Provincial Grand Masters Under The Grand Lodge Of England.

Salop ian Chapter , No . 262 , Shrewsbury , in 1884 . In 18 S 7 , Sir 0 . Wakeman presided as Chairman at the 99 th Anniversary Festival of -the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls and received most generous support , not only from bis own particular Province of Sbropsliire ,

but likewise from London and the Provinces generally . He is a Patron of the Institution and Vice President of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , as well as Patron of the Shropshire Masonic Charity Association .

R . W . Bro . Viscount DDN'GAHVAN 7 , Prov . G . Master of Somersetshire , who was appointed to his office in succession to the late M . W . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . Master—who was at the same -time Prov . G . Master of Somersetshire—on the 26 th July , 1890 , and installed the following year , has , in the half-dozen years that have

since elapsed , won many distinctions in FVeeinasonry ; nor have his labours been confined to any particular branch of our Order . That lie has signalised his tenure of his principal office ( that of Craft Provincial Grand Master ) is shown by the increasing respect entertained for him among his Somersetshire brethren , who , when he presided as

Chairman at the Benevolent Festival last year , supported him loyally and to good purpose . In the Mark Degree he has held high positions , having been successively S . G . Warden in 1890 , and D . G . M . under the Earl of Euston as Pro G Master . In the course of the present year he has become Prov . G . Master of Kent , in succession to the late Bro .

the Rev . T . Robinson , while in 1890 he presided at the Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund . In the Order of the Temple he is Great Seneschal and Knight G . Cross ; Grand Viceroy aud

Intenclant-General of Bristol , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire in the Order of Rome and the Red Cross : Dep . G . Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters ; and has taken the 30 ° in the Ancient Accepted Rite .

R . W . Bro . the Right Hon , Lord LUXGATTOCK , Prov . G . Master of South Wales ( Fasten Division ) , has been a member of the Craft for a period of 30 years . In 1865 he was in office as W . M . of the Loyal Monmouth Lodge , No . 457 , Monmouth , and is also a Prov . S . G . W . of Monmouthshire . In 1894 , after the post of Prov . G .

Master of South Wales ( E . D . ) had become vacant by the death of Bro . Sir George Elliot , Bart ., his lordship was appointed to succeed him , and was in due course installed . Since then he has had the satisfaction of witnessing a considerable increase in the number of lodges under his rule , there being two which have been consecrated by him during the present year .

R . W the Right Hon . the Earl of DARTMOUTH , Prov . G . Master of Staffordshire , was appointed to office in November , 1893 , in succession to Bro . Col . Alex C . Foster Gough , LL . D ., who had presided over that Province from 1889 until his death in the beginning of 1892 . His lordship was , till about six weeks since , W . M . of the

Tudor Lodge of Rifle Volunteers , No . 1838 , Wolverhampton . He is also a Life Governor of the R . M . Institution for Girls , and during the brief period he lias presided over the Province of Staffordshire has succeeded in winning to himself the respect of the brethren . He

was present at the Jubilee Festival of the Lodge of Honour , No . 526 , Wolverhampton , which was celebrated in the month of October , and ¦ evinced likewise a marked degree of interest in the success of the 25 th Anniversary of the Staffordshire Masonic Charity Association .

R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Earl of ONSI . . G . C . M . G ., Prov . G . Master of Surrey , is deservedly a most popular Mason . He was initiated in 1871 , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , while a member of Exeter College . In 1 S 8 U the Prince of Wales conferred upon him the collar of S . G . Warden of England , while in 1884 he

was appointed Grand Principal Sojourner . In 1885 he was appointed I ' rov . S . G . Warden of Surrey . Last year he succeeded the late Bro . Col . Money , as Prov . G . M . and (! . Superintendent of Surrey , while this spring he was installed first W . M . of the London Count y Council Lodge , No . 2 ( 513 . In the Mark Degree he was founder and

first W . M . of the Onslow Lodge , No . 361 , having five years previously been appointed S . G . Warden of Mark Grand Lodge , while in June of last year he received his patent of appointment as Prov . G . Master . In the Order of the Temple he is Prov . Prior of the Province of Kent and Surrey , so that in the four principal

sub-divisions of our Masonic system his lordship holds high rank , and in all of them he is careful to discharge the many duties devolving upon him with the utmost kindness and courtesy . It will be remembered that at the time the movement was initiated for establishing an independent Grand Lodge of New Zealand , his lordshi p

happened to be the Governor of the Colony , and to him , therefore , the local leaders turned for a chief in the event of their measures proving successful . His lordship expressed his readiness to accept the honour proposed in the event of there being a substantial majority of the lodges in favonr of independence . This , however ,

turned out not to be the case , and consequently the question of his accepting the proffered Grand Mastershi p fell through . Wo belieye , however , that he has latterly been exerting himself in the hope of effecting a reconcilation of the conflicting Masonic interests in the Colony , and bringing them nnder the government of a local Grand Lodge .

