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Biographical Notice Of Mr. William White.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF MR . WILLIAM WHITE .
SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . FOR SEPTEMBER , 1797 .
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\ j \ 7-E always feel a peculiar gratification in bringing forward the ** portraits of eminent Masonic characters in our miscellany . Our pleasure , therefore , at present is considerable , and we are convinced that the sentiments which actuate our minds are in perfect unison -with those of our readers , especially such as are of the fraternal tie .
We are only concerned that our information respecting the gentleman whose likeness ornaments the present number is so scanty , and confined almost solely to his Masonic situations and connections . Mr . WILLIAM WHITE , we understand , was born about the year 1747 , and served his apprenticeship in an eminent mercantile house in Lisbon ; at the expiration of which he returned to England . He was initiated into Masonry in the year 1770 , at the Old Horn Lodge , No . 2 , then held in Westminster , of which , after passing
through the other oihces , he was unanimously elected Master , and was one of the ten Masters of Lodges chosen on the Hall Committee at its first formation in 1773 , for carrying into effect the long projected plan of purchasing ground , and building a hall for the Society . On the first of May , 1775 , he served the office of Grand Steward , at which time the foundation-stone of Freemasons' Hall was laid in . Great Queen-street .
From the great increase in the business of the Grand Lodge , as well from the new registering regulations as from other causes consequent of the prosperity of the Society , James Heseltine , Esq . who had long filled the office of Grand Secretary , with no less honour to himself than benefit to the Order at large , was under the necessity of representing to the Grand Lodge the impossibility of his paying that
attention to the duties of the offices that he wished to do , without neglecting too much his own private avocations . The Grand Lodge thereupon authorized the Grand Master to appoint a joint Grand Se-
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Biographical Notice Of Mr. William White.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF MR . WILLIAM WHITE .
SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . FOR SEPTEMBER , 1797 .
[[ WITH A PORTRAIT . 3
\ j \ 7-E always feel a peculiar gratification in bringing forward the ** portraits of eminent Masonic characters in our miscellany . Our pleasure , therefore , at present is considerable , and we are convinced that the sentiments which actuate our minds are in perfect unison -with those of our readers , especially such as are of the fraternal tie .
We are only concerned that our information respecting the gentleman whose likeness ornaments the present number is so scanty , and confined almost solely to his Masonic situations and connections . Mr . WILLIAM WHITE , we understand , was born about the year 1747 , and served his apprenticeship in an eminent mercantile house in Lisbon ; at the expiration of which he returned to England . He was initiated into Masonry in the year 1770 , at the Old Horn Lodge , No . 2 , then held in Westminster , of which , after passing
through the other oihces , he was unanimously elected Master , and was one of the ten Masters of Lodges chosen on the Hall Committee at its first formation in 1773 , for carrying into effect the long projected plan of purchasing ground , and building a hall for the Society . On the first of May , 1775 , he served the office of Grand Steward , at which time the foundation-stone of Freemasons' Hall was laid in . Great Queen-street .
From the great increase in the business of the Grand Lodge , as well from the new registering regulations as from other causes consequent of the prosperity of the Society , James Heseltine , Esq . who had long filled the office of Grand Secretary , with no less honour to himself than benefit to the Order at large , was under the necessity of representing to the Grand Lodge the impossibility of his paying that
attention to the duties of the offices that he wished to do , without neglecting too much his own private avocations . The Grand Lodge thereupon authorized the Grand Master to appoint a joint Grand Se-