Provincial Grand Masters Under The Grand Lodge Of England.

Provincial Grand Masters Under the Grand Lodge of England .

R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord AMl'THll . r ,, Prov . G . Master of Bedfordshire , was , if we mistake not , initiated while a student at the University of Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 857 , and on a vacancy occurring in the Prov . G . Mastership of Bcdfordsliirc bis Royal Highness was pleased to appoint him to fill it , his

installation taking place in the year 1891 . Under his rule the Province has played , for its size , a not unimportant part in assisting our Institutions , and on many occasions his lordship has

o-iven his services as Steward m behalf of one or other of them . Ho is also a Mark Mason , and was appointed to the chair of S . G . Warden in 181 ) 3 , while be is a member ol the Oxford University Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 40 , and has taken the 30 ° in the A . and A . Kite .

Bro . JOHN THOUNIUI . C . Moiti . Axn , P . G . D . of England , Dep . Prov . G . Master and Acting Prov . G . Master of Berkshire , was initiated in ihe year 1863 in the Abbey Lodge , No . 9-15 , Abingdon , and is doubly a P . M . of his Mother Lodge , having been twice elected to its chair ,

the first time in 1808 , and for the second time in 1873 . In 1805 he was appointed Prov . Asst . G . D . of C , and in 1873 , Prov . G . Registrar of the late Province of Berks and Bucks , and on its division in 1890 into the separate Provinces of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire , he wasapnointed Dep . P . G . M . of the former . Sinccthelamenled death

of Ll . llAi . the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , Prov . G . Master , Bro . Morland has been iu charge of the Province , and that his services in the capacity of Acting Prov . G . Master , have been of no ordinary character , may be deduced from fhe fact lhat iu 1894 , fhe Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., was pleased to appoint him a Junior G .

Deacon ol England . He was exalted in fhe Alfred Chapter , No . 310 , Oxford , and occupied the three Principals' chairs successively in 1875 , 187 ( i . and 1877 , while two years later he became founder and lirst M . E . Z . of the Abbey Chapter , No . 915 . In 1891 he was unpointed G . Superintendent of his Province . In the Mark Degree

he has twice lilled the chair of A . in the Abbey Lodge , No . 225 , Abingdon , and has twice had provincial honours conferred upon him namely , in 1880 , when he was made Prov . S . G . D ., and in 1882 , when he was promoted Prov . J . G . W . of Berks and Oxon . lie is a Past

M . W . S . of the Albert Victor Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 117 , under the Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Ancient and Accepted Kite , while as regards the Central Masonic Institutions , and the Mark Benevolent Fund , he is a Life Governor of all of them , and has served as Steward in their behalf .

R . W . Bro . W . A . P . Powi ' tj , , Prov . G . Master of Bristol , has been a member of our Society for upwards of half a century , and has had the supremo satisfaction of attaining to positions of eminence in all the various branches of Masonry with which he has been associated . Thus in Craft Masonry he was appointed a S . G . Deacon of

England in 18 ( 19 , when the late Karl of Zetland was M . W . G . Master , while , afler serving for man } years as Dep . Prov . G . Master of Bristol , he was , on the resignation of Bro . the Earl of Limerick , appointed by his Royal Highness the Grand Master his lordship ' s successor as Prov . G . Master . In Royal Arch Masonry he was made

u . Asst . . Sojourner m 18 ( 59 , while his patent of appointment as Grand Superintendent of Brisfol dales from the 12 lh February , 1872 . In the Mark Degree he has held the oilice of Prov . ( . J . Mark Master for 21 years , having been originally appointed in 1875 . In the Order of

the Temple he is the Senior Member of the distinguished Baldwin Preceptory , his membership dating from the year 1815 , and he is Provincial Prior of the City and County of Bristol and the County ot Gloucester , while in the Ancient and Accepted Rite he is a Past

Provincial Grand Masters Under The Grand Lodge Of England.

