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Bro. William Burwood, Of United Mariners Lodge, No. 23 "Ancients."
Subsequently wc read of him as messenger of the Bankruptcy Court , Guildhall , the last record of his name that I have met with in connection with thc Institution for Boys , being in a list of the Governors and Subscribers of that Charity for the year 18 : 29 , where his name is included in the list of Life Governors . As to where and when he died I am unable to say anything , so entirely does ho seem
to have passed out of all knowledge of his brother Masons . One remark I may perhaps be permitted to make , namely , that of thc " Jnstitutors " ' or Founders ol' our two Scholastic Institutions—one the humble Burwood , licensed victualler , coal merchant , and during the latter part of his life , bankruptcy messenger—fell from affluence info comparative poverty , while , as regards the Chevalier Ruspini , who , as
Court Surgeon-dentist , was a man of good social standing , two of his grand-daughters were pupils for several years in the Masonic Institution for Girls , which he had taken the chief part in establishing . As a Mason , Bro . Burwood attained to high office in Grand Lodge . On referring to the register of United Mariners , No . 23—now No . 80 on the roll of United Grand Lodge-- ! find that he joined that Lodge
some time during the quarter ending " 2 nd September , 1 / 89 . In the quartertol 7 th March , 1791 and subsequently he is entered as a P . M . In a later list sent into Grand Lodge on the ord June , 1801 , lie is described as Treasurer , while in several lodge certificates to fee found among the " Ancient" archives , there is appended to them his signature , sometimes as Secretary pro tem , and in others as Master pro tem . in 1799 and ao-aiii in 18 l ) 'J lie served as Junior G . Warden , and in 1801
was elected by show of hands to the chair of S . G . Warden , lhe following year he was re-elected , but declined in favour of Bro . W . Chaplin . He appears also to have been a member of the Royal Naval Lodge of Independence , No . 57 , of the Modern "Society , " there being an entry in flic register of that lodge of a Bro . William
Burwood , aged -10 years , and a coal merchant of Wapping , having been admitted in September , 180 k Not long after this , he fell into monetary difficulties , and his name no longer appeals in the register of "Ancient , " No . 'J . 'i , from the quarter ord December , 180 ( 5 , while there is a letter extant from a William Oldlield , dated , "
Bcdlninsrer , near Bristol , llh June , 1807 , " in which the writer , addressing himself—I presume—to Grand Secretary Robert Leslie , says , "Amongst tho papers of Mr . William Doggett ( late of Wapping Dock Street , Wapping , London ) Deceased , I have discovered that he did belong to the Freemasons Club , of which his Grace the Duke of Atholl is Grand Master , and by the article 7 of said Society there appears that
upon the Death of any free member the sum of £ 10 shall be paid on the next night after the Funeral to his Widow , next of kin ; Ac . I ' should therefore feel much obliged if you will inform mo if I can recover the above sum , and how to proceed in the business . " On this letter , in the handwriting <> f Bro . Leslie , is endorsed the following draft reilly :
"Sir , —1 believe the person you mention did belong to Lodge No . 23 , King ' s Arms , Green Bank , Wapping , which had a private fund for tlie Widows of their own Members , but not in the least connected with the Grand Lodge . " I am sorry to learn also that thc Treasurer of that Lodge having failed , the lodge and funds thereof have gone to decay , so that 1 apprehend you have not a chance of recovering the 11101103 * 3 * 011 mention . "
As regards the "Masonic Charity for Cloathing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Free Masons according to the Old Institutions , " for ( he establishment of which wc arc indebted to poor , but philanthropic , William Burwood , in the scanty particulars 1 have succeeded in discovering about its foundation , his name is not mentioned , but in Bro . John Cole ' s " Illustrations of Masonry , "
published in 1801—part of the profits of which were intended to be handed over to the Charity—his name figures in ( he list of subscribers as having taken 210 copies , while he is twice designated in the book itself as the " Inslitutor " and Treasurer , the former of these terms having been chosen 113- the Chevalier Ruspini lo indicate that he was the founder of the Boyal Cumberland School for Girls ,
which had been foiindedon thc"Modern" side of English Frceniasoniy in 1788 . He is also similarly described on a voting paper for the election of four from a list of 12 boys , at the King ' s Anus , Green Bank , on the 1 st July , 180 : > , the endorsement " J 11 I 3 * , 180 : 5 " being in thc handwriting of Robert Leslie , who was at ( he time Secretary of the Chin ify as well as G . Secretary . He is also included , as I have
said , in a list of Governors of the year 1 . ^ 29 . But here my narrative conies to an end . and all J can do further is lo express the very natural hope that the memory of William Burwood will continue ( o be respected by all future generations of J ' . ' iiglisli Craftsmen as the founder of what is now "The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " Ci . BLJZARD ABBOTT .
