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Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.
one hundred crowns which every Knight waa bound to bequeath to it . The members were divided into secular and spiritual , and these again into officials and dignitaries ( Grand Priors , Priors , & o . ) and into Knights . The candidates were originally bound to prove thoir noble descent through four generations ; but after the repulse of the Comment by the Turks , they began to traffic with the Order for
pecuniary purposes , granting it to any ono who was able to pay for it , without regard to birth , rank , or station , until 1699 , when the last scion of tho race , who lived at Parma , and waa childless , sold the dignity of Grand Master to Duke Francis I ., of Parma , of the house of Parnese . " Burke ' s " Orders of Knighthood aud Decorations of Honour , " pp 179 , 180 ) .
The late Robert Wentworth Little , of England , well known as an able and earnest Masonic student , said of our Order , "From 1190 to 1699 , the Grand Mastership of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine was vested in the Comnenian famil y , who were considered to be tbe linean descendants of Constantine . The last member of that family , Andrew Angelas Flavins Comnenua , titular Prince of Macedonia and
Duke of Drivasto , pretended to assign his hereditary rights as Grand Master to Franois Farnese , the then reigning Duko of Parma . The Grand Crosses of the Order , one of whom was the Abbe Giustiani , continued , however , to exercise their privilege of conferring-the Red Cross upon worthy men , and we are , in all probability , indebted to the learned Abbo , who was long attached to the Venetian embassy
in London , for the existence of tbe Order in England . It is beyond dispute that the members of the English branch daring the eighteenth century were men of high position in society , and of eminence in the Masonio Order ; though , like the Knights Templar , we nre unable to say positively when the Order waa restricted to Freemasons . In 1788 , nnder Major Charles Shirreff , of Whitchurch ,
Salop , several distinguished brethren of the ' Mystic tie * ( Officers of the Grand Lodge of England ) were admitted , viz ., Jas . Hesoltine Grand Treasurer , William White Grand Secretary , John Allen Prov . Graud Master for Leicester , and James Galloway Pasfc Junior Grand Warden . * * * * In 1796 Lord Ranoliffe , Grand Master of the Templars , waa also the head of the Red Cross and other ohivalric
Orders . In 1801 his Lordship was succeeded as Grand Master of the Knights ( Red Cross ) by Waller Rodwell Wright , Provincial Grand Master ( Grand Lodge of England ) for the Ionian Islands , a most distinguished Mason , and a personal friend of the Dukea of Kent and Sussex . On referring to fche minutes of the Red Cross Order , we find thafc the meetings were held at the 'Freemasons' Tavern , London . " The Grand Lodge of England met afc the same place .
( Statutes of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine , London , 1868 ) . The Abbe Giustiniani , referred to by Bro . R . Wentworth Little , is also mentioned in connection with the Order of Constantine in "An Accurate Historical Account of all the Orders of Knighthood , " published in London , England , about a century ago , viz ., * ' The Abbo Giustiniani , who entitled himself a Knighfc and Grand Cross of the Order , asserted afc Venice , in 1692 , thafc ifc is tbe moat ancient of all others . "
Bro . Jeremiah How , of England , in his " Freemason ' s Manual , " says : "Few degrees have so won upon the Masonic Craft as those connected with the 'Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . ' About a dozen ye . 'irs ago it was scarcely known , save to students of our ancient history , unless indeed it was erroneously classed with the ' Red Gross of Babylon . ' Now there are about 150
Conclaves , working under the authority of the Grand Imperial Conclave of England , and many Grand Councils havo been formed nnder its auspices . " * * * "Tbe revival of the Degrees occurred in Ibis wise : The Red Cross of Rome and Constantine vvas given by Mnjor Charles Shirreff anW others from about 1780 , and was patronised during the last centnry by Brothers James
Heseltine ( Graud Secretary , Grand Lodge of England , 1769-1784 , and Grand Treasurer , 17 SG-1805 ) , William White ( Grand Seoretarv , Grand Lodge of England , 1784 . 1813 ) , and other well-known Masons . Lord Ranoliffe was Grand Master in 1796 , as also of the Knights Templar , and was succeeded by Judge Waller Wright in 1801 ( Prov . Grand Master of tbe Ionian Islands for many years ) ,
