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Obituary.
Obituary .
COLONEL SIR FRANCIS BURDETT . BART
SELDOM lias it beou our lot to record the death of a Brother better kuown in Freemasonry , or more respected by all who know hiin , than is the case this week when we have to aunounce tho de nise of Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., who had filled the office of Provincial
Grand Master of Middlesex since 1869 , and had in raaoy other ways taken a prominent share in Masonic work . He was appointed to the office of Senior Grand Warden of England in lcifJ 9 , and was immediately selected by the Grand Lodge of Ireland to represent it at the Grand Lod ge
of England . The following year he was selected as Prov . G . Mark Master of Middlesex and Surrey , and a year later ho assumed the head of tho Royal Arch degree in his Province of Middlesex . He also rose to dignities in the higher degrees , and was a consistent worker in his several offices ,
fully qualifying himself for every post to which he attained . He was a warm supporter of the Charities , and by his example led tho brethren of his Province to follow in the good work . This was especiall y noticeable when , in 1890 , he presided at the Annual Festival of the Girls School , the
result of which was the best since the celebration of the Centenary of the Institution , upwards of £ 11 , 000 being announced , of which sum the Chairman ' s district contributed upwards of £ 1000 , at the hands of 30 Stewards , headed by Sir Francis himself , with a personal donation of twenty-five guineas .
The late Sir Francis died suddenly on Tuesday , at tho Bge of 70 years . That he will bo very much missed it is unnecessary to say , in face of the record we havo just given of his work ia Freemasonry . It will be some considerable gratification to his friends to know that ho will
be rememhered as a thorough Mason , ono who was always ready to render help if ifc lay in his power to do so ; who ruled in his various offices with kindness ; and in such a way as to command respect . A special meeting of the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex is called for Friday next , for the pnrposo of expressing condolence with Lady Burdett and her family on the death of Sir Francis . Tho meeting will tako place at the Town Hall , Twickenham , at 5 o ' clock .
IUK tuncrn } at this well-known brother , who died suddenly in Oxford , took place ou Monday , the lGth ult ., amid every token of rodpeet , tho place of intormonc being tho Parish Churchyard . The cortAjc started from the residence of doceused at 330 , an J formed an imposing procession . It consisted of a car and fivo coaches , which were immediately followed by tho past and present
BRO . WILLIAM LIDINGTON
Officers of St . Msiry ' s Lodge , in full regalia , the roar being brought up by a largo following of the tradesmen of tho town generally , ni . d others . The cotliu , which was of a handeomo description , with massive brnss furniture , bore tho following inscription : — " William Lidington , died 11 th May 1892 , aged 58 years . " The service was
impressively performed by tho Vicar , the Rev . E . B . Corbott , and at its conclusou tho brethren filed past the grave , and , according tu ancient usage , dropped a sprig of acaoia on the coffin . There WHS a large and orderly concourse of persons to witness the solemn ceremony .
" THE RISE ANH PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY DURING THE LAST FIVE CENTURIES . "—This was the subject of a very interesting lecture given on Toesday , 24 th ult ., at tho Masonio Temple , St . Peter ' s Street , Canterbury , by Bro . W . J . llughan P . G . S . D ., England , tho well-known historian of the Craft . The lecturer clearly traced the unique working of Freemasonry , not ouly in the United Kingdom , bui in
America and the Colonies . The lecture on the whole was rno . H interesting , and was illustrated by those proofs and strong points of unity which characterise the working of Freemasonry in all the various Lodges . The subject was listened to by the brethren present with the greatest possible attention , and at the conclusion various points wore discussed and several qnestions asked , which elicited
from the lectnror pleasing and satisfactory answers . At the conelusion a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Bro . Hughan , who , in reapondinc , expressed the pleasure he felt in lecturing to so old a Lodge as No . 31 , held in so ancient and glorious a city as Canterbury , whose noble Cathedral was an instance of the remarkable
specimens of architecture reared by those ancient brethren of the Craft whose handiwork was to be seen in almost all parts of the world . The brethren afterwards retired to the Royal Fountain Hotel , where a very pleasant eveuiDg was spent . —Maidstone Journal ,
Obituary.
