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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND .
The Grand Secretary immediately communicated the lamentable intelligence of the death of the Grand Master ( by letter despatched by Bro . Barton , the Grand Tiler ) to the M . W . the Earl of Zetland , who was at the time at his seat , Aske Hall , Yorkshire , who directed the following circular to he issued :
« W . MASTER , —You are hereby required to attend , with your Wardens and Past Masters , at an Especial Grand Lodge to be holden at this place on Tuesday next , the 25 th instant , at four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely , to record the melancholy event of the decease ofthe M . W . Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Dulce of Sussex .
« By Command of the M . W . Pro-Grand Master , "W . H . W HITE , G . S . " "Freemasons' Hall , 21 st April , 1843 . " " The Brethren to appear in Masonic Mourning , viz . —
« Grand Officers , present and past-Three rosettes of black crape on the badges , the collar suspending the jewel to be completely covered with crape , but the jewel to be uncovered . << Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and other Officers of Lodges , — Three crape rosettes on the Badge , and one at the point of the collar just above the
jewel . « All other Master Masons . —Three black crape rosettes on the badge . " Fellow Crafts and Entered A > renticcs .-Two black crape rosettes at the lower part of the badge . " White gloves . "
The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Pro-Grand Master . " It having pleased the All-wise Disposer of human events to remove from this transitory existence the illustrious and beloved head of the Craft , Ins Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness , Baron of Arklow , K . G ., & c . & c . & c , an event which has filled the breast of Mason with the most poignant grief , it is ordered that the
every Grand Lodge , and all subordinate lodges be p laced in Masonic mourning for the space of twelve months from this date . « By command of the M . W . Pro-Grand Master , " WILLIAM H . W HITE , G . S . " Freemasons' Hall , 22 nd April , 1043 . "
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United Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND .
The Grand Secretary immediately communicated the lamentable intelligence of the death of the Grand Master ( by letter despatched by Bro . Barton , the Grand Tiler ) to the M . W . the Earl of Zetland , who was at the time at his seat , Aske Hall , Yorkshire , who directed the following circular to he issued :
« W . MASTER , —You are hereby required to attend , with your Wardens and Past Masters , at an Especial Grand Lodge to be holden at this place on Tuesday next , the 25 th instant , at four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely , to record the melancholy event of the decease ofthe M . W . Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Dulce of Sussex .
« By Command of the M . W . Pro-Grand Master , "W . H . W HITE , G . S . " "Freemasons' Hall , 21 st April , 1843 . " " The Brethren to appear in Masonic Mourning , viz . —
« Grand Officers , present and past-Three rosettes of black crape on the badges , the collar suspending the jewel to be completely covered with crape , but the jewel to be uncovered . << Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and other Officers of Lodges , — Three crape rosettes on the Badge , and one at the point of the collar just above the
jewel . « All other Master Masons . —Three black crape rosettes on the badge . " Fellow Crafts and Entered A > renticcs .-Two black crape rosettes at the lower part of the badge . " White gloves . "
The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . Pro-Grand Master . " It having pleased the All-wise Disposer of human events to remove from this transitory existence the illustrious and beloved head of the Craft , Ins Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness , Baron of Arklow , K . G ., & c . & c . & c , an event which has filled the breast of Mason with the most poignant grief , it is ordered that the
every Grand Lodge , and all subordinate lodges be p laced in Masonic mourning for the space of twelve months from this date . « By command of the M . W . Pro-Grand Master , " WILLIAM H . W HITE , G . S . " Freemasons' Hall , 22 nd April , 1043 . "