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Obituary.
On his taking up his residence at Steeple Aston , ho joined the Cherwell Lodge , Banbury , ancl was installed in the office of AA . M . of thai " Lodge on the Sth of February , 1863 , being shortly afterwards appointed Prov . G . S . Beacon of the Province by the Provincial Grand Master of that time , Bro . the Rev . C . J . Ridley , of University College , ( brother of Sir Mathew White Ridley , Bart ., of Northumberland ) and this was the first occasion of his being promoted to the Provincial purple . In
February of the following year , 1854 , he was appointed D . Prov . G . AL of Oxfordshire , ancl shortly after the death of Bro . Ridley , which took place in October , he was , on the 11 th of December , 1851 , appointed to the important office of Provincial Grand Master , to the greut joy of the Province . On tho occasion of his Installation on the Sth of May , 1855 , tho ceremony was performed by that accomplished Mason , Bro .
Henry Hall , of King's College , Cambridge , Prov . Grand Master of that county . The occasion will be long remembered by those who attended , since there were present no less than six Provincial Grand Masters to assist at the ceremonv , besides
many other distinguished guests . The Stewards had paid their new Provincial Grand Master tho compliment of inviting every member of the Lodge of Harmony , Bro . Bowycr ' s mother lodge , to be present at his elevation , and a largo number availed themselves of the opportunity of doinghonour to their highly respected friend and brother . At this meeting he appointed Bro . Richard James Spiers , F . S . A ., Aldermanand J . P . of the citaud late Mayor ( Prov . G . S . B . of the
, y , , Grand Lodge of England ) to the post of D . Prov . G . M ., which lie has ever since held . For two years afterwards , on the 16 th of May , 1854 , the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . Grand Master , who was accompanied by a largo number of Provincial Grand Masters and Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of England , was invited to visit the Provincial Grand Lodge , to receive au address from the brethren
of the Province , expressive of their loyalty and attachment to him . In the year 1855 he becams a joining member of the Alfred Lodge , 340 , Oxford , and subsequently of the Apollo University Lodge , 357 , and was elected Honorary Member of the Churchill Lodge . He became also a joining member of the Royal Alpha Lodge , 16 , and of the AVestminster and Keystone , 10 , both in London ; and the latter especially connected with brethren of his Proviuce of Oxford .
In 1864 a warrant was granted for a Lodge to bo held at Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire , ancl the founders of it were naturally anxious that it should bear the name of one who had endeared himself by untold acts of kindness to every member of the Province . Accordingly the "Bowyer" Lodge was consecrated in the spring of 1865 , the Provincial Grand Master himself performing the ceremony , and it is a . t the present time an excellent country lodge , with a goodly number of members ,
who vie with each other in good work , and in supporting the prestige and character of its name . Colonel Bowyer received the appointment of Prov . Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Alasonry at the same time as that of Provincial Grand Master , being qualified by having served the variousuecessary offices iu the Iris Chapter , at Richmond . He became a Mark Master Mason in the Bon Accord Lodge
, in 1 S 5 G , but took no office in the degree . As a Knight Templar our brother received his introduction to that Order at the Encampment of Cceur de Lion , in Oxford ; and after serving as its First Captain and Eminent Commander , was , in 1858 , promoted to the post of Provincial Grand Commander of Oxfordshire , by the Grand Master , then Col . Tynte . As his Deputy Prov . Grand Commander , he appointed Bro . Richard James SpiersPast Grand Captainwho continued to
, , hold that post up to the decease of his chief . In the High Degrees , Colonel Bowyer received the 30 ° in February , 1854 , 31 November , 1855 , 32 ° in August , 1856 , aud 33 ° January , 1857 . On the 6 th of March , 1868 , he received the high distinction of Most Puissant Sovereign , on the resignation of Dr . Leeson ; but after a short time , on account of ill health , he resigned in favour of Bro . A 1 gue , who now holds the baton .
Socially , perhaps , tbe reign of Colonel Bowyer will be best remembered by the institution of the Masonic fetes and balls which , commencing in June , 1855 , have been continued at the University Commomeration every year since , and have afforded
Obituary.
