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18-1-9 began with a , trio of initiates in Bros . Wyndham S . Portal , Claudius S . Caul—now Sir Claudius S . Paul—Hunter Bart , aud the late ' Marl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , at the time Viscount Ingestre , the first of whom was appointed Gr . J . AVarden in 1858 , and , as we have before pointed out , helped materially to bring

the Westminster ami Keystone Lodge to its present distinction ; while the latter was Prov . Grand Master of Staffordshire from . 187 . 1 to 1877 , his genial government and the great interest he took in everything Masonic , but especially in all things relating to our Institutions , being a cherished memory of the whole

English Craft . Indeed , about the last public act of his lordship , as a- leader of Masons , was his presidency , at a moment ' s notice , at the Festival in 1877 of the Benevolent Institution , when a serious attack of illness prevented the late Dukeof Albany from fulfilling a long-promised engagement to act as Chairman on the

occasion . In ISoO we find . another trio of ucwly-initiated brethren—E . H . Knatchbull-Hugessen of Magdalen , a Privy Councillor , M . P . for Sandwich 18- *) 7-1880 , and a past Under-Secretary of State , who , for his political services , was created a peer in 1880 by the style and title of Lord Brabourne ; Sir James

Fergnsson , Bart ., formerly M . P . for Ayrshire , successively Governor of South Australia , New Zealand , and Bombay , a member of the new House i > f Commons , and a Past Prov . G . Master of Ayrshire ; and Octavius—now the Bev . Oct . Ogle , of Lincoln , Master of the Schools in 1881 . [ n 18 ol were initiated among many others the

Hon . W . J . Harbord , of University College , now oth Lord Sufheld , K . C . B ., one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales , and Prov . G . Master of Norfolk ; the late Bev . T . F . T . Ravenshaw , of Oriel , Grand Chaplain in 18 ( 58 ; Lieut .-Col . the Hon . W . G . Sackville-West , late of the Grenadier Guards , present

G . J ' . Warden of England ; the Kev . If . Adair Pickard , of Christ Church , thrice W . M . of Apollo , a Past G . Chaplain , and now Prov . G . . Superintendent of Oxfordshire ; the Hon . T . L . Powys , present and 4 th Lord Lilford ; anel the Bev . W . F . Short , of New College , Fellow and Tutor of his College , Master of the Schools ,

180 '* *) , Junior Proctor , 18 ( i !>; and Grand Chaplain in 1870 . Sir C . Rivers Wilson , K . C , M . G ., Comptroller-General of the' National Debt Office , and one of the ablest and most trusted members of the Civil Service ; Col . A . W . Adair , f ' orniely of the Coldstream Guards , P . P . G . M . Somersetshire , and now its Prov . G . Snpt . ; the

Rev . John Bobbins , D . D ., of Christ Church , Grand Chaplain in 188-1- ; and Reginald Bird , of Magdalen , who in 187-3 acted as D . M . for the Prince of AVales , was G . S . D . in 187 . > , and since tha-t vear has held the office of D . P . G . M . Oxfordshire , and than ¦ whom it would be difficult to name an abler , more zealous , or

more popular brother—these four were initiated in 1852 . The year following witnessed the initiation of A iscount Fordwich , uow Fiiirl Cowper , K . G ., a past Viceroy of Ireland ; Henry , Marl of Lincoln , afterwards Gth Duke eif Newcastle , who , like his father , the statesman , was for manv years Prov . G . AIaster of

Nottinghamshire ; the Hon . W . J . B . Warren , G . J . Warden , 187 <> ; and Hon . E . J . Monson , of Balliol , Fellow of All Souls , and now , and for some years past , a distinguished member of the diplomatic service . The Hon . Henry AVodehonse , another member of the same service , was initiated in 185-1 , as likewise wero

Bros . J . Hungerford Arkwright , High . Sheriff of Herefordshire in lSd'J ; AV . Kenneth Afacrorie , of Brasenose , Bishop of Maritzbiirgh in 1878 ; the Bev . A . H . Faber , twice AV . M ., who , in 18 C 2 was appointed Head AIaster of Malvern College ; Alan , Lord

Garlics , now Earl of Galloway ; and the Hon . VV . J . H . A orth , Master of the Churchill Lodge in 18155 . The most distinguished of the 1855 initiates was the late Bro . Lieut .-Col . H . Atkins Bowyer , who , after a brief tenure of the office of D . P . G . M ., was appointed P . G . M . of Oxfordshire , in succession to the late Bev . C . J .

