Standard Bearer of England

Office holders

• Thomas de Sarsfield, premiere standard bearer Henry II, A.D. 1172
• Henry de Essex, Baron of Raleigh
• Robert Trussebut
• Peter de Preaux
• Richard Fitzhugh
• Sir William Harrington. Bore the Royal Standard at Agincourt.
• Sir Lewis Robessart
• Sir William Burton, standard bearer to Henry VI in France. Died at Battle of Towton in 1461.
• Sir David Mathew, Battle of Towton. After the battle, King Edward IV granted the use of the word 'Towton' on the Mathew family crest for honoring Sir David Mathew with saving his life at the Battle of Towton. Sir David Mathew died in 1484, slain by the Tubervilles in an altercation at Neath.
• Sir Percival Thirlwall According to some sources bore the standard of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, killed during the battle. Legend has it that, although Richard's group was failing, Sir Percival held the standard of his King aloft whilst fighting a desperate fight, continuing to do so even with the loss of his legs during combat; he is said to have held the standard until his last breath.
• Sir James Harrington of Hornby According to some sources also bore the standard of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, killed during or shortly after the battle.
• Sir William Brandon Bore the standard of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, killed by Richard III during the Battle of Bosworth.
• Sir Anthony Browne
• Sir Ralph Egerton "for life with a salary of £100 per annum"
• Sir Anthony Browne in 1547
• Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu in 1553
• Sir Edmund Verney standard bearer to Charles I
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke as hereditary Queen's Champion, Dymoke was present at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and acted as Standard-Bearer of the Union Flag.