Provincial Grand Masters Under The Grand Lodge Of England.

the installation of the late Earl of Derby , K . G .- —the same who was ihriee Prime Minister of England—as Chancellor of the University in succession to the great Duke of Wellington . Nor are there many who can point with justifiable pride to such a testimonial as was presented to him on the 2 nd June , 185 ( 1 , when he was the recip ient of a quantity of massive silver plate which had been subscribed for by

the Freemasons of Oxfordshire , and handed to him in recognition ot his many valuable services to . Freemasonry both iu that Province and generally . For ( hough our brother was ehietly known hy his Oxford services , he was not unknown to fame elsewhere . He was one of ( lie small band of distinguished brethren who in 1855 helped to revive the waning fortunes of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge ,

No . 10 , one of the oldest warranted lodges on the roll of Grand Lodge 'ind . br making- it the London home of Oxford hivthivn very soon raied it to one of the strongest and most influential , as it had previously been and still is one of our most , respected lodges . Of this lodge he was elected W . M . in lS ( i : > , aud we believe is still a subsci-ibinu' member . In his own Province of Hampshire and the Isle of

Wight , he is the senior Past . Master of the Lodge of Keonomy , No . 7 ( J , ' Winchester , as well as of the Oakley Lodge , No . ( 394 . In 1858 he was appointed Prov S . G . Warden of Hampshire , his iiumediate predecessor in that oflice being the late Bro . the Karl of Carnarvon , Pro G . Master . In 1809 Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were combined , so as to form one province under our respected brother as

Prov . G . . Master , and how it has fared during the ' It years it has been under his guidance does not need recounting here . In Royal Arch Masonry he has played an equally distinguished part . He was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , and occupied succesively the three Principals' Chairs in 1853 , 1854 , and 1855 . He was founder and first M . K . Z . of the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , No

10 , in . 18 ( 52 , remaining in the chair till 1 S (! 4 , and being again elected to fill it in 18 ( 5 ( 5 , 1874 , and 1 S 75 . In 1870 he was installed G . Superintendent for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , and in 1892 , on the resignation of Com ]) . Lord Leigh , was appointed his lordship ' s successor in ( lie chair of Grand J . Jn Mark Masonry ( he niimberand variety of his appointments is still greater . In 1857 he was

appointed S . G . Warden of the then newly-formed G . Lodge of Mark Master Masons , his only predecessor in Ihe oflice being ( he late Bro . William Jones , M . D . In ( he same year he was also appointed Prov . G . Master of Berks and Hants and so remained ( ill 1873 . fn lt < 80 he served as Deputy G . Master under Bro . Earl Amherst , then Viscount Holiuesdale , and three , years later he was elected M . W . G .

M . M ., in succession to his lordship . In 1870 , after his retirement from the chair , he was presented with a Past Grand Master ' s jewel , in recognition of his services . In 1889 , on the death of Bro . Canon Portal his old associate , he was appointed Prov . G . M . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . We note , in addition , that he was founder and first W . M . of ( he University Lodge of Mark Master . Masons ,

No . 55 , Oxford , and a member of the Wyndhani Mark Lodge , No , 37 , Basingstoke . In Ihe Order of the Temple he is a member of old standing , having been 1 st Grand Sword Bearer in Ihe old days of Grand Conclave , in 1853 , wliile the year following he was installed K . C . of the O'i'itr de Lion Preceplory , No . 29 . At the present time

he is Prov . Prior of Hampshire , and a Grand Cross of the Order . He is also a member and Past M . W . S . of the Adoniram Chapter ,. No . 101 , of Hose Croix . Lastly , he is a supporter of all our Institutions , one of the Trustees of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and has presided with great success as Chairman for both the Hoys ' and Girls' Schools , ami the Koyal . Masonic Benevolent Institution .

