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.
Rulers of Protectorates +PursuivantsRouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms Robin de La Lanne-MirrleesPortcullis Pursuivant of Arms Charles St Clair, Master of SinclairRulers of ProtectoratesHH The Sultan of LahejHH The Sultan of Brunei HH The Sultan of Perak HH The Sultan of Kelantan HH The Tengku Ampuan of SelangorHH The Sultan of Selangor HH The Sultana of JohoreMajor-General HH The Sultan of Johore HH The Sultana of ZanzibarHH The Sultan of Zanzibar HM The Queen of Tonga
The Royal Family +Pursuivants and UshersBluemantle Pursuivant of Arms
James FrereRouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms
John WalkerGentleman Usher
Captain Philip Neville, RNGentleman Usher
Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley Members of the Royal FamilyHRH The Princess Royal
her train borne byThe Honourable Mrs Forbes
her coronet borne byMaster of ForbesHRH Prince Richard of GloucesterHRH The Duchess of Gloucester
her train borne byLady Caroline Gilmour
her coronet carried byEarl of DalkeithHRH Prince William of GloucesterHRH The Duchess of Kent
her train borne byLady Rachel Davidson
her coronet carried byPhilip Hay HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent
her train borne byThe Honourable Katharine SmithHRH Prince Michael of KentHRH The Duke of Kent
his coronet carried by his pageThe Honourable Henry HerbertHRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
her train borne byMrs James Mure
her coronet carried byRichard Abel SmithLady Patricia Ramsay
her train borne byThe Honourable Gillian Cecil
her coronet carried byCaptain Alexander RamsayMajor-General The Earl of Athlone
his coronet carried by his pageGerald WardHH Princess Marie Louise
her train borne byMrs Hugh Adams
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret +Heralds and UshersSomerset Herald
Michael Trappes-LomaxWindsor Herald
Richard Graham-VivianGentleman Usher Colonel Geoffrey Codrington Gentleman Usher Lieutenant-Colonel Henry de Satgé Princess MargaretHRH The Princess Margaret her train borne byIris Peake
her coronet carried by her pageAlbemarle Bowes-LyonHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen MotherRichmond Herald
Anthony WagnerYork Herald
Aubrey ToppinChester Herald
John Heaton-ArmstrongLancaster Herald
Archibald George Blomefield RussellThe Lord Chamberlain of the Queen Mother's Household Lieutenant-Colonel The Earl of Airlie
his coronet carried by his pageRobert RamsayHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen MotherHer train borne by The Mistress of the Robes The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland
assisted by:Jonathan PeelMichael AnsonViscount CarlowThe Earl ErneThe coronet of the Mistress of the Robes carried by her page Lord James Douglas-HamiltonLadies of the BedchamberThe Dowager Viscountess HambledonThe Countess Spencer The Countess of ScarbroughThe Lady Harlech Women of the BedchamberThe Honourable Mrs John MulhollandLady Jean RankinOther Members of The Queen Mother's HouseholdPrivate Secretary Captain Oliver DawnayTreasurer Sir Arthur Horace Penn
Chaplains The Abbey BeadleThe Abbey Beadle G. 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 ChaplainsThe Reverend John Lamb The Reverend Hector Anderson The Reverend Maurice Foxell (1888–1981) The Representatives of the Free ChurchesChairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales Ebenezer Cunningham (1881–1977)Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of England The Right Reverend Professor T. W. Manson (1893–1958) President of the Baptist Union The 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 Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly The Very Reverend Alexander Macdonald Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly The Very Reverend John McKenzie The Right Reverend Professor James Pitt-Watson (1893–1962) Moderator of the General AssemblyThe Dean and Prebendaries of WestminsterThe Prebendaries' Virger A. J. R. Greaves (1910–2000)The Cross of Westminster borne by the Reverend Christopher Hildyard (1901–1987)Westminster's crib of reconciliation Article about a display Hildyard provided, including his datesWestminster Abbey, Christopher Hildyard
as deputy to the Minor Canon and Sacrist, the Reverend Jocelyn H. T. Perkins (1869–1962) The Reverend Canon Edward Carpenter (1910–1998) The Reverend Canon Charles Smyth (1903–1987)Westminster Abbey, Charles Smyth The Venerable Adam Fox (1883–1977) The Reverend Canon Stephen Marriott (1886–1964)The Dean's Virger G. C. Drake Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Alan Campbell Don (1885–1966)Heralds and PursuivantsFitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary Alexander Colin Cole (1922–2001)Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms Charles St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1914–2004)Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees (1925–2012)Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms Captain Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe (1919–1985)Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Dalyell of the Binns (1887–1953)Carrick Pursuivant of Arms James M. Grant (1903–1981)