Bra Sir F. Colombine Daniel, Kt.,
Bra Sir F . Colombine Daniel , Kt .,
3 nstitutor ai \ b first treasurer ot tbe "fiDo & ent" S 5 o \> s' Cbant \> ( 1808 ) .
| l ||||^ jRO . Sir F . Columbine Daniel , Kt ., MD ., not only I If \ K <^ M ?\ oc , '"l ) ' l higher social position than his old personal j- jl ( fesRfffj ' i ' ''ioud Bro . Burwood , whom he assisted , in conjunction ' ' l ^^^/ 3 \ ) - ' t , lu members of United Mariners' Lodge ] "No . 23 , -Y ^ - ^ g l in founding tho " Ancient" Masonic Charit y for Boys , but he was likewise as fortunate in his career of
medical practitioner as the latter was unfortunate in his avocations of licensed victualler and coal merchant . He had also this further advantage , that a memoir of his career , by an anonymous writer , was printed by James Swan , of Fleet Street , in 1826 , and to this memoir , as well as to the information I have gleaned from Masonic registers and minute books , 1 am indebted for ( lie following sketch of his life .
According to this account , Bro . F . C . Daniel , who was a son of Mr . Robert Daniel , of Edinburgh , was born at King ' s Lynn , in the County of Norfolk , on the 2 nd April , 1765 . He ' was connected , through his mother , with the Colombines of Norwich , his uncle , Alderman Francis Colombine , after whom he was named , having
thrice served the office of Mayor of his native i-itj . In his boyhood he showed a particular partiality for the medical profession , and , having heen placed in charge of a firm of medical practitioners , was on their advice transferred to Loudon , where , in 1779 , he was apprenticed to a Mr . John Betsou , a surgeon in practice in Wapping .
. Sul ) se (| iieiitl y , while with this gentleman , he became a student at the London and other hospitals in the metropolis . On completing the usual course of medical training , he visited Germany antl the Low Countries , establishing a successful practice at Ostend . Returning to Kngl . uid in 1788 , he settled in Wapping , and while located there
constructed a medicine chest I ' or sea on just principles , at the same time compiling a treatise containing plain and simple directions what to do in the case of diseases incident to seamen , which was always furnished with the chest to shi ps that had no surgeon on board . This greatly enhanced his reputation , and led to a very large
extension ol his practice , especially among merchant captains and others who went down to the sea in ' ships , who constituted a great part of flic population of Wapping . Having made a reputation b y his medicine chest , he next turned his attention " to the many accidents which arise from shipwreck , and the number of lives which are
annually lost from this cause , " the result being his invention of a machine for saving life at sea , which was tested publicly on the Thames in ( he presence of a vast number of spectators , and proved entirely successful . Some time later the machine was brought under ( he notice of thc Society of Arts , which showed its appreciation of
his invention by awarding him their gold medal . Later still it received ( he approval of the Duke of Sussex and other members of the Royal Famil y , and finally , in June , 1826 , thc inventor was introduced to His Majesty the King , and received at bis hands the honour of Kni ghthood .
But after all it is Bro . Daniel ' s career as a Mason that more immediately concerns us , and on consulting the register of United -Mariners' Lodge , No . 23 , I find his name entered immediately after that of Bro . Burwood as having joined from Lodge No . 3 , in thc ipiarlor to -2 nd September , 1789 . In the register for December , 1792 ,
the letters R . A . arc appended to his name , and in that for June , 1791 , he is described as P . M . In 1798 , he joined Ancient Lodge , No . 2 . ) o . Earl y in 1801 , ou charges brought against him by Lodge No . 290 "I ' or pretending to make and admit Win . Clark and divers Persons Brothers of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of
Free Accepted Masons of England according to the Old Constitutions without the Grand Master ' s Warrant , and granting Certificates to the same Parties in imitation of Certificates of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge contrary ( o good faith and without any Warrant or Authorit y for so doing . " Bro . Daniel was summoned to attend the Stewards' Lodge , but not al lending , the evidence which had been In ken was considered , and it was recommended that he be forthwith
expelled from "Ancient" Masonry , and G . Lodge at its Quarterl y Cominiiiiiealioii confirmed ( he recommendation , Bro . Daniel ceasing to be a member of this section of the I'higlish Craft . He , however , hail been for many years a member of ' ( he Boyal Naval Lodge of Independence , having been admitted a member in July , 1801 . At ( he very outset of his "Modern" career he attained id high oflice , and for 17 years presided over if as W . Master , until in
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Bro. William Burwood, Of United Mariners Lodge, No. 23 "Ancients."
