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Grand Festival.
Bro , SANDEMAN said in reply that he believed that the one feeling that actuated Provincial and District Grand Masters was that as they had achieved very high distinction , it was their duty to be ready at every call to perform any Masonic duties which might be required of them . The Provincial and District Grand Masters were a very important factor in the Masonic machine . They hoped they would always do their duty . He had endeavoured to do
his , and he was sure that all Provincial and District Grand Masters did the same . He hoped they would always be animated by the same spirit , and on behalf of those brethren he begged to thank the brethren for the toast . The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Grand Wardens and the other Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Those who had entered on their year of office were impressed , he was sure , with the onerous duties which devolved upon them . The Grand Master had been fortunate in finding brethren who were
ready to undertake the duties of Grand office , and if he had not , it would be an argument that the Craft were falling off . Happily it was not , and the brethren would heartily drink the health of those brethren who had assumed the high position demanded of them . In proposing this toast he could not forget those brethren who had held office hitherto , and he could not omit the name of the Grand Registrar , Bro . McIntyre , who had for many years worn the purple . He only hoped that his successor would give the same satisfaction to the Craft as Bro . McIntyre had given .
Lord CREMORNE , G . S . W ., replied . He thought he might om it further mention of the Past Grand Officers , and speak especially of the Grand Officers of the year , of whom he was one . He felt deeply sensible of the high honour conferred upon him by being selected for such high rank , and he expressed his gratitude to the Chairman for proposing and the brethren for drinking the health of the Grand Officers so heartily . The Grand Officers would do their best to emulate the works of their predecessors .
The CHAIRMAN next gave "The Masonic Charities , " and in doing so said that in all Masonic gatherings the Charities of the Order were never forgotten . Those Charities had achieved a success which was highly gratifying to every Mason . If his memory served him rightly the three great Institutions of the Order last year took £ 54 , 000 . Every brother must be very proud of this , and not only so , but they must also be , proud of the great efforts the Secretaries of those Institutions exercised on their behalf .
Bro . HEDGES , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , rep lied . He said he rose with a very great amount of pleasure to acknowledge on behalf of the Masonic Charities the very kind way in which the Chairman had proposed and the brethren had received the toast . At that late hour of the evening he felt that he must not detain the brethren with any lengthened remarks . He knew that the charms and attractions of the
adjoining room were too strong and too great to admit of the brethren remaining very much longer in that heated atmosphere j but he begged to be permitted in the name of the Masonic Charities not only to acknowledge the very kind manner in which the toast had been received , but , addressing that assembly as a representative assembly of the Craft , he begged to express on behalf of the Institutions the Secretaries' sinccrest acknowledgments of the
very liberal and generous support which at all times was afforded to them . The festival of the Boys' School for 1 S 83 , when they had the honour of his lordship ' s presidency , mustlongbc a red-letter day in the annals ol that Institution ; itwasaday which must be remembered by them with a great amount of pleasure and lasting gratitude . The festival of the Benevolent Institution celebrated in February last was one of great success and one for which the
executive of that Institution he was sure felt the deepest gratitude . If he might be permitted to detain them but two minutes longer he would like to say a word on behalf of the Girls' School . That Institution was anxiously yet hopefully looking forward to that day three weeks when it would hold its anniversary festival . Lord Brooke , Prov . Grand Master for Essex would preside , and he trusted and he would even entreat on behalf of that
Institution a similar amount of support to that afforded to the other two Institutions . The Province of Essex had been working very hard to support its Grand Master . That county had , however , recently experienced a very untoward circumstance by the late earthquake , although it was slight compared with the earthquakes experienced in other lands . Still the earthquake had been sufficient to require subscriptions to
a fund for the relief of the sufferers by it , and that must make some difference in the amount that province subscribed to the Girls' School . Nevertheless he hoped and trusted that this unfortunate event would only lead to renewed efforts on behalf of the Girls' School . Thanking the Grand Stewards for the invitation he had that evening , he hoped their efforts would not be relaxed on behalf of the Masonic Institutions .