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Ridley . During the sixteen years of his P . G . M .-ship , Bro . Bowyer worked indefsitigably to promote the wellfare of his province , and at his death in 1871 , the feeling of regret among the brethren was universal . Among Bro . Bowyer ' s contemporaries were Bros . Henry , Lord Howard , eldest son of the Earl of

Effingham ; II . A . Tyssen-Amhurst , M . P ., High Sheriff of Norfolk 1807 ; the present Lord Pol ti more ; Sir Thomas Brassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., lately Secretary to the Admiralty ; and the Earl of Lisburne . As regards the remaining three years , so numerous is the array of members who have' attained distinction in Masonry ,

or m the spheres of duty to which they have devoted themselves , that an ennumeration of a few among them must be taken as a criterion of the merit of the whole body . It is not necessary , indeed , to do more than mention such brethren as the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . C , who has seen service in Oxfordshire ,

Gloucestershire , and Suffolk ; Sir AL E . H ick . s-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., the present Chancellor of the Exchequer , and leader of the House of Commons , a Past G . S . AVarden , ancl Prov . G . Master of Gloucestershire ; Sir E . Baldwin Malet , Her Majesty ' s Ambassador to the Court of Berlin ; the Earl of Lathom , Lord Chamberlain , D . G .

M . of England , and Prov . G . AIaster of AVest Lancashire : the Earl of Carnarvon , Viceroy of Ireland , High Steward of the University of Oxford , Pro G . Master of England , and Prov . G . AL Somersetshire , who was initiated in the Westminster and Keystone Lodgo in 185 G , anel "joined the Apollo in 1857 ; T . M .

Talbot , the late popular and respected P . G . M . of South AVales East ; the new Duko of Abercorn , initiated as Viscount , and afterwards Marquis of , Hamilton ; Victor A . AVillianison , G . J . AV . 18 ( 55 ; Sir B . Leighton , Bart . ; the Rev . T . Cochrane and the Rev .

AV . Oswell Thompson , both Past G . Chaplains ; and Lieut .-Col . T . B . Shaw-Hollier , of the 4 th Dragoon Guards . A list like this , which might have been greatly extended , needs no herald to make known its claims to universal respect .

r irrit DKCADK . Those who are in the habit of associating Freemasonry with all kinds of evil plans for the subversion of law , order , and religion , must have their faith somewhat- rudel y shaken when they find year after year so many of the cultured youth of our

foremost University eager to enrol themselves among the members of that society . Men do not gather corn from thistles , but neither do they gather thistles from corn , and if we would unearth from their dens the secret conspirators against the State , we must look elsewhere than among the elite of Oxford society .

Ihe Guy lawkeses and dynaniitards of our day are not the hirelings of the class of men of whom I have named so many , and shall have occasion to name so many more . AVe have met with statesmen like Lords Granville' and Carnarvon , functionaries of State like the Earl of Lathom , diplomatists like Sir A . and Sir

L . B . Malet , philanthropists like the Karl of Shaftesbury , divines and scholarly men without number , and quiet country gentlemen , but no conspirators . Nor elo any such disfigure the register of this or subsequent Decades . Bro . Sir Fred . J . AV . Johnstone , Barf ., like his father before him , was nn initiate of the

Apollo University of the year 1 . 85 !) , and is a staunch upholder of our great national sports , but if he explodes it is in a little fit of vexation when he loses a race or an election . To the same year belong Sir J . R . Bailey , Bart ., for some years ALP . for Herefordshire , and Grand Master of that province since 1880 ; the Earl

of Dunravcn , Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies , and Bro . 11 . A . Brassey , ex-AI . P . for Sandwich , and brother of Sir Thomas Brassey , the Member of Hastings . Among the 18 ( 50 men are Hro . VV . B . Woodgate , a great authority on " Oars and Sculls , " and in his Oxford days one of the 'Varsity Eight and

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