Masons Of The Year.

Not until he was fifty-four years of age did this eminent architect seek admission into the Craft of Freemasonry , being initiated in 1 S 77 in the Jerusalem Lodge ( 197 ) , becoming its W . M . in rSS 6 . Five years previous—in JSSI—he joined the St . James ' s Chapter ( 2 ) of Royal Arch Masons , and was exalted the following year ; he was a Grand Steward in 1 SS 4 ,

and has served as Steward of all the Masonic Charitable Institutions and holds the high appointment of Grand Superintendent of Works during the present year in the Grand Lodge of England . Mr . Woolf Barry , the eminent engineer who designed—in conjunction with the late Sir Horace Jonesthe new Tower Bridge , is a younger brother of Mr . Charles Barrv .

MR . RALPH D . M . LITTLER , Q . C . MR . RALPH D . M . LITTLER , Q . C , is the younger son of the late Rev . Robert Littler , of London . He was born at Matlock Bath on October 2 nd , 1835 , -I'l d in 18 . 4 took the degree of B . A . at the London University , becoming a student

of the Inner Temple in November of the same year . Mr . Littler was called to the Bar on June 6 th , 1857 , and thirteen years later was admitted a barrister of the Middle Temple . He was made a Q . C . on February 3 rd , 1 S 73 , and in November , 18 S 2 , became a bencher of his Inn . Ralph Littler is a member

of the Covocation , a Common Law Prizeman , and a member of the Northern and North-Eastern Circuits . He is the author of several well-known legal works , amongst them being " Practice and Evidence in Divorce Cases , " and " Digest of Cases before the Referees in Parliament . " He is an influential

and popular member of the St . Stephen ' s , the Whitehall , and the Royal Thames Yacht Club , and has a very charming house at Palmer ' s Green , where he generally resides . In the early days of his career , Mr . Littler was a leading member of a wellknown debating society , and led the Conservative party in many

a fight against Lord Herschell in his student days . He is a chairman of Quarter Sessions , and was initiated in the Bank of England Lodge , and eventually occupied the chair for two successive years , possessing a like honour in the Northern Bar Lodge , of which he is now the father . The eminent [ barrister was one of the founders of the University of London Lodge , and holds a high opinion of the benefits of Freemasonry .

MR . ZILLWOOD-MILLEDGE . MR . ZILLWOOD-MILLEDGE , of the firm of Milledge & Son , Weymouth , born May 13 th , 1 S 44 ( son of James Milledge , who was G . M . 170 , P . Z . 170 , P . P . S . G . W . Dorset , and P . G . H . Dorset ) , was initiated in the All Souls' Lodge ( 170 ) in 1875 . Exalted

, in All Souls' Chapter ( 170 ) , in 1 S 76 ; served the offices of J . G . Soj . J . W ., and S . W ., and was installed W . M . in 18 S 4 , in the presence of a large body of P . M . ' s , of which his father , who had been installed in 1834 , was one . In 1888 he again filled the chair , and during his year of office , 1 SS 4 , the additions to the Lodge

were 12 ; in 1888 there were 21 additions , 12 initiations , and 9 joining . He performed all his ceremonies , and installed his successors . He is P . P . G . D . C . for Dorset , which office he held in 1 SS 4 , and was a Provincial Grand Steward in 1880 . In the Royal Arch he served as Ass . Soj ., and for five years as P . S .

