History Of The "Prince Of Wales Lodge."

private collection in the Kingdom . " During the same year Sir "William Napier , Baronet , and the Most Noble Henry , Duke of Beaufort , were elected joining members .

In the succeeding two years several members were added to the Roll , amongst whom we might mention Lord Rendlesham ( an initiate ) , Lord Calthorpe and Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes , M . D ., Lord Worsley ( afterwards Earl of Yarboroug h ) ,

was initiated March 27 th , 1860 . On March 24 th , 1863 , H . H . the Maharajah Duleep Singh , Avas elected as a member , and Avas passed and raised in this Lodge . This distinguished brother was appointed a P . S . G . W . of the

Grand Lodge , A . D . 1864 . Archibald Alexander Spiers , M . P ., who Avas initiated in the Lodge on May 24 th , ivas J . G . W . in 1867 . He Avas Provincial Grand Master of GlasgoAV a little while before his decease in 1868 , and much beloved . John

Anthony Rucker , an energetic member of the " Mystic Tie , " joined on April 29 th , 1867 , and was S . G . D . in 1874 . Lord Lindsay joined Jan 28 th , 1868 . He was S . G . W . of England in 1871 , and is still Provincial G . M . of Aberdeenshire West .

At the same Lodge the Rev . Arthur Bruce Frazer was elected ( Grand Chaplain in 1872 ) . On May 25 th , the Hon . Henry Lowry Corry and Baron de Clifford were initiated , and on May 24 th of the folloAving year Baron Ferdinand de Eothschild was

permitted to " see the light" in the body of the Prince of Wales Lodge . Sir George Elliot , Baronet , M . P ., joined April 25 th , 1871 , who is the newly appointed Provincial Grand Master of South Wales ( E . D . ) in succession to the lamented Bro

, . T . M . Talbot , and was formerly Deputy Prov . G . M . of Middlesex . At the same meeting _ Joseph Charles Parkinson ( J . G . D . in 1874 ) was also elected a joining member .

The year 1872 ( Jan . 29 th ) , was rendered remarkable in the annals of the Lodge by the election of H . E . H . the Prince of Wales as a member , when an address was presented to H . R . H . through the Earl of Zetland then MWGMon the happy

, ...., occasion of his recovery from a severe illness . During the same year the membershi p of the Lodge was added to b y the election of Rear Admiral Selwyn , Lord

Balfour , of Burleigh ( S . G . W . in 1873 ) , and others . The year 1874 was rendered a " red letter " period , not only from the initiation of H . E . H . the Duke of Connaught , but also from the brilliant assemblage on that

interesting occasion . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales occupied the chair , and was supported by the M . W . G . M . the Marquis of Ripon , the Earl of Carnarvon ( the present Pro . Grand Master ) , the Grand Wardens , Grand Chaplain and other

Grand Officers . The Marquis of Ripon soon afterwards resigned his connection with the Craft , and was succeeded by the Prince of Wales , Heir Apparent to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland , so the only loser by the exchange has been

the Marquis himself . April 28 th , 1874 , the Earl of Onslow and Sir Albert William Woods , Garter , were elected joining members ; and thus concludes our record of the distinguished Masons who grace the Lodge Roll .

We should like to have presented a few more extracts from Bro . Fenn's excellent work , but already our paper has extended beyond the ordinary limits , and our OAVU additions to the various quotations from the work have occupied no inconsiderable

space . The frontispiece to the work is a reproduction by the heliotype process of an engraving of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ( A . D . 1800 ) , by the brother of the artist . Bro . Fenn states in a private letter to us , that the original was a water-colour

painting by a Bro . Scott , artist of Brighton , and represents H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M ., sitting in open Lodge , "invested with the insignia of that ancient and honourable Order . " We notice that on Nov . 19 th" a portrait of H . E . H . the

, Prince of Wales was presented to the Lodge by Bro . Corry . " This may have been a copy of the same engraving , but the one herein alluded to is the property of Bro . Fenn .

Various presentations made to the Lod ge from time to time , we have had to pass over , as also numerous addresses , ending with the last of the latter , ivhieh ap * parently concludes the history , viz ., the address to H . E . H . the Prince of Wales , on his happy return from India . The members have had the permission