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Health of the Grand Stewards , " who had contributed so much to the comfort and enjoyment of the evening . Bro . J WM . FULLER , NO . I , President of the Board of Stewards , replied . He said it was his privilege on that occasion as President of the Board of Grand Stewards to respond to the toast , which the Chairman had so kindly proposed and the brethren had so warmly received . He might
tell the brethren that every Grand Steward this year had been animated with a desire to make that evening's entertainment one which they would find most enjoyable . On being admitted to this Grand office they felt they were succeeding to offices whicli had been occupied by brethren who had filled the most distinguished offices in the Craft . They had heard of brethren who had filled office in that grand Craft for the past 150 years . In
1731 there were brethren who were Grand Stewards . The Grand Stewards therefore felt that it required unflagging interest on their part in order to make the entertainment a success . They had worked with harmony to bring about this great result . They would " feel that if the brethren left that night with a souvenir of agreeable enjoyment it was the greatest reward the Grand Stewards could have .
This concluded the proceedings in the banqueting room . The brethren then adjourned to the Temple , where a charming concert was given under the direction of Bro . Jekyll , who acted for Bro . W . G . Cusins , Past G . Organist . The artistes were Miss Clara Samuell and Miss Woodhatch , Mr . Henry Guy , Mr . Brercton , Mr . John Foster , Bro . G . T . Carter , Mr . DalzcII , Bro . W . Winn , and Bro . Henry Parker . Signor Papini performed some solos on the violin .
The Grand Stewards of the year , to whom the greatest praise is due for their excellent arrangements and for the munificent hospitality of the evening were : Bros . John W . Fuller , No . 1 , President ; Harry N . Mills , 23 , Treas . ; Abncr Torkington , 60 , Sec . ; George A . Ames , 2 ; Wm . T . Whitmore , 4 ; John W . Jones , 5 ; J . R . Fitzjames Claridge , 6 ; Thomas Skewcs-Cox , 8 ; Walter Jarvis , 14 ; Thomas F . Peacock , 21 ; Edward Milner , 26 ; J . D . McK . von Dadelszen , 29 ; Charles G . Boxall , 46 ; Fred . W . Smith , 58 : Benjamin Bull , 91 ; Henry T . Wood , 99 ; Edward H . Burnell , 197 ; and Herbert A . Rigg , 259 .
The New Grand Officers.
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .
GRAND SENIOR WARDEN . Bro . Lord CREMORNE , who first saw Masonic light in a lodge held under the Irish Constitution , became a member of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 , in 186 9 , and served the office of W . M ., as is the custom in this lodge , for two years—1 SS 2 and 1883—it being only a short time since he gave place to and
installed Bro . Sir Bruce Seton as his successor in the chair of K . S . His lordship was appointed a Grand Steward in 1 S 72 , and was a Life Governor of and had served the office of Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . He had also received the R . A . degree , having been installed in the Friendship Chapter , No . 6 .
GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN . Bro . Alderman R . N . FOWLER , M . P ., is the fourth Lord Mayor of London who has been appointed lo the chair of Grand Junior Warden since the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master , his three predecessors who have been thus honoured being Bros . Alderman Stone , Sir F . W . Truscolt , and Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., and the honour would seem to be equally well bestowed . Bro . Fowler was initiated , passed , and raised
in the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , in May , 1 S 67 . In January , 1870 , he joined the Lansdowne Lodge of' Unity , No . 626 , Chippenham , and served as W . M . in 1876 . He is a Past Grand Senior Deacon and the present Grand Senior Warden of Wiltshire , while in 1880 he became a joining member of Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 , of which he was installed VV . M . early in the current year . He has shown an interest in our Institutions , and is a Life Governor of the Male Fund Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
GRAND CHAPLAIN . Bro . Rev . J ROBBINS , D . D ., Rector of Framfield , near Uckfield , was initialed , when yet a minor , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , about the year 1 S 54 , and exalted in Alfred Royal Arch Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford . A few years later he joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , of which he has served as Secretary and is now the
Senior Warden . He is a founder and first W . M . of the Canterbury Lodge , No . 1635 ; a founder and second W . M . of Trinity College Lodge , No . 1765 ; and a founder and the present W . M . of the Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 . He is also a Past II . Prelate of the Order of the 'Temple , has taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , is a Past Prov . G . Chaplain of Middlesex , and has rendered good service in supporting our Charitable Institutions .
GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., was initiated into Freemasonry in the Old Dundee Lodge , No . 18 , some twenty years since , and the services he has rendered during that period have been of a very high order . I Ic was W . M . of his mother lodge in 1869-70 . In 1871 he became a joining member of the Antiquity Lodge , No . 2 , was W . Dep . Master in 18 77 and is , and has
, been for some years , Orator . He joined the Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 , in 1872 , and is its present S . W . He is also a member of the Royal Al p ha Lodge , No . 16 ; of the Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 ; of the Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester ; and several other Essex Lodges ; a founder of St . Peter's Lodge , No . 1537 , Westminster ; and founder and first W . M . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2023 . He was exalted to the R . A . in the
Chapter ol Prudence , No . 12 , in 186 G , and some years later was elected its M . E . Z ., having in the interim joined the Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 9 , and the St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 ; in 1879 he was M . E . Z . of the former , and in the same year filled the like position in the latter . He was advanced in the Bon Accord Mark Lodge in February , 1870 , having in the 23 rd December previous had conferred upon him the degree of Rome and
Red Cross of Constantine in the St . Andrew ' s Conclave , No . 15 . He was appointed a Grand Junior Deacon and 1 st Grand Assistant Sojourner in 1873 , and has been a member of the Board of General Purposes since 1 S 7 G . He is a Knight Grand Cross of Rome and the Red Cross , and has taken the 31 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . He was appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Essex in 1 S 79 Dy l , 1 R 1 ; 'tc Lord Tcnlcrden , and was reappointed by Lord Brooke , M . P ., when the latter was installed as Master
of the same province 111 1883 ; nor does this represent the full extent of his Provincial honours , for early last year he received his patent of appointment as Prov . Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons for Essex . As regards our Charities , he has shown himself to be one of their most consistent and liberal supporters , being a Vice-Patron of both our Schools , and three times a Festival Steward for each , and a Vice-President and twice Steward in behalf of the Benevolent Institution .
GRAND SENIOR DEACONS . Bro . Baron DE FERRIERES , M . P ., was initiated in , and isa P . M . of , the Foundation Lodge , No . 82 ; also a member of the Royal Union Lodge , No . 246 ; and is P . G . Registrar of the province of Gloucester . In the Mark Degree , Bro . De Ferrieres is P . G . M . O ., and has twice filled thechair
of his lodge . lias also passed the chair in St . Thomas's Rose Croix Chapter , and in the Cotteswold Preccptory of Knights Templar . Is a member of the 31 st Degree , and the Royal ' Orderol Scotland , and nearly all the higher Degrees . Is a Vice-Patron of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , and has served the office of Steward eight times .
Bro . FREDERIC DAVISON was initiated in St . Andrews Lodge , No . 26 9 , now 222 , in 1853 , and was W . M . of that lodge in 1 S 57 and 1 S 5 S . He joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , in 1 S 57 , and was W . M . in 1 S 81 ; a founder and member of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1010 , now 708 , in 1 S 59 , antl ' oecn Treasurer since 1869 ; a founder and member of the Orpheus Lodge , No . 1706 , and Treasurer in 1 S 77 ; a founder and
treasurer of the Earl of Mornington Lodge , No . 2000 , and joined Palladian Lodge , No . 120 . Is a P . P . G . S . and G . R . Hereford , was nominated D . Prov . G . M . Middlesex on formation of the province in 1870 , but not residing within the province he could not obtain a dispensation , and was therefore appointed the S . G . W . Was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford , in 1857 ; joined the Watford Chapter , No . 404 , in 1868 , was Z . in 1874 and 1 S 75 ; a founder and first J . of the Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 ,
in 1873 , was Z . in 1875 , a"d is P . G . M . Middlesex and P . P . ( J . Soj . Herts . ; joined the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , No . 10 , in 1874 , and is now Treasurer . Was advanced in the Carnarvon Mark Lodge , No . 7 , in 1 S 6 4 , became W . M . in 1871 , and has been D . Prov . G . M . M . M . Middlesex and Surrey since the formation of the province in 1 S 70 ; Grand Reg . of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1 S 73 , re-elected Grand Treasurer yearly since 1874 ; a founder of Watford Mark Lodge , No . 241 , in 1 S 79 , W . M . in 1 SS 0 ; joined the Davison Mark Lodge , No . 331 , which was consecrated
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Grand Festival.
