Masons Of The Year.

Leeds , serving the Chair in iSSS . Previously to that he was the Worshipful Master of the United Northern Counties ' Lodge , which in 1 SS 5 he likewise helped to establish . Twentyone years ago Mr . Smithson was exalted in the Royal Arch Chapter of Fidelity , of which he is now P . Z . He is a Past Provincial Grand Deacon of West Yorkshire , and a P . A . G . D .

of C . in the Royal Arch of the same Province . He takes very great interest in the West Yorkshire Charity Organisation , of which he is the secretary ; he has a record of fourteen stewardships of the different Charities ; is a Life Governor of the Boys' Institution , and a Vice-President of the Girls' and the

Benevolent ; and was created in March last a Junior Grand Deacon of Grand Lodge . Perhaps to Mr . W . F . Smithson , more than to anyone else , wc arc indebted for the solution of the Binckes' Pension Indemnity problem , which was first conceived in the mind of his Provincial Grand Master .

DR . C . D . HILL DRURY . MR . C . D . HILL DRURY , M . D ., of Darlington , in the county of Durham , is the eldest surviving son of the late J . C . Drury , and was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne . After pursuing his studies at the University of Durham , and Guy ' s Hospital ,

London , and being admitted shortly after a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England , he was appointed senior resident surgeon to the Sunderland Hospital . In 1870 he married the second daughter of the late ( Bro . ) R . Ferry , P . G . O . Durham , and migrated to Norfolk , where he soon acquired an

extensive practice , and was initiated into Masonry in the Faithful Lodge ( 85 ) , Harleston . In 1881 , whilst occupying the S . W . ' s chair of his mother Lodge , he removed to Darlington , and was elected to the Chair the following year , and although each attendance necessitated long journeys of over 200 miles , he

managed to fulfil the duties of his position , and an eloquent tribute to the high esteem in which he was held among his fellows in the Craft was paid him by his Lodge when it unanimously insisted in re-electing him W . M . the following year , and appointed the immediate P . M . as his deputy . On settling

in Darlington , Dr . Hill Drury joined the Marquis of Ripon Lodge ( 1379 ) , of which he is the present W . M ., and his installation was witnessed by the P . G . M ., the D . P . G . M ., and the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham . Dr . Hill Drury is a passionate lover of music , and has introduced a most

elaborate musical service in connection with all the Masonic ceremonies he presides over . He has secured the able services of the Masonic Brethren of the Durham Cathedral choir , and

every meeting of his Lodge is remarkable for the large number of distinguished Masons he welcomes as his visitors . In R . A . Masonry he is a P . Z . of Royal George Chapter , No . 52 , Norwich , and H .-elect of the Vigilance Chapter , Darlington . In connection with this latter Chapter he was instrumental in procuring its centenary warrantand on the occasion of celebrating the

, 100 th year of its existence , at which the Grand ' Superintendent and officers of the Provincial Grand Chapter were present , he read a paper on "Early Royal Arch Masonry in Darlington " ( which has since been printed ) , and was the recipient of the first centenary jewel at the hands of his companions . In the earl

y part of the present year , entirely at the initiative of Dr . Hill Drury , and in a great measure owing to his activity , the Universities' Lodge was founded with the Rev . Canon Tristram , P . G . Chaplain , and D . P . Grand Master of Durham , as its first Master . The Doctor was invited to become one of its first

Wardens , but feeling the importance of the position of Secretary during the earlier years of a Lodge ' s existence , he declined the higher honour and took the voluntarily onerous duties of Secretary , which he now holds . Dr . Hill Drury is a P . P . Grand Registrar ( Craft ) and Provincial Grand Registrar ( Arch ) of

Norfolk , and was the compiler of the first of the present series of the Durham Masonic Calendars . In other degrees of Freemasonry Dr . Hill Drury holds a conspicuous position . He is S . W . of the Darlington Mark Lodge , P . E . Preceptor of St . Cuthbert's Preceptory , and a member of all the other preceptories in the Province , in which he holds the office of Aide-de-Camp , P . E . Prior of the St . Cuthbert ' s Priory of Knights of Malta

M . W . S .-elect of the Royal Kent Rose Croix Chapter , Deputy in the Yorkshire College of Rosicrucians , Royal Ark Mariner , member of the allied degrees , member of the Grand Masters' Council of Royal and Select Masters , and a Knight of the American Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell . He has served four Stewardships for the Boys' School , two for the Girls ' , one for

the Masonic Benevolent Institution , and two for the Mark Benevolent Fund . He is the Provincial representative at the the next Benevolent Mark festivals . Besides all this , Dr . Hill Drury takes an active interest in the affairs of Darlington , being a member of the Town Council and a Guardian of the Poor .

