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The Revelations Of A Square.
Society of Brethren , amongst whom he had enjoyed so many hours of unalloyed happiness . " Freemasonry was all in all , " continued the Square , as if he knew not when he had said enough in praise of this distinguished Brother , — " Masonry was all in all to Bro . Dunckerley , whether as an employment , an amusement , or a medium for the practice of every moral and social duty . He gave numerous Masonic parties at Hampton Court , where he
resided , to eminent Brethren in all classes of society ; amono-st whom I could name , if I were so disposed , many estimable men , whose virtues shed a lustre on their rank and title ; and where was the Brother who did not covet the honour of a card to these most agreeable reunions ? Nor did his profuse hospitality , though it trenched awfully on his purse and his
time , prevent his regular attendance on the public meetings and festivals of the Craft , and particularly in those provinces where he held rank . But it made him poor . And coupled with his liberality , which never suffered a needy Brother to apply in vain , his pecuniary difficulties ceased only with his life . Quando iiUwm imeniemm parem ? He died at Portsmouth , A . D . 1795 , at the age of 71 years , universally lamented by the Fraternity . " *
* A writer ( Fidus ) in The Fnemasom' Quarterly Review , 1842 , exclaims , when recording this event , " Alas ! for human nature ! Bro . Dunckerley ' s masonic example was lost on his son , who embittered the last years of his existence . Extravagance straitened the means , —disorderly conduct afflicted the mind of the fond , unhappy parent . Every means were tried ineffectuall y to reclaim the wretched son . At his father's death , there being no provision left , he became a wanderer and an outcast . At last he became a bricklayer ' s labourer , and -was seen carrying a hod on his shoulders , ascending a ladder ! This poor fellow ' s misfortunes and misconduct at length terminated , and the grandson of a king died in a cellar in St . Giles ' s . "
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The Revelations Of A Square.
Society of Brethren , amongst whom he had enjoyed so many hours of unalloyed happiness . " Freemasonry was all in all , " continued the Square , as if he knew not when he had said enough in praise of this distinguished Brother , — " Masonry was all in all to Bro . Dunckerley , whether as an employment , an amusement , or a medium for the practice of every moral and social duty . He gave numerous Masonic parties at Hampton Court , where he
resided , to eminent Brethren in all classes of society ; amono-st whom I could name , if I were so disposed , many estimable men , whose virtues shed a lustre on their rank and title ; and where was the Brother who did not covet the honour of a card to these most agreeable reunions ? Nor did his profuse hospitality , though it trenched awfully on his purse and his
time , prevent his regular attendance on the public meetings and festivals of the Craft , and particularly in those provinces where he held rank . But it made him poor . And coupled with his liberality , which never suffered a needy Brother to apply in vain , his pecuniary difficulties ceased only with his life . Quando iiUwm imeniemm parem ? He died at Portsmouth , A . D . 1795 , at the age of 71 years , universally lamented by the Fraternity . " *
* A writer ( Fidus ) in The Fnemasom' Quarterly Review , 1842 , exclaims , when recording this event , " Alas ! for human nature ! Bro . Dunckerley ' s masonic example was lost on his son , who embittered the last years of his existence . Extravagance straitened the means , —disorderly conduct afflicted the mind of the fond , unhappy parent . Every means were tried ineffectuall y to reclaim the wretched son . At his father's death , there being no provision left , he became a wanderer and an outcast . At last he became a bricklayer ' s labourer , and -was seen carrying a hod on his shoulders , ascending a ladder ! This poor fellow ' s misfortunes and misconduct at length terminated , and the grandson of a king died in a cellar in St . Giles ' s . "