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sive features , He is very' Avell made and active ; rather slender than corpulent . In the Avhole of his deportment he has very much the appearance of a man of fashion . His Lordship married Miss James , then only daughter , since , by the death of her brother , only child to Sir William James , formerly of Indiaand late of Eltham Park , a lady beautifulamiableand of
, , , great accomplishments . The visitors of the Exhibition at Somerset Iiouse , in 1794 , must remember a portrait by Hopner of Lad y Rancliife , then Mrs . Parkyns , alloAved to be one of the best in the rooms . Her Ladyship herself draws admii ably . Hopner is also the drawer of the p-. rtraitof his Lovdslup , from which the Print prefixed to this article is taken . His Lordship has eight children , of whom six
are alive , five fine girls , and a son , the eldest of the family , who , though not tweh / e years of age , already gives proofs of talents for useful and . ornamental education , and of dispositions which bid fair to render him a worthy heir to the talents and virtues of Avhich Ave have given this imperfect sketch . As a zealous Patron of the Order of Fr » f EKASONKY his Lordshi
p has ever been conspicuous , and is in well merited possession of its highest honours , as will appear from the description of his Titles annexed to the engraving of his Portrait which accompanies our present Number .
Extract From The Records Of The Swan Lodge.
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SWAN LODGE .
r"jPHlS Lodge was constituted in the year 1724 , by Martin ' Foikes , - " - Esq . Deputy Grand Master to his Grace the Duke of Richmond , and afterwards had the honour of a visit from the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Coleraine , whilst he was' Grand Master ; who declared his approbation , and signified his desire of" becoming a member thereof , its maybe seen now at large in the first sederunt book .
Several remarkable distinctions have been paid to this Lodge by the many Honourable and Right Worshipful Brethren who have visited it very frequently . Many also have been initiated into the solemn mysteries and ancient science of Masonry ; but , as an extraordinary instance of the great regard shewn to this lodge , the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Lovel , Ear ! of Leicester , when he was Grand
Master , summoned the Master and Brethren to hold a Lodge at Houghton Hall . There were present the Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Duke of Lorrain , and many other noble Brethren ; and when all Avas put into due form , the Grand Master presented his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , the Right Hon . the Earl of Essex , Major-Gencral Churchill , and his own Chaplain , who . were unanimously accepted of , and made Masons b y the Right Worshipful Thomas Johnson , . the then Master of this Lodge .
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sive features , He is very' Avell made and active ; rather slender than corpulent . In the Avhole of his deportment he has very much the appearance of a man of fashion . His Lordship married Miss James , then only daughter , since , by the death of her brother , only child to Sir William James , formerly of Indiaand late of Eltham Park , a lady beautifulamiableand of
, , , great accomplishments . The visitors of the Exhibition at Somerset Iiouse , in 1794 , must remember a portrait by Hopner of Lad y Rancliife , then Mrs . Parkyns , alloAved to be one of the best in the rooms . Her Ladyship herself draws admii ably . Hopner is also the drawer of the p-. rtraitof his Lovdslup , from which the Print prefixed to this article is taken . His Lordship has eight children , of whom six
are alive , five fine girls , and a son , the eldest of the family , who , though not tweh / e years of age , already gives proofs of talents for useful and . ornamental education , and of dispositions which bid fair to render him a worthy heir to the talents and virtues of Avhich Ave have given this imperfect sketch . As a zealous Patron of the Order of Fr » f EKASONKY his Lordshi
p has ever been conspicuous , and is in well merited possession of its highest honours , as will appear from the description of his Titles annexed to the engraving of his Portrait which accompanies our present Number .
Extract From The Records Of The Swan Lodge.
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SWAN LODGE .
r"jPHlS Lodge was constituted in the year 1724 , by Martin ' Foikes , - " - Esq . Deputy Grand Master to his Grace the Duke of Richmond , and afterwards had the honour of a visit from the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Coleraine , whilst he was' Grand Master ; who declared his approbation , and signified his desire of" becoming a member thereof , its maybe seen now at large in the first sederunt book .
Several remarkable distinctions have been paid to this Lodge by the many Honourable and Right Worshipful Brethren who have visited it very frequently . Many also have been initiated into the solemn mysteries and ancient science of Masonry ; but , as an extraordinary instance of the great regard shewn to this lodge , the Ri ght Hon . the Lord Lovel , Ear ! of Leicester , when he was Grand
Master , summoned the Master and Brethren to hold a Lodge at Houghton Hall . There were present the Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Duke of Lorrain , and many other noble Brethren ; and when all Avas put into due form , the Grand Master presented his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , the Right Hon . the Earl of Essex , Major-Gencral Churchill , and his own Chaplain , who . were unanimously accepted of , and made Masons b y the Right Worshipful Thomas Johnson , . the then Master of this Lodge .