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11 . 1 itzroy of Magdalen , both of whom some tew years later entered upon an active political career , the former as M . P . for Peebleshire , and subsequently author of the •well-known Forbes Mackenzie Act , and the latter as M . P . for Lewes , Under Secretary of State for the Home Department , 1852-5-5 , and in that capacity

author of the Fitzroy Act for the regulation of Hackney Carriages , one passing ' effect of which was the memorable Cab Strike iu the Metropolis , when for some three days not a Hansom or a " Growler " could be hired for love or money . The Venerable Richard Lane Freer , Archdeacon of Hereford , and for many

years Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire , was also initiated the same year . In the 1827 list are Bro . Francis Knyvett Leighton , of Magdalen , and Bro . Walter . Bishop Mant , of Oriel , both of whom took holy orders , and became , the former , Warden of All Souls in 1858 , and Vice

Chancellor of Oxford 1800 , while the latter was afterwards Archdeacon of Down , and Prov . G . AIaster of Down under the Granel Lodge of Ireland . In the closing year of the First Decade wcre initiated Bro . Frederick -lohn , 5 th Lord Monson ,

and I'rov . G . Master of Surrey , 1830-47 ; AVilliam , 2 nd Earl of Craven ; and Bro . Lord William Russell , of Christ Church , afterwards 8 th Dnke of Bedford , the last name on the register being that of Bro . the Hon . A . ( 4 . F . Jocelyn , of Oriel , one of the Roden family .

SECOND DKCAUK . I cannot promise there shall be much variety in this chronicle . There is little scope here for enlarging on the virtues , public , private , and Masonic , of the many distinguished Craftsmen who figure in it , one , and that an all-sufficient , reason being

that even the Masonic Press are unable to insert a long article in the space allotted to a short one . Rut if there is more than a mere suggestion of sameness in the several sections of the record , there is this to be said in extenuation or palliation , that such passing remarks as I may be able to find space for tend

all of them and of necessity in one direction . 10 very page of the Register , as I turn it over , contains the names of men who have won for themselves a place in the world's history—some as Masons , some ns statesmen or members of the civil and military services , and others in more contracted , but in their way equally

beneficial , spheres of labour . Thus in 1830 , the second year of this Second Decade , I light , almost at the very outset , ou the name of the late Sir Fred . G . Johnstone , Bart ., of Christ Church , who two years later entered Parliament as M . P . for Weymouth , and who at his death was succeeded by his infant

son the prasent Sir Fred . J . W . Johnstone , also an initiate in this lodge and M . P . for Weymouth in the last and preceding Parliament . The name immediately following is that of the late Bro . Walter Kerr Hamilton , who in 1854 was consecrated Bishop of Salisbury , and then come the names of Bro . Lorel Boscawen , of

Christ Church , afterwards 2 nd Earl of Falmouth ; Bro . AV . W . Champnevs , of Brasenose , later the Rev . Canon Chainpiievs , of St . Paul's ; Bro . T . Dvke Acland , now Sir T . Dyke Acland , Bart ., Fellow of All Souls , M . P . AVest Somerset 1837-47 , for North Devon 18 ( 35-85 , and now M . P . for the Wellington Division

of Somersetshire ; the late Duke , then Marquis , of Abercorn , K . G ., twice Lord Lieutenant and , from 1875 , till his death , a short while since , Grand Master of Ireland ; the late Bro . Algernon Perkins , uf Oriel , G . J . AVarden of England iu 1800 , and Treasurer of the Roval Masonic Institution for Boys from

1800 till his death in 1873 ; and the present Lord de Tabley , of Christ Church , who was ( LS . Warden in L 5 !' , and in 1805 succeeded the late Viscount Combermere , one of the Great Duke of Wellington ' s lieutenants iu the Peninsular campaign and hero of Bhurtpore , as Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire . The year

