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Bro . Pope was one of the earliest initiates in 1876 , and devoting himself earnestly to the welfare of the lodge and the duties of the Craft , he was elected W . Master in 18 S 0 . On his retirement he was elected , and has since been annually appointed to the office of Treasurer . Bro . Pope has also interested hi Ttself in the other branches of Masonry . He was exalted in the Friends in Council Chapter of the Royal Arch in 1 S 77 , advanced to the

Mark Degree in the Snowdonia Lodge , No . 259 , Portmadoc , installed a member of the Order of the Temple , and a Knight of Malta , and perfected Rose Croix in the Canterbury Chapter , No . 72 ; but the claims of a busy professional life left him little leisure for more than the pursuit of Craft Masonry , and this , both in London and the provinces , he has followed with zeal and success . He was one of the founders of the Mawddach

Lodge , Barmouth , Merionethshire , of which county Bro . Pope is a magistrate , deputy lieutenant , and deputy Chairman of the quarter sessions . He became Master of the lodge in 1885 on the consecration of a new Masonic Temple , which Bro . Pope had erected at Barmouth for the use of the Craft . On the death of Sir W . VV . Wynn , Bart ., P . G . M ., and the sub-division of

the Province of North Wales and Shropshire , Bro . Pop' was appointed by R . W . Bro . Lord Harlech , the new Provincial Grand Master , Senior Grand Warden of the Province of North Wales . He is also a member of the Royal Leek Lodge , No . 1849 , Bangor , and the Madoc Lodge , No . 1509 , Portmadoc , while as regards our Institutions , he is a Vice-President and has served as Steward for both the Girls' and the Boys' Schools .

GRAND JUNIOR DEACONS . BRO . RAJ . PH GLUTTON may fairly claim that his Masonic career , though varied in its character , has been distinguished throughout by a singular uniformity of success and , above all , that it has been as generally beneficial to the Society as it has been creditable to himself . He was initiated on the

16 th February , 1873 , in the Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 , and served as W . M . in 1882 .

In the interim , however , he was a founder of the St . Peter's Lodge , Westminster , No . 1537 , which was consecrated in 1875 , and of which he was chosen W . M .

in 1878 . In 1880 he joined the Methuen Lodge , No . 631 , Taplow , and was its W . M . in 1883 , so that in the six years from 1878 to 1883 ( both inclusive ) Bro . Glutton

occupied the Master ' s chair for the usual term in no less than three lodges . He was exalted on nth June , 1874 , in Mount Moriah Chapter ,

No . 9 , and having twice presided as M . E . Z . —intheyears 1881 and 1883—has for some years served as Scribe E . He is likewise one of the founders of the St . Peter , Westminster , Chapter , No .

1537 , and was chosen to occupy the chair of First Principal in the year 1881-2 . Moreover , he is Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , having been appointed to that office in 1883 , and to be a member of the said Board tne year previous . He was also one of the Special Building Committee charged with the important duty of restoring the Hall after the fire of 1883 . These are his achievements in Constitutional Masonry , but in the Mark and other Degrees he has been almost as successful . He was advanced tothe Mark in May , 1876 , in the Hiram Lodge , No . 13

, and holds the office of W . M . at the present time , while intermediately he became a founder of the Menatschim Lodge , No . 224 , in 1878 , and its W . M . in 1881 . In 1882 he was invested with the collar of Prov . G . S . W . of Middlesex and Surrey . He was installed a Knight Templar in 1876 , in the New Temple Preceptory , No . 117 , is a Past E . P . of Faith and Fidelity , No . 26 , and a founder , and in 1879 E . P . of the Blondel Preceptory . He

is also a Knight of Malta , and in May of last year , on the resignation of Sir Knight C . Goolden of the Treasurership of Great Priory , Sir Knight Glutton was unanimously chosen to succeed him . He has been a member of the Royal Order of Scotland since 1879 , and since 1875 ° f the A . and A . Rite , having been perfected in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , Rose Croix , No . x , in April of that year , and annually invested as its Recorder since 1870 ; he is now its M . W . S . elect . He was in 1879 a founder , and in 1883 0

M . W . S . of the Orpheus Chapter , No . 79 , and has taken the 30 . To this long array of claims on our respect must be added what , in the estimation of many , will be looked upon as the greatest of all , namely , that he has been a generous and consistant supporter of all our Charitable Institutions . He has served three times as Steward for the Girls' School , and once for each of the other Charities . He is , too , a Vice-Patron and one of the House Committee of the Girls' School , a Vice-Patron of the Boys' School , and a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

BRO . J . E . LE PEUVRK IS one of a number of distinguished brethren who for years past have adorned our Society in the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight . On him has worthily descended the mantle of the late Bro . W . Hickman , who in his turn succeeded the late Bro . J . R . Stebbing , and through him Bro . C . E . Deacon , who was appointed Prov . G . S / W . of Hants exactly half a century since , and was subsequently—in the year 1843

—installed Deputy to the late Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Bart ., deceased in 1869 . Fifty years are a tolerably long period in the career of a Masonic province , and it speaks well for Hants and the Isle of Wight that during all that time it should have had such capable men amongst its rulers . But to return to Bro . Le Feuvre , who has certainl y not spared himself in the duties that have devolved upon him . He obtained his first insight into

outmysteries in the Royal Gloucester Lodge , No . 130 , Southampton , in 1865 , and in due course his zeal for the Craft had its reward in his election to the chair of K . S ., a like honour having been conferred on him by the Shirley Lodge , No . 1112 , Shirley . In 1869 he made his ddbutas Prov . Grand Secretary , and from that time forward , with the exception of two intervals , in the latter of which he occupied the chair of Prov . G . S . W ., he carried on the duties of that important office with every credit to himself and most bene-

