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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
to Mr . Huchanan ' s ; he was private secretary to the Chevalier Charles Edward , whom he accompanied in his eventful enterprise ; and , after the fatal battle of Culloden , fled to the mountains , where he lived the life of a hunted beast . Having taken refuge at the house of his brother-in-law , Mr . Hunter of Polmond , in Peebleshire , he was betrayed by a menial , and carried captive to London . There he is said to have been induced to make important revelationsBut we will not seek further to " draw
. his frailties from their dread abode . " He obtained pardon and a pension for life ; his name was erased from the books of the Lodge ; nor does it appear ever to have been restored . In 1743 , Murray was Junior Grand AVarden , under the Mastership of James , Earl of AVemyss . In addition to the above members we find the names of two worthy magistrates of the city of Edinburgh , Brothers George Halliburton ancl Robert Montgomery , initiated in 1738 and who both attained to the Lord
Provost-, ship of the city . The next Master of the Lodge , whom we have to commemorate , is the Right AA orshipful Brother , ANDREW HAY of Mugdrum , who was elected on the retirement of Dr . Douglas in 1748 . He became an Entered Apprentice on the 7 th July , 1736 , under the Mastership of Brother Fraser , and continued a private Mason till the election in 1745 when he was judged worthy of
, the second place in the Lodge , that of Depute Master , in which he was continued for three years . He was also chosen in Grancl Lodge to be Junior Grand AVarden , November , 1746 , and the year following was promoted to the Senior AVardenship . Working the Lodge with zeal and fidelity , Brother Hay remained in the chair till 1750 , when he was
succeeded by Dr . Douglas , as before stated , the veteran Brother George Fraser supplying the place of the latter after his death . Under Brother Fraser ' s renewed term of office , viz ., from 1752 to 1754 , Masonry began to recover from the shock of the rebellion , and the following members of note were initiated : Robert Adam and James Adam , architects . They were both entered at the same time , Nov . 29 , 1752 . About two years after their Masonic profession , Robert went to
Italy , and other parts of the continent , to improve himself by study ; and on his return to England , he published a very splendid description of the architectural antiquities of the various places he had visited . As specimens of Mr . Adam ' s style , the Adelp hi in London , ancl the Register House in Edinburgh , may be cited . In 1775 the two Brothers published a joint collection of magnificent designs . Robert held for some time the appointment of king ' s architect , which he resigned upon being
chosen member of parliament for his native county of Kinross . He died in 1792 , ancl was buried in AA estminster Abbey . SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY , when a young officer , was initiated in the Canongate Kilwinning , May , 1753 . It is not a little remarkable that four . of the greatest commanders of modern times should have been members of the peaceful Masonic Fraternity—namely , Abercromby , Nelson , Moore , and AVellington . Scotland can boast of two of these in the StJohn '
heroes : Sir John Moore having been initiated . s Lodge , Haddington . Ireland claims her AVellington ; England , her Nelson . JAMES BRUCE of Kinnaird , a name perhaps scarcely less universally known than those of the illustrious men just specified , was receiveci a Mason on August 1 , 1753 , being then in his twenty-third year . Bruce has been called , and not without reason , the prince of modern travellers .
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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
to Mr . Huchanan ' s ; he was private secretary to the Chevalier Charles Edward , whom he accompanied in his eventful enterprise ; and , after the fatal battle of Culloden , fled to the mountains , where he lived the life of a hunted beast . Having taken refuge at the house of his brother-in-law , Mr . Hunter of Polmond , in Peebleshire , he was betrayed by a menial , and carried captive to London . There he is said to have been induced to make important revelationsBut we will not seek further to " draw
. his frailties from their dread abode . " He obtained pardon and a pension for life ; his name was erased from the books of the Lodge ; nor does it appear ever to have been restored . In 1743 , Murray was Junior Grand AVarden , under the Mastership of James , Earl of AVemyss . In addition to the above members we find the names of two worthy magistrates of the city of Edinburgh , Brothers George Halliburton ancl Robert Montgomery , initiated in 1738 and who both attained to the Lord
Provost-, ship of the city . The next Master of the Lodge , whom we have to commemorate , is the Right AA orshipful Brother , ANDREW HAY of Mugdrum , who was elected on the retirement of Dr . Douglas in 1748 . He became an Entered Apprentice on the 7 th July , 1736 , under the Mastership of Brother Fraser , and continued a private Mason till the election in 1745 when he was judged worthy of
, the second place in the Lodge , that of Depute Master , in which he was continued for three years . He was also chosen in Grancl Lodge to be Junior Grand AVarden , November , 1746 , and the year following was promoted to the Senior AVardenship . Working the Lodge with zeal and fidelity , Brother Hay remained in the chair till 1750 , when he was
succeeded by Dr . Douglas , as before stated , the veteran Brother George Fraser supplying the place of the latter after his death . Under Brother Fraser ' s renewed term of office , viz ., from 1752 to 1754 , Masonry began to recover from the shock of the rebellion , and the following members of note were initiated : Robert Adam and James Adam , architects . They were both entered at the same time , Nov . 29 , 1752 . About two years after their Masonic profession , Robert went to
Italy , and other parts of the continent , to improve himself by study ; and on his return to England , he published a very splendid description of the architectural antiquities of the various places he had visited . As specimens of Mr . Adam ' s style , the Adelp hi in London , ancl the Register House in Edinburgh , may be cited . In 1775 the two Brothers published a joint collection of magnificent designs . Robert held for some time the appointment of king ' s architect , which he resigned upon being
chosen member of parliament for his native county of Kinross . He died in 1792 , ancl was buried in AA estminster Abbey . SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY , when a young officer , was initiated in the Canongate Kilwinning , May , 1753 . It is not a little remarkable that four . of the greatest commanders of modern times should have been members of the peaceful Masonic Fraternity—namely , Abercromby , Nelson , Moore , and AVellington . Scotland can boast of two of these in the StJohn '
heroes : Sir John Moore having been initiated . s Lodge , Haddington . Ireland claims her AVellington ; England , her Nelson . JAMES BRUCE of Kinnaird , a name perhaps scarcely less universally known than those of the illustrious men just specified , was receiveci a Mason on August 1 , 1753 , being then in his twenty-third year . Bruce has been called , and not without reason , the prince of modern travellers .