MR . SHERIFF AUGUSTUS II . G . HARRIS , C . C . MR . AUGUSTUS HENRY GLOSSOP HARRIS was initiated into Freemasonry fourteen years ago , in the St . Clair Lodge at Edinburgh . His first connection with the English Craft was in London , where he formed the Maybury Lodge

( 969 ) . In 18 S 5 he was the principal founder of the Drury Lane Lodge ( 2127 ) , a Lodg-e which is destined to become one of the first on the roll of the English Grand Lodges ; and was its first Senior Warden . In the following year he occupied the position of Worshipful Master , and has

studiously supported the chair ever since . He is M . E . Z . of the Royal Naval Chapter ( 59 ); E . P . of the Bard of Avon and Drury Lane Preceptory , and Grand Sword Bearer in the Great Priory of Knights Templar ; member of the Royal Order of Scotland ; of the Old Kent Lodge of Mark Masters , and of the Order of Royal and select Masters ; P . M . of the Stewart Chapter of the

Allied Masonic Degrees , and P . J . G . W . of the Grand Lodge of that Order . He is also a Life Governor of the three charities , and a generous benefactor to the pupils of the Masonic Schools . Augustus Harris was proposed by ( Bro . ) Ex-Sheriff Harris , P . M ., for the position of Grand Treasurer for the year 1890-91 , and his nomination was accepted by Grand Lodge without

opposition , so that in March last he was installed into that office on St . George ' s Day . Mr . Harris is best known , perhaps in his connections with Drury Lane Theatre , which he has " run " successfully for many years . He is also lessee of Covent Garden Theatrethe Tyne Theatre , of Newcastle , and is a

, member of four City companies ; he was selected as one of the two representatives of the Strand division in the London County Council inaugurated two years ago , and is now the junior Sheriff of London . As a stage-manager of spectacular productions , Mr . Harris is undoubtedly unrivalled .

REV . J . H . ADAIR-PICKARD . THE REV . J . H . ADAIR-PICKARD first saw the light of Masonry in 1851 , as soon as possible after his entrance into the University of Oxford , when the Rev . R . St . John Tyrwhilt was W . M . of the Apollo University Lodge . He was initiated

on the same night with Mr . Powys , now Lord Lilford , and his name comes next on the roll of members to that of the late Henry Kingsley , the novelist . Among his contemporaries were W . F . Short , Grand Chaplain in 1870 ; L . W . ( now Mr . Justice ) CaveGrand Warden in 1880 ; the late Brigadier-General A . W .

, Adair , Prov . G . M . of Somerset in 1863 , and G . Superintendent of Somerset in 1880 ; John Robbins , Grand Chaplain in 1884 ; Reginald Bird , D . P . G . M . of Oxon , and Grand Deacon in 1879 ; Lord Fordwich , now Earl Cowper , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1880 ; Mr . F . E . C . ByngGrand Chaplain in 1889 ; Henry

, Earl of Lincoln , afterward Sixth Duke of Newcastle , Prov . G . M . of Notts in 1865 ; Mr . W . J . W . V . Vernon , G . Warden in 1876 ; Mr . W . E . Sackville West ( now Colonel ) , W . M . in 1877 , G . Warden in 1885 , G . Superintendent of North Wales in 1889 ; Sir James FergussoriBart . K . C . M . G . G . C . S . L , Prov .

, , , G . M . of Ayrshire , Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , 1886 ; W . K . Macrorie , Lord Bishop of Maritzburg , 1878 ; Lord Garlics , now Earl of Galloway , K . T ., 1888 ; Lord North , W . M . of the Cherwell Lodge in 1865 ; W . A . Tyssen Amhurst , Grand Warden in 1887 , M . P . for West Norfolk in 1880 ; Mr . A . F . G . W