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Article FREEMASONS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK. ← Page 4 of 4 Article ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. Page 1 of 1
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Freemasons Of The Royal House Of Brunswick.
land and now King of Hanover ) was initiated on the llth of May , 1796 , at the house of the Earl of Moira ; ancl in the evening , in Grand Lodge , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales announced the same , whereon the badge and rank of Past Grand Master was conferred on Prince Ernest . H . R . H . PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER ( nephew of King George
the Third ) was initiated in the Britannic Lodge , in April , 1796 , and received the apron ancl rank of Past Grand Master ; became a Royal Arch Mason on the 7 th of January , 1797 ; and on the llth of the same month was exalted to the degree of Knight Templar . H . R . H . AUGUSTUS FREDERICK ( afterwards Duke of Sussex ) was initiated , in 1798 , at a Lodge in Berlin , on the 6 th of February , 1805 ;
this intelligence was announced in the Grand Lodge of England , when the apron ancl rank as Past Grand Master were conferred on his Royal Highness . His Royal Highness occasionally attended the Grand Lodge
as a Grand Officer , and sometimes officiated as D . G . M . under the more experienced Masons , although , with the rank of Past Grand Master , he was entitled , on such occasions , to have taken his seat on the Masonic throne . On the 13 th May , 1812 , the Prince Regent appointed him Deputy Grand Master ; and on the 13 th April , 1813 , the Prince Regent having declined to be re-elected , the Duke of Sussex was
unanimously elected Grand Master , and installed on the 12 th May . On the 31 st December , 1813 , he was made an Ancient Mason in the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , immediately preceding the Union of the two English Societies . His Royal Highness was ME Z of the Grand Chapter , and G . Sup . of the Grand Conclave ; but we have not tbe dates of his exaltation as a Royal Arch Mason , or of his installation
as Knight Templar . His son , Sir Augustus Fred . D'Este , then of the 9 th Lancers , was constituted a member of Grand Lodge on the 3 rd of June , 1818 , and permitted to wear the clothing and take rank as Past Grand Warden . His Royal Highness died the 21 st of April , 1843 , after having completed a Grand Mastership of upwards of thirty years .
On The Death Of The Duke Of Sussex.
ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX .
EPITAPH . WHEN dies the Prince , or when the Peasant dies . How seldom truth the epitaph supplies ; But if of SUSSEX all that ' s true be told , Few were his faults—his virtues manifold ! J . LEE STEVENS , P . G . S . London , May i , 1843 .
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Freemasons Of The Royal House Of Brunswick.
land and now King of Hanover ) was initiated on the llth of May , 1796 , at the house of the Earl of Moira ; ancl in the evening , in Grand Lodge , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales announced the same , whereon the badge and rank of Past Grand Master was conferred on Prince Ernest . H . R . H . PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER ( nephew of King George
the Third ) was initiated in the Britannic Lodge , in April , 1796 , and received the apron ancl rank of Past Grand Master ; became a Royal Arch Mason on the 7 th of January , 1797 ; and on the llth of the same month was exalted to the degree of Knight Templar . H . R . H . AUGUSTUS FREDERICK ( afterwards Duke of Sussex ) was initiated , in 1798 , at a Lodge in Berlin , on the 6 th of February , 1805 ;
this intelligence was announced in the Grand Lodge of England , when the apron ancl rank as Past Grand Master were conferred on his Royal Highness . His Royal Highness occasionally attended the Grand Lodge
as a Grand Officer , and sometimes officiated as D . G . M . under the more experienced Masons , although , with the rank of Past Grand Master , he was entitled , on such occasions , to have taken his seat on the Masonic throne . On the 13 th May , 1812 , the Prince Regent appointed him Deputy Grand Master ; and on the 13 th April , 1813 , the Prince Regent having declined to be re-elected , the Duke of Sussex was
unanimously elected Grand Master , and installed on the 12 th May . On the 31 st December , 1813 , he was made an Ancient Mason in the Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , immediately preceding the Union of the two English Societies . His Royal Highness was ME Z of the Grand Chapter , and G . Sup . of the Grand Conclave ; but we have not tbe dates of his exaltation as a Royal Arch Mason , or of his installation
as Knight Templar . His son , Sir Augustus Fred . D'Este , then of the 9 th Lancers , was constituted a member of Grand Lodge on the 3 rd of June , 1818 , and permitted to wear the clothing and take rank as Past Grand Warden . His Royal Highness died the 21 st of April , 1843 , after having completed a Grand Mastership of upwards of thirty years .
On The Death Of The Duke Of Sussex.
ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX .
EPITAPH . WHEN dies the Prince , or when the Peasant dies . How seldom truth the epitaph supplies ; But if of SUSSEX all that ' s true be told , Few were his faults—his virtues manifold ! J . LEE STEVENS , P . G . S . London , May i , 1843 .