Offered for public sale for the first time is this truly historic jacket worn by the pages for Queen Alexandra’s coronation with King Edward VII. The jacket was worn by Lionel Arthur Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington (1883-1959). For representation images of the coronation are provided in this lot for comparison showing Lionel holding Queen Alexandra’s train while wearing this exact jacket. Furthermore, the coat is hand marked at the collar “Earl of Portarlington”. The coat is truly a masterpiece of clothing showing the traditional Page of Honour iconic pattern with royal red “scarlet” background having all true gold embroidery stitching with black velvet cuffs having lace. The jacket also exhibits twenty-four original brass buttons which each bearing the Royal Court Officer-At-Arms to King Edward VII official seal of a scroll “R” with lower loop encircling “VII” at the base and the Crown of England atop of the letter. The coat is considered a “scarlet frock coat” with gold trimmings. The combination of the handwritten designation to Lion a Page of Honour to Alexandra of Denmark, the exact coat matching the photographs of the coronation and the very rare Edward VII coat of arms buttons makes this truly a fantastic authentic piece of English History. Lionel the 6th Earl of Portarlington was said to have been about 12 years old at the time and had the title of Page of Honour as he was one of the King and Queen’s trainbearers at the 1902 coronation. Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The piece comes with a custom metal clothing form to display the coat. The coat is in very good condition for its extraordinary 118-year-old age. Still exhibiting the silk ribbon at the right shoulder. The jacket measures 31.25”L by about 16”W from outside shoulder to shoulder when flat. The only other coronation pieces to have been sold to the general public from the 1902 coronation are the robes worn by John Pratt, 4th Marquess and Marcioness of Camden which sold at a Bristol, UK sale in 2010 for $13,000 USD. While the Marquess cape was definitely an important piece, the coat offered in this sale is exponentially more important and scarce as it is from the Royal Household of the Crown, with no other clothing from the Royal Household worn during a coronation known to have been sold on the public market.