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Article THE ANNALIST. ← Page 5 of 5 Article DRUMMOND KILWINNING LODGE, FROM GREENOCK. Page 1 of 4 →
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The Annalist.
May 11 . Present , tbe Prince of AVales on the throne . His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus ( now King of Hanover ) initiated , and complimented with clothing and rank as Past Grand Master . 1798 . Feb . 7 . £ 700 due on the Hall and Tavern account ; fees increased to meet the contingency . 1799 . April 10 . Masonic Benefit Society * approved hy Grand Lodge . 1 S 00 . April 9 . The same Society recommended to the notice of Provincial Grand Masters .
Lodges erased , for not subscribing to tbe Liquidation Fund . June 3 . Address of Grand Lodge to King George the Third , on his providential escape from assassination ; entrusted for presentation to his Royal Highness the Prince of AVales . Speech of Lord Moira , respecting the attack on Freemasonry . 1803 . Feb . 9 . Mr . Thomas Harper expelled , for countenancing and supporting persons calling themselves " Ancient Masons . " 1805 . Resolved" That his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussexliaving
, , been initiated abroad , that he be presented with the clothing and rank of Past Grand Master . " 1808 . Dec . 31 . Foundation-stone of Covent-garden Theatre laid , by bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . 1509 . April 12 . Certain measures of 1739 rescinded , and the ancient landmarks resumed . 1510 . Feb . 7 . Liquidation Fund ceased . April 11 . Expulsion of Mr . Thomas Harper rescinded .
1811 . Feb . 6 . Lodge of Promulgation . 1812 . Feb . 12 . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex appointed Deputy Grand Master . May 13 . E . F . Agar , S . G . AV ., displaced , for non-attendance . 1813 . Jan . 27 . Grand dinner to the Earl of Moira , with the presentation of a splendid jewel , & c .
Drummond Kilwinning Lodge, From Greenock.
DRUMMOND KILWINNING LODGE , FROM GREENOCK .
ORIGINATING in that peculiar attachment to Mother-Lodge , which yet strongly influences the fraternity in Scotland—a relic , it may be , of the feudal feeling of former times , and which is not without its use as an incentive to combined action , and in sustaining a wholesome esprit de corps , provided that the rivalry thereby created among the Lodges be not carried into unworthy jealousy or envy—this Lodge of other days ' was instituted by certain Brethren residing in Edinburgh , who
originall y belonged to the Kilwinning Lodge of Greenock . According to the chronicles , its charter of erection bears daleSGth February , 1739 . At this period Alexander Orummond , P . G . M . over the west of Scotland , was Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge . In compliment , probably , to this worthy , as well as in acknowledgment of the eminent merits of bis brother , George Orummond , the founder of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh , and then Senior Grand AVarden , the latter was
chosen as first Master of the Drummond Kilwinning Lodge , from Greenock , lt appears also to have received the name of " Dmmmond , " in honour of these distinguished Masons . A brief account of the Masonic history and services of both Brothers
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The Annalist.
May 11 . Present , tbe Prince of AVales on the throne . His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus ( now King of Hanover ) initiated , and complimented with clothing and rank as Past Grand Master . 1798 . Feb . 7 . £ 700 due on the Hall and Tavern account ; fees increased to meet the contingency . 1799 . April 10 . Masonic Benefit Society * approved hy Grand Lodge . 1 S 00 . April 9 . The same Society recommended to the notice of Provincial Grand Masters .
Lodges erased , for not subscribing to tbe Liquidation Fund . June 3 . Address of Grand Lodge to King George the Third , on his providential escape from assassination ; entrusted for presentation to his Royal Highness the Prince of AVales . Speech of Lord Moira , respecting the attack on Freemasonry . 1803 . Feb . 9 . Mr . Thomas Harper expelled , for countenancing and supporting persons calling themselves " Ancient Masons . " 1805 . Resolved" That his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussexliaving
, , been initiated abroad , that he be presented with the clothing and rank of Past Grand Master . " 1808 . Dec . 31 . Foundation-stone of Covent-garden Theatre laid , by bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . 1509 . April 12 . Certain measures of 1739 rescinded , and the ancient landmarks resumed . 1510 . Feb . 7 . Liquidation Fund ceased . April 11 . Expulsion of Mr . Thomas Harper rescinded .
1811 . Feb . 6 . Lodge of Promulgation . 1812 . Feb . 12 . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex appointed Deputy Grand Master . May 13 . E . F . Agar , S . G . AV ., displaced , for non-attendance . 1813 . Jan . 27 . Grand dinner to the Earl of Moira , with the presentation of a splendid jewel , & c .
Drummond Kilwinning Lodge, From Greenock.
DRUMMOND KILWINNING LODGE , FROM GREENOCK .
ORIGINATING in that peculiar attachment to Mother-Lodge , which yet strongly influences the fraternity in Scotland—a relic , it may be , of the feudal feeling of former times , and which is not without its use as an incentive to combined action , and in sustaining a wholesome esprit de corps , provided that the rivalry thereby created among the Lodges be not carried into unworthy jealousy or envy—this Lodge of other days ' was instituted by certain Brethren residing in Edinburgh , who
originall y belonged to the Kilwinning Lodge of Greenock . According to the chronicles , its charter of erection bears daleSGth February , 1739 . At this period Alexander Orummond , P . G . M . over the west of Scotland , was Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge . In compliment , probably , to this worthy , as well as in acknowledgment of the eminent merits of bis brother , George Orummond , the founder of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh , and then Senior Grand AVarden , the latter was
chosen as first Master of the Drummond Kilwinning Lodge , from Greenock , lt appears also to have received the name of " Dmmmond , " in honour of these distinguished Masons . A brief account of the Masonic history and services of both Brothers