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ficially to the province till Bro . Hickman ' s death in 1884 , and then Bro . Beach , P . G . M ., casting about for a new Deputy , conferred that appointment on Bro . Le Feuvre . In Arch Masonry he has been quite as successful . He was exalted in the chapter attached to his mother lodge ( No . 130 ) , and having joined the Chapter of Concord , No . 394 , Southampton , was ultimately installed in the chair of First Principal . In 1870 he was invested

Prov . G . Sd . B . in the Provincial Grand Chapter ; in 1876 he succeeded Comp . W . Hickman as Prov . G . Scribe E ., and in 1885 became at the latter ' s death Prov . G . H . He is a Past Master of the Wyndham Mark Lodge , No . 37 , Basingstoke , and the St . Andrew's Alark Lodge , No . 63 , Southampton , was Prov . Grand Mark Secretary 1 S 73 lo 1879 , both years inclusive , and Prov . G . S . W . in 1880 ; and G . M . Overseer in the Mark

Grand Lodge of England , & c , in 1881 . In Templar Masonry he is a P . E . P . of the Royal Gloucester and Egbert Preceptories , Nos . 32 and 145 respectively , and Registrar of the former likewise , and Constable of the William Stuart Preceptory , No . 76 , Aldershot , as well as Past Prov . Constable and Present Prov . Chancellor in the Prov . Priory of Hants . He is also a Knight of Malta , Grand Banner Bearer in the Royal Order of

Scotland , a Royal and Select Master and member of the Allied Degrees , and in the Ancient and Accepted Rite a Past M . W . S . of the Canute Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 41 , Southampton , and has been elected and will receive next month the 32 , S . P . R . S . Lastly , Bro . Le Feuvre has been an active promoter of our three Charitable Institutions ,

havingservedfourStewardsto-ps and quashed as Vice-President oi the Girls School , two Stewardships with qualification of Life Governor for the Boys' School , and one Stewardship with similar qualification for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . A record like this , so consistent throughout , and so uniformly distinguished in its several branches , needs no herald to proclaim its merits .

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . BRO . RUDOLF G . GLOVER , in the five and twenty years he has been connected with Freemasonry , has deserved well of every branch of the Society . His career dates from October , i 860 , when he was initialed in the Universal Lodge , No . 181 ; five years later he was elected W . M . In 1872 he joined the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , and represented it on the

Board of Grand Stewards , of which he was chosen President , in 1880 . He is also a P . M . of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , Hampton Court , and since 1872 has acted continuously till the present time as its Secretary , his services in this lodge being further recognised by his appointment as Prov . G . D . of Middlesex . He has also been exalted to the Royal Arch , is a P . Z . of Universal Chapter , No . 181 , and Prince of Wales Chapter ,

No . 259 , and P . Z . and Treasurer of the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 778 , besides being a P . P . G . S . N . of Middlesex . In the Mark he is a P . M . of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , a Past Grand Steward , and P . P . G . S . W . of Middlesex and Surrey . In Templar Masonry he is a P . E . P . of the Bard of Avon Preceptory , as well as a Knight of Malta , and is a member both

of the Royal Order of Scotland and of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine ; while in the Ancient and Accented Rite he is a Pa * -t M . W . S . of the Bard of Avon Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 44 . and has taken the Thirty-first Degree . Lastly , Bro . Glover is a Life Governor of both our Schools , and has served two Stewardships for the Girls' and one for the Boys' Institution .

GRAND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OE CEREMONIES . Bro . H . TRUEMAN WOOD was initiated in the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1 159 , on the 19 th of February , 1872 . The following year he was appointed to the office of Secretary , and , having served as Senior Warden in 1874 , vvas in 1875 elected and installed Worshipful Master for the usual

term . He then reverted to his old position of Secretary , and only quilted it in 1879 to occupy a post he has ever since retained , that of Treasurer . In 1880 he joined the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 09 , and

having had a further year ' s experience of Secretarial duties , and having likewise represented the lodge on the Board of Stewards for 1883 , was elected to the chair of K . S . in 1885 . He is also a member of the Empire Lodge ,

No . 2108 , served on tne Board of General Purposes for the year 1875-6 , and wears the jewel permitted to those brethren who acted as special Stewards on the occasion of the Grand Master ' s installation in the Royal Albert Hall , in April , 1875 . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in the Marquis of Dalhousie Chapter , No . 1159 , a"d '" 1879 was installed first M . E . Z . of the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 778 , of which he was one of the founders , and in

which , having served as Treasurer , he now holds the office of Scribe E . He was perfected Rose Croix in 1875 in the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 44 , but this , as far as we know , is the only step he has taken outside the limits of Constitutional Masonry , as defined by the Articles of Union of 1813 . This statement , perhaps , needs some qualification . He has taken other steps , but they are in connection with the Masonic Schools , for both of which he has served as Steward and qualified as Life Governor . Bro . Wood was educated at Harrow and Cambridge , being awarded the Le Bas prize for an English essay , during his stay at the latter , and since 1879 has held the important office of Secretary to the Society of Arts .

GRAND SWORD BEARER . BRO . WILLIAM ROEBUCK , during the twenty years he has been a member of our Fraternity , has won considerable distinction in almost every branch of the Order . Not only is he a Past Master of several lodges , and a P . Z . of more than one chapter , but he has had Provincial honours conferred upon him , is a Past Grand Steward of England , and has taken a high position in the Mark , the Allied Degrees , Templar , and Red Cross Masonry , and the A . and A . Rite . He was initiated in the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 463 , Croydon , on the ist November , 1866 , and in