitzalan 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 Moncreiffe (1919–1985) | Unicorn Pursuivant of ArmsLieutenant-Colonel Gordon Dalyell of the Binns (1887–1953) | Carrick Pursuivant of ArmsJames M. Grant (1903–1981) | ||||
| 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 (1876–1965) | 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 ChancellorThe Earl of Halifax (1881–1958) his coronet carried by his page, Benedick Peake | |
| Marchmont 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 of the Quarterings of the Royal Arms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| borne by | |||
| The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley (1909–1991)his coronet carried by his page, George Jeffreys (1939–2010)[9] [10] | The Earl of Derby (1918–1994)his coronet carried by his page, Viscount Throwley (1940–1996) | The Earl of Dundee, Hereditary Royal Standard-Bearer for Scotland (1902–1983)his coronet carried by his page, Christopher James Makins (1942–2006) | |
| The Royal Standard borne by Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887–1976)his coronet carried by his page, Nicholas Wright | |||
| 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 The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960) acting for Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell (1896–1973) | |||
| The Knights of the Garter appointed to hold the Canopy for the Queen's Anointing | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Viscount Allendale (1890–1956) his coronet carried by his page, George Andrew Beaumont (1938–1960) | The Earl Fortescue (1888–1958) his coronet carried by his page, Viscount Chewton (born 1940) | |
| The Duke of Wellington (1885–1972) his coronet carried by his page, Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born 1941) | The 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 Household The Earl of Scarbrough (1896–1969) his coronet carried by his page, David McEwen (1938–1976) | The Lord Steward of the Household The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (1903–1973) his coronet carried by his page, Marquess of Clydesdale (1938–2010) | |
| The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Right Honourable Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893–1961) | ||
| Prime Ministers of the Members of the Commonwealth | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Prime Minister of CeylonThe Honourable Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1911–1973) | ||
| The Prime Minister of PakistanThe Honourable Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) | The Prime Minister of IndiaJawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) | |
| The Prime Minister of the Union of South AfricaThe Honourable Daniel François Malan (1874–1959) | The Prime Minister of New ZealandThe Right Honourable Sidney George Holland (1893–1961) | |
| The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of AustraliaThe Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies (1894–1978) | The Prime Minister of CanadaThe Right Honourable Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent (1882–1973) | |
| The Prime Minister of the United KingdomThe Right Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) | ||
| Archbishop of York | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Cross of Yorkborne by the Reverend T. W. I. Cleasby (1920–2009) | ||
| Archbishop of York The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Cyril Forster Garbett (1875–1955) attended by the Reverend Prebendary Philip William Wheeldon (1913–1992) | ||
| The Lord Chancellor | ||
| The Lord High ChancellorThe Lord Simonds (1881–1971) attended by his Pursebearer, T. Cokayne his coronet carried by his page | ||
| Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
| The Cross of Canterburyborne by the Reverend John S. Long (1913–2008) | ||
| Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Geoffrey Francis Fisher (1887–1972) attended by the Reverend Eric G. Jay (1907–1989) and the Reverend Canon Ian Hugh White-Thomson (1905–1997) | ||
| Arundel 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 Household | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbinger of the Gentlemen at ArmsMajor-General Arthur Reginald Chater (1896–1979) Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Queen's ConsortAdmiral of the Fleet HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021) his coronet carried by his page | The Standard Bearer of the Gentleman at ArmsMajor-General Maurice Anthony Wingfield (1883–1956) Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | ||||
| The 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-Arms | ||||||
| Serjeant-at-ArmsLieut.-Commander (S) Albert W. Stone | Serjeant-at-ArmsGeorge A. Titman, (1889–1980) | |||||
| Heralds | ||||||
| Richmond 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) | |||||
| Regalia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Edward's Staff borne by The Earl of Ancaster (1907–1983), his coronet carried by his page, | The Sceptre with the Cross borne by Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971), his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
