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THE MASONIC AND MILITARY ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AMD OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . Colonel Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , Bart ., M . III . Grand Sovereign and Grand Commander of St . John . Right Hon . the EARL OP EUSTON , M . Eminent Grand Viceroy and Deputy Grand Commander of St . John . rpHE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY of the GEAND IMPERIAL CON . JL CLAVE will be holden at Marls Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C , o n Monday , 7 th March 1892 , at Five o'clock in the Afternoon . At tho conclusion of the business of the Grand Imperial Council , a Commandery of St . John the Evangelist will bo held and the Orders of K . H . S . and St . John , will bo conferred on all eligible Candidates who may notify their intention to the Registrar-General , not later than the 2 nd of Marfih ; Fee , One Guinea . A Banquet will be provided at Seven o'clock . Tickets , Ono Guinea each ; and it is requested that every Knight Companion intending to dine will forward his name to the Grand Recorder with as little delay as possible . Knights will not bo admitted unless they appear in the insignia of their rank in the Order , Knights of St . John in White Sashes . CHARLES FITZGERALD MATIER , Grand Recorder and Registrar-General . Mark Masons' Hall , W . C .

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COLONEL A . C . FOSTER GOUGH . WE regret to record the death of Colonel Gough , of Graiseley , Wolverhampton , which took place , after a few days' illness , in London . The deceased gentleman had an attack of influenza , which was followed by pneumonia , from which death occurred on Monday , the 1 st

instant . Col . A . C . Foster Gough was born at Wombourn in 1832 . He graduated at Dublin University , at which he afterwards took his LL . D . degree . By profession he was a solicitor , being admitted in 1854 , entering the office of

his uncle , the late Mr . Joseph Foster , King Street , Wolverhampton , and in 1872 he took into partnership Mr . W . H . Colebourn , retiring from the firm in 1881 . It was as a Volunteer and Freemason that Col . Gough was more generally known and popnlarlv esteemed .

Earl y in life he was for a time connected with the Yeomanry , but he retired . As Secretary to a rifle club he was dining one night with the late Col . Vernon , formerly

of the Coldstream Guards , when attention was directed to the circular of General Peel relating to the establishment of the Volunteer movement . Col . Vernon said , "Why should we not form our club into the first Volunteer

company m the kingdom ? " Preliminary steps were taken b y a committee , of which Mr . Gough was a prominent member . The promoters claimed that they launched 1 ? S Q ? Vo , unteer company in the county under tho w & J dispensation . As soon as a sufficient number of

names were received , a second Wolverhampton company Was raised , mainly by the exertions of the then Rifle Club secretary , who was appointed its commander with the rank of captain . The third company waswhen raised

, , commanded by Capt . Henry Loveridge , now Col . Love'age . Companies were also formed at Bilston , Tipton , oedgiey and other localities , and Col . Vernon became

comman dant of the regiment which he was one of the first to call vnto existence . Soon after his appointment to the £ S a ™ P y . < V- Gough laid out and for several years , until he was promoted to the rank of maior , awards of 1 , 000 yards , at tbe Beacon , near Wolverhamp-

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ton , for the special use of himself and the riflemen of his own and other companies of the battalion . When examinations for Volunteer officers were established , Major Gough , who had been promoted to field rank in 1863 , passed the Military School under Col . Monck at Wellington Barracks and obtained a field officer ' s certificate .

A staunch supporter of the Volunteer cause from its inauguration , Col . Gough , who , by the way , held that rank since 1880 , was scarcely ever known to be absent from parade since the Wolverhampton companies were formed , and he was present from the maroh

in to the march out at each of the very successful battalion camp 3 held annually at Oxley by the 3 rd V . B . of the South Staffordshire Eegiment since 1879 . Col . Gough was one of the 15 commanders of Volunteers appointed to the command of brigades at the Jubilee Review at

Aldershot , when 655 officers and men of his battalion attended and formed part , under Col . Tudor of the 5 th Brigade of the 2 nd Army Corps , commanded by their chief . In the march past the Queen the men of the 3 rd Staffordshire acquitted themselves right well , worthily deserving the

shouts of "Bravo , Staffordshire , " which greeted -them . The late colonel resigned his command of the battalion in 1888 , severing a nearly 29 years' active connection with the Volunteer force . The officers , to show their

appreciation of his services , unanimously resolved to place a portrait of their retiring commandant in the corps headquarters . This was presented to him at a banquet and now hangs in the mess room .

While devoting himself assiduously to his military duties the Colonel found time for followiug various other pursuits . For many years he gave much attention to artistic , chemical , and electrical studies , especially to the deposition of metals . He was a member of the London Society of

Arts , a member of the Palestine Exploration Fund Committee , a member of the Biblical and Archa ? oIogical Society , and LL . D . and life member of the Senate of the Dublin University , & c . He was also President of the Wolverhampton Literary and Scientific Association , a post to which he was appointed in succession to Sir Rupert Kettle .

Col . Gough took an active part as what is recognised as a " working " Freemason for a long period . He occupied the position of W . M . of the Lodge of Honour , Wolverhampton , No . 526 , in the year 1858 . In 1860 he was appointed by

Col . Vernon Provincial Senior Warden . From 1865 to 1868 he was Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Colonel Gough again accepted that office when Colonel G . S . Tudor was chosen as the Provincial Grand Master of

Staffordshire , in 1881 , and shortly afterwards he was honoured with the appointment of Standard Bearer in the Grand Lodge of England . In 1889 he succeeded Colonel Tudor as Provincial Grand Master , having for some time previously had charge of the Province in

consequence of the unsatisfactory state of Colonel Tudor's health . The selection of Colonel Gough to the highest position in Masonry in the Province was hailed with the greatest satisfaction by the brethren , especially in North Staffordshire . He was a frequent

visitor at the different Lodges , and took the warmest interest in all that concerns the Craft . He " proved " the principal corner-stones of the Jubilee Buildings at Tunstall and the Cottage Hospital at Longton , the Masonic ceremonies being an attractive feature in the proceedings on

those occasions . His zeal in the cause of Masonry was such that during the past year he has striven to effect more uniformity in the ceremonials of the Craft—with what success remains to be seen , but will probably not be complete now that his career has unfortunately been cut short

by death . Col . Gough was also a Past Officer of the Grand Chapter , and Grand Conclave of England , and Past . provincial Grand Mark Master of Staffordshire . His portrait was published in Gould ' s great work on

Freemasonry , issued a short time since . Recently Col . Gough contributed 150 guineas to the three principal Masonic Charities—50 guineas to each—which qualified him to become a Vice-President of each .

Ardently devoted to sport , especially the wilder sort , Col . Gough was , until recent years , well known about tbe West Coast of Ireland , from Cape Clear to Sligo , as a successful seal hunter and deep-sea fisherman . Numerous

trophies of his skill in this direction adorn his Graiseley residence , where the floors of some of the rooms are nearly covered with skins of seals shot by himself . A Conservative in politics , Col . Gough was ex-President of the