, going from that office into the chair of J . he was Z . of his Chapter in 1 S 87 , and Provincial Grand Soj . of Dorset in 1888 , and is at present P . G . D . C . for Dorset , having also filled this office for the years 1885-7 . He is Vice-Chairman of the Dorset Masonic Charity , and Charity Steward of his Lodge ; has served

as Steward for the Girls' School , and is a Governor of the Girls ' School , and Benevolent and Life Subscriber of the Boys' School . Is a member of All Souls' Preceptory , Knight of the All Souls Priory of the Order of Malta , and a member of the Weymouth Chapter Rose Croix 18 ° ; is a member of the Correspondence

Circle , Quatuor Coronati , and lent contributions to the Worcester andShanklinMasonicExhibitions . Duringhissecondyear ( i 888 ) , as W . M ., the Lodge was most beautifully altered and redecorated ,

and is now one of the best fitted and most convenient Lodges in the provinces . On the occasion of the re-opening , nearly 200 Brethren were present , and thirteen provinces were represented . It was a red-letter day in Weymouth Masonic annals . All Souls ' Lodge celebrated its centenary in 1867 . Masonry has been practised in Weymoudi since 1734 , and the subject of our sketch comes from a family settled in the town before the Commonwealth , and which has produced excellent Masons .

MR . BLUNDELL MAPLE , M . P . MR . BLUNDELL MAPLE , M . P . for Dulwich , was born in the parish of St . Pancras , which he endeavoured unsuccessfully to represent in the House of Commons . He lives but a fewdoors from Mr . George R . Sims , in Clarence Terrace , but

possesses quite a palatial residence at St . Albans known as Childwickbury , from which he took his racing cognomen of Mr . Childwick before racing owners recognised the absurdity of hiding their identity behind such a transparent disguise . Mr . Maple is the owner of Falmouth House—poor Fred Archer ' s

place at Newmarket—which he purchased for conversion into racing stables . Mr . Maple was initiated in the Anerley Lodge ( 1397 ) , and holds a minor office , having very wisely refused to usurp the rights of any member of the Lodge in their succession to the various offices . Mr . Maple has shown great practical interest , during the past year , in matters concerning the welfare

of the poorer classes . He was , in a great degree , responsible for the rejection of the Compulsory Closing Bill introduced by Sir John Lubbock ; the Cart and Wheel Tax by Mr . Goschen ; and is now vigorously working at two Bills , which he intends to bring before the House , one to be called the Cheap Trains

( London ) Bill , and the other the London Water Bill . The first will in many instances cheapen the special workmen ' s tickets within the twelve miles radius of London ; and the other gives power to the consumers of water for domestic purposes to demand to be supplied by meter instead of according to rateable value .

MR . FREDERICK BINCKES . MR . FREDERICK BINCKES was initiated into Freemasonry in the Enoch Lodge ( 11 ) in December , thirty-nine years ago , and passed the Chair five years later , having been exalted the previous year ( 1855 ) in the Mount Sinai

Chapter . In 1856 he was elected on the Board of General Purposes , arid was a member of the first Building Committee appointed to consider the re-erection of Freemasons' Hall . In r 86 o he filled the Chair of the Crescent Lodge ( 788 ) , and has since occupied the same position in the

Peace and Harmony , Grand Stewards , and Lewis Lodges . In 1862 he passed the eighteenth degree , Rosicrucian , and that of P . M . W . S . thirtieth degree , in 1864 . In 1866 he was installed K . T ., and three years later joined the Order of the Red Ci'oss of Constantine , and in due course filled the Chair as Sovereign , and held office as Intendant-General unattached . From 1862 to June , 1889 , he occupied the position of Grand

Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , havingacted as Assistant Grand Secretary for two years previous . He has served many times as Steward at the festivals of the Charities . Mr . Binckes will , perhaps , be best remembered from his long connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys as its Secretary , and the extraordinary commotion

which the commutation of his pension created throughout the Craft at the beginning of the present year , when he retired from the Secretaryship with a pension indemnity of , £ 2 , 5 00 . Mr . Binckes appeared as our " Eminent Mason at Home" for the month of November , 1889 , when we were most impudently

accused by that peculiar nameless section of Freemasonry which unfortunately exists , of siding with Mr . Binckes in his difficulty for some ulterior purpose . In including Mr . Binckes as a " Mason of the Year , " without his knowledge or permission , the Editor of THE MASONIC REVIEW has wished to