History Of The "Prince Of Wales Lodge."

Lodge . Sir David Pollock , D . M ., 1833-4 , was S . G . W . of England in 1834 , and in 1846 Avas appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bombay . Thomas Field Savory , who was a Grand Deacon , acted as D . M . the two years folio Aving . From

1839 to 1840 , Kenyon Stephens Parker Avas D . M ., and was a S . G . D . of the G . L . in 1840 . Philip Hardwick , R . A ., F . R . S ., etc ., Avas the last Deputy Master having served for 1842—3 . He was a Vice-President of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects , and in many inspects a remarkable man and Mason . The Freemasons '

Girls School Avas built from his design , and he Avas also Grand Superintendent of Works for the Grand Lodge . Bro . Fenn states that his principal works are the Hall of the Goldsmith ' s Company and the entrance of the Euston Square Station . Then folloAvs an interregnum ( so to speak )

of 33 years , during which there were no Deputy Masters , the W . M . ' s not being " Princes of the blood royal . " The first W . M . after the decease of

H . E . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M . ( the W . M . ) , Avas L . C . Humphrey , J . G . W . of the G . L . in 1846 , and Prov . Grand Master of Kent . The second W . M . Avas Thomas Henry Hall , who j oined in 1842 , and was Grand Eegistrar of the G . L . in the same j'ear . Bro . Hall Avas Provincial

Grand Master of Cambridgeshire for very many years , and ivas much respected The W . M . of 1849 was the well known Dr . Henry Beaumont Leeson , AA'I IO Avas the Grand Commander of the " Ancient

ancl Accepted Rite" for England and Wales until recently , and had scarcely an equal in his time for a general knowledge of the " hautes grades . " He Avas in fact the Albert Pike of Great Britain , and a favorite Avith all classes . We remember him Avell , having received several degrees of that

Eite from him at a special convocation . William Cubit , Avho followed Dr . Leeson as W . M . was Lord Mayor-of London , 1860 and 1861 . The next year William F . Beadon , one of the stipendiary magistrates of Middlesexoccupied the chair . He

, joined in 1845 , and Avas J . G . W . of the G . L . in 1849 . Frederick Dundas , M . P ., AVIIO succeeded , Avas S . G . W . in 1849 , and Thomas Jones , Q . C ., the W . M . in the tAvo folloAving years , viz ., 1854-55 , was S . G . D . in 1856 . The W . M . for the years 1857 and

1858 was Robert Warner Wheeler , J . G . D . of the G . L . in 1860 , and James Merryweather , Avho Avas elected as Master in 1859 and 1860 , Avas appointed to the same office in Grand Lodge as his predecessor , in 1865 . William Simpson occupied the chair of

K . S . in 1862 and 1863 , and Avas J . G . D . for the year 1863 ; similar honors being conferred upon Edward Barker Sutton by the Lodge in 1864 and 1865 , and by the Grand Lodge in 1870 . The present Treasurer , Francis Robinsonwas W . M . in 1866 and

, 1867 , and the present Secretary as we have already stated , was W . M . in the tAvo succeeding years . Brother Fenn having occupied the chair when several distinguished Masons became joining members , such as Lord Lindsay , the ardent

astronomer , S . G . W . of G . L . in 1871 ; Rev . Arthur Bruce Frazer , Grand Chaplain ( 1872 ); the present Earl of Zetland , Prov . G . M ., Yorkshire , N . and E . ; James Ashbury , M . P . ; the Hon . Henry LoAvry Cony , Lord de Clifford , and Colonel the Hon . Somerset J . Gough Calthorpe .

George Plunoknett , the last W . M . ( as a commoner ) was S . G . D . in 1864 . H . R . H . Albert Edward , Prince of Wales on assuming the Mastership , and having been installed by the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick ( Prov . G . M . of Bristol ) , was presented Avith an address by the

Lodge , signed by the Master and Wardens , wherein the facts of the history of the Prince of Wales Lodge , under the patronage of Royalty , were graphically described , no less than four Princes having occupied the chair in times gone by , and it was also

stated in the same document that " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , has herself given public proof of her confidence in the principles of the Craft by extending to it the prestige of her name as patron of one of those flourishing educational

institutions , of Avhich the Freemasons of England are justly proud . " The Prince of Wales in reply , made quite a long speech , the gist of it being as follows , Ariz ., that " He quite agreed with that portion of the address Avhich referred to the close

connection between the Throne and the Craft , and felt assured that as long as Freemasonry remained true to the principles of religion , and loyal to the throne , so long would it continue to flourish , which he sincerely hoped would be for ever . "