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Lincolnshire.
LINCOLNSHIRE .
IN the annals of Freemasonry m Lincolnshire few more representative gatherings have been witnessed than that which took place on the 27 th ult ., iu the county town . From various parts of the Province and from many distant centres members of
the Craft assembled to take part in the installation of the Earl of Yarborough as Grand Master , in succession to Major VV . H . Smyth , who has retired from the ollice after many years of valuable work .
Grand Lodge was represented by several distinguished present and past Officers , the ceremony being performed by the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master of England and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , in the presence of over 500 Brethren .
The gathering recalled many interesting reminiscences . Lord Yarborough succeeds to a post which , from 1849 until his death in 1862 , was occupied by his grandfather , the second earl . On Thursday , among those present to witness the installation , was the Duke of St . Albans Grand Master of Nottinghamshire ,
who was himself formerly the head of the Lincolnshire Province ; and the circumstance was additionally interesting in that Bro . Smyth , whose retirement had given cause to the principal business of the assembly , was appointed by his Grace Deputy Grand Master of Lincolnshire so far back as 1864 , prior to his
selection for the higher office . The gathering took place in the Corn Exchange , Lincoln , where admirable arrangements had been made . To the regret of all , the retiring Grand Master , who is residing at Scarborough , was unable to be present in
consequence of ill-health . A valedictory address of a touehin " character was , however , read from him , in which he recalled the marked progress which had characterised Freemasonry in Lincolnshire within the last thirty yaars .
The Provincial Lodge was opened shortly after one o ' clock by Bro . W . Harling Sissons , J . P ., D . L ., of Barton-on-Humber , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire and Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies England . In addition to the Earl of Lathom and His Grace the Duke
of St . Albans , the present and past Officers of Grand Lodge attending included—Viscount Dungarvan P . G . M . Somerset ; , Edward Letchworth Grand Secretary of England , His Honour Judge Masterman P . G . J . D ., Lieut .-Col . Wm . Newton G . J . D and D . P . G . M . Notts ., S . S . Partridge P . A . G . D . C . D . P . G . M .
Leicester and Rutland , H . Le Strange P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Norfolk , H . Smith P . G . D . D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , Lieutenant-Colonel J . A . Bindley P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Staffordshire , J . H . Matthews P . D . G . D . C , F . Richardson P . G . D ., J . W . Woodall P . G . T ., J Todd G . S . B ., J . Terry P . G . S . B ., T . Mead P . G . S . B ., J . Chadwick P . G . S . B ., J . Bodenham P . G . A . D . C , and H . Sadler G . Tyler .
The Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . Dr . W . Harling Sissons , J . P . and D . L ., delivered the annual address , and said the Lincolnshire Brethren were honoured by the presence of the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master of England , and as that was his Lordship ' s first official visit to Lincolnshire , it was fitting
that an address of welcome should be respectfull y presented to him by that assembly . This being done , Lord Lathom replied . In reviewing the events of the past year , the Deputy P . G . M . congratulated the Lodge on the continued prosperity of the Province . In spite of the depression which still hung over the
chief industries of the county , in numbers they held their own . No new Lodge had been added to the roll , but they had lost no old one . Their new Chapter had been consecrated at Sutton Bridge , and he hoped shortly to establish one at Crowle . Their financial position was satisfactory . The four grand funds of one
thousand guineas each were completed and invested , and the Brethren during the year bad made a noble response to the appeal of the Chanty Stewards on behalf of the R . M . Institution for Boys . It would be pleasure to them all to know that the services of Bro . Smyth , their late Provincial Graud Master ,
would be long remembered in the Province . They had parted with their late chief , and that day they gained a new one . No appointment could possibly be more acceptable to all than the one His Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master had been graciously pleased to make . Born in the Province , educated at
the great University especially affected by north countrymen , holding the highest position among the magistrates of the Parts of Lindsey , Lord Yarborough brought to the duties of his high office a cultured intellect , a judicial mind , and a kindness of heart and courtesy of manner knovvn to all .
