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Masonic Portraits. (No. 55.)
MASONIC PORTRAITS . ( No . 55 . )
SIE BHADAMANTH . Yon aro right , justice , and you weigh this woll ; Therefore , still bear the balance , aud the sword : And I do wish your honours may increase . Tho friei \ d of man ;
who scanned his nature with a brother s eye , His weakness prompt to shade , to raise his arm , To tonch the finer movements of his mind , And with the moral beauty charm the heart .
IN" our last sketch we delineated the exc ellences of a Devon Craftsman . This week we move to a neiedibourine : county , a stage nearer this huge metropolis of ours , that we may chronicle the virtues of one who , in his time , has played many parts , and played them well ; who has endeared himself to all Masons , by his urbanity , his sense of justice ,
aud his generosity ; and who , in every branch of Freemasonry , has won for himself many and great distinctions ; so that in speaking of him as a brother , we may say truthfully , what was said of a distinguished writer of last century , " Nihil tetigit quod non ornaviW" This praise may by some .
perhaps , be considered as approaching too nearly to the verge of adulation . But let the reader note carefully the career of their judicious and judicial brother , as we record it , and the charge of flattery will at once be rejected . The subject of our present sketch is the son of a brother and
the father of a brother . We are treating , therefore , of one of whom it may be declared with accuracy , that tho love and pursuit of Freemasonry are hereditary virtues . There are many such who belong to our Craft . The Shirleys of Leicestershire , the Montagus of Hunts , the Dundasses of
Yorkshire , have been again and again , and be it added , in all cases , most worthily represented in the ranks of our Fraternity , and he whom we have designated Sir Rhadamanth , by reason of his known impartiality on the judgment seat , albeit he has not attained , and is not likely to attain such eminence as some members of the Masonic families
we have enumerated , is nevertheless the occupant of many high Offices which few among ns may hope to fill , and which even fewer still may look to fill so worthily . Our respected brother was in early life a soldier , and it was when oil service with his regiment in the East that the
idea occurred to him , that he , a Lewis already , should follow the example of his father before him , and become a Mason . On his retirement from the army , he settled clown oil his patrimonial estate , but not , as many do , with the intention of leadinga comparatively inactive life . On the
contrary , as one of the county magistracy , and as a Deputy Lieutenant , our brother has had many opportunities afforded him of doing excellent service in both capacities , and especially in the former has he earned for himself a firm place in the affection and respect of his friends and neighbours .
However , it is no part of our duty to dwell at length on the non-Masonic portion of his career . Let it suffice that as an officer and in his civil capacity be has done good service to the state ; and then pass we at once to that which will interest our readers in an especial degree .
We have said that Sir Rhadamanth conceived the idea of becoming a Mason when , as yet only a Lewis , he was with his regiment in India . However , it was not in the Bast
but in a British possession in the great western hemisphere , that he obtained his first glimmering of Masonic light . It was on the 23 rd December 1845 , and in St . Paul's Lodge in Montreal in 1874 , one of the few Canadian Lodges
Masonic Portraits. (No. 55.)
which still acknoAvledgethe jurisdiction of our Grand Lodge , that our brother had an opportunity of giving effect to his resolution , and was initiated into the Masonic mysteries . However , owing no doubt to the exigencies of military
service , we find but little to record during the earlier part of his connection with the Craft . He took his degrees and filled various offices , in all cases meritoriously , and to the satisfaction of his brethren . It is not till the year 1856 that we find him taking that active part in the
doings of our Society by which he has been ever since distinguished . In that year he took the leading role in the foundation of Lodge No . 665 , Lyme Regis , which was accordingly named after him , and in the following year he was again to the fore in founding St . Mary ' s Lodge , No .
