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in the same Metropolitan suburb , and in 1 S 84 of the West Kent Volunteer Lodge , No . 2041 . He has thus been connected with half-a-dozen lodges , of which two are located in the Midlands and the others in or near London , his earlier services in provincial Masonry having been recognised by his appointment in 1875 as Prov . Grand Chaplain of Staffordshire . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having
been exalted in the Marmion Chapter , No . 1060 , on the 12 th November , 1 S 75 , and installed M . E . Z . on the 17 th September , 1 H 79 , his services in this branch of Masoi'ry having been rewarded with the appointment in 187 S to the ofiice of Prov . G . Registrar .
GRAND TREASURER . Bro . Lieut .-Col . CLIFFORD PROBYN , who was unaiiimonsly elected Grand Treasurer at the Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge on the 2 nd March , and was invested with the insignia of oilice on Wednesday , has seen a great deal of service in all the branches of Freemasonry with which he is con - necUd and is a prominent supporter of our Central Masonic Institutions . He i
was intiated in the Old Dundee Lodge , No . 18 , on the 5 th May , 18 74 , and seven years later had the honour of being installed W . Master . In iSSS , he was elected a joining member of the Centurion Lodge , No . 171 S , and in 1 S 90 , of Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , while at different times he has helped to found or joined the following lodges , namely , the Queen ' s Westminsters Lodge , No . 2021 ; the Grafton , No . 2-547 : the Galen Lodge , No . 2304 ; the St .
Martin ' s Lodge , No . 2455 ; the Fellowship Lodge , No . 2535 ; the London County Council Lodge , No . 2603 ; and the London School Board Lodge , No . 2611 . He was exalted in Royal Arch Chapter Cyrus , No . 21 , in 1885 , and installed M . E . Z . in 18 94 , and 18 9 6 , was appointed Prov . G . j . of Middlesex . In the Mark Degree he is a Past Master of more than one lodge and Past Prov . G . W . of Hertfordshire , and in 1896 , he had the honour of being elected by a considerable majority of
votes to the office of Grand Treasurer of Mark Grand Lodge ; while in the Ancient and Accepted Rite he is a member of the Rose and Lily Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 97 , and has taken the 30 ° . But above all he is a staunch supporter of our Charitable Institutious , being a Patron of all three , and has served as many as four Stewardships for each , in addition to which he is a Vice-Patron , and has served Stewardships for the Mark Benevolent Fund .
GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . J STRACHAN , Q . C , though in the first instance and during the last few years of his Misonic career a member of the London Craft , is a prominent Northumbrian brother . He was initiated in the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , on the Sth March , 1877 , and rejoined on the 7 th December , 1 S 9 G . In . June , 18 78 , he joined the Gosforth Lodge , No . 1664 , and on the 7 th March , 1884 , was installed
in the chair of Master , ln February , 18 S 3 , he joined the Northumberland Lodge , No . v > 85 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and in 1890 the Priory Lodge , No . 1863 , Tyne * mouth . His first Provincial appointment was in iSSS , when he was made Prov . G . Registrar of Northumberland . Two years liter he was chosen to fill the more laborious post of Prov . G . Secretary , and having the year following received the collar of Frov . S . G . W ., he was , in October , re-appointed to the office of Prov . G , Secretary . Last yearhc had conferred upon him , at the great Masonic gatli ? ring
held in the Royal Albert Hall lo commemorate thc Queen s Diamond Jubilee , the brevet rank of P . D . G . Registrar , which is now converted into substantive rank in the higher office of G . Registrar , in succession to Hro . his Honour Judge Philbrick , Q . C . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the Gosforth Chapter , No . 1 G 64 , on the 21 st July , 1 SS 2 . ln June , 18 93 , he was installed M . E / . in Northumberland Chapter , No . OS 5 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and three years later
was appointed Prov . G . J . In 18 97 he became P . D . G . Registrar in Supreme G . Chapter . He is also a member ot the Adoniram Chapter ( R . C ) , No . 101 . Early in 18 97 he was elected to fill a London vacancy on the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , of which he is . 1 Life Governor and past Festival Steward , and is also a Lile Governor of the Girls' School and Benevolent Institution ,
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DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . HERBERT A . RIGG , of the Parli-. mentary Bar , was initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 2 ^ 9 , on the 24 th June , 1875 . In 18 S 3 he was chosen to represent it on the Board of Grand Stewards , and in 1 S 95 was installed as W . Master . In the interim—on the 4 th April , 187 S—he was elected a joining member of the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , and occupied the chair of Master in ISSI-2 . He isa life Governor of both our Scholastic Institutions , and has ssrved the office of Steward once for each of them .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . »«• j i *" " ¦ D'SOX-TIARTLAND , Bart ., one of the representatives of the county of Middlesex in the House of Commons and Chairman of the Thames Conservancy , was initiated in the Worcester Lodge , No . 2 S 0 , on the 20 th October , 1 SS 1 . In June , 188 7 , he joined the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 77 S , Hampton Court , and was installed W . M . in 1 S 90 .. In 1 S 92 he received the collar of Prov . S . G . W . of
Middlesex . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 77 S , on the nth May , 1 S 93 , and at the present time occupies the chair of Second Principal H . He has been perfected Rose Croix , iS , in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and , in addition to having served as Steward at one of the Festivals of the Girls' School , has qualified as Vice-President of that Institution .
