The coronation robe and coronet worn by Colonel the Right Honourable Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram,

The coronation robe and coronet worn by Colonel the Right Honourable Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram, G.C.B., G.C.VO., C.S.I., P.C., F.Z.S., at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and again at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, by Ede & Ravenscroft, the robe of crimson velvet lined with silk, miviner cape with two lines of ermine tails, collar and facings of miniver pure; the coronet comprising a silver-gilt band with gadrooned border surmounted by six silvered 'pearls', ermine-trimmed crimson velvet cap of maintenance with silk lining and gold tassel; the coronet in its card box and the whole preserved in an Ede & Ravenscroft toleware trunk with 'LORD WIGRAM' to a brass plate on the lid.

By descent

Clive Wigram was born in 1873 and following an education at Winchester College and RMA Woolwich he embarked on a long and distinguished career in the British and Indian armies and at court. He served with the 18th Bengal Lancers in the Tirah Expedition from 1897-98, and with Kitchener's Horse in the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He was Aide-de-Camp to two Viceroys of India, and Assistant Chief of Staff to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in India, later serving as his Equerry. He was promoted Colonel in 1919. The many prestigious position that he held at court also included Private Secretary to the Sovereign (1931) and Permanent Lord in Waiting from 1936-60. He received numerous honours for his services, including Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1911 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1933. He rose within the ranks of the Royal Victorian Order, receiving the Royal Victorian Chain in 1937. In 1935 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wigram of Clewer in the County of Berkshire. He was also a keen sportsman and a first-class cricketer.