The New Grand Officers.

became W . M . in 1896 ; he was also a founder and first Master of the Midland and Oxford Bar Lodge . Bro . P'itzgerald ' s connection with Warwickshire was recognised by the Provincial Grand Master by his appointment in 18 9 6 as Senior Grand Warden . In Royal Arch Masonry he was

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exalted in the Chapter of Rectitude , No . 502 , and has twice filled the chair of First Principal . Bro . Fitzgerald was a member of the Board of General Purposes for the year 18 99-1 9 , and has served as Steward for the Boys' and Girls ' Schools .

SENIOR GRAND DEACON . Bro . Edmund Pontifex is a Masonic veteran of the " sixties , " his initiation having taken place in the Middlesex

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Lodge , then No . 16 3 , and in 1867 , he filled the Master ' s chair . He joined the Lodge of Antiquity , No . 2 , in 1873 , becoming W . M . in 1881 , in which year he was chosen to represent the lodge as Grand Steward . Bro . Pontifex was exalted to the Roval Arch Degree in the Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 26 ,

and in 186 9 , filled the chair of First Principal . He is a Vice-President of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , a Life Governor of the Benevolent Institution , and has served as Steward for all three .

SENIOR GRAND DEACON . Bro . Francis Woodhouse Braine , F . R . C . S ., was initiated in the St . George ' s and Corner Stone Lodge , No . ' 5 , in 18 74 , and became W . M . in 1882 . In the following fvear he

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assisted in founding the Earl of Mornington Lodge , No . 2000 , in which he was associated with several brethren who , like himself , belonged to the medical profession , and in 188 4 . he filled the chair of W . M . Bro . Braine was exalted in the

Royal Arch in 18 77 , and was installed as First Principal in 188 4 and again 18 9 6 . At present he is the Z . elect of the-Cavendish Chapter , No . 26 3 6 , of which he was also a founder . He was appointed Grand Steward in 1882 , and has served

as-Steward both for the Boys' and Girls' Schools .

SENIOR GRAND DEACON . Bro . C . R . Lyne was initiated in the Silurian Lodge ,. No . 471 . Newport , Monmouthshire , in 1872 , and was installed

as W . M . in 187 6 . He was exalted in the Chapter attached to the lodge in 18 73 , becoming First Principal in 1885 . But it is the work of the province of which Bro . Lyne ' s hither is the respected Grand Master that Bro . Lyne ' s services have been most conspicuous . He was appointed Senior Grand Warden in 188 4 , and Deputy Grand Master in 18 94 , a

position he still holds . He is also Grand H . in the Provincial Grand Chapter . Bro . Lyne has served several Stewardships for the Benevolent Institution and the Boys' and Girls "

Schools , and is a Life Governor of each .