Members of the Armed Forces Invited to Royal Social Events

This complex group of people is part of a much larger group of people invited to and attending social events, especially those hosted by the Prince and Princess of Wales, in London at the end of the 19th century.

They are made up of the sons of aristocrats, some of whom will eventually inherit a title, as well as members of military organizations who were invited to an event for some particular reason. Individuals might appear in the rankings anywhere, depending on the social position of their families; sometimes they appear in the rankings if their place is known or they appear that way in the newspaper reports. When they are present as members of the military in the newspaper reports, they are typically listed before the "misters" in descending order by military rank, with the army appearing before the navy. Further complicating this list, which is ahistorical in the sense that it comes from a number of lists made in different years, is the fact that individuals will have risen through the ranks over time.

People's rank in this listing is their rank at the time of the event, as reported in newspapers. So the same individual may be in several places, at different ranks, having attended different events over time.

Individuals at Events, Grouped as Military in Newspaper Reports

General and Mrs. Marshall
Major-General and Mrs. Charles Baring and Miss Baring
Major-General Hope Crealock
Major-General Dillon
Major-General Charles Fraser
Major-General C. Tyrwhitt
Colonel Bateson
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Ellis and Misa Hardinge
Colonel Ewart
Colonel and Mrs. Keith Fraser
Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote
Colonel Macdonell
Colonel Reilly
Colonel Adolphus Stephens
Colonel and Mrs. Napier Sturt
Colonel Owen Williams
Colonel E. Wynne
Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Balfour
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Baring
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Fred. Burnaby
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Stanley Clarke
Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Duncombe
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Ferguson
Lieutenant-Colonel H. Eaton
Lieutenant-Colonel Farquharson
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Milne Home
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. George Johnstone
Lieutenant-Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Oliphant
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Vivian
Lieutenant-Colonel H. Wellesley
Major Brabazon
Major Bulkeley
Major and Mrs. Chaine and Miss Sayer
Major Alan Gardner
Major F. A. St. Quintin
Major F. Townshend
Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Candy
Captain Arthur Collins
Captain John Clerk
Captain H. Coventry and Miss Callander
Captain A. C. FitzGeorge
Captain G. FitzGeorge
Captain Seymour Wynne Finch
Captain and Mrs. Arthur Paget
Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Stirling
Captain G. Wickham

Men with Titles as Well as Military Rank

General Sir John and Lady Adye and the Misses Adye
General Sir Samuel and Lady Browne
General Sir Charles and Lady Brownlow
General Sir Frederick and Lady Chapman
Lady Cochrane and the Misses Cochrane
Admiral Sir Edward and Lady Commerell and Miss Commerell
General Sir Charles D'Aguilar
General Sir Henry and Lady Daly and Miss Daly
General Sir Collingwood and Lady Dickson
Lady and Miss Ellice
Admiral Sir Edward and Lady Fanshawe and Miss Fanshawe
Field-Marshal Sir Patrick and the Hon. Lady Grant and Miss Grant
Field-Marshal Sir F. P. Haines
General Sir Edward Hodge
Admiral Sir Arthur and Lady Hood and Miss Hood
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey and Lady Hornby and Misa Hornby
General Sir Peter and Lady Lumsden
General Sir Daniel and Lady Lysons
General Sir Frederick and Lady Maude and Miss Amy Maude
Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson
General Sir Charles and Lady Staveley and Miss Staveley
Field-Marshal Sir Lintorn and Lady Simmons and Miss Simmons
General Sir Frederick Stephenson
Admiral Sir W. Houston and Lady Stewart and the Misses Stewart
Admiral Sir George and Lady Wellesley
Sir John and Lady Strachey and the Misses Strachey
Sir Henry and Lady Barkly and Miss Barclay
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Biddulph
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew and Lady Clarke
Lady Hart and Miss Hart
Sir Victor and Lady Houlton
Lieutenant-General Sir William F. Drummond and Lady Jervois and the Misses Jervois
Sir John Kirk
Lady Pauncefote and Miss Pauncefote
Lieutenant General Sir Evelyn Wood

The Army

Generals

General and Mrs. Benson and Miss Benson
General and Mrs. Crutchley and the Misses Crutchley
General Ellington
General Foster
General and Mrs. Lynedoch Gardiner and Miss Gardiner
General Mackindy of Birkwood
General R. Maclagan
General and Mrs. Frederic Marshall and Miss Hilda Marshall
General M'Cleverty
General F. Z. Mena
General and the Hon. Mrs. Pitt Rivers

