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Scotland.
Conclave , and directed to be added to and form part of the Statutes , chap . ii . p . 4 : — " The Knights proposed to be elected office-bearers must be nominated on the first Monday of January . If more than one is proposed for the same office , a pro re nata meeting shall be held on the first Monday of February , for the purpose of taking a vote as to the party who shall be elected and installed on the 11 th Alarcb , at which meeting no vote shall take place . "
Dr . James Burnes , K . H . and G . C . T ., was appointed Grancl Prior of AA'estern India ( Bombay ); and Captain F . AV . Birch , Bengal army , K . C . T ., Grand Prior of Eastern India ( Bengal ) . 28 // . Nov ., 1844 . —The jewels , seals , & c , formerly used by the late Mr . Deuchar , when Grand Alaster of the Order , were presented by his widow to Conclave , ancl the cordial thanks of the Council returned
therefor . 31 */ . Dec ., 1844 . —The Grancl Alaster conferred the Grand Cross of the Order on the following Knights Commanders , viz . —AVilliam Edmondstoune Aytoune , Preceptor of the Order , aud Grand Prior of Scotland ; Jacob Van Lennep , LL . D ., Member of the Institute , and Grand Prior of tbe Netherlands ; Hon . John Leander Starr , Grand Prior of Nova Scotia , & c . ; Capt . Frederick AVilliam Birch , Grand Prior of
Eastern India . HZ / j March , 1845 . —The following Knights were elected Grand Officers of the Order till 11 th March next , viz . —Grand Alaster , Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ; Grand Seneschal , the Lord Glenlyon , vice tbe Earl of Dalhousie , resigned iu consequence of absence from Scotland , Preceptor ancl Grancl Prior of Scotland ; AA'illiam IS . Aytoun , Advocate ; Grancl Constable and MareschaJ , AV . B . Callender , of
Prestonhall ; Grand Admiral , James Graham , of Leichtown ; Grand Hospitaller , John Gordon , of Cairnbulg ; Grand Chancellor , the Alaster of Strathallan ; Grand Treasurer , A ' eitch Sinclair , M . D . ; Registrar and Graud Secretary , J . L . Woodman , C . S . ; Graud Provost , Sir David Dundas , Bart . ; Grand Standard Bearer , J . AA'hyte Melville , of Bennochy , & c . ; Grand Bearer of the Vexillum Belli , Col . Kinloch , of Kilrie , K . S . F . ; Grand Chamberlain , Archibald D . Campbell ; Grand Steward , David Balfour , younger , of Trenaby ; ancl the Grand Master continued AA'illiam Alexander Laurie , F . S . A ., and Capt . J . A . D . Fergusson , Bengal cavalry , as Aides-de-camp to his eminence .
A committee , consisting of the Preceptor and others , was appointed to examine into the ancient usages and precedents of the Order , and revise the Statutes . . The following Priories , which had been suspended on 1 st January , 1844 , and had since failed to comply with the enactments of Conclave , were erased from among the Priories or Preceptories belonging to and acknowledged by the Order , viz . —St . John ' s Priory , Castle Douglas ; St . Bride ' s Priory , Douglas ; and the Graud Assembly , Girvau .
The Priory of the Temple in Calcutta was established of this date , and a charter in usual form ordered to be expede ancl forwarded . The Edinburgh Priory , ancl the Canongate Kilwinning or Metropolitan Priory , were , on joint petition from the members of these respective Priories , united into one Preceptory , to be hereafter designated " the Priory of the Temple in the Lotbians . " The precedence of the senior Priory was conceded to the united body . A new charter was ordered to be expede , and the existing ones were recalled .
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Scotland.
Conclave , and directed to be added to and form part of the Statutes , chap . ii . p . 4 : — " The Knights proposed to be elected office-bearers must be nominated on the first Monday of January . If more than one is proposed for the same office , a pro re nata meeting shall be held on the first Monday of February , for the purpose of taking a vote as to the party who shall be elected and installed on the 11 th Alarcb , at which meeting no vote shall take place . "
Dr . James Burnes , K . H . and G . C . T ., was appointed Grancl Prior of AA'estern India ( Bombay ); and Captain F . AV . Birch , Bengal army , K . C . T ., Grand Prior of Eastern India ( Bengal ) . 28 // . Nov ., 1844 . —The jewels , seals , & c , formerly used by the late Mr . Deuchar , when Grand Alaster of the Order , were presented by his widow to Conclave , ancl the cordial thanks of the Council returned
therefor . 31 */ . Dec ., 1844 . —The Grancl Alaster conferred the Grand Cross of the Order on the following Knights Commanders , viz . —AVilliam Edmondstoune Aytoune , Preceptor of the Order , aud Grand Prior of Scotland ; Jacob Van Lennep , LL . D ., Member of the Institute , and Grand Prior of tbe Netherlands ; Hon . John Leander Starr , Grand Prior of Nova Scotia , & c . ; Capt . Frederick AVilliam Birch , Grand Prior of
Eastern India . HZ / j March , 1845 . —The following Knights were elected Grand Officers of the Order till 11 th March next , viz . —Grand Alaster , Admiral Sir David Milne , G . C . B ; Grand Seneschal , the Lord Glenlyon , vice tbe Earl of Dalhousie , resigned iu consequence of absence from Scotland , Preceptor ancl Grancl Prior of Scotland ; AA'illiam IS . Aytoun , Advocate ; Grancl Constable and MareschaJ , AV . B . Callender , of
Prestonhall ; Grand Admiral , James Graham , of Leichtown ; Grand Hospitaller , John Gordon , of Cairnbulg ; Grand Chancellor , the Alaster of Strathallan ; Grand Treasurer , A ' eitch Sinclair , M . D . ; Registrar and Graud Secretary , J . L . Woodman , C . S . ; Graud Provost , Sir David Dundas , Bart . ; Grand Standard Bearer , J . AA'hyte Melville , of Bennochy , & c . ; Grand Bearer of the Vexillum Belli , Col . Kinloch , of Kilrie , K . S . F . ; Grand Chamberlain , Archibald D . Campbell ; Grand Steward , David Balfour , younger , of Trenaby ; ancl the Grand Master continued AA'illiam Alexander Laurie , F . S . A ., and Capt . J . A . D . Fergusson , Bengal cavalry , as Aides-de-camp to his eminence .
A committee , consisting of the Preceptor and others , was appointed to examine into the ancient usages and precedents of the Order , and revise the Statutes . . The following Priories , which had been suspended on 1 st January , 1844 , and had since failed to comply with the enactments of Conclave , were erased from among the Priories or Preceptories belonging to and acknowledged by the Order , viz . —St . John ' s Priory , Castle Douglas ; St . Bride ' s Priory , Douglas ; and the Graud Assembly , Girvau .
The Priory of the Temple in Calcutta was established of this date , and a charter in usual form ordered to be expede ancl forwarded . The Edinburgh Priory , ancl the Canongate Kilwinning or Metropolitan Priory , were , on joint petition from the members of these respective Priories , united into one Preceptory , to be hereafter designated " the Priory of the Temple in the Lotbians . " The precedence of the senior Priory was conceded to the united body . A new charter was ordered to be expede , and the existing ones were recalled .