Masons Of The Year.

him preclude our mentioning more than a few of the more important , viz ., " Kenning's Archreological Library , " Vol . I . ; Bro . Geo . F . Fort's " Critical Inquiry into the Condition of the Conventual Buildings and their Relation to Secular Guilds in the Middle Ages , " and Bro . John Lane ' s " Handy Book to the Study of Lists of Lodges , " which , as an evidence of the regard entertained

for him byone of his closest friends , we cannot refrain from quoting in full : — "To my dear and highly-esteemed friend , the Right Worshipful Brother William James Hughan , P . M ., 131 , & c , P . Prov . S . G . W . of Cornwall , Past Senior Grand Deacon of England , Past Senior Grand Warden of Iowa , in recognition of his indefatigable zeal , persistent research , and invaluable services in

relation to the literature and antiquity of Freemasonry throughout the world , and as a personal tribute of thanks for his constant assistance and encouragement during many years of Masonic study and investigation , I gratefully and fraternally dedicate this work . — J . LANE , Bannercross , Torquay , July 20 th , 1889 . "

Bro . Hughan ' s labours in behalf of the Charities of the Order are by no means the least important of his services , although the bulk of his work in that direction is little' known beyond the locality for the time being . As a Steward , he achieved the distinction of taking up the largest single list of anyone in England for one of the Institutions , and as the Charity Representative of

the Province of Cornwall for twelve years , he was invariably successful in securing the election of those candidates he supported . All this was done during his business engagements and at his own cost , and on leaving the county for his present residence at Torquay , he generously presented all his votes , to the number of ninety-five , to the Grand Lodge of that province ;

his membership of Lodge No . 131 being continued . Although Bro . Hughan ' s Masonic reputation is mainly built , and will be perpetuated , in connection with literary research , he is emphatically one of the " doers , " and not merely a theorist ; and his record in the cause of Charity and as a practical exponent of Masonic ritual will bear comparison with that of the most ardent and

enthusiastic worker , while , as the friend , philosopher , and guide of all and every seeker after light—be he novice or veteran—his r . acly pen and sage advice are instantly forthcoming . ¦ Few men have a wider circle of friends the world over , and those who ha > e the privilege of a closer intimacy have a feeling of love and veneration for the man who is ever ready to aid by pen and

tongue the cause of universal Brotherhood and Charity . There can be little doubt that it was the humanising tendency of the teachings of Freemasonry which first attracted the sympathetic attention of Bro . Hughan towards the Order ; and in the rapid progress of the Craft towards the ideal of universal brotherhood his name will ever be associated .

THE RIGHT HON . THE LORD MAYOR . MR . JOSEPH SAVORY was born at Clapham forty-seven years ago , and received his education at Harrow , under Dr . Vaugiian , Dr . Butler , and Archdeacon Farrar as his tutors .

On leaving Harrow he joined the firm of A . B . Savory & Son , which was founded about half a century after the Edict of Nantes ; and has raised the business to the position it now occupies as the " Goldsmiths' Alliance . " It is eight years since Mr . Savory first became a Sheriff of London and Middlesex ;

in the year following he was elected Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn , and on November 9 th last he became Lord Mayor of London . Mr . Savory is a splendid business man , and a perfect glutton for hard work ; he is a director of the New River Company , and of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company . Mr . Savory takes a very practical interest in numerous big educational

institutions , notably that of Christ's Hospital , now passing from the watchful care of the Governors to begin its work under the new system ; is a churchwarden , and holds numerous other offices that help to fill the part of a good and worthy citizen . He is noted for his hospitality , which he dispenses at his place , Buckhurst Park , Ascot , and , in addition to these estimable qualities ,

being " an honest Tory and a modest Gentile , " is a credit to the City of London , The Lord Mayor has been a Mason for many years

RT . HON . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON , M . P . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON , M . P ., the First Lord of the Admiralty , was initiated into Freemasonry in Lodge 68 , in Dublin , afterwards joining the Abercorn Lodge , and finally the Chiswick Lodge , the chair of which he filled last year . Lord

George is a Past Senior Grand Warden of England , is a Life Governor of the Boys' Institution , and a Life Subscriber of the Girls' and Old People ' s . Born forty-two years ago at Brighton , he first went to Mr . Renault's school at Bayford , where he had as contemporaries Lord Rosebery , Mr . Jem Lowther , Lord Waterford , and Lord Charles Beresford . Thence he went to

Harrow , where he fagged Ernest Chaplin and Lord Coke , captained the football team , and fielded during a portion of the memorable cricket match of ' 62 , at Lord's . At the age of seventeen he became a subaltern in the Rifle Brigade , eventually exchanging into the Coldstream Guards , and when as yet a boy beat Mr . Laboucherc in his first contest for a seat in the Lower

House by 1 , 400 votes . In 1874 Lord Beaconsfield made him Under Secretary of State for India ; four years later he was promoted to the Vice-Presidency of the Council , was appointed by Lord Salisbury First Lord of the Admiralty , and reappointed to the same post in 1 SS 6 . It was Lord George Hamilton who cautiously expressed the belief that Masonry was one of the safeguards to order and good behaviour in that troublesome little spot in the British Empire which is known as the Emerald Isle .

COLONEL NORTH . COLONEL JOHN T . NORTH was initiated into the Craft many years before he became the financial celebrity he is now .

That he has been uniformly successful in his enterprises is not due to luck , but to his innate shrewdness ; and those who prate about his star no longer being in the ascendant , discuss matters upon which they are profoundly ignorant . Colonel North is a very rich , but , withal , a very charitable , man . He never forgets

his friends ; those who backed him in the past flourish with him in the present . As Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Engineers he commenced those hospitalities which have made his name notorious . He has presented his native town of Leeds with a park and a ruined abbey , and has built himself a palace with a lighthouse on it at Eltham . He is a master of

foxhounds , and when he goes hunting the nitrate market drops a point , and he entertains his friends to breakfast or luncheon at the meet . He is a friend of Lord Randolph Churchill , and the Prince of Wales likes him . He is a keen sportsman , both

in racing and coursing , and will have none but the best horses and the best dogs in his stables and kennels . He has won the Waterloo Cup and says he will win the Derby . As the "Nitrate King" he is one of the best known men in the City , and has had a following there large enough to make the fortune of a well-known tavern , and comprising some of the biggest

spongers in London . Of these he has tired , but none the less does he stick to his friends , and it is when amongst his " mates " that he is happiest . He has never pretended to be more than he is , and if he attempted pretence Mrs . North would prevent him . He has patronised the drama in more ways than one . He has made the success of two newspapers—one of which

made its name by abusing him , the other by championing his cause . He is fearless , outspoken , and honest . He has made a progress to Chili , has a weakness for fur-lined coats , and is said to prefer Scotch whisky to champagne .

MR . THOMAS BOWMAN WHYTEHEAD . MR . THOMAS BOWMAN WHYTEHEAD , eldest son of Mr . William Whytehead , of Clifton , Yorks , the younger branch of an old Yorkshire and Hampshire family , was born in 1840 , and educated for the legal profession . This not proving congenial to his roaming propensities , he went to sea , subsequently being engaged in the Colonial coasting and South