Lieutenants General

Lieutenant-General Bateson
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. H. Brackenbury
Lieutenant-General Hope Crealock
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Dunne
Lieutenant-General and Mr. C. Ewart and Miss Eleanor Ewart
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Feilden and Miss Feilden
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Lyon Fremantle
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Henry Goodenough
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. J. J. H. Gordon
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. R. Grant
Lieutenant-General Barnard Hankey
Lieutenant-General and Hon. Mrs. Higginson and Miss Higginson
Lieutenant-General Macdonell
Lieutenant-General Alastair Macdonald
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Frederic Marshall and Miss Marshall
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Michael and Miss Michael
Lieutenant-General Bryan Milman and Miss Lena Milman
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Pakenham
Lieutenant-General Randolph
Lieutenant-General O. and Mrs. Williams
Lieutenant-General Wombwell

Majors General

Major-General and Mrs. Alderson
Major-General Bateson
Major-General and Mrs. Godfrey Clerk
Major-General and Mrs. Clive and the Misses Clive
Major-General Dennehy and Miss Dennehy
Major-General Du Plat
Major-General and Mrs. R. W. Duff and Miss Beatrice Duff
Major-General and Mrs. Alexander Elliot
Major-General and Hon. Mrs. Arthur Ellis and the Misses Ellis
Major-General Charles Fraser
Major-General and Mrs. Keith Fraser and Miss Fraser
Major-General and Mrs. William Goodenough
Major-General and Mrs. Julian Hall and Miss Hall
Major-General and Mrs. C. S. Hutchinson
Major-General Julius Johnstone
Major-General and Mrs. W. Clive Justice and Miss Julia Justice
Major-General and Lady Sybil Knox
Major-General Lyttelton-Annesley
Major-General and Mrs. Marter and the Misses Marter
Major-General and Mrs. E. Markham
Major-General Montgomery and Hon. Mrs. Moore and Hon. Alethea Colborne
Major-General and Mrs. G. H. Moncrieffe
Major-General Reilly
Major-General H. Renny
Major-General and Mrs. Arthur K. Rideout
Major-General Adolphus Stephens
Major-General and Mrs. Stewart
Major-General and Mrs. Hales Wilkie
Major-General Albert Williams
Major-General and Mrs. Owen Williams

Surgeons General

Surgeon-General W. A. Mackinnon Surgeon-General Melladew

Colonels

Colonel and Mrs. Arthur W. Becher and Miss Becher
Colonel Blundell
Colonel and Mrs. Oat Boyle
Colonel and Lady Theresa Boyle and the Misses Boyle
Colonel Boyle
Colonel and Mrs. Barrington Campbell
Colonel and Mrs. Cavage
Colonel A. H. Cass
Colonel Caulfleld
Colonel R. Pole Carew
Colonel and Mrs. Stanley Clarke and Miss Clarke
Colonel and Lady Isabel Clayton
Colonel and Mrs. Shadwell Clerke and Miss Clerke and Mrs. H. W. Clerke
Colonel and Mrs. Seymour Corkran
Colonel Crease
Colonel and Mrs. Dickson of Chatto
Colonel Dillwyn
Colonel Charles Duncombe
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Egerton
Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Arthur Ellis
Colonel Aubone Fife
Colonel and Mrs. Wynne Finch
Colonel Henry Flndyer
Colonel A. C. FitzGeorge
Colonel G. FitzGeorge
Colonel and Mrs. Keith Fraser
Colonel and Mrs. French
Colonel and Mrs. Gascoigne
Colonel and Mrs. George Grant Gordon and Miss Helena Gordon
Colonel Guinness
Colonel and Mrs. Harford
Colonel and Lady Blanche Havgarth
Colonel and Mrs. K. G. Henderson
Colonel and Mrs. Edward S. Hill and the Misses Hill
Colonel Milne Holme
Colonel and Mrs. Milne Home and the Misses Home
Colonel and Mrs. Inigo Jones
Colonel and Mrs. Hegan Kennard
Colonel and Lady Mabel Kenyon-Slaney [Slaven?]
Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote
Colonel and Mrs. Knollys and Miss Knollys
Colonel Ronald Lane
Colonel and Lady Adela Larking
Colonel and Mrs. W. R. Lascelles and Miss G. Lascelles
Colonel and Mrs. Moore Lane and Miss Moore Lane
Colonel and Mrs. Robert Liddell
Mrs. R. S. Liddell and Miss Evelyn Liddell
Colonel and Lady Margaret Crichton Maitland
Colonel and Mrs. Harold Malet
Colonel Mapleson
Colonel and Mrs. Miles and the Misses Miles
Colonel and Mrs. Richard Mills
Colonel and Mrs. W. E. Montgomery
Colonel and Mrs. C. Needham
Colonel Arthur Nightingale
Colonel and Mrs. H. H. Oldham and Miss Oldham
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Oliphant
Colonel Hallam and Mrs. Parr
Colonel and Mrs. A. Peel
Colonel T. Phillips
Colonel and Mrs. W. A. Roberts and Miss Roberts
Colonel and Mrs. C. W. Robinson
Colonel and Mrs. F. W. Rich and Miss Rich
Colonel Frank Russell of Aden
Colonel and Mrs. Frank S. Russell
Colonel and Mrs. J. Cecil Russell and Miss Russell
Colonel and Mrs. Reginald Sartorius
Colonel and Mrs. Frederick Slade
Colonel and Mrs. John Slade
Colonel and Mrs. Gerard Smith
Colonel E. B. Snow
Colonel R. Spottiswoode
Colonel and Mrs. L. Starkie
Colonel Adolphus Stephens
Colonel and Mrs. Sterling and the Misses Sterling
Colonel St. Quintin
Colonel and Mrs. Swaine and Miss Swaine
Colonel and Lady Emma Talbot
Colonel and Mrs. Henry Thomas
Colonel and Mrs. Reginald Thynne
Colonel F. Townshend
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Trotter and Miss Trotter
Colonel Upperton
Colonel and Mrs. Howard Vincent
Colonel and Mrs. Ernest Villiers and the Misses Villiers
Colonel Albert Williams
Colonel and Mrs. E. Wood

