Coronation of the British monarch: Difference between revisions

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Once seated in this chair, a [[baldachin|canopy]] is held over the monarch's head for the [[anointing]], performed in recent coronations by four [[Order of the Garter|Knights of the Garter]]; namely:

*18311761: [[GeorgeWilliam OsborneCavendish, 6th4th Duke of LeedsDevonshire|The Duke of LeedsDevonshire]], [[CharlesHugh Sackville-GermainePercy, 5th1st Duke of DorsetNorthumberland|The DukeEarl of DorsetNorthumberland]], [[JohnFrancis PrattSeymour-Conway, 1st Marquess Camdenof Hertford|The MarquessEarl of CamdenHertford]] and [[BrownlowJames CecilWaldegrave, 2nd MarquessEarl of ExeterWaldegrave|The Marquess ofEarl ExeterWaldegrave]].

*1821: [[Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort|The Duke of Beaufort]], [[John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden|The Marquess Camden]], [[George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea|The Earl of Winchilsea]] and [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|The Marquess of Londonderry]].

*1831: [[George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds|The Duke of Leeds]], [[Charles Sackville-Germaine, 5th Duke of Dorset|The Duke of Dorset]], The Marquess Camden again and [[Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter|The Marquess of Exeter]].

*1838: [[John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland|The Duke of Rutland]], [[Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch|The Duke of Buccleuch]], [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey|The Marquess of Anglesey]] and The Marquess of Exeter again.

*1902: [[George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan|The Earl Cadogan]], [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|The Earl of Derby]], [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|The Earl of Rosebery]] and [[John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer|The Earl Spencer]].