The summer outing of the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , will take place at Skindlo ' s Hotel , Maidenhead Bridge , on Thursday , 23 rd instant . The guests will leave Paddington Station ( G . VV . R . ) at 11 a . m ., for Taplow Station , and proceed by steam launch at 1 ' 15 p . m . from Maidenhead
Bridge for a trip up the river as fir as time will permit , returning to Maidenhead Bridge » t 5 * 45 p . m . The banquet will be served at 0 o ' clock sharp ; returning from Taplow Station at 9 p . m ., due at Paddiugton 9 * 55 p . m . Tickets , to include first-class saloon carriages , luncheon , steam
launch , banquet , conveyance f om and to Taplow Station , 21 s pach ( exclusive of wine ) . Application for tickets , which are limited to 100 , must be made not later than Monday , 20 th instant , to tho Secretary , Bro . G . King P . M .,
Charterhouse , E . C . ; or to the Stewards : —Bros . J . B . Evans W . M . President , Jordan J . D , F . Douglas Norman Dir . of Cers ., F . Davies W . S ., Groves , West , Greenberg , Hopperton , and Hooper .
The preparatory meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent was held in the Town Hall , Gravosend , ou Thursday , the 26 th ult ., under the presidency of Earl Amherst , Provincial Grand Master of Kent , on which occasion there was a large attendance of the brethren . The annual
festival of Provincial Grand Lodge was decided to be hold at Ramsgate , on the 21 th inst ., and necessary arrangements connected with the meeting completed . It was decided
to recommend Provincial Grand Lodge to vote sums amounting in tho aggregate to between £ 600 and £ 700 , to the various great Masonic Charities and to indigent brethren and the widows of Freemasons .
Bro . Dr . Chas . F . Forshaw , of Bradford , the author of " The Mystic Tie , " which appeared in our last issue , forwarded , on the 23 rd ult ., a copy of his poom on " Her Majesty ' s Birthday" to the Queen at Balmoral . On Friday last ho received the following acknowledgment : —
" General Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Dr . Forshaw for his letter and poem . " Buckingham Palace , 26 th May 1892 .
The death is announced of Dr . R . J <> n " . s Griffiths , barrister-at-law , of the middle Temple , a journalist of considerable repute , and a Past Master of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , at the age of 41 , after an illnoss of four mouths ' duration .
Mr . Joseph Barn by , the Principnl of the Guildhall School of Music , has itist been initiated into Grind Masters ' Lodge , No . ] . The ceremony was performed by Brother Honiewood Cravvfjrd I . P . M ., at Freemasons' Tavern .
Owing to pressure on our ppace wo arc compelled to hold over tho report of the meeting of Grand Mark Lodge , held on Tuesday evening . Wc shall givo a full account next week .
Lieut-Col . Newton has be 9 ii appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire , in succession to the late Rev . F . V . Bussell .
Lodgo St . Clair , No . 520 , Dysart , has decided to hold a Masonic Service on the last Sunday in Jutio . Bro . Rev . J . W . Gibson Chaplain is to officiate .
Bro . Quartermaster-Sergeant G . G . G . Whnlley has been presented with a pursa of motiry by the sergeants of the R . M . B . M . as a mark of reBpcct on his leaving the regiment . Bro . Wballf » y , who rptires on pension , was a prominent member of tho Loyul Monmouth Lodge ,-No . 457 , und held tho office of l . P . M .
Our Masonic friondx in Stalybridgeare taking timo by the rowlock in announcing the : r second annual entertainment in nil of the Masonic Charities on the 4 th of October next . Tim uujt-ct > of the committee , in wlmt would prima fa ie appH . ir to he a somewhat permature intimation , ia in the hope of obviating thprcby tho lixtnre . it' any other engagement likely to clash with the entertainment , and
t , o flcpieciHto its good results . It i " , undoubtedl y , a i »« od enterprise , iinrt onr only hope is that it will , at least , be uswucceHsful us it was last year , when the committee wen enabled to forward chequen for t ,. n cninciis Hiich to three distinct Charities . The use of the Grand fbi-atre has again been very kiudly plaoed ut the disposal of the uummittee by tho new lessee ( Mr . Darby . )—Ashton Herald .