707 , Bridport . Fourteen years later we find him among the founders of that eminently popular Lodge , No . 1383 , of Golden-square , which , though young in respect of years , has
already made its mark in the annals of our Craft . He has likewise been a petitioner for other Lodges . Of both the Dorsetshire Lodges we have mentioned he is a Past Master , and he is likewise a Past Senior Grand Warden of his
Province . In T 863 he was appointed Dep . Prov . Grand Master by the late R . W . Prov . Grand Master Bro . Joseph Gundry , and this appointment he continued to hold till the lamented death of his chief in 1877 . A reference to the Grand Lodge Calendar shows , that during the period of his association
with this Province , the number of its Lodges increased from six to thirteen , or was more than doubled ; and though wo cannot in fairness to others ascribe to him the solo glory of this success , we shall certainly not bo exceeding the limits of justice if we affirm that he took a leading part in bringing
it about . And as his labours in subordinate Lodges have been duly recognised in his Province , so it is only in the natural order of things that the ability and tact he has shown in his Provincial offices should in their turn be rewarded by the Grand Master , and we have great pleasure
in announcing that on Wednesday , 24 th April , he was appointed by His Royal Highness one of the Grand Junior Deacons of England , an honour most worthily bestowed , and on which we beg to offer him our heartiest congratulations .
As regards Royal Arch Masonry , it was not till the year 185 G that he was exalted to the R . A . degree , in the Virtue Chapter , No . 494 , of Axminster , Devon . Having , in due time , filled the several minor and principal offices , and having founded the St . Mary ' s Chapter , No . 707 , Bridport ,
and taken parb in the foundation pi other Chapters—among which may be mentioned that attached to the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 , of Golden Square—he at length received , last year , at the hands of His Royal Highness the Grand Z ., the supreme honour
of Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Provincial Grand Chapter of his County . In 1869 , he was advanced to the Mark degree , and is founder of the St . Mary ' s Mark Lodge , No . 121 , Bridport , and the Ark Mariners Lodge working thereunder . In 1856 , he was made a Knight
Templar in the Holy Cross Encampment , Coryton , Devon , and on the 20 th June of last year was appointed Provincial Prior of the Order in Dorset , having in the interval founded the Hyde Preceptory , No . 98 , Bridport . He is likewise a Past Grand Captain , and at the present time is one of the
five members of the Council of the Great Prior elected by the Great Priory . In the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters he holds the office of R . P . Grand Illustrious Master , and is 111 . Pr . Cond . of Work in the Grand Masters' Council , No . 1 . But it is , perhaps , in the A . and A . Rite that he has achieved his highest honours . In 1856 ,
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Masonic Portraits. (No. 55.)
MASONIC PORTRAITS . ( No . 55 . )
SIE BHADAMANTH . Yon aro right , justice , and you weigh this woll ; Therefore , still bear the balance , aud the sword : And I do wish your honours may increase . Tho friei \ d of man ;
who scanned his nature with a brother s eye , His weakness prompt to shade , to raise his arm , To tonch the finer movements of his mind , And with the moral beauty charm the heart .
IN" our last sketch we delineated the exc ellences of a Devon Craftsman . This week we move to a neiedibourine : county , a stage nearer this huge metropolis of ours , that we may chronicle the virtues of one who , in his time , has played many parts , and played them well ; who has endeared himself to all Masons , by his urbanity , his sense of justice ,
aud his generosity ; and who , in every branch of Freemasonry , has won for himself many and great distinctions ; so that in speaking of him as a brother , we may say truthfully , what was said of a distinguished writer of last century , " Nihil tetigit quod non ornaviW" This praise may by some .
perhaps , be considered as approaching too nearly to the verge of adulation . But let the reader note carefully the career of their judicious and judicial brother , as we record it , and the charge of flattery will at once be rejected . The subject of our present sketch is the son of a brother and
the father of a brother . We are treating , therefore , of one of whom it may be declared with accuracy , that tho love and pursuit of Freemasonry are hereditary virtues . There are many such who belong to our Craft . The Shirleys of Leicestershire , the Montagus of Hunts , the Dundasses of
Yorkshire , have been again and again , and be it added , in all cases , most worthily represented in the ranks of our Fraternity , and he whom we have designated Sir Rhadamanth , by reason of his known impartiality on the judgment seat , albeit he has not attained , and is not likely to attain such eminence as some members of the Masonic families
we have enumerated , is nevertheless the occupant of many high Offices which few among ns may hope to fill , and which even fewer still may look to fill so worthily . Our respected brother was in early life a soldier , and it was when oil service with his regiment in the East that the
idea occurred to him , that he , a Lewis already , should follow the example of his father before him , and become a Mason . On his retirement from the army , he settled clown oil his patrimonial estate , but not , as many do , with the intention of leadinga comparatively inactive life . On the
contrary , as one of the county magistracy , and as a Deputy Lieutenant , our brother has had many opportunities afforded him of doing excellent service in both capacities , and especially in the former has he earned for himself a firm place in the affection and respect of his friends and neighbours .