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following was quite as fortunate , the newly-made Masons in the Apollo including Bro . George Rushout , of Christ Church , 3 rd and present Lord Northwich ; the late Bro . R . Gardiner Alston of Christ Church , W . M . of thc lodge in 1 ' 835 , ( I . J . AVarden in 1845 , and an active and zealous supporter of the Boys' School

and our other Institutions ; the late Viscount , then the Hou . Charles John Canning , afterwards H . M . Postmaster-General , 1854 , who in 1855 was appointed Governor-General of India b y the Hon . East India Company , held that exalted office during the terrible times of the Mutiny , and on the transfer to the Crown

ot the Government ot thnt great dependency became the first Viceroy under the new regime ; Lord Charles , afterwards the Rev . Lord Charles Thynne , Canon of Canterbury ; the late Sir W . W . Knighton , Bart ,, who died recently and in his prime , was the confidential adviser of His Majesty George IV ., Grand Patron

of our Order ; and the late Bro . Hon . E . Vernon Harbord , 4 th Lord Suffield , and like the' present peer of that style and title , P . G . Master of Norfolk . The initiates of the memorable Reform Year of 1832 include Bro . W . 10 . Jolf , author of a learned and elaborate Grammar of the Greek language , Master of the Schools

in 1839 , Public Examiner iu 1840 , 1841 , 1855 , and 1850 , Proctor in 1843 , and Moderator in 1802 and 1803 ; the Marquis of Douglas , 10 th and late Dnke of Hamilton ; the Marquis of Waterford , the popular Master of Hounds ; the Earl of Lincoln , afterwards 5 th Duke of Newcastle , who was successively

Colonial and War Secretary , ancl Prov . Grand Master Notts in succession to the late Colonel Wildman , from 1800 till his death in 1805 ; Viscount Folkestone , present ancl 4 th Earl of Radnor ; the Hon . W . N . Ridley Colbome , M . P . for Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , in 1841 , and G . S . Warden of England in 1844 ;

and Lord Loftus , subsequently 3 rd Marquis of Ely . In 1833 were initiated the 2 nd and present Earl Granville , then Lord Leveson-Gower , K . G ., lately Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Mr . Gladstone ' s Ministry ; the late T . P . Halsey , M . P ., Hertfordshire , 1840 ; and Viscount Sherbrookc , then

Robert Lowe , of University College , M . P . for Kidderminster in 1852 , for Colne , 1850 , and University of London , in 1 . 808 , and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Mr . Gladstone ' s Administration of 1808 . In 1835 was initiated the late Sir John Simeon , P . G . M . Isle of Wight , 1848-52 ; in 1837 the late Sir AV . R .

Seymour Fitzgerald , G . C . S . L , Governor of Bombay , 1800 ; and in 1838 , the late Hon . Sir A . F . O . Liddell , of Christ Church , Fellow of All Souls , and for many years prior to his death early in the present year , Permanent Under-Secretary of State

for the Home Department ; Sir R . W . C . Brownrigg , Bart ., Christ Church ; the Hon . R . S . Carew , 2 nd and late Lord Carew ; and the Hon . -I . F . Leveson-Gower , of Christ Church , a younger brother of Earl Granville .

TIIII . 'K DKCAIU-:. In my frequent researches among Masonic records I have been struck by tlie numerous instances of families in which Masonry seems—to use a familiar expression—to run in the blood . Our Royal Painilv is a ease iu point , anel a verv

conspicuous one too . Another is the Dukes of Atholl , the third and fourth of whom were successivel y Grand Masters of the " Ancients" in England , and Grand Masters of Scotland , while t ) ie sixth was Grand Master of Scotland , 1843-03 , and the seventh , and present Duke , is Prov . Grand Master of West

Perthshire . A third case , is that of the Fitzgeralds , Dukes of Leinster , in Ireland , of whom the second was Grand Master in that country for the first time in 1771 , when he was known only by the courtesy title of Marquis of Kildare , and again in 1778 , while Augustus , third Duke of Leinster , was Grand Master of

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