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Men You Know.

MEN YOU KNOW .

ONE of the factors in the life of to-day is the Craft of Masonry . The Grand Lodge of England has upwards of two thousand Lodges under its protection ; there are over six hundred Lodges in Scotland ; tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland carries jurisdiction in connection with

at least nine hundred Lodges . Originally , it is nowunderstood , a British Institution , Freemasonry has spiv ad from this country all over the world . Ifc lias a strong hold in France ; it flourishes in Germany aud Russia . The Grand Lodges in the United States are no fewer

than forty-eight in number . In South America , in Australia , in New Zealand , the Masons are like unto tho sands on the sea-shore for number . According to Masonic history—perhaps " The Bailie" should say Masonic legend—the Mother Lodges , in England and

Scotland respectively , are those of York and Kilwinning . The former , it is claimed , goes back to the early years of the tenth century . Mother Kilwinning dates , ' so the story goes , from two centuries later , but its authentic records go no further back than 1642 . This circumstance led to its being placed , at the institution , in 1736 , of the

Grand Lodge of Scotland , second to the Edinburgh Lodge , and it was not till 1807 that its right of priority , with the title of " Mother , " was generally acknowledged by the general Lodges over the country . As the " Bailie " has said , the G . Lodge of Scotland was instituted in 1736 , and from 1736 till the current

year of grace its meetings have been invariably held in Edinburgh . This year , however , the venue of the gathering has been shifted to Glasgow . On Friday , accordingly , the day being St . Andrew ' s Day , a meeting will be held in the Pillar Hall of the Queen ' s Rooms , and

at this meeting Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., M . P ., will be again formally installed in the high office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . The members of the Prince ' s

Lodge have granted the use of their paraphernalia for the occasion , the Masters and Wardens will muster in full force , and everything will accordingly be conducted duly and in the order which befits such an important event in the current life of the Craft .

At the close of the installation , a banquet will be held in the Upper Hall of the Queen ' s Rooms , and at this a large turn-out of Masons , especially from the West

of Scotland , is confidently expected . Sir Charles Dalrymple , the Grand Master-elect , first saw the light of Masonry in Lodge St . John , Rothesay , No . 292 in the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Iu May 1875 , he was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles . In this post he proved himself a

most emcient umcer . ± ie visited tne Juonges in the Province , which are eleven in number , and which extend from Dunoon to Port-Ellen in Islay . On the retiral , last year , of the Earl of Haddington , Sir Charles Dalrymple was unanimously elected to office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . To this post he has again been nominated ,

and his installation , as mentioned above , takes place on Friday . Sir Charles , it is interesting to note , stands seventythird on the list of Grand Masters , from the institution

of the Grand Lodge m 1736 . And certainly no more popular Grand Master has filled the Masonic throne . While his courtesy and urbanity are proverbial , he has never spared himself in his attention to the duties of the

office which he holds . In particular , he has been most exemplary in his visitation of the Provinces . One of his visits , for example , was made to the Lodges in Shetland , and this was the first time that these far north bodies had ever enjoyed the light of a Graud Master ' s countenance .

Apart from Masonry , Sir Charles Dalrymple is a familiar personage in contemporary politics . A cadet of the old Ayrshire house of the Fergusons of Kilkerran , he altered his name on succeeding to the estates of his great grandfather , Sir David Dalrymple ( Lord Hailes—lawyer , antiquary , and historian ) , near Musselburgh .

he still represents . Of course his deed of derring-do in

In 1868 he was elected for Buteshire , where he continued till 1885 , when he abandoned what was a perfectly secure seat to contest , with Mr . Gladstone , the representation of Midlothian . As all the world knows , he was unsuccessful , bufc in the succeeding year he was returned for Ipswich at a bye-election , and Ipswich

Men You Know.

Midlothian raised him high in the esteem of his party . For a short time he was a Lord of the Treasury under Lord Salisbury , and Lord Salisbury created him a baronet on the occasion of Her Majesty attaining her jubilee . Sir Charles is a man of varied experience and culture .

He has travelled ; he is familiar with the society of the great capitals in both the Old and the New worlds ; he knows books as wall as men . It is , however , as a Mason that Sir Charles is about to visit Glasgow , and

that the " iSai-i- * " lias included him among the " Men you know . " When so including him , the Magistrate echoes all the good wishes wished on his behalf by the Brethren of the mystic tie . — " The Bailie , " 28 th November 1894 .

Bro . Michael H . Shaw-Stewart , M . P ., was installed

as Provincial Grand Master of Renfrewshire West on the 23 rd ult ., in the presence of Sir Charles Dalrymple Grand Master of Scotland , Lord Blythswood and Sir M . R . Shaw-Stewart Past Grancl Masters , and a numerous

assemblage of other leading Masons of the Sister Jurisdiction . It was mentioned by the Grand Master , in the course of the ceremony , that the new Provincial Grand Master succeeded his father ( Sir Michael ) , who had

occupied the chair for the long period of forty-six years , and that Sir Michael himself succeeded his own father . The present holder of the Provincial Mastership waa the sixth in succession in his family at the head of Masonry

in Renfrewshire , and although , of course , the office was not hereditary , yet it would be admitted he had a claim . Sir Charles hoped that Bro . M . Hugh Shaw-Stewart would gam and retain the respect and confidence of the Province , as his father had done .

o o o It is expected the Duke of Devonshire Provincial Grand Master of Derbyshire will attend the annual meeting of the Provincial Graud Lodge , at Derby , on the 20 th inst .

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Men You Know.

MEN YOU KNOW .