Bro . J HOULDING , the present Lord Mayor of Liverpool , is a very distinguished Mason of nearly 30 years' standing in the Province of West Lancashire , having been initiated in the Everton Lodge , No . 823 , Liverpool , as far back as 186 9 . In 1877 he was installed W . M ., and three years later was honoured with the appointment of Prov . G . Registrar , while last year he was chosen to fill tli 2 chair ol Prov . S . G . Warden . In addition , he is a joining member of the Hamer
Lodge , No . 1393 , Liverpool , and a founder of the Bala , No . 1369 , Bila , North Wales ; a founder and first W . M . of the Anfield Lodge , No . 2215 , in 1887 ; founder in the same year of the Lathom Lodge , No . 2229 —of which he was installed Master in 1 S 92 ; and a member of the Wigan Lodge , No . 2326 , Wigan . He was exalted in the Everton Chapter , No . S 23 , in 1 S 71 , is a Past Z . of
the Hamer Chapter , No . 1393 , and was appointed Prov . G . Scribe N . in i 83 i . He is Past M . W . S . of the Liverpool Rose Croix Chapter , No . 19 , and has taken the 31 ° in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . He is , lastly , a Life Governor of our three Central Institutions , and has served as Steward three times for the Boys ' School , twice for the Girls' School , and once for the Benevolent Institution .
Bro . C . LUND FRY EDWARDS , one of the most prominent brethren in Somersetshire , was initiated in Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , on the 27 th April , 1869 , and was for a time a member of Churchill Lodge , No . 478 . In 1871 he was appointed Prov . G . Steward Oxfordshire , and the year following made Prov . G . S . of W . In August , 1 SG 9 , he joined the Lodge of Agriculture , No . 1199 ,
Yatton , and has been thrice elected as its W . M ., namely , in 18 75 , 1 S 76 , and 1892 . In 18 7 S he was elected member of the Coleridge Lodge , No . 1750 , Clevedon , and served as W . M . in 1 SS 1 and 1 S 82 . In 1876 , during his second Mastership of No . 1199 , he was appointed Prov . J . G . D . Somersetshire , and in 1 SS 3 was advanced to the chair of Prov . S . G . W ., while since 18 S 5 he has held the important office of Prov . G . Treasurer . In Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in Apollo
University Chapter , No . 357 , on the 3 rd December , 1 S 70 , he is a P . Z . of Avalon Chapter , No . 446 , Wells , having been installed in the chair of First Princi pal in 18 79 , and has served successively as Prov . G . P . Soj . ( in 1882 ) and Prov . G . J-( in 18 .-4 ) of the Prov . G . Chapter of Somersetshire . In the Mark Degree he is P . M . and Treasurer of the Else Lodge , No . 102 , Weston-super-Mare ; in the Order of the Temple , P . E . P . and present Treasurer and Registrar of the Worlebary
Preceptory of St . Dunslan , No . ui , Weston-supar-Mare , Past G . Chamberlain of Great Priory , and in the Ancient and Ac . xpted Rite , P . M . W . S . William de Irwin Chapter ( R . C ) , No . 2-S , Weston-super-Mare . Hc is a Vice-Patron of the Boys . School , for which he has served seven Stewardships , Vice-President of the Girls School , wilh four Stewardships , and Life-Governor of the Benevolent Institution , with two Stewardships .