Bro , SANDEMAN said in reply that he believed that the one feeling that actuated Provincial and District Grand Masters was that as they had achieved very high distinction , it was their duty to be ready at every call to perform any Masonic duties which might be required of them . The Provincial and District Grand Masters were a very important factor in the Masonic machine . They hoped they would always do their duty . He had endeavoured to do
his , and he was sure that all Provincial and District Grand Masters did the same . He hoped they would always be animated by the same spirit , and on behalf of those brethren he begged to thank the brethren for the toast . The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Grand Wardens and the other Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Those who had entered on their year of office were impressed , he was sure , with the onerous duties which devolved upon them . The Grand Master had been fortunate in finding brethren who were
ready to undertake the duties of Grand office , and if he had not , it would be an argument that the Craft were falling off . Happily it was not , and the brethren would heartily drink the health of those brethren who had assumed the high position demanded of them . In proposing this toast he could not forget those brethren who had held office hitherto , and he could not omit the name of the Grand Registrar , Bro . McIntyre , who had for many years worn the purple . He only hoped that his successor would give the same satisfaction to the Craft as Bro . McIntyre had given .
Lord CREMORNE , G . S . W ., replied . He thought he might om it further mention of the Past Grand Officers , and speak especially of the Grand Officers of the year , of whom he was one . He felt deeply sensible of the high honour conferred upon him by being selected for such high rank , and he expressed his gratitude to the Chairman for proposing and the brethren for drinking the health of the Grand Officers so heartily . The Grand Officers would do their best to emulate the works of their predecessors .
The CHAIRMAN next gave "The Masonic Charities , " and in doing so said that in all Masonic gatherings the Charities of the Order were never forgotten . Those Charities had achieved a success which was highly gratifying to every Mason . If his memory served him rightly the three great Institutions of the Order last year took £ 54 , 000 . Every brother must be very proud of this , and not only so , but they must also be , proud of the great efforts the Secretaries of those Institutions exercised on their behalf .
Bro . HEDGES , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , rep lied . He said he rose with a very great amount of pleasure to acknowledge on behalf of the Masonic Charities the very kind way in which the Chairman had proposed and the brethren had received the toast . At that late hour of the evening he felt that he must not detain the brethren with any lengthened remarks . He knew that the charms and attractions of the
adjoining room were too strong and too great to admit of the brethren remaining very much longer in that heated atmosphere j but he begged to be permitted in the name of the Masonic Charities not only to acknowledge the very kind manner in which the toast had been received , but , addressing that assembly as a representative assembly of the Craft , he begged to express on behalf of the Institutions the Secretaries' sinccrest acknowledgments of the
very liberal and generous support which at all times was afforded to them . The festival of the Boys' School for 1 S 83 , when they had the honour of his lordship ' s presidency , mustlongbc a red-letter day in the annals ol that Institution ; itwasaday which must be remembered by them with a great amount of pleasure and lasting gratitude . The festival of the Benevolent Institution celebrated in February last was one of great success and one for which the
executive of that Institution he was sure felt the deepest gratitude . If he might be permitted to detain them but two minutes longer he would like to say a word on behalf of the Girls' School . That Institution was anxiously yet hopefully looking forward to that day three weeks when it would hold its anniversary festival . Lord Brooke , Prov . Grand Master for Essex would preside , and he trusted and he would even entreat on behalf of that
Institution a similar amount of support to that afforded to the other two Institutions . The Province of Essex had been working very hard to support its Grand Master . That county had , however , recently experienced a very untoward circumstance by the late earthquake , although it was slight compared with the earthquakes experienced in other lands . Still the earthquake had been sufficient to require subscriptions to
a fund for the relief of the sufferers by it , and that must make some difference in the amount that province subscribed to the Girls' School . Nevertheless he hoped and trusted that this unfortunate event would only lead to renewed efforts on behalf of the Girls' School . Thanking the Grand Stewards for the invitation he had that evening , he hoped their efforts would not be relaxed on behalf of the Masonic Institutions .
