The English Consort of Viols was a British chamber music ensemble, established in 1935 by Marco Pallis and Richard Nicholson with a group of former Arnold Dolmetsch students. Focused on mid-XVI to mid-XVIII century and specifically British consort music and viol repertoire, the ensemble gave its debut performance in February 1938 at London’s Wigmore Hall. Going through several line-up changes, the English Consort of Viols had a prolific career, touring until the late 1980s and releasing several albums on Turnabout, Saga Records, and other prominent specialist labels.

Original line-up
Marco Pallis — founder, artistic director (1935–1971)
Richard Nicholson — treble viol, alto viol, organ (1935–1971)
Elizabeth Goble — bass viol, harpsichord (1935–1971)
Robert Donington — viol (1935–1939)
Margaret Donington — viol (1935–1939?)

New members (1967–1971)
Roderick Skeaping — treble viol, alto viol (1967–1977)
Kenneth Skeaping — tenor viol
Sheila Marshall, Marjorie Lempfert, Trevor Jones — tenor viol
Adam Skeaping — bass viol, solo division viol
Catherine Mackintosh — treble viol

Final years (after 1977)
Nigel North — lute, tenor viol
Ian Gammie — tenor viol, great bass viol
Jane Ryan — bass viol