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in the same Metropolitan suburb , and in 1 S 84 of the West Kent Volunteer Lodge , No . 2041 . He has thus been connected with half-a-dozen lodges , of which two are located in the Midlands and the others in or near London , his earlier services in provincial Masonry having been recognised by his appointment in 1875 as Prov . Grand Chaplain of Staffordshire . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having
been exalted in the Marmion Chapter , No . 1060 , on the 12 th November , 1 S 75 , and installed M . E . Z . on the 17 th September , 1 H 79 , his services in this branch of Masoi'ry having been rewarded with the appointment in 187 S to the ofiice of Prov . G . Registrar .
GRAND TREASURER . Bro . Lieut .-Col . CLIFFORD PROBYN , who was unaiiimonsly elected Grand Treasurer at the Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge on the 2 nd March , and was invested with the insignia of oilice on Wednesday , has seen a great deal of service in all the branches of Freemasonry with which he is con - necUd and is a prominent supporter of our Central Masonic Institutions . He i
was intiated in the Old Dundee Lodge , No . 18 , on the 5 th May , 18 74 , and seven years later had the honour of being installed W . Master . In iSSS , he was elected a joining member of the Centurion Lodge , No . 171 S , and in 1 S 90 , of Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , while at different times he has helped to found or joined the following lodges , namely , the Queen ' s Westminsters Lodge , No . 2021 ; the Grafton , No . 2-547 : the Galen Lodge , No . 2304 ; the St .
Martin ' s Lodge , No . 2455 ; the Fellowship Lodge , No . 2535 ; the London County Council Lodge , No . 2603 ; and the London School Board Lodge , No . 2611 . He was exalted in Royal Arch Chapter Cyrus , No . 21 , in 1885 , and installed M . E . Z . in 18 94 , and 18 9 6 , was appointed Prov . G . j . of Middlesex . In the Mark Degree he is a Past Master of more than one lodge and Past Prov . G . W . of Hertfordshire , and in 1896 , he had the honour of being elected by a considerable majority of
votes to the office of Grand Treasurer of Mark Grand Lodge ; while in the Ancient and Accepted Rite he is a member of the Rose and Lily Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 97 , and has taken the 30 ° . But above all he is a staunch supporter of our Charitable Institutious , being a Patron of all three , and has served as many as four Stewardships for each , in addition to which he is a Vice-Patron , and has served Stewardships for the Mark Benevolent Fund .
GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . J STRACHAN , Q . C , though in the first instance and during the last few years of his Misonic career a member of the London Craft , is a prominent Northumbrian brother . He was initiated in the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , on the Sth March , 1877 , and rejoined on the 7 th December , 1 S 9 G . In . June , 18 78 , he joined the Gosforth Lodge , No . 1664 , and on the 7 th March , 1884 , was installed
in the chair of Master , ln February , 18 S 3 , he joined the Northumberland Lodge , No . v > 85 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and in 1890 the Priory Lodge , No . 1863 , Tyne * mouth . His first Provincial appointment was in iSSS , when he was made Prov . G . Registrar of Northumberland . Two years liter he was chosen to fill the more laborious post of Prov . G . Secretary , and having the year following received the collar of Frov . S . G . W ., he was , in October , re-appointed to the office of Prov . G , Secretary . Last yearhc had conferred upon him , at the great Masonic gatli ? ring
held in the Royal Albert Hall lo commemorate thc Queen s Diamond Jubilee , the brevet rank of P . D . G . Registrar , which is now converted into substantive rank in the higher office of G . Registrar , in succession to Hro . his Honour Judge Philbrick , Q . C . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the Gosforth Chapter , No . 1 G 64 , on the 21 st July , 1 SS 2 . ln June , 18 93 , he was installed M . E / . in Northumberland Chapter , No . OS 5 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and three years later
was appointed Prov . G . J . In 18 97 he became P . D . G . Registrar in Supreme G . Chapter . He is also a member ot the Adoniram Chapter ( R . C ) , No . 101 . Early in 18 97 he was elected to fill a London vacancy on the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , of which he is . 1 Life Governor and past Festival Steward , and is also a Lile Governor of the Girls' School and Benevolent Institution ,
Grand Officers.
DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . HERBERT A . RIGG , of the Parli-. mentary Bar , was initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 2 ^ 9 , on the 24 th June , 1875 . In 18 S 3 he was chosen to represent it on the Board of Grand Stewards , and in 1 S 95 was installed as W . Master . In the interim—on the 4 th April , 187 S—he was elected a joining member of the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , and occupied the chair of Master in ISSI-2 . He isa life Governor of both our Scholastic Institutions , and has ssrved the office of Steward once for each of them .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . »«• j i *" " ¦ D'SOX-TIARTLAND , Bart ., one of the representatives of the county of Middlesex in the House of Commons and Chairman of the Thames Conservancy , was initiated in the Worcester Lodge , No . 2 S 0 , on the 20 th October , 1 SS 1 . In June , 188 7 , he joined the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 77 S , Hampton Court , and was installed W . M . in 1 S 90 .. In 1 S 92 he received the collar of Prov . S . G . W . of
Middlesex . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 77 S , on the nth May , 1 S 93 , and at the present time occupies the chair of Second Principal H . He has been perfected Rose Croix , iS , in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and , in addition to having served as Steward at one of the Festivals of the Girls' School , has qualified as Vice-President of that Institution .
Bro . J HOULDING , the present Lord Mayor of Liverpool , is a very distinguished Mason of nearly 30 years' standing in the Province of West Lancashire , having been initiated in the Everton Lodge , No . 823 , Liverpool , as far back as 186 9 . In 1877 he was installed W . M ., and three years later was honoured with the appointment of Prov . G . Registrar , while last year he was chosen to fill tli 2 chair ol Prov . S . G . Warden . In addition , he is a joining member of the Hamer
Lodge , No . 1393 , Liverpool , and a founder of the Bala , No . 1369 , Bila , North Wales ; a founder and first W . M . of the Anfield Lodge , No . 2215 , in 1887 ; founder in the same year of the Lathom Lodge , No . 2229 —of which he was installed Master in 1 S 92 ; and a member of the Wigan Lodge , No . 2326 , Wigan . He was exalted in the Everton Chapter , No . S 23 , in 1 S 71 , is a Past Z . of
the Hamer Chapter , No . 1393 , and was appointed Prov . G . Scribe N . in i 83 i . He is Past M . W . S . of the Liverpool Rose Croix Chapter , No . 19 , and has taken the 31 ° in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . He is , lastly , a Life Governor of our three Central Institutions , and has served as Steward three times for the Boys ' School , twice for the Girls' School , and once for the Benevolent Institution .
Bro . C . LUND FRY EDWARDS , one of the most prominent brethren in Somersetshire , was initiated in Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , on the 27 th April , 1869 , and was for a time a member of Churchill Lodge , No . 478 . In 1871 he was appointed Prov . G . Steward Oxfordshire , and the year following made Prov . G . S . of W . In August , 1 SG 9 , he joined the Lodge of Agriculture , No . 1199 ,
Yatton , and has been thrice elected as its W . M ., namely , in 18 75 , 1 S 76 , and 1892 . In 18 7 S he was elected member of the Coleridge Lodge , No . 1750 , Clevedon , and served as W . M . in 1 SS 1 and 1 S 82 . In 1876 , during his second Mastership of No . 1199 , he was appointed Prov . J . G . D . Somersetshire , and in 1 SS 3 was advanced to the chair of Prov . S . G . W ., while since 18 S 5 he has held the important office of Prov . G . Treasurer . In Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in Apollo
University Chapter , No . 357 , on the 3 rd December , 1 S 70 , he is a P . Z . of Avalon Chapter , No . 446 , Wells , having been installed in the chair of First Princi pal in 18 79 , and has served successively as Prov . G . P . Soj . ( in 1882 ) and Prov . G . J-( in 18 .-4 ) of the Prov . G . Chapter of Somersetshire . In the Mark Degree he is P . M . and Treasurer of the Else Lodge , No . 102 , Weston-super-Mare ; in the Order of the Temple , P . E . P . and present Treasurer and Registrar of the Worlebary
Preceptory of St . Dunslan , No . ui , Weston-supar-Mare , Past G . Chamberlain of Great Priory , and in the Ancient and Ac . xpted Rite , P . M . W . S . William de Irwin Chapter ( R . C ) , No . 2-S , Weston-super-Mare . Hc is a Vice-Patron of the Boys . School , for which he has served seven Stewardships , Vice-President of the Girls School , wilh four Stewardships , and Life-Governor of the Benevolent Institution , with two Stewardships .