page_title: High Constabulary of the Port of Leith (Leith High Constables)
section_title: Guard of Honour
hierarchical_section_title: High Constabulary of the Port of Leith (Leith High Constables) / Purpose / Guard of Honour
caption_attribution_description: English: George IV landing at Leith by Alexander Carse died 1843
context_page_description: High Constabulary of the Port of Leith was founded in the late 17th Century, to deal with safety in the royal port and behaviour in streets of the port of Leith near Edinburgh, Scotland. It continues to this day as a ceremonial organisation.
  Known as Leith High Constables, the organisation is now an honorary society, supporting the City of Edinburgh Council and the Monarchy.
  The Leith High Constables continue in their own society with selected members, convened by a moderator for ceremonial attendance at events, raising charitable donations through annual dinners and other fundraising. There is a specific formal dress code including top-hats, tails, waistcoats and ceremonial batons, and more recently formal dress specified for women High Constables, similar to those of the other High Constables of Scotland, in Edinburgh and in Perth.
  The official blazon of the Leith High Constabulary was not awarded until 2014, by the Court of the Lord Lyon, and includes the coat of arms of Leith itself and the Leith motto 'PERSEVERE'.
context_section_description: On the occasion of George IV's arrival at the start of first royal visit by the reigning Monarch, in two centuries, ably choreographed by Sir Walter Scott in 1822, the Leith High Constables paraded when King George IV arrived at Leith Harbour. A large ceremonial portrayal of the occasion, was commissioned from Alexander Carse and was hung in the old Leith City Chambers, now occupied by the Leith branch of Police Scotland.
  Leith High Constables were guard of honour along Leith Links during the later visit of Queen Victoria in 1842, when their contribution was praised to the Monarch by the Lord Provost:  'In consequence of the universal feeling of satisfaction and joy, which pervaded all classes, aided by the excellent arrangements of the High Constables and Moderators, the utmost regularity and good order prevailed;' 
  The High Constables would also attend with the Lord Provost at Remembrance Day wreath laying and services, and the annual Festival Parade.
caption: George IV landing at Leith, 1822
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