H . R . H . the Duke of CONWAD -H , M . W . Past G . Master of England , R . W . Prov . G . Master of Sussex , and R . W . District G . Master of Bombay , was initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , on the

24 th March , 1 S 74 , and was -raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . the evening before the installation of his elder brother , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as M . W . G . Master . He has occupied the chair in several lodges , notably that of the Royal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 , while in 1877 he was appointed S . G . Warden of England , and at the meeting

held on the ' loth May , 1882 , the Prince of Wales and their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Connaught and the late Duke of Albany occupied the principal officers' chairs when United Grand Lodge passed by acclamation an address of congratulation to her Majesty the Queen on her escape from the hands of the assassin . In 1886 ,

on the death of R . W . Bro . Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., Prov . G . Master of Sussex , his Royal Highness was appointed and installed in office by the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., as his successor , wliile the year following , on the Dist . G . Mastership of Bombay becoming vacant , the Duke was elected to fill it . He is also the representative at our

Grand Lodge of the three G . Lodges in Berlin—that of Three Globes , the G . Countries' Lodge , and the G . Lodge Royal York of Friendship . In Royal Arch Masonry his Royal Highness was appointed G . Superintendent of Bomba ) , and Past Grand Z . of G . Chapter in 1891 ; while in Mai'k Masonry he is a Past G . Master ,

dating from 1891 , aud at the installation of the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . M ., the Duke was appointed and invested as S . G . Warden of the Degree . In the Order of the Temple he is Great Prior of Ireland and a Knight Grand Cross , and Prov . Prior of Sussex , and in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , an honorary member of the Supreme

Council , 33 , for England . His Royal Hig hness has taken a deep interest in our Masonic Institutions , and lias presided as Chairman at the Boys' School Festival in 187 S , and for that of the Girls' School in 1892 , while he has very graciously arranged to take the chair at the Festival which will be held in February next in behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Lr" !< . it , Prov . Grand Master of Warwickshire , has for some years occupied the proud position of senior Prov . Grand Master under the Grand Lodge of England , his patent of appointment dating from as far back as the year 1852 . He was initiated in the Lodge of Light , No . 468 , Birmingham , was

elected and installed its W . M . in 1852—the year in which he was appointed to succeed the late Earl Howe , G . C . B ., as Prov . Grand Master Warwickshire , and , on vacating the chair , was presented with a Past Master ' s jewel . In 1857 he was the principal founder (• and first W . M . of the Stonelei gh Lodge , No . 725 , and in January ,

1862 , was installed as first W . M . of the Leigh Lodge , No . 867 , Birmingham , of which likewise he was tbe chief founder . In the case of fhe last-named lodge his lordship will be found at the head of the roll of Past Masters , the next in point of seniority having occupied the chair in 1881 . He is also a distinguished R . A . Mason ,

and is still a subscribing Past First Principal of the Temperance Chapter , No . 739 . Birmingham , having served as M . E . Z . as far back as 1857 . In 1864 he was appointed G . Superintendent for Warwickshire . After the death of the Duke of Albany in 1884 , his lordship was appointed , at the next annual convocation of Supreme G . Chapter

in May , 1885 , to the chair of Grand . 1 ., from which he retired in 1892 . Jle was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Bon Accord Lodge on the 27 th June , 1855 , and immediately installed as its W . M . for the ensuing twelve months , and the following year , when United G . Lodge declined to incorporate the -Mark in the system of Degrees

as defined at the union of Ancient and Modern Alasonry in 1813 , audit was determined to place it under an organisation of its own , his lordship was elected first M . W . G . M ! . of the Grand Mark Lodge of England and Wales , ite . He still heads the list of Past G . Mark Masters , and thus occupies a unique position in Craft , Roval Arch ,

and Mark Masonry , being the senior on the roll of Provincial Chiefs in the Craft , and Royal Arch , and the senior surviving Chief of Grand Lodge in the Mark . He has also been perfected Rose Croix and taken the 30 " in the A . and A . Rite . But his services have not been confined to the work of lodge , Prov . G . Lodge , or Chapter . On the

23 rd Ma ) , 1853 , he laid the foundation stone of the new hall of the Leamington Literary and Scientific Institution , and was presented with a silver trowel on the occasion . On the 18 th June . 1856 , he opened the new Sussex Wing of the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Inn Road : while in 1872 , as proxy for the Marquis of Ripon , M . W . G .

Master , he laid the lirst stone of the Middle Class Idiot Asylum at Knowle . He has also been a most generous patron of our Masonic Institutions , is a Patron and Trustee of the R . M . I , for Girls , for which he and his Province did good suit and service at the Centenary Festival in 1888 . a Vice Patron and Trustee for the Male Fund of the

Royal . Masonic Benevolent Institution , at the lirst of whose annual Festivals he presided in 18 ( 51 ; and a Patron aud Trustee for the R . M . Institution for Roys , for which he would have presided as Festival Chairman in 1862 but for illness , and for which he did preside in that capacity in 1876 .

R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . W . LAWIKS JACKS . *' , M . l \ . Prov . ( i . M . West Yorkshire , was , we believe , initiated in the Lodge of Fidelity , No , 289 , Leeds , and at the time he occupied the chair of W . M . the R . W . Bro . T . W . Tew , J . P .. at his installation as Prov . G . Master , did him ( Bro . Jackson ) the honour to select him for his first Prov .

S . G . Warden . This was in 1885 , and some eig ht years later , on the 27 th September , 1893 , Bro . Jackson had the further and still greater honour of being installed as Bro . 'few ' s successor in the office of Grand Master of one of our largest Provinces by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . M . There was a grand gathering cf brethren from