However , it is no part of our duty to dwell at length on the non-Masonic portion of his career . Let it suffice that as an officer and in his civil capacity be has done good service to the state ; and then pass we at once to that which will interest our readers in an especial degree .
We have said that Sir Rhadamanth conceived the idea of becoming a Mason when , as yet only a Lewis , he was with his regiment in India . However , it was not in the Bast
but in a British possession in the great western hemisphere , that he obtained his first glimmering of Masonic light . It was on the 23 rd December 1845 , and in St . Paul's Lodge in Montreal in 1874 , one of the few Canadian Lodges
Masonic Portraits. (No. 55.)
which still acknoAvledgethe jurisdiction of our Grand Lodge , that our brother had an opportunity of giving effect to his resolution , and was initiated into the Masonic mysteries . However , owing no doubt to the exigencies of military
service , we find but little to record during the earlier part of his connection with the Craft . He took his degrees and filled various offices , in all cases meritoriously , and to the satisfaction of his brethren . It is not till the year 1856 that we find him taking that active part in the
doings of our Society by which he has been ever since distinguished . In that year he took the leading role in the foundation of Lodge No . 665 , Lyme Regis , which was accordingly named after him , and in the following year he was again to the fore in founding St . Mary ' s Lodge , No .
707 , Bridport . Fourteen years later we find him among the founders of that eminently popular Lodge , No . 1383 , of Golden-square , which , though young in respect of years , has
already made its mark in the annals of our Craft . He has likewise been a petitioner for other Lodges . Of both the Dorsetshire Lodges we have mentioned he is a Past Master , and he is likewise a Past Senior Grand Warden of his
Province . In T 863 he was appointed Dep . Prov . Grand Master by the late R . W . Prov . Grand Master Bro . Joseph Gundry , and this appointment he continued to hold till the lamented death of his chief in 1877 . A reference to the Grand Lodge Calendar shows , that during the period of his association
with this Province , the number of its Lodges increased from six to thirteen , or was more than doubled ; and though wo cannot in fairness to others ascribe to him the solo glory of this success , we shall certainly not bo exceeding the limits of justice if we affirm that he took a leading part in bringing
it about . And as his labours in subordinate Lodges have been duly recognised in his Province , so it is only in the natural order of things that the ability and tact he has shown in his Provincial offices should in their turn be rewarded by the Grand Master , and we have great pleasure
in announcing that on Wednesday , 24 th April , he was appointed by His Royal Highness one of the Grand Junior Deacons of England , an honour most worthily bestowed , and on which we beg to offer him our heartiest congratulations .
As regards Royal Arch Masonry , it was not till the year 185 G that he was exalted to the R . A . degree , in the Virtue Chapter , No . 494 , of Axminster , Devon . Having , in due time , filled the several minor and principal offices , and having founded the St . Mary ' s Chapter , No . 707 , Bridport ,
and taken parb in the foundation pi other Chapters—among which may be mentioned that attached to the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 , of Golden Square—he at length received , last year , at the hands of His Royal Highness the Grand Z ., the supreme honour
of Provincial Grand Superintendent of the Provincial Grand Chapter of his County . In 1869 , he was advanced to the Mark degree , and is founder of the St . Mary ' s Mark Lodge , No . 121 , Bridport , and the Ark Mariners Lodge working thereunder . In 1856 , he was made a Knight
Templar in the Holy Cross Encampment , Coryton , Devon , and on the 20 th June of last year was appointed Provincial Prior of the Order in Dorset , having in the interval founded the Hyde Preceptory , No . 98 , Bridport . He is likewise a Past Grand Captain , and at the present time is one of the
five members of the Council of the Great Prior elected by the Great Priory . In the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters he holds the office of R . P . Grand Illustrious Master , and is 111 . Pr . Cond . of Work in the Grand Masters' Council , No . 1 . But it is , perhaps , in the A . and A . Rite that he has achieved his highest honours . In 1856 ,