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Obituary.
Obituary .
COLONEL SIR FRANCIS BURDETT . BART
SELDOM lias it beou our lot to record the death of a Brother better kuown in Freemasonry , or more respected by all who know hiin , than is the case this week when we have to aunounce tho de nise of Colonel Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., who had filled the office of Provincial
Grand Master of Middlesex since 1869 , and had in raaoy other ways taken a prominent share in Masonic work . He was appointed to the office of Senior Grand Warden of England in lcifJ 9 , and was immediately selected by the Grand Lodge of Ireland to represent it at the Grand Lod ge
of England . The following year he was selected as Prov . G . Mark Master of Middlesex and Surrey , and a year later ho assumed the head of tho Royal Arch degree in his Province of Middlesex . He also rose to dignities in the higher degrees , and was a consistent worker in his several offices ,
fully qualifying himself for every post to which he attained . He was a warm supporter of the Charities , and by his example led tho brethren of his Province to follow in the good work . This was especiall y noticeable when , in 1890 , he presided at the Annual Festival of the Girls School , the
result of which was the best since the celebration of the Centenary of the Institution , upwards of £ 11 , 000 being announced , of which sum the Chairman ' s district contributed upwards of £ 1000 , at the hands of 30 Stewards , headed by Sir Francis himself , with a personal donation of twenty-five guineas .
The late Sir Francis died suddenly on Tuesday , at tho Bge of 70 years . That he will bo very much missed it is unnecessary to say , in face of the record we havo just given of his work ia Freemasonry . It will be some considerable gratification to his friends to know that ho will
be rememhered as a thorough Mason , ono who was always ready to render help if ifc lay in his power to do so ; who ruled in his various offices with kindness ; and in such a way as to command respect . A special meeting of the
Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex is called for Friday next , for the pnrposo of expressing condolence with Lady Burdett and her family on the death of Sir Francis . Tho meeting will tako place at the Town Hall , Twickenham , at 5 o ' clock .
IUK tuncrn } at this well-known brother , who died suddenly in Oxford , took place ou Monday , the lGth ult ., amid every token of rodpeet , tho place of intormonc being tho Parish Churchyard . The cortAjc started from the residence of doceused at 330 , an J formed an imposing procession . It consisted of a car and fivo coaches , which were immediately followed by tho past and present
BRO . WILLIAM LIDINGTON
Officers of St . Msiry ' s Lodge , in full regalia , the roar being brought up by a largo following of the tradesmen of tho town generally , ni . d others . The cotliu , which was of a handeomo description , with massive brnss furniture , bore tho following inscription : — " William Lidington , died 11 th May 1892 , aged 58 years . " The service was
impressively performed by tho Vicar , the Rev . E . B . Corbott , and at its conclusou tho brethren filed past the grave , and , according tu ancient usage , dropped a sprig of acaoia on the coffin . There WHS a large and orderly concourse of persons to witness the solemn ceremony .
" THE RISE ANH PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY DURING THE LAST FIVE CENTURIES . "—This was the subject of a very interesting lecture given on Toesday , 24 th ult ., at tho Masonio Temple , St . Peter ' s Street , Canterbury , by Bro . W . J . llughan P . G . S . D ., England , tho well-known historian of the Craft . The lecturer clearly traced the unique working of Freemasonry , not ouly in the United Kingdom , bui in
America and the Colonies . The lecture on the whole was rno . H interesting , and was illustrated by those proofs and strong points of unity which characterise the working of Freemasonry in all the various Lodges . The subject was listened to by the brethren present with the greatest possible attention , and at the conclusion various points wore discussed and several qnestions asked , which elicited
from the lectnror pleasing and satisfactory answers . At the conelusion a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Bro . Hughan , who , in reapondinc , expressed the pleasure he felt in lecturing to so old a Lodge as No . 31 , held in so ancient and glorious a city as Canterbury , whose noble Cathedral was an instance of the remarkable
specimens of architecture reared by those ancient brethren of the Craft whose handiwork was to be seen in almost all parts of the world . The brethren afterwards retired to the Royal Fountain Hotel , where a very pleasant eveuiDg was spent . —Maidstone Journal ,
Obituary.