after which H . R . H . tho Duke of Sussex was installed ' as Graud Master for and during hia natural life . ' In proof of these facts we have but to point to the Records of the Society for this period , which are still , happily , preserved . " * * * "Brother William Henry White ( who succeeded his father as Grand Secretary of the Graud
Lodge of England , aud filled the office until the year 1857 ) was entrusted with this Rod Cross Degree on the 13 th March 1809 . " * * * * " The signature as Grand Master by H . R . H . the Duke of Snseex is carefully treasured by the present authorities , bearing date 22 nd November 1813 , beiug a resolution of the ' High Council , ' approved by their illustrious Grand Master . The MS . Ritual of the
ceremony observed on the installation of tho Duke of Sussex as G . M ., lately discovered amongst certain papers iu the Grand Lodge , has been duly forwarded to the Grand Imperial Council for custody . " ( How ' s "Freemason ' s Manual , " pp 207 , 208 , London , 1881 ) . The Duke of Sussex was Grand Master of tho Order of Red Cross
of Constantino from tho year 1813 until his death , in 1843 . It will he remembered that this distingushed nobleman and enthusiastic Freemason was the sixth son of Goorgo III . King of England , and was wand Master of the Graud Lodge of England for a period of thirty years .
The well-known Masonic historian Bro . William J . Hnghan , of , Torquay , England , wrote to me , under date of 9 th November 1889 , in ' 'ogard to the Order of Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , as folows : •' Its origin , as with the Royal Arch , Knighfc Templar aud other "agrees , is not quite clear , but in the year 1780 , Bros . James Heseltine
and William Whit " , Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary of he Grand Lodge of England respectively , wero made Knights of tho JMM Cross by Major Charles Shirreff , who was in possession of tho A . and A . Rite and other degrees . Lord Rancliffe Prov . G . M . of Leicestershire , was Grand Master of the Red Cross in 1796 , and "iii ut . pg f J , J 10 Qrc ] ur cxj 8 t F Qr Hevern * ycarB 0 f nbout a century old . •- & 1801 hi 3 Lordship was succeeded by Judge Waller Rod well Wright
Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.
( also a Prov . G . M . in the Craft ) , who was followed by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , aa Chief . ad vitam , who was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . " * . * * " Without doubt it ia one of the Ohivalric Degrees referred to in the ' Articles of Union , ' of 27 th December 1813 , and its status ia certainly as good as can be , as respect * cere * monies not actually recognised by tbe Grand Lodge of England ,
The signature of H . R . H . Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master of the Red Cross , of date 22 nd November 1813 , is still preserved , and like , wife tho Ritnal used at the installation of H . R . H . " Bro Hughan also refers to the election , as Grand Sovereign of tho Order in England , of William Henry White , who was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England for nearly half a century , and adds ,
" He was succeeded by L > rd Kenlis ( afterwards E arl of Beotive ) , then by my lamented friend Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., M . P ., aud since his decease , Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart . ( Prov . G . M , of Middlesex and Past S . G . W . of England ) , has been fche esteemed presiding officer . " * * * "The Earl of Latboro , D . G . M . of England , is one of its honoured officers . The Conclaves meet in tho
Masonio Halls , as with the A . and A . Rite Chapters and the K . T Preceptories , < feo . " * * * " The Right Hon . the Earl of Kintoro is Grand Sovereign of the Order for Scotland . " The London Freemason , referring to the Order of Red Cross of Constantine in its issue of 28 th March 1885 , said , "The degree , undoubtedly , waa working in this country ( England ) when fche' two
rival Grand Lodges 'joined hands , 'and is , therefore , protected by tho Articles of Union , A . D . 1813 ( Clause 2 , relative to Chivalrio Degrees ) . During the last century ifc waa most successful in gathering together some of tho brightest of the Craffc . Bros . James Heseltine , Paso Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , William Henry White , then Grand Secretary , and James
Galloway ( one of the leading Royal Companions under tho ' Moderns' ) were made Red Cross Knights by Major Shirreff in 1780 . Lord Rancliffe , Prov . Grand Master of Leicestershire , was Grand Master of the Red Cross in 1796 , as also of the Knights Templar . Hia lordship was succeeded in 1804 by Judge Waller Rodwell Wright ( another Provincial Grand Master ) , and then followed the assumption
