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BRO . CAPT . JOHN POWNEY , R . N ., K . G . H . Died , on Saturday , the 27 th of January , at his residence , Mount Radford , Exeter * Bro . Captain and Commander John Powney , R . N ., K . G . H . This gallant officer had seen much service , and enjoyed the personal friendship of King William IV .,
whose royal yacht he commanded . He was a zealous and good Mason in heart as well as badge , continuing his working until a singular regulation of the Prov . G . L . rendered his resignation of Masonry necessary to the satisfaction of his feelings . ;
MRS . JARMAIN . On the 14 th of February , aged 39 , Anne , the beloved and deeply lamented wife of Thomas Jarmain , Esq ., surgeon , of Holbrook , and eldest daughter of the Right Worshipful Robert Martin , Esq ., Dep . Prov . G . M . of Suffolk .
BRO . BENJAMIN CHURCHILL . On the 8 th January , at Oswestry , Benjamin Churchill , Esq . Bro . Churchill had just retired upon a handsome pension from the situation of surveyor under the General Post Office , of a very large district , a post he had held with much credit to himself , and satisfaction to the public for thirty years . He had been in
the service of the Post Office for half a century . Bro . Churchill joined the Masonic Order somewhat late in life , but had taken to it with the greatest enthusiasm , and often regretted he had not been earlier introduced into its mysteries . No distance , and nothing short of severe indisposition , ever prevented his attendance to his duties in the Lodge . He had but recently been elected to the chair of the
Salopian Lodge , No . 328 , but did not live to be installed into that office , to the holding of which he had long looked forward with anticipations of pleasure ; but it was not so ordained , proponit homo , Deus disponit . Bro . Churchill was a subscribing member of several other Lodges in the Province , as well as P . G . D . of C .
in the Prov . G . L . His decease put a stop to the subscription , which was being raised for the purpose of presenting him with a handsome testimonial for his services , and the majy good qualities which had endeared him to a large circle of friends .
BRO . WILLIAM HARDZ . Funeral of the late Bro . William Hardy , at Sunderland . —On the 31 st January , died Mr . William Hardy , clothier , aged eighty-three years . The deceased had been a Master Mason upwards of fifty-six years , and was said to be the oldest
Freemason in the Province . He initiated the late Earl of Durham , Sir Cuthbert Sharp , and many other eminent men , into the mysteries of the Craft , lie passed with honour and credit among the Brotherhood through all the various Offices , and for a great number of years he has been an active and zealous member of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary
< HHutuari > .
BRO . CAPT . JOHN POWNEY , R . N ., K . G . H . Died , on Saturday , the 27 th of January , at his residence , Mount Radford , Exeter * Bro . Captain and Commander John Powney , R . N ., K . G . H . This gallant officer had seen much service , and enjoyed the personal friendship of King William IV .,
whose royal yacht he commanded . He was a zealous and good Mason in heart as well as badge , continuing his working until a singular regulation of the Prov . G . L . rendered his resignation of Masonry necessary to the satisfaction of his feelings . ;
MRS . JARMAIN . On the 14 th of February , aged 39 , Anne , the beloved and deeply lamented wife of Thomas Jarmain , Esq ., surgeon , of Holbrook , and eldest daughter of the Right Worshipful Robert Martin , Esq ., Dep . Prov . G . M . of Suffolk .
BRO . BENJAMIN CHURCHILL . On the 8 th January , at Oswestry , Benjamin Churchill , Esq . Bro . Churchill had just retired upon a handsome pension from the situation of surveyor under the General Post Office , of a very large district , a post he had held with much credit to himself , and satisfaction to the public for thirty years . He had been in
the service of the Post Office for half a century . Bro . Churchill joined the Masonic Order somewhat late in life , but had taken to it with the greatest enthusiasm , and often regretted he had not been earlier introduced into its mysteries . No distance , and nothing short of severe indisposition , ever prevented his attendance to his duties in the Lodge . He had but recently been elected to the chair of the
Salopian Lodge , No . 328 , but did not live to be installed into that office , to the holding of which he had long looked forward with anticipations of pleasure ; but it was not so ordained , proponit homo , Deus disponit . Bro . Churchill was a subscribing member of several other Lodges in the Province , as well as P . G . D . of C .
in the Prov . G . L . His decease put a stop to the subscription , which was being raised for the purpose of presenting him with a handsome testimonial for his services , and the majy good qualities which had endeared him to a large circle of friends .
BRO . WILLIAM HARDZ . Funeral of the late Bro . William Hardy , at Sunderland . —On the 31 st January , died Mr . William Hardy , clothier , aged eighty-three years . The deceased had been a Master Mason upwards of fifty-six years , and was said to be the oldest
Freemason in the Province . He initiated the late Earl of Durham , Sir Cuthbert Sharp , and many other eminent men , into the mysteries of the Craft , lie passed with honour and credit among the Brotherhood through all the various Offices , and for a great number of years he has been an active and zealous member of the