The summer outing of the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 , will take place at Skindlo ' s Hotel , Maidenhead Bridge , on Thursday , 23 rd instant . The guests will leave Paddington Station ( G . VV . R . ) at 11 a . m ., for Taplow Station , and proceed by steam launch at 1 ' 15 p . m . from Maidenhead
Bridge for a trip up the river as fir as time will permit , returning to Maidenhead Bridge » t 5 * 45 p . m . The banquet will be served at 0 o ' clock sharp ; returning from Taplow Station at 9 p . m ., due at Paddiugton 9 * 55 p . m . Tickets , to include first-class saloon carriages , luncheon , steam
launch , banquet , conveyance f om and to Taplow Station , 21 s pach ( exclusive of wine ) . Application for tickets , which are limited to 100 , must be made not later than Monday , 20 th instant , to tho Secretary , Bro . G . King P . M .,
Charterhouse , E . C . ; or to the Stewards : —Bros . J . B . Evans W . M . President , Jordan J . D , F . Douglas Norman Dir . of Cers ., F . Davies W . S ., Groves , West , Greenberg , Hopperton , and Hooper .
The preparatory meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent was held in the Town Hall , Gravosend , ou Thursday , the 26 th ult ., under the presidency of Earl Amherst , Provincial Grand Master of Kent , on which occasion there was a large attendance of the brethren . The annual
festival of Provincial Grand Lodge was decided to be hold at Ramsgate , on the 21 th inst ., and necessary arrangements connected with the meeting completed . It was decided
to recommend Provincial Grand Lodge to vote sums amounting in tho aggregate to between £ 600 and £ 700 , to the various great Masonic Charities and to indigent brethren and the widows of Freemasons .
Bro . Dr . Chas . F . Forshaw , of Bradford , the author of " The Mystic Tie , " which appeared in our last issue , forwarded , on the 23 rd ult ., a copy of his poom on " Her Majesty ' s Birthday" to the Queen at Balmoral . On Friday last ho received the following acknowledgment : —
" General Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Dr . Forshaw for his letter and poem . " Buckingham Palace , 26 th May 1892 .
The death is announced of Dr . R . J <> n " . s Griffiths , barrister-at-law , of the middle Temple , a journalist of considerable repute , and a Past Master of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , at the age of 41 , after an illnoss of four mouths ' duration .
Mr . Joseph Barn by , the Principnl of the Guildhall School of Music , has itist been initiated into Grind Masters ' Lodge , No . ] . The ceremony was performed by Brother Honiewood Cravvfjrd I . P . M ., at Freemasons' Tavern .
Owing to pressure on our ppace wo arc compelled to hold over tho report of the meeting of Grand Mark Lodge , held on Tuesday evening . Wc shall givo a full account next week .
Lieut-Col . Newton has be 9 ii appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire , in succession to the late Rev . F . V . Bussell .
Lodgo St . Clair , No . 520 , Dysart , has decided to hold a Masonic Service on the last Sunday in Jutio . Bro . Rev . J . W . Gibson Chaplain is to officiate .
Bro . Quartermaster-Sergeant G . G . G . Whnlley has been presented with a pursa of motiry by the sergeants of the R . M . B . M . as a mark of reBpcct on his leaving the regiment . Bro . Wballf » y , who rptires on pension , was a prominent member of tho Loyul Monmouth Lodge ,-No . 457 , und held tho office of l . P . M .
Our Masonic friondx in Stalybridgeare taking timo by the rowlock in announcing the : r second annual entertainment in nil of the Masonic Charities on the 4 th of October next . Tim uujt-ct > of the committee , in wlmt would prima fa ie appH . ir to he a somewhat permature intimation , ia in the hope of obviating thprcby tho lixtnre . it' any other engagement likely to clash with the entertainment , and
t , o flcpieciHto its good results . It i " , undoubtedl y , a i »« od enterprise , iinrt onr only hope is that it will , at least , be uswucceHsful us it was last year , when the committee wen enabled to forward chequen for t ,. n cninciis Hiich to three distinct Charities . The use of the Grand fbi-atre has again been very kiudly plaoed ut the disposal of the uummittee by tho new lessee ( Mr . Darby . )—Ashton Herald .