to the numerous visitors at the academical festival , the most agreeable experience of University gaiety . In June , 1860 , at the time the Prince of Wales was stud ying at Oxford , a grand ball was given by the Freemasons to his Royal Highness , on which occasion the Eai-1 and Countess of Zetland and friends attended , being the guests of the D . Prov . G . M ., and at the ball upwards of 700 were present . Subsequently to the marriage of the Prince of AVales , in 1863 , at the
commomeration of that year , the Prince , accompanied by the Princess , attended a grand ball given by the Freemasons , at which upwards of 1000 persons were present . AA e have spoken fully of the Masonic events and festivities connected with the Provincial Grand Mastership of Colonel Bowyer , but this notice would not be complete if we were to omit one great cause of the success of Freemasonry at Oxford during the seventeen years Colonel Bowyer has beon at its head . Tho foundation of
his success has been the faithful aud conscientious discharge of all the duties devolving on him as a Mason . The ceremonies of the order were always most admirably performed by him , and du-iug the period he held tbe Mastership of the Cherwell Lodge , although at the time Master of the celebrated Heythrop Hunt , he never neglected attending at the meetings , and although always a most ardent sportsmen he has , before returning home after the clays hunting , posted to Banbury , to take his place and
do his work as AV . M ., taking every ceremony himself . The courtesy and the kindness which he ever displayed to all who came within his reach , the kind consideration which he gave to all cases in . which assistance and help was required , the unbounded generosity , masonic aud social , which distinguished him , aud the princely support which he gave to all our masonic charities , make his loss greatly felt in his province , and by the Masonic world at large .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
"The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham . " By Bro . Markham Tweddell , This work , which we have noticed on former occasions , approaches completion , eleven of the twelve parts of which the work is composed being issued . This part contains notices of Henry Heavisides , Samuel Gordon , Frank AVilkinson , aud the Hon . Commodore Constance John Pliipps ( Baron Musgrove ) . The
, three former were local in thoir celebrities aud in the subject of their compositions . The title ot the latter to authorship is based upon his account of a " A oyago towards the North Pole , undertaken hy His Majesty's command , 1773 , " of which Commodore Pliipps was the senior in command , on hoard of the bomb ketch " Racehorse . "
Bro . David Murray Lycu annonnccs as in the press his "History of the Lodge of " Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , No . 1 , from A . D . 1799 to the preseni time ; embracing on account of the institution and progress of Freemasonry in Scotland . " It is dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , K . G ., Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Past Depute Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of land
Eng , & c , etc ., and will be published by AA . Blackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London . This work is based upon the oldest Lodge records extant , and other manuscripts of unquestionable authenticity . Its leading design is to present facts drawn from these sources rather than the legends upon which the history of the Order has generally rested . It treats of the ancient laws and usages of the Operative Fraternity , and traces its development into au
association of a purely speculative character . The work contains numerous illustrations—embracing facsimiles of portions of the Schaw Ordinances , of the St . Clair Charters , of several early minutes of the Lodge of Edinburgh , and Mason Marks registered in its books , besides portraits and autographs of eminent Craftsmen connected- with Mary ' s Chapel . The appendix contins interesting excerpts from the records of several of the pre-eightienth century Scotch Lodges , and other valuable ancl interesting Masonic documents . Reference to the work is facilitated by a comprehensive index . From the favourable opportunities the author has had for
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Obituary.
On his taking up his residence at Steeple Aston , ho joined the Cherwell Lodge , Banbury , ancl was installed in the office of AA . M . of thai " Lodge on the Sth of February , 1863 , being shortly afterwards appointed Prov . G . S . Beacon of the Province by the Provincial Grand Master of that time , Bro . the Rev . C . J . Ridley , of University College , ( brother of Sir Mathew White Ridley , Bart ., of Northumberland ) and this was the first occasion of his being promoted to the Provincial purple . In
February of the following year , 1854 , he was appointed D . Prov . G . AL of Oxfordshire , ancl shortly after the death of Bro . Ridley , which took place in October , he was , on the 11 th of December , 1851 , appointed to the important office of Provincial Grand Master , to the greut joy of the Province . On tho occasion of his Installation on the Sth of May , 1855 , tho ceremony was performed by that accomplished Mason , Bro .
Henry Hall , of King's College , Cambridge , Prov . Grand Master of that county . The occasion will be long remembered by those who attended , since there were present no less than six Provincial Grand Masters to assist at the ceremonv , besides
many other distinguished guests . The Stewards had paid their new Provincial Grand Master tho compliment of inviting every member of the Lodge of Harmony , Bro . Bowycr ' s mother lodge , to be present at his elevation , and a largo number availed themselves of the opportunity of doinghonour to their highly respected friend and brother . At this meeting he appointed Bro . Richard James Spiers , F . S . A ., Aldermanand J . P . of the citaud late Mayor ( Prov . G . S . B . of the
, y , , Grand Lodge of England ) to the post of D . Prov . G . M ., which lie has ever since held . For two years afterwards , on the 16 th of May , 1854 , the Earl of Zetland , M . AV . Grand Master , who was accompanied by a largo number of Provincial Grand Masters and Officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of England , was invited to visit the Provincial Grand Lodge , to receive au address from the brethren
of the Province , expressive of their loyalty and attachment to him . In the year 1855 he becams a joining member of the Alfred Lodge , 340 , Oxford , and subsequently of the Apollo University Lodge , 357 , and was elected Honorary Member of the Churchill Lodge . He became also a joining member of the Royal Alpha Lodge , 16 , and of the AVestminster and Keystone , 10 , both in London ; and the latter especially connected with brethren of his Proviuce of Oxford .
