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Bro. W. J. Hughan, P.G.D.
in Grand Lodge , but this Bro . HUCHAX conscientiously declined on the ground of his inability to attend with anything like regularity ; but the difficulty was surmounted in t- " 74 , when in recognition of his literary
and general services to the Craft , the rank of Past S . G . Deacon was assigned him . iYor must we forget to mention that he has taken an active part in the establishment of lodges of instruction , and , above all , that lie was one of the orig inators of our great
literary lodge , the Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , to the transactions of which lie has been from the very first a regular , and , we need hardly add , one of the most esteemed contributors . He is also an honorary member of many important lodges , both at
home and abroad , a life member of the Athole Lodge , No . 413 , Glasgow , since 1 S 65 , and of Mother Kilwinning , since 1868 , on the roll of Scotland ; a member of Lodge No . 350 , Omagh , on
that of Ireland ; a Past S . G . Warden of several Grand lodges abroad ; and a member of the Veterans' Associations of Pennsylvania , Illinois , and Ohio , to which he was elected in the years 1884 , 1889 , and 18 95 respectively .
In the many other branches of Masonry he ha ? won equal or similar distinction . In the Royal Arch , to which he was exalted in 1865 , he ranks as P . Z ., having been installed in the chair of First Principal in 1873 . The following year he was offered , but
declined , honours in Supreme Grand Chapter , but in 1883 his Royal Highness conferred upon him the rank of Past Assistant Grand Sojourner . He is also a Scottish R . A . companion , and since 1872 has held the office of representative of the Grand
Chapter of Pennsylvania at the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England . He was advanced to the Mark Degree in 1863 , and two years later became a founder , and was installed first W . M . of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 7 8 , Truro ,
of which he is still a member ; while in 1867 , on the erection of Cornwall into a Mark Province , he was appointed Prov . Grand Secretary , but declined the office of Deputy Prov . Grand Master . In 1866 his services were recognised by his appointment as
Junior Grand Overseer , and when , in 18 72 , as already mentioned , he became the representative of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania at our Mark Grand Lodge , the still higher honour of Past Junior Grand Warden was conferred upon him by patent .
In the Order of the Temple , of which he was installed a Knight in 1870 , he ranks as Past G . Constable of England , and is Honorary Provincial Prior of Canada , while in the Ancient and Accepted Kite , in which he has taken a special interest , and of
which he was perfected Rose Croix , 1 S , as far back as 1865 , he is a Past M . W . S . of the Cornwall Chapter , No . 61 , Truro , and in 1879 had the 32 ° conferred upon him honoris causa . He is also a Knight G . Cross of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of
Constantine , which he joined in 1 S 65 ; a member of the Royal Order of Scotland since 1867 , as xvc " ° ^ tne Rosicrucian Society of England , of which , as a P . S . M ., 9 , he is a member of the Third Order honoris causa . Lastly .
so far as this portion of his record is concerned , he has been a generous friend and supporter of our Masonic Charitable Institutions , both central and local , and in the course of his various Stewardships has not only qualified as
Vice-Patron of the Boys' School , Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor of the Girls' School , but has also been the means of raising in their behalf subscriptions and donations amounting in the aggregate to about ^ 2000 .
But great as have been the services which Bro . HuGHAN has rendered in the numerous offices he has filled in the several systems of Masonry we have specified , they are as nothing in comparison with those he has rendered to the literature of the
Craft ; nor , though , at divers periods of bis career , be has been almost overwhelmed with honorific distinctions of every degree and kind , both in England and abroad , will those distinctions bear comparison with the recognition which he has received
uncrrud f ingly and with admirable impartiality from his English and foreign brother Masons alike , in respect of the many original and independent works he has written or compiled , and the almost continuous series of contributions to our periodical
literature winch have emanated from his pen during his long connection with our Fraternity . We have already referred , as a reason for publishing this memoir , to the articles , essays , notes , comments , papers , critiques , both signed and unsigned , with
Bro. W. J. Hughan, P.G.D.