ONE of the factors in the life of to-day is the Craft of Masonry . The Grand Lodge of England has upwards of two thousand Lodges under its protection ; there are over six hundred Lodges in Scotland ; tlie Grand Lodge of Ireland carries jurisdiction in connection with

at least nine hundred Lodges . Originally , it is nowunderstood , a British Institution , Freemasonry has spiv ad from this country all over the world . Ifc lias a strong hold in France ; it flourishes in Germany aud Russia . The Grand Lodges in the United States are no fewer

than forty-eight in number . In South America , in Australia , in New Zealand , the Masons are like unto tho sands on the sea-shore for number . According to Masonic history—perhaps " The Bailie" should say Masonic legend—the Mother Lodges , in England and

Scotland respectively , are those of York and Kilwinning . The former , it is claimed , goes back to the early years of the tenth century . Mother Kilwinning dates , ' so the story goes , from two centuries later , but its authentic records go no further back than 1642 . This circumstance led to its being placed , at the institution , in 1736 , of the

Grand Lodge of Scotland , second to the Edinburgh Lodge , and it was not till 1807 that its right of priority , with the title of " Mother , " was generally acknowledged by the general Lodges over the country . As the " Bailie " has said , the G . Lodge of Scotland was instituted in 1736 , and from 1736 till the current

year of grace its meetings have been invariably held in Edinburgh . This year , however , the venue of the gathering has been shifted to Glasgow . On Friday , accordingly , the day being St . Andrew ' s Day , a meeting will be held in the Pillar Hall of the Queen ' s Rooms , and

at this meeting Sir Charles Dalrymple , Bart ., M . P ., will be again formally installed in the high office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . The members of the Prince ' s

Lodge have granted the use of their paraphernalia for the occasion , the Masters and Wardens will muster in full force , and everything will accordingly be conducted duly and in the order which befits such an important event in the current life of the Craft .

At the close of the installation , a banquet will be held in the Upper Hall of the Queen ' s Rooms , and at this a large turn-out of Masons , especially from the West

of Scotland , is confidently expected . Sir Charles Dalrymple , the Grand Master-elect , first saw the light of Masonry in Lodge St . John , Rothesay , No . 292 in the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Iu May 1875 , he was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Argyll and the Isles . In this post he proved himself a

most emcient umcer . ± ie visited tne Juonges in the Province , which are eleven in number , and which extend from Dunoon to Port-Ellen in Islay . On the retiral , last year , of the Earl of Haddington , Sir Charles Dalrymple was unanimously elected to office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . To this post he has again been nominated ,

and his installation , as mentioned above , takes place on Friday . Sir Charles , it is interesting to note , stands seventythird on the list of Grand Masters , from the institution

of the Grand Lodge m 1736 . And certainly no more popular Grand Master has filled the Masonic throne . While his courtesy and urbanity are proverbial , he has never spared himself in his attention to the duties of the

office which he holds . In particular , he has been most exemplary in his visitation of the Provinces . One of his visits , for example , was made to the Lodges in Shetland , and this was the first time that these far north bodies had ever enjoyed the light of a Graud Master ' s countenance .

Apart from Masonry , Sir Charles Dalrymple is a familiar personage in contemporary politics . A cadet of the old Ayrshire house of the Fergusons of Kilkerran , he altered his name on succeeding to the estates of his great grandfather , Sir David Dalrymple ( Lord Hailes—lawyer , antiquary , and historian ) , near Musselburgh .

he still represents . Of course his deed of derring-do in

In 1868 he was elected for Buteshire , where he continued till 1885 , when he abandoned what was a perfectly secure seat to contest , with Mr . Gladstone , the representation of Midlothian . As all the world knows , he was unsuccessful , bufc in the succeeding year he was returned for Ipswich at a bye-election , and Ipswich

Men You Know.

Midlothian raised him high in the esteem of his party . For a short time he was a Lord of the Treasury under Lord Salisbury , and Lord Salisbury created him a baronet on the occasion of Her Majesty attaining her jubilee . Sir Charles is a man of varied experience and culture .

He has travelled ; he is familiar with the society of the great capitals in both the Old and the New worlds ; he knows books as wall as men . It is , however , as a Mason that Sir Charles is about to visit Glasgow , and

that the " iSai-i- * " lias included him among the " Men you know . " When so including him , the Magistrate echoes all the good wishes wished on his behalf by the Brethren of the mystic tie . — " The Bailie , " 28 th November 1894 .

Bro . Michael H . Shaw-Stewart , M . P ., was installed

as Provincial Grand Master of Renfrewshire West on the 23 rd ult ., in the presence of Sir Charles Dalrymple Grand Master of Scotland , Lord Blythswood and Sir M . R . Shaw-Stewart Past Grancl Masters , and a numerous

assemblage of other leading Masons of the Sister Jurisdiction . It was mentioned by the Grand Master , in the course of the ceremony , that the new Provincial Grand Master succeeded his father ( Sir Michael ) , who had

occupied the chair for the long period of forty-six years , and that Sir Michael himself succeeded his own father . The present holder of the Provincial Mastership waa the sixth in succession in his family at the head of Masonry

in Renfrewshire , and although , of course , the office was not hereditary , yet it would be admitted he had a claim . Sir Charles hoped that Bro . M . Hugh Shaw-Stewart would gam and retain the respect and confidence of the Province , as his father had done .

o o o It is expected the Duke of Devonshire Provincial Grand Master of Derbyshire will attend the annual meeting of the Provincial Graud Lodge , at Derby , on the 20 th inst .

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