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The 33rd Degree For England And Wales, And The Dependencies Of The British Crown.
THE 33 RD DEGREE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN .
A MEETING of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree , was convoked at the Bridge-house Hotel , London Bridge , on Thursday the 8 th day of May , A . D . 1851 , for the purpose of filling up the legal number of Council — two
vacancies having been declared at the last meeting of the Supreme Council . On this occasion Sir John Robinson , Bart ., and Captain Hopper , ivho had attained to the
rank of S . P . R . S . ( the 32 nd Degree ) , AA'ere regularly proposed for Sov . Grand Inspectors General of the 33 rd and last degree . According to the grand constitutions of the Order , the election proceeded vivd voce , and there being no negative voice they were declared elected . The solemn ceremony of inauguration was then proceeded with by the M . P . Sov . Commander , after Avhich . the 111 . Brethren , Sir John Robinson , Bart ., and Captain Hopper , Avere inducted to the
vacant stalls in the Supreme Council , as Sov . Grand Inspectors Gen . of the 33 rd Degree . Proclamation ivas then made that tbe newlyadmitted Illustrious Brethren possessed all the rights and privileges appertaining to that eminent degree and official dignity . The M . P . Sov . Commander afterwards entertained the Members of the Supreme Council at a superb banquet .
All the Supreme Councils in the United Kingdom are noiv filled , and as the lists are not inserted in the English Masonic Pocket Book , as they are in the Irish , American , and Continental publications , we place them here for the information of the Brethren : — Suprtmt ^ Council for eEngutirtf ant ! ffiKalcs , anri tfjt Hrptnrjcntics
of tlje 33 ritislj ffirouin . HENRY BEAUMONT LEESON , Esq ., A . M ., M . D ., of Trinity College , Oxford , and Gains and Gonville College , Cambridge ; F . R . S . ; Physician - of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Greenwich , Kent , and Pulpit Rock , Bonchurch , Isle of AYight . MOST PUISSANT Sov . GBAKD COMMANDER . Rev . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D ., Scopwick Vicarage , Lincolnshire . MOST III . LIEUT . GEAND COMMANDER .
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The 33rd Degree For England And Wales, And The Dependencies Of The British Crown.
THE 33 RD DEGREE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN .
A MEETING of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree , was convoked at the Bridge-house Hotel , London Bridge , on Thursday the 8 th day of May , A . D . 1851 , for the purpose of filling up the legal number of Council — two
vacancies having been declared at the last meeting of the Supreme Council . On this occasion Sir John Robinson , Bart ., and Captain Hopper , ivho had attained to the
rank of S . P . R . S . ( the 32 nd Degree ) , AA'ere regularly proposed for Sov . Grand Inspectors General of the 33 rd and last degree . According to the grand constitutions of the Order , the election proceeded vivd voce , and there being no negative voice they were declared elected . The solemn ceremony of inauguration was then proceeded with by the M . P . Sov . Commander , after Avhich . the 111 . Brethren , Sir John Robinson , Bart ., and Captain Hopper , Avere inducted to the
vacant stalls in the Supreme Council , as Sov . Grand Inspectors Gen . of the 33 rd Degree . Proclamation ivas then made that tbe newlyadmitted Illustrious Brethren possessed all the rights and privileges appertaining to that eminent degree and official dignity . The M . P . Sov . Commander afterwards entertained the Members of the Supreme Council at a superb banquet .
All the Supreme Councils in the United Kingdom are noiv filled , and as the lists are not inserted in the English Masonic Pocket Book , as they are in the Irish , American , and Continental publications , we place them here for the information of the Brethren : — Suprtmt ^ Council for eEngutirtf ant ! ffiKalcs , anri tfjt Hrptnrjcntics
of tlje 33 ritislj ffirouin . HENRY BEAUMONT LEESON , Esq ., A . M ., M . D ., of Trinity College , Oxford , and Gains and Gonville College , Cambridge ; F . R . S . ; Physician - of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Greenwich , Kent , and Pulpit Rock , Bonchurch , Isle of AYight . MOST PUISSANT Sov . GBAKD COMMANDER . Rev . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D ., Scopwick Vicarage , Lincolnshire . MOST III . LIEUT . GEAND COMMANDER .