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Article DRUMMOND KILWINNING LODGE, FROM GREENOCK. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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Drummond Kilwinning Lodge, From Greenock.
terested desire to do good . He never sought his own elevation as a means of enriching himself or his friends , but neglected his private fortune to attend to the interests of the public . At his suburban villa , near Edinburgh , he kept open table on stated days , where he concerted with his colleagues the affairs of the city , or consulted on other important business . In person he was of a dignified and graceful appearance , and possessed an easy and captivating manner of speaking , qualifications ¦
which joined to his other hi gh attributes , eminently fitted him for appearing in public life . He was , in fact , formed by nature to have distinguished himself in a much more elevated and extended sphere than it was his lot to move in . Such was Brother George Drummond . At the period of his election to the chair of the Drummond Kilwinning Lodge , he was in his fifty-first year . He remained in office during four yearswhen he . was succeeded ( in 1743 ) bBrother Joseph
Wil-, y liamson , advocate , of whom mention has been made in former Masonic notices . Brother AVilliamson was re-elected as Master the year following ; but during the distractions of 1745 , no election took place ; and although a meeting seems to have been held in 1746 , the Brethren did not proceed to the election of office-bearers . On the 9 th of March , the room where the Lodge was wont to meet was given up , after which no further traces of it are apparent .
In confirmation , if further proof were requisite , that Freemasonry in those days was not confined to the strictly operative classes , but was studiously cherished by the higher and more educated ranks , the following members of the Orummond . Kilwinning Lodge may be particularized . Thomas Ruddiman , a learned writer and grammarian . He ¦ was enrolled a member on the Hth January , 174 . 1 . Educated in the parish school of his native place in Banffshire , his mind was earl y bent the of
on pursuit knowledge , and while a mere youth , he left his father ' s home , with only a guinea in his pocket , determined to push his way at the university of Aberdeen . On his road thither he was attacked by a gang of gipsies , who robbed him of his coat , his shoes , his stockings , and his only guinea . Nothing daunted by this disaster , he wended on to Aberdeen , where , without friends , and almost without clothing , he presented himself as a candidate for one of the university bursaries ,
and was successful in carrying oif the first prize . In 1700 , he was induced to come to Edinburgh , where he was appointed assistant librarian to the Faculty of Advocates . He soon after published an edition of " Voluseni de Animi Tranquillitate Dialogus , " with a Life of the Author ; and though still struggling with narrow means , produced also a new edition of Gawin Douglas ' s translation of the iEneid , for which he wrote a glossary . In 1714 he published the " Rudiments of the Latin Tongue , " a work which superseded all others of the kind in Scotland . He likewise edited " Buchanani
Opera Omnia , in two vols , folio , with critical notes . About this period he commenced the business of a printer , in company with his brother , who had been brought up to the trade ; and some time afterwards he ¦ was appointed printer to the University . Unlike Provost Drummond , Brother Ruddiman was a jacobite , though he prudently preferred the pen to the sword ; and , in 1745 , retired to the country during the troubles . He died in 1757 , leaving a monument in his works . In the roll of members , original or adopted , appear also the names of John Drummond , eldest son of Provost George Drummond ; John
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Drummond Kilwinning Lodge, From Greenock.
terested desire to do good . He never sought his own elevation as a means of enriching himself or his friends , but neglected his private fortune to attend to the interests of the public . At his suburban villa , near Edinburgh , he kept open table on stated days , where he concerted with his colleagues the affairs of the city , or consulted on other important business . In person he was of a dignified and graceful appearance , and possessed an easy and captivating manner of speaking , qualifications ¦
which joined to his other hi gh attributes , eminently fitted him for appearing in public life . He was , in fact , formed by nature to have distinguished himself in a much more elevated and extended sphere than it was his lot to move in . Such was Brother George Drummond . At the period of his election to the chair of the Drummond Kilwinning Lodge , he was in his fifty-first year . He remained in office during four yearswhen he . was succeeded ( in 1743 ) bBrother Joseph
Wil-, y liamson , advocate , of whom mention has been made in former Masonic notices . Brother AVilliamson was re-elected as Master the year following ; but during the distractions of 1745 , no election took place ; and although a meeting seems to have been held in 1746 , the Brethren did not proceed to the election of office-bearers . On the 9 th of March , the room where the Lodge was wont to meet was given up , after which no further traces of it are apparent .
In confirmation , if further proof were requisite , that Freemasonry in those days was not confined to the strictly operative classes , but was studiously cherished by the higher and more educated ranks , the following members of the Orummond . Kilwinning Lodge may be particularized . Thomas Ruddiman , a learned writer and grammarian . He ¦ was enrolled a member on the Hth January , 174 . 1 . Educated in the parish school of his native place in Banffshire , his mind was earl y bent the of
on pursuit knowledge , and while a mere youth , he left his father ' s home , with only a guinea in his pocket , determined to push his way at the university of Aberdeen . On his road thither he was attacked by a gang of gipsies , who robbed him of his coat , his shoes , his stockings , and his only guinea . Nothing daunted by this disaster , he wended on to Aberdeen , where , without friends , and almost without clothing , he presented himself as a candidate for one of the university bursaries ,
and was successful in carrying oif the first prize . In 1700 , he was induced to come to Edinburgh , where he was appointed assistant librarian to the Faculty of Advocates . He soon after published an edition of " Voluseni de Animi Tranquillitate Dialogus , " with a Life of the Author ; and though still struggling with narrow means , produced also a new edition of Gawin Douglas ' s translation of the iEneid , for which he wrote a glossary . In 1714 he published the " Rudiments of the Latin Tongue , " a work which superseded all others of the kind in Scotland . He likewise edited " Buchanani
Opera Omnia , in two vols , folio , with critical notes . About this period he commenced the business of a printer , in company with his brother , who had been brought up to the trade ; and some time afterwards he ¦ was appointed printer to the University . Unlike Provost Drummond , Brother Ruddiman was a jacobite , though he prudently preferred the pen to the sword ; and , in 1745 , retired to the country during the troubles . He died in 1757 , leaving a monument in his works . In the roll of members , original or adopted , appear also the names of John Drummond , eldest son of Provost George Drummond ; John