Previous to the installation , much important business was transacted in connection with the Provincial Lodge . After the financial statement had been read by Bro . C M . Nesbitt , the returns as to Lodges were presented by the Grand Registrar , the
figures showing progress upon last year . Reports and accounts relating to the Oliver Memorial , Smyth Scholarship , and the Sutcliffe and other funds , were afterwards dealt with . Brother Nesbitt was re-elected Treasurer . The valedictory address of the retiring Grand Master was afterwards read , wherein Bro . Smyth explained that it had long
Lincolnshire.
been his intention on completing his fiftieth year m the Craft to retire from the office of Provincial Grand Master in favour of a younger and more energetic man ; ancl as that event took place in February last , he sent his resignation to the Grand Master . He took this opportunity of thanking them for the kindness
which he had always received during the thirty years that he had had authority over the Province , first as Deputy Provincial Grand Master for fourteen years and afterwards for seventeen years as their Provincial Grand Master . He regretted exceedingly that after his illness , from which he was not yet sufficiently
recovered to leave home , he was unable to be present that day . He could not do better on resigning his office that to give a short account of the progress in the Province since the year 1864 , when the then Provincial Grand Master , his Grace the Duke of St . Albans , appointed him to the office of Deputy Grand Master
In 1864 there were eleven Lodges and 421 members ; in 1894 there were twenty-four Lodges and 1 , 195 members , an increase of thirteen Lodges and 774 members . In 1867 the Benevolent Fund was started , which last year reached the sum of 1 , 000 guineas . In 1869 their charity organisation was completed . In
1879 the Oliver Memorial Fund was completed for the education of boys ; in 1884 the Smyth Scholarship Fund for the education of girls ; and in 1888 the Sutcliffe Memorial Fund for providing relief for aged and distressed Masons or their widows . The retiring Grand Master also referred in his address to the progress
of Royal Arch Masonry during the period under review . Nor must , he said , the centenary of P . G . L . be forgotten , held at Grantham , three years ago , when they were honoured by a visit from the Deputy Grand Master of England Lord
Mount-Edgcumbe . He thanked all those who had assisted to bring the Province to its satisfaatory state of efficiency . With perfect confidence in the future prosperity of the Province under the able guidance of their new P . G . M ., he bade them a most hearty farewell .
A resolution was afterwards proposed by Bro . Richard Hall P . P . G . Secretary , and seconded by Bro . Nesbitt expressing regret at the resignation of Bro . Smyth , and recording appreciation of the high qualities which had distinguished his long tenure of
office . The Duke of St . Albans , in supporting the proposal , which was heartily agreed to , referred to his former connection with the Province , and paid a high tribute to the retiring Grand Master for his wisdom and philanthropic work .
The installation ceremony was afterwards performed by the Earl of Lathom . Lord Yarborough , having taken his position as Provincial Grand Master , returned thanks . He alluded with satisfaction to the circumstance of the connection with Masonry upon the part
of his grandfather , the second Earl of Yarborough , who was chosen a Deputy Grand Master of England in 1846 , and three years after was installed as Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire . Subsequently his lordship appointed and invested Bro . W . H . Sissons as Deputy Provincial Grand Master . The other Provincial Grand Officers were invested as follow :
Bro . Hon . Victor Pelham - - - Senior Warden P . C . Hett Junior Warden Rev . Canon Moor - - - - ) / -iu „_ i „ : „ . Rev . G . W . Botham - - J 0 ha P lalns C . M . Nesbitt ... - Treasurer H . Watson .... Registrar ¦
B . Vickers ----- Secretary G . W . G . Beaumont - - - Senior Deacon D . Smith ---- - Junior Deacon R . A . Macbriar .... Superintendent of Works G . P . Barrell .... Director of Ceremonies
Lieut-Col . H . Bannister - - - Assistant Director of Cers . Captain G . P . Kingston - - - Sword Bearer J . Casterton - \ standard B P . A . Aldndge - - - - )
W . J . Kell ----- Assistant Secretary R . N . Brunyeo .... Pursuivant A . T . M . Porter .... Assistant Pursuivant H . R . Dix \ A . Ramage
-----iRanZr ' . I : . Stewards W . Fletcher .... T . Beaulah - - - - - ) W . Donner ----- Tyler .
Other business having been transacted , the Lodge was closed . At four o ' clock a banquet was given in the Drill Hall , the guests numbering 400 . In the evening a conversazione was given at the County
Assembly Room , under the auspices of the Witham , St . Hugh , and Erminie Lodges , Lincoln , the Provincial Grand Master , who was accompanied by the Grand Officers of England , receiving a large number of guests . — " Nottingham Guardian . "
The annual meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of Surrey will be held to-day ( Saturday ) , at Guildford , when the Earl of Onslow will be installed as head of the two degrees in the Province , the Earl of Lathom Pro Grand Master officiating .
