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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
JAMES HUNTER , banker , afterwards Sir James Hunter Blair , entered the Lodge , November 14 , 1755 , and was appointed its Treasurer at the election of 1756 , which office he remained in till 1760 . In 1757 he was also chosen to be Treasurer to the Grancl Lodge of Scotland , which situation he held for a number of years . This eminent citizen became Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and was returned as member of parliament in 1781 .
JAMES STUART , merchant and banker in Edinburgh . He was initiated a Mason in November , 1755 , and the year after was appointed Senior AVarden ofthe Lodge . At the Gvand Lodge election in 1 ? 6 I , _ he was elevated to the office of Deputy Grand Master , under the Earl of Elgin . He became Lord Provost in 1764 , and while holding this civic dignity , was , in the succeeding year , elected to the Grand Mastership of Scotland . This he held for two years .
Sin JOHN ST . CLAIR , of Stevenson , initiated January , 1757 . At the election of Grand Lodge in 1786 , he was chosen Senior Grand AVarden , and was re-elected the next year . Pie was the sixth Baronet of the family of Stevenson , which branch is descended from Sir George St . Clair , of Longformacus , who was third son of AVilliam St . Clair , of Roslin , who flourished during the latter part of the thirteenth century . He died in 1789 .
The following Brethren did not attain to office in the Craft : —David Rae , of Eskgrove , advocate , afterwards Lord Eskgrove , and Lord Justice Clerk in the Court of Session . He was initiated Octobers , 1754 . After a long , laborious , and useful existence , he was created a Baronet in 1804 , ancl died shortly after . Alexander VVedderburn , advocate , who
eventually became Lord Loughborough , Lord High Chancellor , ancl Earl of Ilosslyn . He was initiated December 3 , 1755 , while a member of the Scottish bar , which he left early , antl rose to the highest honours of the legal profession in England- Alexander Wood , surgeon , of celebrity in his clay ; Sir AVilliam Dunbar , of Hempriggs ; Sir AVilliam Baird , of Soughtonhall ; Gilbert Laurie , a Lord Provost of Edinburgh ; John Bruce , of Sumburgh ; Thomas Brown , of Braid ; John Stuart , of
Ballakulish : AVilliam Fraser , of Ford ; Cornelius Elliot , of AVoIflee , AV . S . & c . & c . Several Brethren of eminence joined the Canongate Kilwinning about the same time , of whom we may particularize two—GENERAL OUGHTON . Though originally initiated in an English Lodge , this Brother , from his ' long residence in Edinburgh , may be claimed as a Scottish Mason . He was affiliated in the Canongate
Kilwinning , December 4 , 1754 . His zeal and exertions were so conspicuous to the Craft , that at length , in 1769 , he was elected Grand Master Mason of Scotland . He was commander of the king ' s forces in that quarter , and exhibited in his person an eminent example of the perfect compatibility , or rather the noble harmony of the Masonic and military characters , united as they were in one who held such a high station in the Craft and in the General Oughton not only sanctioned
miliarmy . tary Masonry , but in his capacity of Grand Master , personally constituted and consecrated a new Military Lodge in the Scotch Greys , of ivhich the commander , the Hon . Colonel Napier , was appointed Master . This distinguished Brother appears to have receiveci Masonic honours previous to his arrival in Scotland , having held the appointment of Provincial Master of the Lodges in Minorca , under the English constitution .
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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
JAMES HUNTER , banker , afterwards Sir James Hunter Blair , entered the Lodge , November 14 , 1755 , and was appointed its Treasurer at the election of 1756 , which office he remained in till 1760 . In 1757 he was also chosen to be Treasurer to the Grancl Lodge of Scotland , which situation he held for a number of years . This eminent citizen became Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and was returned as member of parliament in 1781 .
JAMES STUART , merchant and banker in Edinburgh . He was initiated a Mason in November , 1755 , and the year after was appointed Senior AVarden ofthe Lodge . At the Gvand Lodge election in 1 ? 6 I , _ he was elevated to the office of Deputy Grand Master , under the Earl of Elgin . He became Lord Provost in 1764 , and while holding this civic dignity , was , in the succeeding year , elected to the Grand Mastership of Scotland . This he held for two years .
Sin JOHN ST . CLAIR , of Stevenson , initiated January , 1757 . At the election of Grand Lodge in 1786 , he was chosen Senior Grand AVarden , and was re-elected the next year . Pie was the sixth Baronet of the family of Stevenson , which branch is descended from Sir George St . Clair , of Longformacus , who was third son of AVilliam St . Clair , of Roslin , who flourished during the latter part of the thirteenth century . He died in 1789 .
The following Brethren did not attain to office in the Craft : —David Rae , of Eskgrove , advocate , afterwards Lord Eskgrove , and Lord Justice Clerk in the Court of Session . He was initiated Octobers , 1754 . After a long , laborious , and useful existence , he was created a Baronet in 1804 , ancl died shortly after . Alexander VVedderburn , advocate , who
eventually became Lord Loughborough , Lord High Chancellor , ancl Earl of Ilosslyn . He was initiated December 3 , 1755 , while a member of the Scottish bar , which he left early , antl rose to the highest honours of the legal profession in England- Alexander Wood , surgeon , of celebrity in his clay ; Sir AVilliam Dunbar , of Hempriggs ; Sir AVilliam Baird , of Soughtonhall ; Gilbert Laurie , a Lord Provost of Edinburgh ; John Bruce , of Sumburgh ; Thomas Brown , of Braid ; John Stuart , of
Ballakulish : AVilliam Fraser , of Ford ; Cornelius Elliot , of AVoIflee , AV . S . & c . & c . Several Brethren of eminence joined the Canongate Kilwinning about the same time , of whom we may particularize two—GENERAL OUGHTON . Though originally initiated in an English Lodge , this Brother , from his ' long residence in Edinburgh , may be claimed as a Scottish Mason . He was affiliated in the Canongate
Kilwinning , December 4 , 1754 . His zeal and exertions were so conspicuous to the Craft , that at length , in 1769 , he was elected Grand Master Mason of Scotland . He was commander of the king ' s forces in that quarter , and exhibited in his person an eminent example of the perfect compatibility , or rather the noble harmony of the Masonic and military characters , united as they were in one who held such a high station in the Craft and in the General Oughton not only sanctioned
miliarmy . tary Masonry , but in his capacity of Grand Master , personally constituted and consecrated a new Military Lodge in the Scotch Greys , of ivhich the commander , the Hon . Colonel Napier , was appointed Master . This distinguished Brother appears to have receiveci Masonic honours previous to his arrival in Scotland , having held the appointment of Provincial Master of the Lodges in Minorca , under the English constitution .