Officers of the Orders of Knighthood The Most Excellent Order of the British EmpireThe Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers (1880–1966)The Secretary Sir Edward Bridges (1892–1969)The King of Arms Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr (1891–1971)The Royal Victorian Order The Chaplain The Reverend Cyril Cresswell (1890–1974)The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St GeorgeThe Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham (1876–1965)The Registrar Sir Percivale Liesching (1895–1973)The King of Arms Sir George Nevile Maltby Bland (1886–1972)The Secretary Sir Thomas Lloyd (1896–1968)The Prelate The Right Reverend Wilfred Marcus Askwith , Bishop of Blackburn (1890–1962)The Most Honourable Order of the BathThe Deputy Secretary Brigadier Ivan de la Bere (1893–1970)The Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley (1896–1983)The Registrar and Secretary Air Vice-Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft (1883–1958)Bath King of Arms Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb (1895–1968)The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod Colonel Sir Edward Daymonde Stevenson (1895–1958)The Most Noble Order of the GarterThe Register The Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton, Dean of Windsor (1890–1962)The Chancellor The Earl of Halifax (1881–1958)
his coronet carried by his page,
Benedick Peake +HeraldsMarchmont Herald Lieutenant-Colonel John William Balfour Paul (1873–1957)Rothesay Herald Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Andrew Balvaird Lawson (1899–1985)Albany Herald Major Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig (1903–1963)
Standards Standards of the CommonwealthThe Standard of Ceylon borne by Sir Edwin A. P. Wijeyeratne (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 (1884–1954)The Standard of the Commonwealth of Australia borne by Sir Thomas Walter White (1888–1957)The Standard of Canada borne by Norman Alexander Robertson (1904–1968)The Union StandardThe Union Standard borne by Captain John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (the Queen's Champion) (1926–2015)The Standard of the Principality of WalesThe Standard of the Principality of Wales borne by The Lord Harlech (1885–1964)
his coronet carried by his page,Julian Ormsby-GoreTime magazine (1940–1974)Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 1318 Standards of the Quarterings of the Royal Armsborne by The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley (1909–1991) his coronet carried by his page,George Jeffreys (1939–2010)Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 1531The Telegraph (death notice)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 Standardborne by Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887–1976) his coronet carried by his page,Nicholas Wright
Members of the Royal Household Members of the Royal HouseholdThe Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdSir Henry Gray Studholme (1899–1987)The Treasurer of the HouseholdSir Cedric Drewe (1896–1971) The Comptroller of the HouseholdMajor Sir Roger John Edward Conant (1899–1973)The Keeper of the Jewel Housebearing on a cushionthe Ring, the Armills, and the Sword for the OfferingThe Lord Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960)acting for Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell (1896–1973)
PursuivantsBluemantle PursuivantJames A. Frere (1920–1994)Rouge Croix PursuivantJohn Riddell Bromhead Walker (1913–1984)
The Knights of the Garterappointed to hold the Canopy for the Queen's AnointingThe 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 HouseholdThe Earl of Scarbrough (1896–1969)his coronet carried by his page,David McEwen (1938–1976)The Lord Steward of the HouseholdThe Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (1903–1973)his coronet carried by his page,Marquess of Clydesdale (1938–2010)The Lord Keeper of the Privy SealThe Right Honourable Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893–1961)
Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations Prime ministers of the Members of the CommonwealthThe prime minister of Ceylon The Honourable Dudley Shelton Senanayake (1911–1973)The prime minister of Pakistan The Honourable Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963)The prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)The prime minister of the Union of South Africa The Honourable Daniel François Malan (1874–1959)The prime minister of New Zealand The Right Honourable Sidney George Holland (1893–1961)The prime minister of the Commonwealth of Australia The Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies (1894–1978)The prime minister of Canada The Right Honourable Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent (1882–1973)The prime minister of the United Kingdom The Right Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)
Archbishops and the Lord Chancellor Archbishop of YorkThe Cross of York borne 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 ChancellorThe Lord High Chancellor The Lord Simonds (1881–1971)
attended by his Pursebearer, T. Cokayne
his coronet carried by his pageAndrew Parker Bowles (born 1939)Archbishop of CanterburyThe Cross of Canterbury borne 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)
Duke of Edinburgh +HeraldsArundel Herald Extraordinary