which , as an honorary contributor , he has favoured this journal during the 27 years of its existence . But during the live years which preceded the establishment of the Freemason , Bro . HUGHAN will be found to have contributed almost as freely , and
without question , in the same honorary capacity , to the columns of what was then the English Masonic organ of the day—the Freemason ' s Magazine and Mirror ; while those who have any acquaintance with the periodical Craft literature which is
published in the United States as well as in Canada and the other Colonies and dependencies of the British Crown will bear us out in the statement that there is hardly one of those reviews , magazines , or newspapers of any age and merit which does not
from time to time furnish evidence of his great and varied knowledge and indefatigable research . He is , indeed , gifted with " the pen of a ready writer , " and is as generous in supplying articles for the edification of his Masonic readers as he is
competent to write them . True , the majority ' of these casual articles deal only with passing events and possess , therefore , only a fleeting interest , but among them will be found many , which , as they concern the more abstruse questions of Masonic
History , usages , and Customs , will always prove of infinite value to all students of the Craft . As regards the more important works jwhich he has compiled or written from time to time , it is enough , but , at the same time , very unfortunate to
be obliged to say that of the 11 which have been published up to the present time , the first nine have been for several years out of print . The earliest , on the " Constitutions of the Freemasons " made its appearance in i 860 and at once
established the reputation of the author as a writer of exceptional ability and rare judgment . This was followed in 18 71 by his "History of Freemasonry in York" and " Unpublished Records of the Craft , " and these in turn by the first edition of
his "Old Charges of British Free / nasons , " which was published in 1872 and was the first collection in print of these rare old constitutional rolls , or rather of the score of them , or thereabouts , that were then known to be in existence . In his fifth
work , published in 18 74 , he compiled a number of highly interesting and valuable " Memorials of the Masonic Union of 1813 , " and four years later a "Numerical and Medallic Register ot Lodges . " In 188 4 , what is unquestionably one of the ablest ol
his works appeared in the shape of an elaborate essay on the " Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry . " This is all the more valuable from the light it throws on the Royal Arch and the varying fortunes which that branch of constitutional Masonry
has undergone between about 1 740 , when we first hear of its existence in England , to the year 1817 , when our two Grand Chapters were amalgamated as our two Grand Lodges had been four years previously ; and as even in the 12 years that have elapsed
since i 884 , amassof important information relating to this Degree has been unearthed , we trust that Bro . HUGHAN will find time and the opportunity to issue a second edition of the work . In 188 9 two volumes were issued , one containing a reprint of the "Engraved
List of Regular Lodges for 1 734 , " with Notes and Comments ; and the other a " History of the Apollo Lodge and the R . A . York . " These complete the series of nine , which , as we have already said , have for years been out of print , while the
tenththe " History of the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , London ' —was printed and published by Bro . KENNING for presentation only . There thus remains only his most recent volume , published last year , namely , the second edition of his " Old Charges of
British Freemasons . This was carefully reviewed in these columns immediately after its issue , and has since been the subject of independent comment not onl y in the Freemason , but likewise in other Masonic reviews and journals , both at home
and abroad . Let it suffice , therefore , if we say that in the opinion of those best qualified to judge , the latest of the many works for which we are indebted to Bro . HUGHAN is also looked upon as the most valuable . Bro . W . WATSON , the Honorary Librarian
of the Masonic Library at Wakefield , was not far wrong when in a commentary on ( the work which appeared in this journal , fa declared that bad Bro . HliGHAN written nothing else of moment
the Craft would have been still his debtor in respect of this most valuable compilation . There is also yet another volume in course of preparation , which will bear the title of " Early Records of the Third Degree , " and which , when it does make its appearance ,
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Bro. W. J. Hughan, P.G.D.
in Grand Lodge , but this Bro . HUCHAX conscientiously declined on the ground of his inability to attend with anything like regularity ; but the difficulty was surmounted in t- " 74 , when in recognition of his literary
and general services to the Craft , the rank of Past S . G . Deacon was assigned him . iYor must we forget to mention that he has taken an active part in the establishment of lodges of instruction , and , above all , that lie was one of the orig inators of our great
literary lodge , the Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , to the transactions of which lie has been from the very first a regular , and , we need hardly add , one of the most esteemed contributors . He is also an honorary member of many important lodges , both at
home and abroad , a life member of the Athole Lodge , No . 413 , Glasgow , since 1 S 65 , and of Mother Kilwinning , since 1868 , on the roll of Scotland ; a member of Lodge No . 350 , Omagh , on
that of Ireland ; a Past S . G . Warden of several Grand lodges abroad ; and a member of the Veterans' Associations of Pennsylvania , Illinois , and Ohio , to which he was elected in the years 1884 , 1889 , and 18 95 respectively .
In the many other branches of Masonry he ha ? won equal or similar distinction . In the Royal Arch , to which he was exalted in 1865 , he ranks as P . Z ., having been installed in the chair of First Principal in 1873 . The following year he was offered , but
declined , honours in Supreme Grand Chapter , but in 1883 his Royal Highness conferred upon him the rank of Past Assistant Grand Sojourner . He is also a Scottish R . A . companion , and since 1872 has held the office of representative of the Grand
Chapter of Pennsylvania at the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England . He was advanced to the Mark Degree in 1863 , and two years later became a founder , and was installed first W . M . of the Lodge of Fortitude , No . 7 8 , Truro ,
of which he is still a member ; while in 1867 , on the erection of Cornwall into a Mark Province , he was appointed Prov . Grand Secretary , but declined the office of Deputy Prov . Grand Master . In 1866 his services were recognised by his appointment as
Junior Grand Overseer , and when , in 18 72 , as already mentioned , he became the representative of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania at our Mark Grand Lodge , the still higher honour of Past Junior Grand Warden was conferred upon him by patent .