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Lincolnshire.
LINCOLNSHIRE .
IN the annals of Freemasonry m Lincolnshire few more representative gatherings have been witnessed than that which took place on the 27 th ult ., iu the county town . From various parts of the Province and from many distant centres members of
the Craft assembled to take part in the installation of the Earl of Yarborough as Grand Master , in succession to Major VV . H . Smyth , who has retired from the ollice after many years of valuable work .
Grand Lodge was represented by several distinguished present and past Officers , the ceremony being performed by the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master of England and Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , in the presence of over 500 Brethren .
The gathering recalled many interesting reminiscences . Lord Yarborough succeeds to a post which , from 1849 until his death in 1862 , was occupied by his grandfather , the second earl . On Thursday , among those present to witness the installation , was the Duke of St . Albans Grand Master of Nottinghamshire ,
who was himself formerly the head of the Lincolnshire Province ; and the circumstance was additionally interesting in that Bro . Smyth , whose retirement had given cause to the principal business of the assembly , was appointed by his Grace Deputy Grand Master of Lincolnshire so far back as 1864 , prior to his
selection for the higher office . The gathering took place in the Corn Exchange , Lincoln , where admirable arrangements had been made . To the regret of all , the retiring Grand Master , who is residing at Scarborough , was unable to be present in
consequence of ill-health . A valedictory address of a touehin " character was , however , read from him , in which he recalled the marked progress which had characterised Freemasonry in Lincolnshire within the last thirty yaars .
The Provincial Lodge was opened shortly after one o ' clock by Bro . W . Harling Sissons , J . P ., D . L ., of Barton-on-Humber , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire and Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies England . In addition to the Earl of Lathom and His Grace the Duke
of St . Albans , the present and past Officers of Grand Lodge attending included—Viscount Dungarvan P . G . M . Somerset ; , Edward Letchworth Grand Secretary of England , His Honour Judge Masterman P . G . J . D ., Lieut .-Col . Wm . Newton G . J . D and D . P . G . M . Notts ., S . S . Partridge P . A . G . D . C . D . P . G . M .
Leicester and Rutland , H . Le Strange P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Norfolk , H . Smith P . G . D . D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , Lieutenant-Colonel J . A . Bindley P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Staffordshire , J . H . Matthews P . D . G . D . C , F . Richardson P . G . D ., J . W . Woodall P . G . T ., J Todd G . S . B ., J . Terry P . G . S . B ., T . Mead P . G . S . B ., J . Chadwick P . G . S . B ., J . Bodenham P . G . A . D . C , and H . Sadler G . Tyler .
The Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . Dr . W . Harling Sissons , J . P . and D . L ., delivered the annual address , and said the Lincolnshire Brethren were honoured by the presence of the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master of England , and as that was his Lordship ' s first official visit to Lincolnshire , it was fitting
that an address of welcome should be respectfull y presented to him by that assembly . This being done , Lord Lathom replied . In reviewing the events of the past year , the Deputy P . G . M . congratulated the Lodge on the continued prosperity of the Province . In spite of the depression which still hung over the
chief industries of the county , in numbers they held their own . No new Lodge had been added to the roll , but they had lost no old one . Their new Chapter had been consecrated at Sutton Bridge , and he hoped shortly to establish one at Crowle . Their financial position was satisfactory . The four grand funds of one
thousand guineas each were completed and invested , and the Brethren during the year bad made a noble response to the appeal of the Chanty Stewards on behalf of the R . M . Institution for Boys . It would be pleasure to them all to know that the services of Bro . Smyth , their late Provincial Graud Master ,
would be long remembered in the Province . They had parted with their late chief , and that day they gained a new one . No appointment could possibly be more acceptable to all than the one His Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master had been graciously pleased to make . Born in the Province , educated at
the great University especially affected by north countrymen , holding the highest position among the magistrates of the Parts of Lindsey , Lord Yarborough brought to the duties of his high office a cultured intellect , a judicial mind , and a kindness of heart and courtesy of manner knovvn to all .