of the Graud Mastership by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , of wbich hononr the members of the degree have , naturally , long felfc proud . The signature of H . R . H . in such capacity being preserved . * * * The degree bore its present title in 1812 , and possibly earlier , and certainly , as a matter of right , the members have as muoh reason to work its ceremonies as any other of the well known Chivalrio
Degrees . Col . W . J . B . Macleod Moore , Grand Prior of fche Knights Templar of Canada , referring to the revival of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine , said , in his address before the Great Priory of Canada in the year 1870 , " Its revival gave rise of late to much controversy as to its authenticity and connection with Freemasonry , bub this has
been fully and satisfactorily proved , and the Order is now flourishing under the rule of the Grand Sovereign , the Right Honourable Lord Ken lis ( afterwards the Earl of Beotive ) , who has been pleased to authorize its introduction into Canada , and appoint me , as his representative , Chief lntendant or Inspector-General of the Dominion . " * * # « i u England it appears to have been incorporated with
Freemasonry , being conferred on Master Masons about the middlo of the last century , and there is no question that it has equal claim * , with the Masonic Templars and Knights of Malta , to be elapsed amongst fche Orders of Chivalry recognized by the Articles of Union of the Grand Lodge of England in 1813 . " ( Proceedings , Great Priory of Canada , 1870 , p 121 ) .
A few years later the same distinguished Mason , in another address beforo the Great Priory of Canada , sa ? id , " A connection did exist between the old Templar- * and tbe Red Cross of the Constantininn Order of St . George , which a former Grand Master of the modern English Templars ( Judge Waller Rodwell Wright ) , some sixty years ago , endeavoured to establish in Malta , and to whose
exertions , at the amalgamation of the English Craft Grand Lodges in 1813 , is due the clause in the Articles of Union admitting an alliance between the Orders of Chivalry and the Craffc . " ( Proceedings , Greafc Priory of Canada , 1883 , pp 418 , 419 ) . Ifc will not be inappropriate , at this point , to quote the c ' unse referred to , " admitting an alliance between the Orders of Chivalry and the Craft , " viz .: " Ifc is declared
aud pronounced that pure ancient Masonry consists of three degrees , and no more , viz ., those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , aud tho Master Mason ( including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch ) . But this article is not intended to prevent any Lodge or Chapter from holding a meeting in any of fche degrees of the Orders of Chivalry , according to the Constitutions of the said
Orders . " This clause is known as No . 2 of the Articles of Union between the two G > and Lodges of England , commonly designated as tho "Ancients " and the " Moderns . " At the time of the "Union " in 1813 , when the " Ancients " and " Moderns " came together and formed the "United Grand Lodge of England , " the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and the Knights Templar were the only
organized Orders of Ma"onic Knighthood existing in England , and consequently Clause No . 2 of the Articles of Union applied solely to those Orders . ( Statutes of Order of Red Cross of Constantine , London , 1 SG 8 . ) Tho first Graud Master of the "United Grand Lodge of England , " and who held thafc office for thirty years until his death in 18-1-3 , was the Duke of Sussex , who coutitined for the
name period the Grand Sovereign of the Order of Rod Cross of Constantine . Among the living Pasfc Grand Officers of tho Grand Imperial Council «> f England aro the following distinguished brethren , viz . : — The Earl of BfCtivfi , Prov . Grand Master of the Grand Lorlge of Free and Accepted Masons of England ; the Earl of Lathom , Deputy
Grand Master of tho Grand Lodge ; the Jiarl of 'Zetland , Prov . Grand Master of the Graud Lodge ; the Earl of Jersey , Past Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge ; and the Earl Ferrers , Prov . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . The first three Officers of the Grand Impori--l Conclave of England are , Sir Francis Burdett , Grand Sovoioigu ; Byon de Fenieros , Giond Viceroy •aud tho Eutl of Eustou , Graud
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Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.
