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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 630

(x) The Coronation Uniform worn by The Hon. George Andrew Beaumont as Page of Honour to his father, the 2nd Viscount Allendale, at the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

A mulberry-coloured cloth coat, with cuffs of crimson velvet, edged and trimmed with 9/16 in. silver lace forming twelve loops each side in front, and three on each cuff and pocket-flap, with white-metal buttons bearing the Allendale arms (pocket-flap buttons present but now removed from coat); a long cream silk waistcoat, hook-and-eye fastenings, edged with silver lace as on coat, and with eleven loops of Russia braid each side (buttons also present but detached); a black silk tricorne hat by Wilkinson & Son, Maddox Street, London, with edging of silver lace and buttoned loop of plaited silver gimp; a pair of white kerseymere knee-breeches with cloth-covered buttons, good condition

In Terence Cuneo's painting of Viscount Allendale at the 1953 Coronation, The Hon. George Andrew Beaumont appears behind his father wearing this very uniform (see illustration). The buttons bear the Allendale device of a quartered bull and griffin beneath a Viscount's coronet.

The Coronation coat worn by a Page of Honour to the 6th or 7th Marquesses of Londonderry

A dark-blue cloth coat with rich yellow velvet cuffs, edged and trimmed with silver lace forming loops on fronts, cuffs and pocket-flaps, white metal buttons bearing the triple crest of the Temple-Vane-Stewart family within the Garter, surmounted by a Marquess's Coronet, white silk ribbon knot on right shoulder, good condition, the lining rather worn

The use of the Garter in conjunction with a family crest indicated that the then head of the family was a Knight of the order. Both the 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1884-1915) and the 7th Marquess (1915-49) were Knights of the Garter, indicating that this blue Page's coat could originally have been made for one of the Coronations of 1902, 1911 or 1937 respectively.

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Estimate
£500 to £600

Starting price
£320