Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 1818-1893

11th February 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.

St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.

THIS day the Marriage of the QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY [aged 20] with Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter [aged 20], was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.

Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:

The first Carriage,.

Conveying General George Anson [aged 43]; George Edward Anson, Esq [aged 27]; and Francis Seymour 1st Baronet [aged 26]; the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.

The second Carriage,.

Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge [aged 42] (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath [aged 62], Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.

The third Carriage,.

Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha [aged 56] (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha [aged 21] (elder brother).

Her Majesty, attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent [aged 53], proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:

The first Carriage,

Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq [aged 33] and the Heneage Legge [aged 51]; Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Edward Seymour [aged 51].

The second Carriage,.

Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Alfred Paget [aged 23]; two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng [aged 8], Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.

The third Carriage,.

Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish [aged 50]; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. [aged 43]; and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng [aged 33].

The fourth Carriage,.

Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand [aged 60]; the Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester [aged 52]; the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey [aged 48].

The fifth Carriage,.

Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Caroline Yorke Countess Somers [aged 45]; the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington [aged 27].

The sixth Carriage,.

Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich [aged 27]; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. [aged 67]; the William Hay 18th Earl Erroll [aged 38]; and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge.

The seventh Carriage,.

Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN; Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty [aged 33].

The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:

THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.

Drums and Trumpets.

Serjeant Trumpeter.

Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.

Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H [aged 65], York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq [aged 44].

The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour 1st Baronet General George Anson George Edward Anson, Esq.

Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H., Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.

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THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.

Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.

Adelaide Paget [aged 20], Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough [aged 20], Sarah Frederica Caroline Child-Villiers [aged 18], Elizabeth Dorothy Anne Howard [aged 23], Frances Elizabeth Cowper [aged 20], Ida Harriet Augusta Hay Countess Gainsborough [aged 18], Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 21], Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston [aged 20], Jane Harriet Pleydell-Bouverie [aged 20], Eleanora Caroline Paget [aged 12], Mary Charlotte Fitzalan Baroness Foley [aged 18].

Assisted by the Captain Francis Edward Seymour.

Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland.

Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby [aged 41], Anna Maria Stanhope Duchess Bedford [aged 56], Blanche Georgiana Howard [aged 28], The Countess of Sandwich, Emma Lascelles Baroness Portman [aged 30], Sarah Spencer [aged 52], Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough [aged 25].

Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.

In 1844 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 24] appointed Knights of the Garter:

694th. King Louis Philippe I of France [aged 70].

695th. Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 25].

696th. Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey [aged 62].

697th. James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn [aged 32].

698th. Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 66].

699th. Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis [aged 58].