Subsequently wc read of him as messenger of the Bankruptcy Court , Guildhall , the last record of his name that I have met with in connection with thc Institution for Boys , being in a list of the Governors and Subscribers of that Charity for the year 18 : 29 , where his name is included in the list of Life Governors . As to where and when he died I am unable to say anything , so entirely does ho seem
to have passed out of all knowledge of his brother Masons . One remark I may perhaps be permitted to make , namely , that of thc " Jnstitutors " ' or Founders ol' our two Scholastic Institutions—one the humble Burwood , licensed victualler , coal merchant , and during the latter part of his life , bankruptcy messenger—fell from affluence info comparative poverty , while , as regards the Chevalier Ruspini , who , as
Court Surgeon-dentist , was a man of good social standing , two of his grand-daughters were pupils for several years in the Masonic Institution for Girls , which he had taken the chief part in establishing . As a Mason , Bro . Burwood attained to high office in Grand Lodge . On referring to the register of United Mariners , No . 23—now No . 80 on the roll of United Grand Lodge-- ! find that he joined that Lodge
some time during the quarter ending " 2 nd September , 1 / 89 . In the quartertol 7 th March , 1791 and subsequently he is entered as a P . M . In a later list sent into Grand Lodge on the ord June , 1801 , lie is described as Treasurer , while in several lodge certificates to fee found among the " Ancient" archives , there is appended to them his signature , sometimes as Secretary pro tem , and in others as Master pro tem . in 1799 and ao-aiii in 18 l ) 'J lie served as Junior G . Warden , and in 1801
was elected by show of hands to the chair of S . G . Warden , lhe following year he was re-elected , but declined in favour of Bro . W . Chaplin . He appears also to have been a member of the Royal Naval Lodge of Independence , No . 57 , of the Modern "Society , " there being an entry in flic register of that lodge of a Bro . William
Burwood , aged -10 years , and a coal merchant of Wapping , having been admitted in September , 180 k Not long after this , he fell into monetary difficulties , and his name no longer appeals in the register of "Ancient , " No . 'J . 'i , from the quarter ord December , 180 ( 5 , while there is a letter extant from a William Oldlield , dated , "
Bcdlninsrer , near Bristol , llh June , 1807 , " in which the writer , addressing himself—I presume—to Grand Secretary Robert Leslie , says , "Amongst tho papers of Mr . William Doggett ( late of Wapping Dock Street , Wapping , London ) Deceased , I have discovered that he did belong to the Freemasons Club , of which his Grace the Duke of Atholl is Grand Master , and by the article 7 of said Society there appears that
upon the Death of any free member the sum of £ 10 shall be paid on the next night after the Funeral to his Widow , next of kin ; Ac . I ' should therefore feel much obliged if you will inform mo if I can recover the above sum , and how to proceed in the business . " On this letter , in the handwriting <> f Bro . Leslie , is endorsed the following draft reilly :
"Sir , —1 believe the person you mention did belong to Lodge No . 23 , King ' s Arms , Green Bank , Wapping , which had a private fund for tlie Widows of their own Members , but not in the least connected with the Grand Lodge . " I am sorry to learn also that thc Treasurer of that Lodge having failed , the lodge and funds thereof have gone to decay , so that 1 apprehend you have not a chance of recovering the 11101103 * 3 * 011 mention . "
As regards the "Masonic Charity for Cloathing and Educating the Sons of Indigent Free Masons according to the Old Institutions , " for ( he establishment of which wc arc indebted to poor , but philanthropic , William Burwood , in the scanty particulars 1 have succeeded in discovering about its foundation , his name is not mentioned , but in Bro . John Cole ' s " Illustrations of Masonry , "
published in 1801—part of the profits of which were intended to be handed over to the Charity—his name figures in ( he list of subscribers as having taken 210 copies , while he is twice designated in the book itself as the " Inslitutor " and Treasurer , the former of these terms having been chosen 113- the Chevalier Ruspini lo indicate that he was the founder of the Boyal Cumberland School for Girls ,
which had been foiindedon thc"Modern" side of English Frceniasoniy in 1788 . He is also similarly described on a voting paper for the election of four from a list of 12 boys , at the King ' s Anus , Green Bank , on the 1 st July , 180 : > , the endorsement " J 11 I 3 * , 180 : 5 " being in thc handwriting of Robert Leslie , who was at ( he time Secretary of the Chin ify as well as G . Secretary . He is also included , as I have
said , in a list of Governors of the year 1 . ^ 29 . But here my narrative conies to an end . and all J can do further is lo express the very natural hope that the memory of William Burwood will continue ( o be respected by all future generations of J ' . ' iiglisli Craftsmen as the founder of what is now "The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . " Ci . BLJZARD ABBOTT .