In the Order of the Temple , of which he was installed a Knight in 1870 , he ranks as Past G . Constable of England , and is Honorary Provincial Prior of Canada , while in the Ancient and Accepted Kite , in which he has taken a special interest , and of
which he was perfected Rose Croix , 1 S , as far back as 1865 , he is a Past M . W . S . of the Cornwall Chapter , No . 61 , Truro , and in 1879 had the 32 ° conferred upon him honoris causa . He is also a Knight G . Cross of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of
Constantine , which he joined in 1 S 65 ; a member of the Royal Order of Scotland since 1867 , as xvc " ° ^ tne Rosicrucian Society of England , of which , as a P . S . M ., 9 , he is a member of the Third Order honoris causa . Lastly .
so far as this portion of his record is concerned , he has been a generous friend and supporter of our Masonic Charitable Institutions , both central and local , and in the course of his various Stewardships has not only qualified as
Vice-Patron of the Boys' School , Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor of the Girls' School , but has also been the means of raising in their behalf subscriptions and donations amounting in the aggregate to about ^ 2000 .
But great as have been the services which Bro . HuGHAN has rendered in the numerous offices he has filled in the several systems of Masonry we have specified , they are as nothing in comparison with those he has rendered to the literature of the
Craft ; nor , though , at divers periods of bis career , be has been almost overwhelmed with honorific distinctions of every degree and kind , both in England and abroad , will those distinctions bear comparison with the recognition which he has received
uncrrud f ingly and with admirable impartiality from his English and foreign brother Masons alike , in respect of the many original and independent works he has written or compiled , and the almost continuous series of contributions to our periodical
literature winch have emanated from his pen during his long connection with our Fraternity . We have already referred , as a reason for publishing this memoir , to the articles , essays , notes , comments , papers , critiques , both signed and unsigned , with
Bro. W. J. Hughan, P.G.D.
which , as an honorary contributor , he has favoured this journal during the 27 years of its existence . But during the live years which preceded the establishment of the Freemason , Bro . HUGHAN will be found to have contributed almost as freely , and
without question , in the same honorary capacity , to the columns of what was then the English Masonic organ of the day—the Freemason ' s Magazine and Mirror ; while those who have any acquaintance with the periodical Craft literature which is
published in the United States as well as in Canada and the other Colonies and dependencies of the British Crown will bear us out in the statement that there is hardly one of those reviews , magazines , or newspapers of any age and merit which does not
from time to time furnish evidence of his great and varied knowledge and indefatigable research . He is , indeed , gifted with " the pen of a ready writer , " and is as generous in supplying articles for the edification of his Masonic readers as he is
competent to write them . True , the majority ' of these casual articles deal only with passing events and possess , therefore , only a fleeting interest , but among them will be found many , which , as they concern the more abstruse questions of Masonic
History , usages , and Customs , will always prove of infinite value to all students of the Craft . As regards the more important works jwhich he has compiled or written from time to time , it is enough , but , at the same time , very unfortunate to
be obliged to say that of the 11 which have been published up to the present time , the first nine have been for several years out of print . The earliest , on the " Constitutions of the Freemasons " made its appearance in i 860 and at once
established the reputation of the author as a writer of exceptional ability and rare judgment . This was followed in 18 71 by his "History of Freemasonry in York" and " Unpublished Records of the Craft , " and these in turn by the first edition of
his "Old Charges of British Free / nasons , " which was published in 1872 and was the first collection in print of these rare old constitutional rolls , or rather of the score of them , or thereabouts , that were then known to be in existence . In his fifth
work , published in 18 74 , he compiled a number of highly interesting and valuable " Memorials of the Masonic Union of 1813 , " and four years later a "Numerical and Medallic Register ot Lodges . " In 188 4 , what is unquestionably one of the ablest ol
his works appeared in the shape of an elaborate essay on the " Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry . " This is all the more valuable from the light it throws on the Royal Arch and the varying fortunes which that branch of constitutional Masonry
has undergone between about 1 740 , when we first hear of its existence in England , to the year 1817 , when our two Grand Chapters were amalgamated as our two Grand Lodges had been four years previously ; and as even in the 12 years that have elapsed
since i 884 , amassof important information relating to this Degree has been unearthed , we trust that Bro . HUGHAN will find time and the opportunity to issue a second edition of the work . In 188 9 two volumes were issued , one containing a reprint of the "Engraved
List of Regular Lodges for 1 734 , " with Notes and Comments ; and the other a " History of the Apollo Lodge and the R . A . York . " These complete the series of nine , which , as we have already said , have for years been out of print , while the
tenththe " History of the Lion and Lamb Lodge , No . 192 , London ' —was printed and published by Bro . KENNING for presentation only . There thus remains only his most recent volume , published last year , namely , the second edition of his " Old Charges of
British Freemasons . This was carefully reviewed in these columns immediately after its issue , and has since been the subject of independent comment not onl y in the Freemason , but likewise in other Masonic reviews and journals , both at home
and abroad . Let it suffice , therefore , if we say that in the opinion of those best qualified to judge , the latest of the many works for which we are indebted to Bro . HUGHAN is also looked upon as the most valuable . Bro . W . WATSON , the Honorary Librarian
of the Masonic Library at Wakefield , was not far wrong when in a commentary on ( the work which appeared in this journal , fa declared that bad Bro . HliGHAN written nothing else of moment
the Craft would have been still his debtor in respect of this most valuable compilation . There is also yet another volume in course of preparation , which will bear the title of " Early Records of the Third Degree , " and which , when it does make its appearance ,