M . W . S . of the Baldwyn Chapter of Rose Croix ( Time Immemorial ) ; has taken the 33 ° , and is Inspector-General of the Bristol District . These are the credentials of our distinguished brother , . and we venture to say there are few Masons who can point to such an array as this . Yet the . record , briefly as wc have sketched it , would not be

complete it we did not add that he is a liberal supporter , both by reason of the contributions he has made and the Stewardships he has served , to our Central Charities ; while under his auspices the Bristol

Provincial Charitable Institution , which has been established only during the last few years , is making considerable progress , and will shortl y bo in a position to enlarge the benefits it has been able to confer .

R . W . Bro . Col . ROIIUIIT Towxt . icv CAI . DWEM ,, Prov . G . Master and G . Superintendent of Cambridgeshire , was initiated in tho Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , Cambridge , on the 30 th May , 1869 , and having made rapid progress through the minor oiliccs , was installed as W . Master in . 1872 , the honour being repeated in the

year 18 / 7 . Having subsequently been appointed Prov . S . G . W ., he was , on the resignation of Bro . the Earl of Hardwickc , Prov . G . M ., selected by his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master to be his lordship ' s successor , and dul y installed in oflice . He was exalted in the Euclid Chapter , No . S 59 , and after successively occupying the

chairs of J . and H ,, was installed in that of First Principal Z . in 1875 . On the death of Com ]) . J . Neal York , G . Supt ., Comp . Caldwell was chosen to lill the oflice , thereby rendered vacant , and was formally installed in 1886 . In 1870 Col . Caldwell visited Oxford for the purpose of being advanced to the Mark Degree , and returning to

Cambridge became a founder , and ultimately W . M . of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 112 , and and in 1884 was honoured with the appointment of S . G . Deacon of the Mark Grand Lodge . He was installed a Knight Templar in tho Tailored Preceptory , No . 102 , in 1871 , and became its E . P . in 1 S 77 . In 1882 he was appointed Prov .

G . Marshal of Mast Anglia , and in 1 S 79 Grand A . D . C . in Great Priory . He was perfected Rose Croix in tiie Metropolitan Chap ! or No . 1 in 1871 , became one of the founders , and afterwards M . W . S . of the University Chapter , and also assisted iu founding the Cantabrigia Chapter . ' In 1879 he took the 30 ' , and if we slate further that he

is a life Governor of the R . M . Institution for Girls and President of the Cambridgeshire Masonic Charity Association , in which he takes a great interest , we shall lind that this distinguished brother has been at ( he pains of rendering the circle of his Masonic duties as as complete as possible .

II . W . Bro . the . Right Hon . the Karl of MOUNT Ew ; cu . \] iii' was initiated in ( ho lifetime of his father , when he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Vallolort , and is returned in the Devon Masonic Register as the Senior Past Master of the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 189 , East Stouehousc , having occupied the chair as its W . M . in

1858 . He was also W . Master of Meridian Lod ge , No . S 93 , Millbrook , in 1876 , and when the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , was formed in 1890 as a London home for Cornish brethren , his lordship was pleased to accept the post of acting Past Master . He was exalfed in the Royal Corniibian Chapter , No . 331 , Truro , aud occupied the chair of

First Principal in 1874 . His lordship ' s patent of appointment as Prov . G . Master of Cornwall bears date the 9 th December , 1872 , and he was installed in oflice in the following year . In that capacit y he was present on the memorable occasion , in 1880 , when ILR . 1 I . the Prince of Wales ' , . M . W . G . Master , laid the first stone of Truro

Cathedral . Iu 18 / 7 he was appointed G . Superintendent of the Royal Arch in Cornwall . In 1891 he was chosen to . lill the oilice of De ]> . G . Master of Kngland , rendered vacant by the . appointment of the Earl of Lai horn , as Pro G . M ., ami as a consequence he became

ex-n ( ficui Grand H . in Supreme Grand Chapter . This year , however , he has vacated these high oiliccs , and has been succeeded in them both b y Earl Amherst , Prov . G . M . and G . Superintendent of Kent . But during the period he held them , he had the opportunity of ren-

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