ROYAL TRADITION
THE KING’S PAGES OF HONOUR. • The appointment of the young Lord Herschell as a page of honour continues a tradition which reserves these posts largely for sons of officials of the royal household. Lord Herschell’s father was for many years a lord-in-waiting to the King, and was for three years lord-in-waiting to King Edward. The new page of honour -will have as colleagues Lord Errington, son and heir of Lord Cromer, the Lord Chamberlain; Patrick Crichton, son of the controller of the Lord Chamberlain’s department, Sir George Crichton; and George Edward Charles Hardinge, son of Major Alexander Hardinge, the King’s assistant private secretary.
Although they are pages of honour to the King, and appointed by him (says the London Daily Telegraph), the pages are in the main called upon to attend the Queen at important functions. They have very handsome court dress. Their scarlet coats carry a liberal quantity of gold lace, with gauntlet cuffs of blue velvet. They wear short swords with ivory grips, and their hats are three-cornered and edged with scarlet feathers. This splendour is enjoyed for not more than three or four years. Pages of honour are appointed at 12 or 13 years of age, but they mjust resign before they exceed 16 years.
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Waipa Post, Volume 51, Issue 3694, 6 December 1935, Page 4
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210ROYAL TRADITION Waipa Post, Volume 51, Issue 3694, 6 December 1935, Page 4
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