Lieutenants Colonel

Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Armytage and the Misses Armytage
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Edward Bagge
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Baring
Lieutenant-Colonel Brabazon
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Brocklehurst
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Barrington Campbell
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Townley Caldwell
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Chaine and the Misses Sayer
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Clerk
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Collins
Lieutenant Colonel G. A. and Mrs. Curzon
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Custance and Miss Custance
Lieutenant-Colonel H. Eaton
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. L. Farmer
Lieutenant-Colonel Farquharson
Lieutenant-Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Ferguson of Pitfour and the Misses Ferguson
Lieutenant-Colonel Aubone Fife
Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. FitzGeorge
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Alan Gardner
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Hugh Gough
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Grant
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Haig
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs E. H. Hanning-Lee
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Augustus Hill
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Labalmondière and Miss Labalmondière
Lieutenant-Colonel M. and Mrs. Lockwood
Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Stewart Mackenzie
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Miles, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Henry Moorson [?]
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Murray of Polmaise
Lieutenant-Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Oliphant
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Paget
Lieutenant-Colonel Percy
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Poore
Lieutenant-Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Saunderson and Miss Saunderson
Lieuteuant-Colonel and Mrs. Leopold Seymour and Miss Mildred Seymour
Lieutenant-Colonel H. Smith
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Thynne and Miss Thynne
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Henry Toms
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Tully
Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Vivian

Majors

Major and Mrs. Atherley
Major and Mrs. Arthur Bigge
Major George Bolton
Major Studholme Brownrigg
Major and Mrs. Codrington
Major and Mrs. C. Crutchley
Major and Mrs. J. Smith Cunninghame
Major and Mrs. Dick Cunyngham
Major Arthur Davidson
Major Douglas Dawson
Major and Mrs. Edye
Major and Mrs. George Egerton and the Misses Egerton
Major Seymour Wynne Finch
Major R. B. Fisher
Major and Mrs. Harrington Foote
Major Hood Gregory
Major and Mrs. Charles F. N. Grey
Major and Mrs. Warner Heriot
Major and Mrs. Frederick Howard
Major and Lady Guendolen Little
Major F. A. Mandarin and Miss Mandarin
Major F. C. Ricardo
Major Shuttleworth
Major and the Hon. Mrs. Stirling
Major and Mrs. Tillbrook
Major Manners Wood
Major and Mrs. C. M. Stuart-Wortley
Major and Mrs. E. F. Wodehouse
Major Yorke