R . W . Bro . T . F . H . u . sicv , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Hertfordshire , was initiated , while at Christ Church , Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . . ' 157 , in 18 ( 51 , and subsequently joined ( he Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , of which , in 18 ( 57 , he was installed W . M . In fhe meantime , he was , in 18 ( 53 , accepted as a joining member of the Watford Lodge , No . 404 , and in l , S' ( 57 was appointed Prov . , 1 . ( 1 . 1 ) . of Hertfordshire ; while in 18 ( 58 he was installed W . M . of the Watford Lodge , and made Prov . S . G . W . In

1872 he joined tho Berkhanipsfead Lodge , No . 504 , aud the year following , on the resignation of Bro . William Stuart as Prov . Grand Master of Hertfordshire , was chosen his successor . On the 12 th July of Ihe same year , as P . P . G . W . and P . M .. of the Watford Lodge , he laid the foundation-stones of the Public' Library and new Masonic

Hall at Watfoid . On the 22 nd April , 1874 , Bro . Halsey , who about the same time was elected . ALP . Cor Hertfordshire , was installed in oflice as Prov . Grand Mustovun the Shire Hall , Hertford , in the presence of one of the largest gatherings of the Craft ever known in the county . The year following he was installed G . Superintendent

on the revival of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire , he having been exalted in Hie Watford Chapter , No . 404 , on the 28 th September , 1863 , and installed in the chair of First , Principal iu 187 . 1 . lb ; was advanced ( o the Mark Degree in Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , in 18 ( 57 , and appointed J . G . W . of Grand Lodge in 1878 . The

following year he figured as the principal founder of the Watford Mark Lodge , No . 211 , and was installed as the first occupant of its chair of A . In 1886 , on the formation of Hertfordshire as a Mark Province , Bro . Halsey had the honour of being installed as Prov . G . M . M .. by Bro . the Karl of Kiutore , M . W . G . M . He is abjoamomber

of the Order of the Temple , having been installed a Knight in the Stuart Kneampment or Preceptory , No . 28 , Watford , in 18 ( 54 , and elected and installed its K . P . in 18 ( 51 ) . He is , too , one of the few surviving officers of the Pror . Priory of Hcrlfordsli ' re , having for sometime held fhe post of Dep . Prov . Prior . He is a consistent

supporter of our several Institutions , being sv Vice-President of the Girls' School , and a Life Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , while he has served as Festival Sleward in behalf of each on more than one occasion . Lastly , he is the President of the Hertfordshire . Masonic Charit y Association , which was established under his auspices iu 1883 .

R . W . Bro . Col . EDWAI . 'D C . MAI . F . T IUO CAI ; TEUI : T , Prov . G . Master of Jersey , has presided over Crnft nnd Royal Arch Masonry in the Channel Islands for a number of years , having been appointed Prov . G . Master some , four years after he had filled fhe chair of W . M . in the St . Aubin ' s Lodge , No . 958 . Jersey , of which he was one of the

founders , and G . Superintendent in 1871 . He is also a member and Past M . W . S . of the Carteret Chapler of Rose Croix , No . 10 ft , Jersey , and has taken the 32 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Lastly , he is a Vice-Patron of ( he Hoys' School , and Life Governor of the Girls' School and Benevolent Institution , iu addition to which , he has served in their behalf several 'Stewardships .

H . \\ . Pro . fhe Bight Hon . E . \ r > r , AAIHEKST , Prov . G . Master of Kent , has had a long and brilliant career in Masonry , having been initiated into Freemasonry in the Westminster ard Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , with the late M . W . Bro . the Karl of Carnarvon , on the 5 th February , 185 ( 5 . His lordship was ( hen Captain the lion . W . A .

v \ mherst , of ( he Coldstream Guards , and had not long previously returned from the Crimea , when' ho had served with distinction at fhe bailies of Alma and lukermuu and ( he siege of Scbastopol , and been severely wounded . In 1857 he was appointed S . I ) , of his . mother lodire , and in ISiiO joined the Invicta Lodire , No 709 , Ashford .

Jn the course of the same year , on flic resignation of Bro . 0 . Pnrton Cooper , Prov . G . M . of Kent , his lordship—for he had f hen become b y courtesy Viscount Holniesdale—was , at fhe tni . 'inimoii . s wish of our Kentish brethren , appointed to the hi gh oilice of Prov . G . Master , an oilice which he has held ever since . He was installed in oflice at

a grand meeting of the brethren at fhe New Falcon Hotel , Gravesend , by Pro . Thos . II . Hall , then G . Registrar and Prov . G . Master of Cambridgeshire , on the 2 () f h October . 18 ( 50 , and it is needless to say that the happy anticipations then expressed of his successful government , of

fhe Province have been amply f ' ul / illcd . Indeed , on tho 13 th Jul y , l 8 * -d , when his lordshi p had held oilice for 21 years , an immense gathering of our Kentish hrefhren was held at Rochester , and the Prov . G . Master was there and then presented with a magnificent testimonial of plate , consisting of three vases of the value , of

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