Who Was The New Grand Master's First Initiate ?

Who was the new Grand Master ' s first Initiate ?

The election of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught as Most Worshipful Grand Master took place tit Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , on Wednesday , the 6 th March , and the proprietors of "THE MASONIC ILLUSTRATED" are desirous of commemorating the event by presenting to the Worshipful Master of the lodge which

had the good fortune to perform the first ceremony of initiation under the new regime a memento of the occasion . Of the eighteen hundred odd lodges in England and Wales there must have been many who were tit the same hour engaged in the work of initiating a candidate , and we invite communications from thesegiving particulars of the exact

, time at which the candidate wtis introduced into the lodge . To the Worshipful Master who had the privilege of receiving into Masonry the first candidate under H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught's Masonic reign we have decided to present , a beautifully-modelled Bronze Statuette of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria , by Messrs . MAPPIN BROTHERS , of 66 ,

Cheapside . The exact time tit which the M . W . Pro Grand Master declared the Duke of Connaught elected litis been carefully noted , and the award will be made to the W . M . of the lodge which submits satisfactory proof of a candidate being the first to be passed through its portals after that announcement . While every care will be taken to verify the

correctness of the information , it must be distinctly understood that the decision of the Editor will be final , and no correspondence can be entered into with regard to t . The statement to be forwarded must give the extict time tit which the ceremony was commenced , signed by the Worshipful Master and Secretin- } - , and must be . accompanied

by the printed summons and agenda of business . To the candidate himself we will present an illuminated certificate , which we venture to think may be valued by him as an interesting record of his introduction into Masonry . Communications must reach us not later than April ioth , addressed to the Editor , " Masonic Illustrated , " 15 , Great Queen Street , London , W . C .

Masonic Temple, Albany, New York, U.S.A., Dedicated 1896.

Masonic Temple , Albany , New York , U . S . A ., Dedicated 1896 .

This edifice is used entirely for Masonic purposes , and contains two lodge rooms , Scottish Rite hall , with stage and elaborate scenery , Knights Templar armoury , together with parlours , club and banquet rooms , and billiard parlour . The ground on which it stands wtis donated by Masters Lodge ,

No . 5 ( originally No . 2 ) . On this site in 1768 was erected the first Masonic lodge house in America , occupied jointly by Masters Lodge and the Junior and Senior Grand Lodge of Perfection Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . This illustration was sent to us by Bro . Geo . Cowstock Baker , 32 " , J . W . of Masters Lodge .

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