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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JUNE 30 , 1837 .
DEATH OF WILLIAM THE FOURTH . THE Patron of the Craft is no more ! The Mason-King —the Sovereign-Brother—has undergone the last ordeal , and is now , we trust , enjoying the reward of his labours herein " the Grand Lodge above . " His political character
, belongs to the biography of his native land—to the annals of a country he governed in times of no ordinary difficulty . Let the future historian do justice to the memory of a humane and honest King!—He died on Tuesday the 20 th of this month .
We would fain explore every detail of the Masonic career of the illustrious dead ; but time will not permit us to do this with the accuracy of which such a subject is deserving . And we must satisfy our own ardent desire herein , and we hope to some extent the expectation of our readers , by
placing thus early upon record particulars , of themselves sufficient to show , that William the Fourth was an active participator in the operative work of Freemasonry .
HIS INITIATION . The first record we have of the identification of his royal name with the Craft , exists in the following extract from the minutes of the Grand Lodge : — " Grand Lodge , 1 th April , 1787 .
" The Grand Lodge being acquainted that His Royal Highness Prince William Henry , had been initiated into VOL . iv . u
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JUNE 30 , 1837 .
DEATH OF WILLIAM THE FOURTH . THE Patron of the Craft is no more ! The Mason-King —the Sovereign-Brother—has undergone the last ordeal , and is now , we trust , enjoying the reward of his labours herein " the Grand Lodge above . " His political character
, belongs to the biography of his native land—to the annals of a country he governed in times of no ordinary difficulty . Let the future historian do justice to the memory of a humane and honest King!—He died on Tuesday the 20 th of this month .
We would fain explore every detail of the Masonic career of the illustrious dead ; but time will not permit us to do this with the accuracy of which such a subject is deserving . And we must satisfy our own ardent desire herein , and we hope to some extent the expectation of our readers , by
placing thus early upon record particulars , of themselves sufficient to show , that William the Fourth was an active participator in the operative work of Freemasonry .
HIS INITIATION . The first record we have of the identification of his royal name with the Craft , exists in the following extract from the minutes of the Grand Lodge : — " Grand Lodge , 1 th April , 1787 .
" The Grand Lodge being acquainted that His Royal Highness Prince William Henry , had been initiated into VOL . iv . u