one hundred crowns which every Knight waa bound to bequeath to it . The members were divided into secular and spiritual , and these again into officials and dignitaries ( Grand Priors , Priors , & o . ) and into Knights . The candidates were originally bound to prove thoir noble descent through four generations ; but after the repulse of the Comment by the Turks , they began to traffic with the Order for
pecuniary purposes , granting it to any ono who was able to pay for it , without regard to birth , rank , or station , until 1699 , when the last scion of tho race , who lived at Parma , and waa childless , sold the dignity of Grand Master to Duke Francis I ., of Parma , of the house of Parnese . " Burke ' s " Orders of Knighthood aud Decorations of Honour , " pp 179 , 180 ) .
The late Robert Wentworth Little , of England , well known as an able and earnest Masonic student , said of our Order , "From 1190 to 1699 , the Grand Mastership of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine was vested in the Comnenian famil y , who were considered to be tbe linean descendants of Constantine . The last member of that family , Andrew Angelas Flavins Comnenua , titular Prince of Macedonia and
Duke of Drivasto , pretended to assign his hereditary rights as Grand Master to Franois Farnese , the then reigning Duko of Parma . The Grand Crosses of the Order , one of whom was the Abbe Giustiani , continued , however , to exercise their privilege of conferring-the Red Cross upon worthy men , and we are , in all probability , indebted to the learned Abbo , who was long attached to the Venetian embassy
in London , for the existence of tbe Order in England . It is beyond dispute that the members of the English branch daring the eighteenth century were men of high position in society , and of eminence in the Masonio Order ; though , like the Knights Templar , we nre unable to say positively when the Order waa restricted to Freemasons . In 1788 , nnder Major Charles Shirreff , of Whitchurch ,
Salop , several distinguished brethren of the ' Mystic tie * ( Officers of the Grand Lodge of England ) were admitted , viz ., Jas . Hesoltine Grand Treasurer , William White Grand Secretary , John Allen Prov . Graud Master for Leicester , and James Galloway Pasfc Junior Grand Warden . * * * * In 1796 Lord Ranoliffe , Grand Master of the Templars , waa also the head of the Red Cross and other ohivalric
Orders . In 1801 his Lordship was succeeded as Grand Master of the Knights ( Red Cross ) by Waller Rodwell Wright , Provincial Grand Master ( Grand Lodge of England ) for the Ionian Islands , a most distinguished Mason , and a personal friend of the Dukea of Kent and Sussex . On referring to fche minutes of the Red Cross Order , we find thafc the meetings were held at the 'Freemasons' Tavern , London . " The Grand Lodge of England met afc the same place .
( Statutes of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine , London , 1868 ) . The Abbe Giustiniani , referred to by Bro . R . Wentworth Little , is also mentioned in connection with the Order of Constantine in "An Accurate Historical Account of all the Orders of Knighthood , " published in London , England , about a century ago , viz ., * ' The Abbo Giustiniani , who entitled himself a Knighfc and Grand Cross of the Order , asserted afc Venice , in 1692 , thafc ifc is tbe moat ancient of all others . "
Bro . Jeremiah How , of England , in his " Freemason ' s Manual , " says : "Few degrees have so won upon the Masonic Craft as those connected with the 'Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . ' About a dozen ye . 'irs ago it was scarcely known , save to students of our ancient history , unless indeed it was erroneously classed with the ' Red Gross of Babylon . ' Now there are about 150
Conclaves , working under the authority of the Grand Imperial Conclave of England , and many Grand Councils havo been formed nnder its auspices . " * * * "Tbe revival of the Degrees occurred in Ibis wise : The Red Cross of Rome and Constantine vvas given by Mnjor Charles Shirreff anW others from about 1780 , and was patronised during the last centnry by Brothers James
Heseltine ( Graud Secretary , Grand Lodge of England , 1769-1784 , and Grand Treasurer , 17 SG-1805 ) , William White ( Grand Seoretarv , Grand Lodge of England , 1784 . 1813 ) , and other well-known Masons . Lord Ranoliffe was Grand Master in 1796 , as also of the Knights Templar , and was succeeded by Judge Waller Wright in 1801 ( Prov . Grand Master of tbe Ionian Islands for many years ) ,