Bra Sir F. Colombine Daniel, Kt.,
Bra Sir F . Colombine Daniel , Kt .,
3 nstitutor ai \ b first treasurer ot tbe "fiDo & ent" S 5 o \> s' Cbant \> ( 1808 ) .
| l ||||^ jRO . Sir F . Columbine Daniel , Kt ., MD ., not only I If \ K <^ M ?\ oc , '"l ) ' l higher social position than his old personal j- jl ( fesRfffj ' i ' ''ioud Bro . Burwood , whom he assisted , in conjunction ' ' l ^^^/ 3 \ ) - ' t , lu members of United Mariners' Lodge ] "No . 23 , -Y ^ - ^ g l in founding tho " Ancient" Masonic Charit y for Boys , but he was likewise as fortunate in his career of
medical practitioner as the latter was unfortunate in his avocations of licensed victualler and coal merchant . He had also this further advantage , that a memoir of his career , by an anonymous writer , was printed by James Swan , of Fleet Street , in 1826 , and to this memoir , as well as to the information I have gleaned from Masonic registers and minute books , 1 am indebted for ( lie following sketch of his life .
According to this account , Bro . F . C . Daniel , who was a son of Mr . Robert Daniel , of Edinburgh , was born at King ' s Lynn , in the County of Norfolk , on the 2 nd April , 1765 . He ' was connected , through his mother , with the Colombines of Norwich , his uncle , Alderman Francis Colombine , after whom he was named , having
thrice served the office of Mayor of his native i-itj . In his boyhood he showed a particular partiality for the medical profession , and , having heen placed in charge of a firm of medical practitioners , was on their advice transferred to Loudon , where , in 1779 , he was apprenticed to a Mr . John Betsou , a surgeon in practice in Wapping .
. Sul ) se (| iieiitl y , while with this gentleman , he became a student at the London and other hospitals in the metropolis . On completing the usual course of medical training , he visited Germany antl the Low Countries , establishing a successful practice at Ostend . Returning to Kngl . uid in 1788 , he settled in Wapping , and while located there
constructed a medicine chest I ' or sea on just principles , at the same time compiling a treatise containing plain and simple directions what to do in the case of diseases incident to seamen , which was always furnished with the chest to shi ps that had no surgeon on board . This greatly enhanced his reputation , and led to a very large
extension ol his practice , especially among merchant captains and others who went down to the sea in ' ships , who constituted a great part of flic population of Wapping . Having made a reputation b y his medicine chest , he next turned his attention " to the many accidents which arise from shipwreck , and the number of lives which are
annually lost from this cause , " the result being his invention of a machine for saving life at sea , which was tested publicly on the Thames in ( he presence of a vast number of spectators , and proved entirely successful . Some time later the machine was brought under ( he notice of thc Society of Arts , which showed its appreciation of
his invention by awarding him their gold medal . Later still it received ( he approval of the Duke of Sussex and other members of the Royal Famil y , and finally , in June , 1826 , thc inventor was introduced to His Majesty the King , and received at bis hands the honour of Kni ghthood .
But after all it is Bro . Daniel ' s career as a Mason that more immediately concerns us , and on consulting the register of United -Mariners' Lodge , No . 23 , I find his name entered immediately after that of Bro . Burwood as having joined from Lodge No . 3 , in thc ipiarlor to -2 nd September , 1789 . In the register for December , 1792 ,
the letters R . A . arc appended to his name , and in that for June , 1791 , he is described as P . M . In 1798 , he joined Ancient Lodge , No . 2 . ) o . Earl y in 1801 , ou charges brought against him by Lodge No . 290 "I ' or pretending to make and admit Win . Clark and divers Persons Brothers of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of
Free Accepted Masons of England according to the Old Constitutions without the Grand Master ' s Warrant , and granting Certificates to the same Parties in imitation of Certificates of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge contrary ( o good faith and without any Warrant or Authorit y for so doing . " Bro . Daniel was summoned to attend the Stewards' Lodge , but not al lending , the evidence which had been In ken was considered , and it was recommended that he be forthwith
expelled from "Ancient" Masonry , and G . Lodge at its Quarterl y Cominiiiiiealioii confirmed ( he recommendation , Bro . Daniel ceasing to be a member of this section of the I'higlish Craft . He , however , hail been for many years a member of ' ( he Boyal Naval Lodge of Independence , having been admitted a member in July , 1801 . At ( he very outset of his "Modern" career he attained id high oflice , and for 17 years presided over if as W . Master , until in
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