List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II
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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 |
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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. Roland 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 |
Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly (1946) | The Very Reverend 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. (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 , 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 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 CMG DSO (1883–1956) |
Three Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
The Queen's Consort | Admiral of the Fleet The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GBE (1921-2021) |
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) MVO MSM RN |
Serjeant-at-Arms | , 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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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 (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 | 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 , 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 (1930-2020)[16] | |
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 (1920–2021) |
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 (1940-2018) | |
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 |
References[]
The London Gazette, no. 40020 of 20 November 1953, pp. 6238 ff.
- ^ http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/search-resources/special-collections/guide-to-special-collections/atoz/thomas-manson-papers/
- ^ 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
- ^ "Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1970-79".
- ^ Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 939
- ^ Burke's Peerage 106th edition page 870
- ^ Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 2612
- ^ "Funeral details released for maid-of-honour at Queen's Coronation in 1953 and tireless charity campaigner - Lady Moyra Campbell | Belfast News Letter". Archived from the original on 10 November 2020.
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