after which H . R . H . tho Duke of Sussex was installed ' as Graud Master for and during hia natural life . ' In proof of these facts we have but to point to the Records of the Society for this period , which are still , happily , preserved . " * * * "Brother William Henry White ( who succeeded his father as Grand Secretary of the Graud
Lodge of England , aud filled the office until the year 1857 ) was entrusted with this Rod Cross Degree on the 13 th March 1809 . " * * * * " The signature as Grand Master by H . R . H . the Duke of Snseex is carefully treasured by the present authorities , bearing date 22 nd November 1813 , beiug a resolution of the ' High Council , ' approved by their illustrious Grand Master . The MS . Ritual of the
ceremony observed on the installation of tho Duke of Sussex as G . M ., lately discovered amongst certain papers iu the Grand Lodge , has been duly forwarded to the Grand Imperial Council for custody . " ( How ' s "Freemason ' s Manual , " pp 207 , 208 , London , 1881 ) . The Duke of Sussex was Grand Master of tho Order of Red Cross
of Constantino from tho year 1813 until his death , in 1843 . It will he remembered that this distingushed nobleman and enthusiastic Freemason was the sixth son of Goorgo III . King of England , and was wand Master of the Graud Lodge of England for a period of thirty years .
The well-known Masonic historian Bro . William J . Hnghan , of , Torquay , England , wrote to me , under date of 9 th November 1889 , in ' 'ogard to the Order of Red Cross of Rome and Constantine , as folows : •' Its origin , as with the Royal Arch , Knighfc Templar aud other "agrees , is not quite clear , but in the year 1780 , Bros . James Heseltine
and William Whit " , Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary of he Grand Lodge of England respectively , wero made Knights of tho JMM Cross by Major Charles Shirreff , who was in possession of tho A . and A . Rite and other degrees . Lord Rancliffe Prov . G . M . of Leicestershire , was Grand Master of the Red Cross in 1796 , and "iii ut . pg f J , J 10 Qrc ] ur cxj 8 t F Qr Hevern * ycarB 0 f nbout a century old . •- & 1801 hi 3 Lordship was succeeded by Judge Waller Rod well Wright
Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.
( also a Prov . G . M . in the Craft ) , who was followed by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , aa Chief . ad vitam , who was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . " * . * * " Without doubt it ia one of the Ohivalric Degrees referred to in the ' Articles of Union , ' of 27 th December 1813 , and its status ia certainly as good as can be , as respect * cere * monies not actually recognised by tbe Grand Lodge of England ,
The signature of H . R . H . Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master of the Red Cross , of date 22 nd November 1813 , is still preserved , and like , wife tho Ritnal used at the installation of H . R . H . " Bro Hughan also refers to the election , as Grand Sovereign of tho Order in England , of William Henry White , who was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England for nearly half a century , and adds ,
" He was succeeded by L > rd Kenlis ( afterwards E arl of Beotive ) , then by my lamented friend Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., M . P ., aud since his decease , Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart . ( Prov . G . M , of Middlesex and Past S . G . W . of England ) , has been fche esteemed presiding officer . " * * * "The Earl of Latboro , D . G . M . of England , is one of its honoured officers . The Conclaves meet in tho
Masonio Halls , as with the A . and A . Rite Chapters and the K . T Preceptories , < feo . " * * * " The Right Hon . the Earl of Kintoro is Grand Sovereign of the Order for Scotland . " The London Freemason , referring to the Order of Red Cross of Constantine in its issue of 28 th March 1885 , said , "The degree , undoubtedly , waa working in this country ( England ) when fche' two
rival Grand Lodges 'joined hands , 'and is , therefore , protected by tho Articles of Union , A . D . 1813 ( Clause 2 , relative to Chivalrio Degrees ) . During the last century ifc waa most successful in gathering together some of tho brightest of the Craffc . Bros . James Heseltine , Paso Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England , William Henry White , then Grand Secretary , and James
Galloway ( one of the leading Royal Companions under tho ' Moderns' ) were made Red Cross Knights by Major Shirreff in 1780 . Lord Rancliffe , Prov . Grand Master of Leicestershire , was Grand Master of the Red Cross in 1796 , as also of the Knights Templar . Hia lordship was succeeded in 1804 by Judge Waller Rodwell Wright ( another Provincial Grand Master ) , and then followed the assumption
