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love , and universal benevolence more than any other songs , and are certainly the most proper for Mason Lodge . " Be it also understood that the necessary expences of the charter , jewels , and other

disbursements on account of the Lodge , shall be paid before auy charity can be issued from their funds . " The subsequent minutes of the lodge contain little else than a mere record of its intrants . On

the 10 th of May , 1770 , the lodge having been opened in Coventry , received an accession of strength in the affiliation of several brethren belonging to the regiment , and the initiation of 1 quarter-master , 6 sergeants , 1 trumpeter , and 1

private . The secene of the Greys' next Masonic labour was in Lichfield , Avhere in the course of twelve communications 32 candidates were made .

These included , one lieut .-colonel , a captain in the royal horse guards , a captain in one of the regiments of royal foot guards , a surgeon , a clergyman , and other civilians- At his entry Lhe then lieut .-colonel of the Greys Avas accompanied by a corporal

and a couple of trumpeters . In October 1770 the lodge Avas " adjourned till 27 th March , ' 71 , in consequence of the Rt . Worshipful Master and most of the other officers of the lodge being dispersed in different quarters on the duty of the

regiment . " In April 1771 , the regiment being then quartered at Newbury , Bro . Thomas Duakerley , P . G . M . of Hampshire , —a name of historical note in connection with the Craft in

England — was assumed as a member of the lodge ; and at its next communication , held at Canterbury on the Llth September , ' 72 , the lodge Avas visited by Bro . Robert Aitken , writer , Edinburgh ( of the Canongate and Leith

lodge ) , Avho at a subsequent meeting received honorary affiliation . Br . Aitken afterwards removed to Ayr , where , associated Avith other intimate friends and patrons of Scotia ' s Bard , he continued to take a lively interest in Masonic affairs . Ifc Avas to Bro . Aitken that " The

Cottar ' s Saturday night , " was inscribed . Col . Napier having in 1773 relinquished the gavel , was succeeded by Sir John Nisbett , Bavt . ; but in consequence of the " divided situation of the regiment" the lodge stood adjourned from March

24 , ' 73 , till April 23 , ' 74 , at Avhich date it was congregated in Colchester . At this meeting the treasurer Avas authorised to aid in conveying to their homes such of the brethren as should be discharged after the review that Avas then in

contemplation . We next find it upon record , under date , "York , Nov . 15 , 1774 , " "that an attempt Avould on the Regiment's arrival in Scotland next spring be made to get the fees we now pay to the Grand Lodge taken off . " Another meeting

Avas held at York on the 30 th November of the same year , at Avhich the Master , Capt . Heron , Sir John Nisbet , and other officers were present ; but between that date and the 17 th of April , 1778 , the trowel seems to have given place to the SAvord .

Capt . Heron presided at the lodge ' s revivification in the town of Reading April 1778 , when new officebearers were elected . From the other minutes Ave learn that communications of the lodge were held at Canterbury in May , 1779 ; at

Marlborough in February , March , and May , ' 80 ; at Worcester in March and May , ' 81 ; at Durham in January ' 83 ; and at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 14 th April , ' 83 , at Avhich date Major Heron Avas recalled to the orient With the record of this communication , which is notable as having been that at Avhich Deacons were first introduced as

officers of the lodge , the minutes terminate ; and nothing farther is known of the " St . Andrew ' s Royal Arch in the Greys , " save that in 1799 ifc ceased to make returns to the Grand Lodge oi Scotland , and Avas along , Avith other dormant

lodges cut off the roll in 1816 . Its charter , Avhich is UOAV in the possession of Mr . F . White , Thornhill , came to him through his maternal grand-uncle , Robert Cowan , who enlisted into the Scots Greys about the year 1765 , and

subsequently rose to the rank of captain . After a service of forty-three years he retired to Tarbolton , his native village , where he died about the year 1825 . Capt . CoAvau , when a private dragoon , Avas made at Lichfield in September , 1770 ; and

being the only Freemason in the regiment when he left it , he carried along with him the relics of its connection Avith Freemasonry . To the Past Master of No . 252 ( Bro . Hislop ) we are indebted for the temporary use of these interesting memorials .

Colonel Napier is not the only instance of a distinguished Mason being colonel of the Scots Greys . It is Avell known that while in command of the 2 nd ( Royal North British ) Dragoons , Bro . Major-General H . Darby Griffiths was most

enthusiastically devoted to the Craft , among whom he is deservedly popular . For five consecutiveyears he held the office of Grand Sword Bearer in-