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The Annalist.
from the Grand Chair , he officiated in the absence of the then Grind Master , Lord Elcho , in laying the first stone of the drawbrideat Leith harbour , A . D . 1787 . The life of this excellent and respected noblemnn was cut short by a fall from his horse , of which hechelTuoi SIR GEORGE STEWART , of Grandtull y , bart . He was initiated in December , 1777 At the election of Grand Lodge in November of the folbwing year , he was appointed Senior Warden . This situation he held for two He died in 1827
years . . w , ?^ JA 3 IE ! \ AV & . ' v" * gt ° n . He became a iMason in 1777 , and n 17 M n Sem 0 r , Warde r ° f the Ca » ° nSate Kilwinning Lodge W i , 7 , a Z 6 al 0 US and a « entive Office-bearer . A few years before his death , he revisited the Lod ge for the purpose of introdudn ' one of his sons into the Craft . He died in 183 ol " > n * oaucing rf , W the 8 e "l ay be a'ided the Hon . Alexander , Master of Saltoun eldest son of Lord Saltoun entered in £
, April , 1778 : and the late ¦ * r fei S ° f AIIert ° nj Wh ° di 6 tl " 1836 - Hewls Mtiatdt Following Bro . Fraser , of Ford , in the Chair , JJr . NATHANIEL SPENS was elected Master , 1778 . Dr Snens was Ken o f the T n , j ? "" F * a 55 ' " ed the P ° * ' ° " " Grni , 1 ? ° , , LodSe . . He was chosen Substitute Grand Master at the Grand Lodge election in 1776 and continued ! 1 l
, was as such till St . An drew ' * n «„ ivoi T i V , ' . , vao -- -- "" -eu as sucn till St . AnbehTo- nrrf ^ ' ni ' i * * * n } he ? ollo ™ g year , he was further honoured by he fifleViI tut tb 1 ° I - ' ! gm'y ° f D / S pUte Grand Master * a stati ° > - which emS t 6 leC 1 * lr 86 * These re P eated marI < s of approbation emphaticall y attest his merits as a Mason . The subjoined members were received b y him into Masonry : — J memoei 6 Forbes and ro t ' v ° -f T' P artner <* the firm of Sir William £ ^ Wh ° " ? find rec 0 rdedin Lawrie '
of Grand T n 1 ' * ' "* s History ot Grand Lod ge as Treasurer to that bod y from the year 1784 to 1804 Ward ™ 1 ^ ° ff r ^ ^ ° MaUen K ° Grand varaen in 1790 ; the Hon . George Cranstoun ; Prince D'Aschon a d hfKh / ° reiS " - T ? , i ° 4 ™ ' ^ eU-known prof so / of Wrnl ! rt gUaS V nEdlnb f \ ^ at his death * bequeathed a large sum for ^ endowmen t of a charitable institution for the maintenance and education of the children of indi
gent teachers . , / f t ™ * - FKANCIS CHARTERIS , ( Lord Elcho ) , who became Grand LXZJFT *^ VS 6 > wasreceived as an afflI 'ated "SSS MdfLnjivlV ff JanUary iT 1779 ' and a PP ears t 0 have been an active Lorl ^ Tf R C f afts f man ' ? e WaS ° riginally Vitiated in the St . John ' s winif , Haddln S * , After attaching himself to the Canongate Kilwinning , he drew up , and submitted to the members , certain re . ? nlrinn *
„ aving tor their ob ject an union between the Haddington St . John ' s and t p RfT % u Tln ^ S ' Lod S * which object was approved of by fir fZ ° fs ° ° dleS - Jt does not a PP ear by the minutes how S 1808 reS ° lutl 0 ns were Awards acted upon . Lord Elcho died the n-rmVof £ rf ieVS ° £ the L ° S Canongate Kilwinning , appears } 'l 0 N- H 0
Chnir ^ l r ^ , - RY ERSKI * - ^ was appointed o the Chair 24 th June , 1780 . This station he held for the space of one year bhJ r P f ° nal avocations at the Scottish bar probably preventing H ™/™ ? ^ er attending to the affairs and interests of the Fraternity . ue nail Held the appointment of Junior Grand Warden in 1773 , when
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The Annalist.