of the Graud Mastership by H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , of wbich hononr the members of the degree have , naturally , long felfc proud . The signature of H . R . H . in such capacity being preserved . * * * The degree bore its present title in 1812 , and possibly earlier , and certainly , as a matter of right , the members have as muoh reason to work its ceremonies as any other of the well known Chivalrio
Degrees . Col . W . J . B . Macleod Moore , Grand Prior of fche Knights Templar of Canada , referring to the revival of the Order of Red Cross of Constantine , said , in his address before the Great Priory of Canada in the year 1870 , " Its revival gave rise of late to much controversy as to its authenticity and connection with Freemasonry , bub this has
been fully and satisfactorily proved , and the Order is now flourishing under the rule of the Grand Sovereign , the Right Honourable Lord Ken lis ( afterwards the Earl of Beotive ) , who has been pleased to authorize its introduction into Canada , and appoint me , as his representative , Chief lntendant or Inspector-General of the Dominion . " * * # « i u England it appears to have been incorporated with
Freemasonry , being conferred on Master Masons about the middlo of the last century , and there is no question that it has equal claim * , with the Masonic Templars and Knights of Malta , to be elapsed amongst fche Orders of Chivalry recognized by the Articles of Union of the Grand Lodge of England in 1813 . " ( Proceedings , Great Priory of Canada , 1870 , p 121 ) .
A few years later the same distinguished Mason , in another address beforo the Great Priory of Canada , sa ? id , " A connection did exist between the old Templar- * and tbe Red Cross of the Constantininn Order of St . George , which a former Grand Master of the modern English Templars ( Judge Waller Rodwell Wright ) , some sixty years ago , endeavoured to establish in Malta , and to whose
exertions , at the amalgamation of the English Craft Grand Lodges in 1813 , is due the clause in the Articles of Union admitting an alliance between the Orders of Chivalry and the Craffc . " ( Proceedings , Greafc Priory of Canada , 1883 , pp 418 , 419 ) . Ifc will not be inappropriate , at this point , to quote the c ' unse referred to , " admitting an alliance between the Orders of Chivalry and the Craft , " viz .: " Ifc is declared
aud pronounced that pure ancient Masonry consists of three degrees , and no more , viz ., those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , aud tho Master Mason ( including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch ) . But this article is not intended to prevent any Lodge or Chapter from holding a meeting in any of fche degrees of the Orders of Chivalry , according to the Constitutions of the said
Orders . " This clause is known as No . 2 of the Articles of Union between the two G > and Lodges of England , commonly designated as tho "Ancients " and the " Moderns . " At the time of the "Union " in 1813 , when the " Ancients " and " Moderns " came together and formed the "United Grand Lodge of England , " the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine and the Knights Templar were the only
organized Orders of Ma"onic Knighthood existing in England , and consequently Clause No . 2 of the Articles of Union applied solely to those Orders . ( Statutes of Order of Red Cross of Constantine , London , 1 SG 8 . ) Tho first Graud Master of the "United Grand Lodge of England , " and who held thafc office for thirty years until his death in 18-1-3 , was the Duke of Sussex , who coutitined for the
name period the Grand Sovereign of the Order of Rod Cross of Constantine . Among the living Pasfc Grand Officers of tho Grand Imperial Council «> f England aro the following distinguished brethren , viz . : — The Earl of BfCtivfi , Prov . Grand Master of the Grand Lorlge of Free and Accepted Masons of England ; the Earl of Lathom , Deputy
Grand Master of tho Grand Lodge ; the Jiarl of 'Zetland , Prov . Grand Master of the Graud Lodge ; the Earl of Jersey , Past Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge ; and the Earl Ferrers , Prov . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge . The first three Officers of the Grand Impori--l Conclave of England are , Sir Francis Burdett , Grand Sovoioigu ; Byon de Fenieros , Giond Viceroy •aud tho Eutl of Eustou , Graud