Captains

Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Abdy
Captain and Mrs. Alexander
Captain C. Anstruther-Thomson
Captain and Mrs. Josceline Bagot
Captain and Mrs. Lionel E. Barry
Captain C. R. Burn
Captain Burns
Captain and Mrs. Calley
Captain and Mrs. Walter Hill Chetwynd
Captain and Mrs. Walrond Clarke
Captain and Mrs. A. Colville
Captain Christian and Lady Jane Seymour Combe
Captain Walter Duncombe
Captain St. J. Frederick and the Baroness von Donop
Captain Drummond and Mrs. Lawrence
Captain Ferguson
Captain Arthur and Miss May Gooch
Captain and Mrs. Philip Green
Captain and Mrs. Lacon Hammet
Captain C. Harvey
Captain J. G. R. Homfray
Captain Kinloch
Captain J. A. Labalmondière
Captain H. Gerard and Mrs. Leigh, Captain and Mrs. Herbert Naylor Leyland
Captain Arthur John and Lady Catherine Loftus and the Hon. Misses Loftus
Captain and Mrs. Audley Lovell and Miss Lovell
Captain Neil Menzies
Captain and Mrs. St. John Mildmay
Captain and Mrs. Napier Miles
Captain Hughes Onslow
Captain Roderick Owen
Captain Victor Paget
Captain W. F. Peel
Captain and Lady Eva Wyndham Quin
Captain and Lady Beatrice Rawson
Captain Leonard Russell
Captain and Mrs. Selwyn
Captain and Mrs. E. M. Shaw and Miss Shaw
Captain Julian Spicer
Captain and Mrs. E. St. John Mildmay and Miss St. John Mildmay
Captain and Mrs. Stopford and Miss Stopford
Captain Claud Stracey
Captain and Mrs. Conyers Surtees
Captain and Lady Cecilia Webbe
Captain H. G. S. Young

The Navy

Admirals of Various Kinds

Admiral and Mrs. Algernon de Horsey and Miss de Horsey
Admiral D'Eyncourt and Lady Florence Pelham-Clinton
Algernon Heneage
Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Hopkins
Vice-Admiral Vansittart
Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Richard Wells
Rear-Admiral and Lady Edith Adeane
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. F. G. D. Bedford
Rear-Admiral Cleveland
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Colomb and the Misses Colomb
Rear-Admiral Compton and Mrs. Domvile
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Francis Durrant
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Fairfax
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. C. G. Fane
Rear-Admiral FitzRoy
Rear-Admiral and Mrs. W. Kennedy and Miss Alice Kennedy
Rear- Admiral and Mrs. Mayne and Miss Mayne
Rear-Admiral G. L. Sulivan
Rear-Admiral H. F. Stephenson

Captains

Captain and Mrs. Acland
Captain and Mrs. Bainbridge
Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Britten
Captain G. Boyes
Captain Arthur Brooke
Captain James and Mrs. Bruce
Captain and Mrs. Wilmot Fawkes
Captain John Fellowes
Captain and Mrs. A. FitzGeorge
Captain Fullerton
Captain Herbert F. and the Hon. Mrs. Gye
Staff-Captain W . B. Goldsmith
Captain and Mrs. Swinton Holland
Captain and Mrs. Alfred Jephson
Captain William H. May
Captain and Mrs. C. G. Nelson
Captain H. Rose

Commanders

Commander and Mrs. Henry A. Digby
Commander Farquhar
Commander Fisher
Commander and Mrs. Douglas Forsyth
Commander and Mrs. Hugh Gough
Commander George Higgins
Commander A. B. Milne
Commander George Neville
Commander Alfred Paget
Commander Percy Scott

Lieutenants

Lieutenant F. C. H. Allenby
Lieutenant H. C. Burrows
Lieutenant and Mrs. Frederick Hamilton
Lieutenant and Mrs. Colin Keppel
Lieutenant and Mrs. Maltby
Lieutenant and Mrs. James Startin

Other Officers and Staff

Deputy Inspector-General Turnball [Turnbull?]
Fleet Engineer J. F. Babb
Fleet Paymaster John S. Moore
Staff-Commander Herbert Roxby
the Chaplain of the Fleet

Queens' Guard Units

The officers of the Queen's Guard at St. Jamps's Palace
The officers of the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace
The officers of the Queen's Guard at the Horse Guards, Whitehall

Bibliography

1891GPaMH "Garden Party at Marlborough House." Morning Post 10 July 1891, Friday: 3 [of 8], Cols. 1–8. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18910710/017/0003 (accessed February 2015).