from the Grand Chair , he officiated in the absence of the then Grind Master , Lord Elcho , in laying the first stone of the drawbrideat Leith harbour , A . D . 1787 . The life of this excellent and respected noblemnn was cut short by a fall from his horse , of which hechelTuoi SIR GEORGE STEWART , of Grandtull y , bart . He was initiated in December , 1777 At the election of Grand Lodge in November of the folbwing year , he was appointed Senior Warden . This situation he held for two He died in 1827
years . . w , ?^ JA 3 IE ! \ AV & . ' v" * gt ° n . He became a iMason in 1777 , and n 17 M n Sem 0 r , Warde r ° f the Ca » ° nSate Kilwinning Lodge W i , 7 , a Z 6 al 0 US and a « entive Office-bearer . A few years before his death , he revisited the Lod ge for the purpose of introdudn ' one of his sons into the Craft . He died in 183 ol " > n * oaucing rf , W the 8 e "l ay be a'ided the Hon . Alexander , Master of Saltoun eldest son of Lord Saltoun entered in £
, April , 1778 : and the late ¦ * r fei S ° f AIIert ° nj Wh ° di 6 tl " 1836 - Hewls Mtiatdt Following Bro . Fraser , of Ford , in the Chair , JJr . NATHANIEL SPENS was elected Master , 1778 . Dr Snens was Ken o f the T n , j ? "" F * a 55 ' " ed the P ° * ' ° " " Grni , 1 ? ° , , LodSe . . He was chosen Substitute Grand Master at the Grand Lodge election in 1776 and continued ! 1 l
, was as such till St . An drew ' * n «„ ivoi T i V , ' . , vao -- -- "" -eu as sucn till St . AnbehTo- nrrf ^ ' ni ' i * * * n } he ? ollo ™ g year , he was further honoured by he fifleViI tut tb 1 ° I - ' ! gm'y ° f D / S pUte Grand Master * a stati ° > - which emS t 6 leC 1 * lr 86 * These re P eated marI < s of approbation emphaticall y attest his merits as a Mason . The subjoined members were received b y him into Masonry : — J memoei 6 Forbes and ro t ' v ° -f T' P artner <* the firm of Sir William £ ^ Wh ° " ? find rec 0 rdedin Lawrie '
of Grand T n 1 ' * ' "* s History ot Grand Lod ge as Treasurer to that bod y from the year 1784 to 1804 Ward ™ 1 ^ ° ff r ^ ^ ° MaUen K ° Grand varaen in 1790 ; the Hon . George Cranstoun ; Prince D'Aschon a d hfKh / ° reiS " - T ? , i ° 4 ™ ' ^ eU-known prof so / of Wrnl ! rt gUaS V nEdlnb f \ ^ at his death * bequeathed a large sum for ^ endowmen t of a charitable institution for the maintenance and education of the children of indi
gent teachers . , / f t ™ * - FKANCIS CHARTERIS , ( Lord Elcho ) , who became Grand LXZJFT *^ VS 6 > wasreceived as an afflI 'ated "SSS MdfLnjivlV ff JanUary iT 1779 ' and a PP ears t 0 have been an active Lorl ^ Tf R C f afts f man ' ? e WaS ° riginally Vitiated in the St . John ' s winif , Haddln S * , After attaching himself to the Canongate Kilwinning , he drew up , and submitted to the members , certain re . ? nlrinn *
„ aving tor their ob ject an union between the Haddington St . John ' s and t p RfT % u Tln ^ S ' Lod S * which object was approved of by fir fZ ° fs ° ° dleS - Jt does not a PP ear by the minutes how S 1808 reS ° lutl 0 ns were Awards acted upon . Lord Elcho died the n-rmVof £ rf ieVS ° £ the L ° S Canongate Kilwinning , appears } 'l 0 N- H 0
Chnir ^ l r ^ , - RY ERSKI * - ^ was appointed o the Chair 24 th June , 1780 . This station he held for the space of one year bhJ r P f ° nal avocations at the Scottish bar probably preventing H ™/™ ? ^ er attending to the affairs and interests of the Fraternity . ue nail Held the appointment of Junior Grand Warden in 1773 , when