Previous to the installation , much important business was transacted in connection with the Provincial Lodge . After the financial statement had been read by Bro . C M . Nesbitt , the returns as to Lodges were presented by the Grand Registrar , the
figures showing progress upon last year . Reports and accounts relating to the Oliver Memorial , Smyth Scholarship , and the Sutcliffe and other funds , were afterwards dealt with . Brother Nesbitt was re-elected Treasurer . The valedictory address of the retiring Grand Master was afterwards read , wherein Bro . Smyth explained that it had long
Lincolnshire.
been his intention on completing his fiftieth year m the Craft to retire from the office of Provincial Grand Master in favour of a younger and more energetic man ; ancl as that event took place in February last , he sent his resignation to the Grand Master . He took this opportunity of thanking them for the kindness
which he had always received during the thirty years that he had had authority over the Province , first as Deputy Provincial Grand Master for fourteen years and afterwards for seventeen years as their Provincial Grand Master . He regretted exceedingly that after his illness , from which he was not yet sufficiently
recovered to leave home , he was unable to be present that day . He could not do better on resigning his office that to give a short account of the progress in the Province since the year 1864 , when the then Provincial Grand Master , his Grace the Duke of St . Albans , appointed him to the office of Deputy Grand Master
In 1864 there were eleven Lodges and 421 members ; in 1894 there were twenty-four Lodges and 1 , 195 members , an increase of thirteen Lodges and 774 members . In 1867 the Benevolent Fund was started , which last year reached the sum of 1 , 000 guineas . In 1869 their charity organisation was completed . In
1879 the Oliver Memorial Fund was completed for the education of boys ; in 1884 the Smyth Scholarship Fund for the education of girls ; and in 1888 the Sutcliffe Memorial Fund for providing relief for aged and distressed Masons or their widows . The retiring Grand Master also referred in his address to the progress
of Royal Arch Masonry during the period under review . Nor must , he said , the centenary of P . G . L . be forgotten , held at Grantham , three years ago , when they were honoured by a visit from the Deputy Grand Master of England Lord
Mount-Edgcumbe . He thanked all those who had assisted to bring the Province to its satisfaatory state of efficiency . With perfect confidence in the future prosperity of the Province under the able guidance of their new P . G . M ., he bade them a most hearty farewell .
A resolution was afterwards proposed by Bro . Richard Hall P . P . G . Secretary , and seconded by Bro . Nesbitt expressing regret at the resignation of Bro . Smyth , and recording appreciation of the high qualities which had distinguished his long tenure of
office . The Duke of St . Albans , in supporting the proposal , which was heartily agreed to , referred to his former connection with the Province , and paid a high tribute to the retiring Grand Master for his wisdom and philanthropic work .
The installation ceremony was afterwards performed by the Earl of Lathom . Lord Yarborough , having taken his position as Provincial Grand Master , returned thanks . He alluded with satisfaction to the circumstance of the connection with Masonry upon the part
of his grandfather , the second Earl of Yarborough , who was chosen a Deputy Grand Master of England in 1846 , and three years after was installed as Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire . Subsequently his lordship appointed and invested Bro . W . H . Sissons as Deputy Provincial Grand Master . The other Provincial Grand Officers were invested as follow :
Bro . Hon . Victor Pelham - - - Senior Warden P . C . Hett Junior Warden Rev . Canon Moor - - - - ) / -iu „_ i „ : „ . Rev . G . W . Botham - - J 0 ha P lalns C . M . Nesbitt ... - Treasurer H . Watson .... Registrar ¦
B . Vickers ----- Secretary G . W . G . Beaumont - - - Senior Deacon D . Smith ---- - Junior Deacon R . A . Macbriar .... Superintendent of Works G . P . Barrell .... Director of Ceremonies
Lieut-Col . H . Bannister - - - Assistant Director of Cers . Captain G . P . Kingston - - - Sword Bearer J . Casterton - \ standard B P . A . Aldndge - - - - )
W . J . Kell ----- Assistant Secretary R . N . Brunyeo .... Pursuivant A . T . M . Porter .... Assistant Pursuivant H . R . Dix \ A . Ramage
-----iRanZr ' . I : . Stewards W . Fletcher .... T . Beaulah - - - - - ) W . Donner ----- Tyler .
Other business having been transacted , the Lodge was closed . At four o ' clock a banquet was given in the Drill Hall , the guests numbering 400 . In the evening a conversazione was given at the County
Assembly Room , under the auspices of the Witham , St . Hugh , and Erminie Lodges , Lincoln , the Provincial Grand Master , who was accompanied by the Grand Officers of England , receiving a large number of guests . — " Nottingham Guardian . "
The annual meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter of Surrey will be held to-day ( Saturday ) , at Guildford , when the Earl of Onslow will be installed as head of the two degrees in the Province , the Earl of Lathom Pro Grand Master officiating .