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His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms | |
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![]() Badge of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
Active | 1509- |
Country | England |
Type | Dismounted bodyguard |
Role | Royal Body Guard |
Size | One Troop |
Part of | Sovereign's Body Guard |
Garrison/HQ | London |
March | The Nearest Guard |
Engagements | Guinegate, Boulogne |
Commanders | |
Colonel in Chief | HM The King |
Captain | The Lord Kennedy of Southwark Chief Whip in the House of Lords |
Insignia | |
Collar badge | Portcullis |
Plume | White |
His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms is a bodyguard to the British Monarch. Until 17 March 1834, they were known as The Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.