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Health of the Grand Stewards , " who had contributed so much to the comfort and enjoyment of the evening . Bro . J WM . FULLER , NO . I , President of the Board of Stewards , replied . He said it was his privilege on that occasion as President of the Board of Grand Stewards to respond to the toast , which the Chairman had so kindly proposed and the brethren had so warmly received . He might
tell the brethren that every Grand Steward this year had been animated with a desire to make that evening's entertainment one which they would find most enjoyable . On being admitted to this Grand office they felt they were succeeding to offices whicli had been occupied by brethren who had filled the most distinguished offices in the Craft . They had heard of brethren who had filled office in that grand Craft for the past 150 years . In
1731 there were brethren who were Grand Stewards . The Grand Stewards therefore felt that it required unflagging interest on their part in order to make the entertainment a success . They had worked with harmony to bring about this great result . They would " feel that if the brethren left that night with a souvenir of agreeable enjoyment it was the greatest reward the Grand Stewards could have .
This concluded the proceedings in the banqueting room . The brethren then adjourned to the Temple , where a charming concert was given under the direction of Bro . Jekyll , who acted for Bro . W . G . Cusins , Past G . Organist . The artistes were Miss Clara Samuell and Miss Woodhatch , Mr . Henry Guy , Mr . Brercton , Mr . John Foster , Bro . G . T . Carter , Mr . DalzcII , Bro . W . Winn , and Bro . Henry Parker . Signor Papini performed some solos on the violin .
The Grand Stewards of the year , to whom the greatest praise is due for their excellent arrangements and for the munificent hospitality of the evening were : Bros . John W . Fuller , No . 1 , President ; Harry N . Mills , 23 , Treas . ; Abncr Torkington , 60 , Sec . ; George A . Ames , 2 ; Wm . T . Whitmore , 4 ; John W . Jones , 5 ; J . R . Fitzjames Claridge , 6 ; Thomas Skewcs-Cox , 8 ; Walter Jarvis , 14 ; Thomas F . Peacock , 21 ; Edward Milner , 26 ; J . D . McK . von Dadelszen , 29 ; Charles G . Boxall , 46 ; Fred . W . Smith , 58 : Benjamin Bull , 91 ; Henry T . Wood , 99 ; Edward H . Burnell , 197 ; and Herbert A . Rigg , 259 .
The New Grand Officers.
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .
GRAND SENIOR WARDEN . Bro . Lord CREMORNE , who first saw Masonic light in a lodge held under the Irish Constitution , became a member of the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 , in 186 9 , and served the office of W . M ., as is the custom in this lodge , for two years—1 SS 2 and 1883—it being only a short time since he gave place to and
installed Bro . Sir Bruce Seton as his successor in the chair of K . S . His lordship was appointed a Grand Steward in 1 S 72 , and was a Life Governor of and had served the office of Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . He had also received the R . A . degree , having been installed in the Friendship Chapter , No . 6 .
GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN . Bro . Alderman R . N . FOWLER , M . P ., is the fourth Lord Mayor of London who has been appointed lo the chair of Grand Junior Warden since the installation of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as Grand Master , his three predecessors who have been thus honoured being Bros . Alderman Stone , Sir F . W . Truscolt , and Sir J . W . Ellis , Bart ., and the honour would seem to be equally well bestowed . Bro . Fowler was initiated , passed , and raised
in the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge , No . 1159 , in May , 1 S 67 . In January , 1870 , he joined the Lansdowne Lodge of' Unity , No . 626 , Chippenham , and served as W . M . in 1876 . He is a Past Grand Senior Deacon and the present Grand Senior Warden of Wiltshire , while in 1880 he became a joining member of Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 , of which he was installed VV . M . early in the current year . He has shown an interest in our Institutions , and is a Life Governor of the Male Fund Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
GRAND CHAPLAIN . Bro . Rev . J ROBBINS , D . D ., Rector of Framfield , near Uckfield , was initialed , when yet a minor , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , about the year 1 S 54 , and exalted in Alfred Royal Arch Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford . A few years later he joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , of which he has served as Secretary and is now the
Senior Warden . He is a founder and first W . M . of the Canterbury Lodge , No . 1635 ; a founder and second W . M . of Trinity College Lodge , No . 1765 ; and a founder and the present W . M . of the Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 . He is also a Past II . Prelate of the Order of the 'Temple , has taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , is a Past Prov . G . Chaplain of Middlesex , and has rendered good service in supporting our Charitable Institutions .
GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . F . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C ., was initiated into Freemasonry in the Old Dundee Lodge , No . 18 , some twenty years since , and the services he has rendered during that period have been of a very high order . I Ic was W . M . of his mother lodge in 1869-70 . In 1871 he became a joining member of the Antiquity Lodge , No . 2 , was W . Dep . Master in 18 77 and is , and has
, been for some years , Orator . He joined the Middlesex Lodge , No . 143 , in 1872 , and is its present S . W . He is also a member of the Royal Al p ha Lodge , No . 16 ; of the Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 ; of the Angel Lodge , No . 51 , Colchester ; and several other Essex Lodges ; a founder of St . Peter's Lodge , No . 1537 , Westminster ; and founder and first W . M . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2023 . He was exalted to the R . A . in the
Chapter ol Prudence , No . 12 , in 186 G , and some years later was elected its M . E . Z ., having in the interim joined the Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 9 , and the St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 ; in 1879 he was M . E . Z . of the former , and in the same year filled the like position in the latter . He was advanced in the Bon Accord Mark Lodge in February , 1870 , having in the 23 rd December previous had conferred upon him the degree of Rome and
Red Cross of Constantine in the St . Andrew ' s Conclave , No . 15 . He was appointed a Grand Junior Deacon and 1 st Grand Assistant Sojourner in 1873 , and has been a member of the Board of General Purposes since 1 S 7 G . He is a Knight Grand Cross of Rome and the Red Cross , and has taken the 31 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . He was appointed Deputy Prov . Grand Master of Essex in 1 S 79 Dy l , 1 R 1 ; 'tc Lord Tcnlcrden , and was reappointed by Lord Brooke , M . P ., when the latter was installed as Master
of the same province 111 1883 ; nor does this represent the full extent of his Provincial honours , for early last year he received his patent of appointment as Prov . Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons for Essex . As regards our Charities , he has shown himself to be one of their most consistent and liberal supporters , being a Vice-Patron of both our Schools , and three times a Festival Steward for each , and a Vice-President and twice Steward in behalf of the Benevolent Institution .
GRAND SENIOR DEACONS . Bro . Baron DE FERRIERES , M . P ., was initiated in , and isa P . M . of , the Foundation Lodge , No . 82 ; also a member of the Royal Union Lodge , No . 246 ; and is P . G . Registrar of the province of Gloucester . In the Mark Degree , Bro . De Ferrieres is P . G . M . O ., and has twice filled thechair
of his lodge . lias also passed the chair in St . Thomas's Rose Croix Chapter , and in the Cotteswold Preccptory of Knights Templar . Is a member of the 31 st Degree , and the Royal ' Orderol Scotland , and nearly all the higher Degrees . Is a Vice-Patron of the three Masonic Charitable Institutions , and has served the office of Steward eight times .
Bro . FREDERIC DAVISON was initiated in St . Andrews Lodge , No . 26 9 , now 222 , in 1853 , and was W . M . of that lodge in 1 S 57 and 1 S 5 S . He joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , in 1 S 57 , and was W . M . in 1 S 81 ; a founder and member of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1010 , now 708 , in 1 S 59 , antl ' oecn Treasurer since 1869 ; a founder and member of the Orpheus Lodge , No . 1706 , and Treasurer in 1 S 77 ; a founder and
treasurer of the Earl of Mornington Lodge , No . 2000 , and joined Palladian Lodge , No . 120 . Is a P . P . G . S . and G . R . Hereford , was nominated D . Prov . G . M . Middlesex on formation of the province in 1870 , but not residing within the province he could not obtain a dispensation , and was therefore appointed the S . G . W . Was exalted in the Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford , in 1857 ; joined the Watford Chapter , No . 404 , in 1868 , was Z . in 1874 and 1 S 75 ; a founder and first J . of the Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 ,
in 1873 , was Z . in 1875 , a"d is P . G . M . Middlesex and P . P . ( J . Soj . Herts . ; joined the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , No . 10 , in 1874 , and is now Treasurer . Was advanced in the Carnarvon Mark Lodge , No . 7 , in 1 S 6 4 , became W . M . in 1871 , and has been D . Prov . G . M . M . M . Middlesex and Surrey since the formation of the province in 1 S 70 ; Grand Reg . of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1 S 73 , re-elected Grand Treasurer yearly since 1874 ; a founder of Watford Mark Lodge , No . 241 , in 1 S 79 , W . M . in 1 SS 0 ; joined the Davison Mark Lodge , No . 331 , which was consecrated