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his office and devotion to the Craft . We can perhaps best summarise the Masonic career of His Royal Highness by an extract from a speech made by him on the occasion cf the presentation of a magnificent piece of silver plate , weighing 1 , 800 ounces , on the completion of twenty-live years' service as Grand Master . The Duke , in acknowledging
the gift , gave the following account of his Masonic career : — " In 179 8 I entered Masonry in a lodge at Berlin , and there I served several offices , and as Warden was a representative of the lodge in the Grand Lodge of England . I was afterwards acknowledged and received with the usual compliment paid to a member of the Royal Family , by being
appointed a Past Grand Master . I again went abroad for three years , and on my return joined various lodges , and upon the retirement of the Prince Regent , who became Patron of the Order , I was elected Grand Master . An epoch of considerable interest intervened , and I became charged in 1813-14 with a most important mission—the union of the two London Societies . My most excellent Brother the Duke of
Kent , accepted the office of Grand Master of the Athole Masons , as they were denominated ; I was the Grand Master of those called the Prince of Wales's . In three months we carried the union of the two Societies , and I had the happiness of presiding over the United Fraternity . This , I
consider to have been the happiest event of my life . It brought all Masons upon the level and square , and showed the world at large that the differences of common life did not exist in Masonry , and it showed to Masons that by a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , what great
good might be effected . " The death of the Duke of Sussex occurred in 18 43 , and he was succeeded by THE EARL OK ZETLAND , who was elected and installed as Grand Master in the following year , and it may be safely asserted that to his
wise and able rule , during a period fraught with changes , not unmingled with serious internal dissensions , much of the present prosperity and influence of English Freemasonry is due .
During the period covered b y the rule of the Earl of Zetland , much was done to improve and consolidate the laws and regulations of the Order . The Board of General Purposes under his administration increased both in authority and reputation , and its able Presidents became influential factors in the government of the Order . The number of
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his office and devotion to the Craft . We can perhaps best summarise the Masonic career of His Royal Highness by an extract from a speech made by him on the occasion cf the presentation of a magnificent piece of silver plate , weighing 1 , 800 ounces , on the completion of twenty-live years' service as Grand Master . The Duke , in acknowledging
the gift , gave the following account of his Masonic career : — " In 179 8 I entered Masonry in a lodge at Berlin , and there I served several offices , and as Warden was a representative of the lodge in the Grand Lodge of England . I was afterwards acknowledged and received with the usual compliment paid to a member of the Royal Family , by being
appointed a Past Grand Master . I again went abroad for three years , and on my return joined various lodges , and upon the retirement of the Prince Regent , who became Patron of the Order , I was elected Grand Master . An epoch of considerable interest intervened , and I became charged in 1813-14 with a most important mission—the union of the two London Societies . My most excellent Brother the Duke of
Kent , accepted the office of Grand Master of the Athole Masons , as they were denominated ; I was the Grand Master of those called the Prince of Wales's . In three months we carried the union of the two Societies , and I had the happiness of presiding over the United Fraternity . This , I
consider to have been the happiest event of my life . It brought all Masons upon the level and square , and showed the world at large that the differences of common life did not exist in Masonry , and it showed to Masons that by a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , what great
good might be effected . " The death of the Duke of Sussex occurred in 18 43 , and he was succeeded by THE EARL OK ZETLAND , who was elected and installed as Grand Master in the following year , and it may be safely asserted that to his
wise and able rule , during a period fraught with changes , not unmingled with serious internal dissensions , much of the present prosperity and influence of English Freemasonry is due .
During the period covered b y the rule of the Earl of Zetland , much was done to improve and consolidate the laws and regulations of the Order . The Board of General Purposes under his administration increased both in authority and reputation , and its able Presidents became influential factors in the government of the Order . The number of
INSTALLATION' OK 11 . 11 . II . TIM . 1 'lllNCI . OF WALKS AS PAST C 1 UAXI ) MASTKIt .