| a Golden Spur borne by The Lord Churston (1910–1991), his coronet carried by his page, | a Golden Spur borne by The Lord Hastings (1882–1956), his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
| The Sword of Temporal Justice, or Third Swordborne by The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (1894–1973), his coronet carried by his page, | Curtana borne by The Duke of Northumberland (1914–1988), his coronet carried by his page, | The Sword of Spiritual Justice, or Second Sword borne by The Earl of Home (1903–1995), his coronet carried by his page, | ||||
| English Kings of Arms, Black Rod and the Lord Mayor of London | ||||||
| Norroy and Ulster King of ArmsSir Gerald Woods Wollaston (1874–1957) | Clarenceux King of ArmsSir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane (1872–1954) | |||||
| The Lord Mayor of London bearing 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 State | ||||||
| The Lord Great ChamberlainThe Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883–1968) his coronet carried by his page | ||||||
| The Lord High Steward of IrelandThe Earl of Shrewsbury (1914–1980) his coronet carried by his page | The High Constable of ScotlandThe Lord Kilmarnock (1903–1975) standing proxy for his coronet carried by his page | |||||
| The Great Steward of ScotlandThe Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (1900–1975) standing proxy for HRH The Duke of Rothesay and Cornwall (born 1948); his coronet carried by his page, | ||||||
| The Earl Marshal The Duke of Norfolk (1908–1975), attended by his two pages, the Honourable James Reginald Drummond (born 1938) | The Sword of Stateborne by The Marquess of Salisbury (1893–1972)his coronet carried by his page, William Hugh Amherst Cecil (1940–2009) | The Lord High Constable of England Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963) attended by his two pages, Charles Anthony Selby McCreery (born 1942) | ||||
| Regalia | ||||||
| Sceptre with the Doveborne by The Duke of Richmond and Gordon (1904–1989) his coronet carried by his page | St. Edward's Crownborne by the Lord High Steward Admiral of the Fleet The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), attended by his two pages, | The Orbborne by Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969) his coronet carried by his page | ||||
| The Bible and Altar Plate | ||||||
| The 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 and Her Attendants | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 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) | Her Majesty 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 of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsBrigadier General Sir Harvey Kearsley (1880–1956) | ||||||||||
| Ten Gentlemen-at-Arms | Ten Gentlemen-at-Arms | |||||||||
| Her Majesty's Train borne by The Mistress of the RobesThe 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)[16] | Lady Rosemary Mildred Spencer-Churchill (born 1929) | |||||||||
| the coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page, Marquess of Hartington (born 1944) | ||||||||||
| The Groom of the RobesCaptain Sir Harold Campbell (1888–1969) | ||||||||||
| Ladies of the Bedchamber | ||||||||||
| The Countess of Euston (1920–2021) | The Countess of Leicester (1912–1985) | |||||||||
| Women of the Bedchamber | ||||||||||
| Lady 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 Household | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith (1883–1965) | The Master of the Horse The Duke of Beaufort (1900–1984) his coronet carried by his page, | The Gold-Stick-in-Waiting Major-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 Scotland The Earl of Stair (1879–1961), his coronet carried by his page, | ||||||
| The Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble (1880–1955) | ||||||
| Lord in Waiting The Earl of Eldon (1899–1976) his coronet carried by his page, | ||||||
| The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard The Earl of Onslow (1913–1971), his coronet carried by his page, | ||||||
| The Keeper of Her Majesty's Privy Purse The Lord Tryon (1906–1976), his coronet carried by his page, | The Private Secretary to the Queen Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles (1887–1981) | |||||
| The Crown Equerry Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh (1890–1958) | The Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent (1895–1973) | |||||
| Equerry to the Queen Group Captain Peter Townsend (1914–1995) | Equerry to the Queen Major Sir Michael Edward Adeane (1910–1984) | |||||
| Equerry to the Queen Captain Viscount Althorp (1924–1992) | Equerry to the Queen Captain The Lord Plunket (1923–1975), his coronet carried by his page, | |||||
| The Field-Officer-in-Brigade Waiting Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington (1910–1999) | The Silver-Stick-in-Waiting Colonel Edward John Sutton Ward (1909–1990) | |||||
| The Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham (1885–1977) | The Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the GuardSir Allan Henry Shafto Adair (1897–1988) | |||||
| Twelve Yeomen of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard | ||||||
The London Gazette, no. 40020 of 20 November 1953, pp. 6238 ff.