In 1864 a warrant was granted for a Lodge to bo held at Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire , ancl the founders of it were naturally anxious that it should bear the name of one who had endeared himself by untold acts of kindness to every member of the Province . Accordingly the "Bowyer" Lodge was consecrated in the spring of 1865 , the Provincial Grand Master himself performing the ceremony , and it is a . t the present time an excellent country lodge , with a goodly number of members ,
who vie with each other in good work , and in supporting the prestige and character of its name . Colonel Bowyer received the appointment of Prov . Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Alasonry at the same time as that of Provincial Grand Master , being qualified by having served the variousuecessary offices iu the Iris Chapter , at Richmond . He became a Mark Master Mason in the Bon Accord Lodge
, in 1 S 5 G , but took no office in the degree . As a Knight Templar our brother received his introduction to that Order at the Encampment of Cceur de Lion , in Oxford ; and after serving as its First Captain and Eminent Commander , was , in 1858 , promoted to the post of Provincial Grand Commander of Oxfordshire , by the Grand Master , then Col . Tynte . As his Deputy Prov . Grand Commander , he appointed Bro . Richard James SpiersPast Grand Captainwho continued to
, , hold that post up to the decease of his chief . In the High Degrees , Colonel Bowyer received the 30 ° in February , 1854 , 31 November , 1855 , 32 ° in August , 1856 , aud 33 ° January , 1857 . On the 6 th of March , 1868 , he received the high distinction of Most Puissant Sovereign , on the resignation of Dr . Leeson ; but after a short time , on account of ill health , he resigned in favour of Bro . A 1 gue , who now holds the baton .
Socially , perhaps , tbe reign of Colonel Bowyer will be best remembered by the institution of the Masonic fetes and balls which , commencing in June , 1855 , have been continued at the University Commomeration every year since , and have afforded
Obituary.
to the numerous visitors at the academical festival , the most agreeable experience of University gaiety . In June , 1860 , at the time the Prince of Wales was stud ying at Oxford , a grand ball was given by the Freemasons to his Royal Highness , on which occasion the Eai-1 and Countess of Zetland and friends attended , being the guests of the D . Prov . G . M ., and at the ball upwards of 700 were present . Subsequently to the marriage of the Prince of AVales , in 1863 , at the
commomeration of that year , the Prince , accompanied by the Princess , attended a grand ball given by the Freemasons , at which upwards of 1000 persons were present . AA e have spoken fully of the Masonic events and festivities connected with the Provincial Grand Mastership of Colonel Bowyer , but this notice would not be complete if we were to omit one great cause of the success of Freemasonry at Oxford during the seventeen years Colonel Bowyer has beon at its head . Tho foundation of
his success has been the faithful aud conscientious discharge of all the duties devolving on him as a Mason . The ceremonies of the order were always most admirably performed by him , and du-iug the period he held tbe Mastership of the Cherwell Lodge , although at the time Master of the celebrated Heythrop Hunt , he never neglected attending at the meetings , and although always a most ardent sportsmen he has , before returning home after the clays hunting , posted to Banbury , to take his place and
do his work as AV . M ., taking every ceremony himself . The courtesy and the kindness which he ever displayed to all who came within his reach , the kind consideration which he gave to all cases in . which assistance and help was required , the unbounded generosity , masonic aud social , which distinguished him , aud the princely support which he gave to all our masonic charities , make his loss greatly felt in his province , and by the Masonic world at large .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
"The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham . " By Bro . Markham Tweddell , This work , which we have noticed on former occasions , approaches completion , eleven of the twelve parts of which the work is composed being issued . This part contains notices of Henry Heavisides , Samuel Gordon , Frank AVilkinson , aud the Hon . Commodore Constance John Pliipps ( Baron Musgrove ) . The
, three former were local in thoir celebrities aud in the subject of their compositions . The title ot the latter to authorship is based upon his account of a " A oyago towards the North Pole , undertaken hy His Majesty's command , 1773 , " of which Commodore Pliipps was the senior in command , on hoard of the bomb ketch " Racehorse . "
Bro . David Murray Lycu annonnccs as in the press his "History of the Lodge of " Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , No . 1 , from A . D . 1799 to the preseni time ; embracing on account of the institution and progress of Freemasonry in Scotland . " It is dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , K . G ., Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Past Depute Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of land
Eng , & c , etc ., and will be published by AA . Blackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London . This work is based upon the oldest Lodge records extant , and other manuscripts of unquestionable authenticity . Its leading design is to present facts drawn from these sources rather than the legends upon which the history of the Order has generally rested . It treats of the ancient laws and usages of the Operative Fraternity , and traces its development into au
association of a purely speculative character . The work contains numerous illustrations—embracing facsimiles of portions of the Schaw Ordinances , of the St . Clair Charters , of several early minutes of the Lodge of Edinburgh , and Mason Marks registered in its books , besides portraits and autographs of eminent Craftsmen connected- with Mary ' s Chapel . The appendix contins interesting excerpts from the records of several of the pre-eightienth century Scotch Lodges , and other valuable ancl interesting Masonic documents . Reference to the work is facilitated by a comprehensive index . From the favourable opportunities the author has had for