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BRO . THE REV . THOMAS EYRE POOLE , D . D . Died , Deo . loth , 1831 , at Freetown , Sierra Leone , Mrs . Poole , tho wife of Bro . the Rev . Thomas Eyre Poole , D . D ., Garrison ancl Colonial Chaplain ; and on the 22 nd Jan . 1832 , Bro . the Rev . Thomas Eyre Poole , D . D ., Pro . G . Chaplain of the Bahamas , leaving two orphan children Avithout a relative , or the smallest provision for their maintenance and support . *
BRO . JAMES SAVAGE . Died , May 7 , at North-place , Hampstead-road , Bro . James Savage , aged 74 years . Bro . Savage Avas initiated into Freemasonry in the Lodge Peace and Harmony , No . 72 , on the 19 th Dec . 1817 . On the 20 th Nov . 1825 , he joined the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and continued a member until Dec . 1848 , when advancing years and ill-health induced him to retire from the Craft , of which he had
heen an active and intelligent member . He Avas also a member of the Grand SteAvard ' s Lodge . Bro . Savage Avas a Past Grand Officer , having held the office of Senior Grancl Deacon for the year 1843-4 .
[ We have much pleasure m annexing the folloAving interestingaccount of Bro . James Savage from The Builder of June 12 th . ] " Mr . James Savage was bom at Hackney , Middlesex , April 10 , 1779 . After receiving his education at a private school , he was articled to Mr . Alexander , the architect of the London Docks , under whom he acted for several years as clerk of the works . In 179 S he was admitted a student of the Eoyal Academy . In the year 1 S 0 O his design for improving the city of Aberdeen obtained the second premium of £ 150 , he being then under twenty-two years of age . In 1805 he
was the successful competitor among the numerous architects who submitted . designs for rebuilding Ormond-bridge , over the Liffey , Dublin ; and in 1 S 0 S he furnished the design for Richmond-bridge , over the same river , which was carried into effect . In 1806 he presented to the London Architectural Society , of which he was a member , an essay on bridge-building-, which they published in the second volume of their 'Transactions . ' In 1815 his design sent in competition for a stone bridge of three arches over the Ouzo , at Temsford , in Bedfordshire , with the adjacent road and flood bridges , were selected by the magistrates of the county ; In 1819 his lans for building St . Luke ' s Church
p , Chelsea , were selected , from among above forty designs . This church is an imitation of the Gothic churches of tho fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , and is noticeable for tho ceiling of the nave , which consists of a groined vault of solid stone , whose lateral pressure is resisted by flying buttresses , also of solid stone . In the original design for this church the tower was terminated with an open spire , similar in principle to that of Sir Christopher Wren's church , St . Dunstan ' s in the East ; but the Board of Works considered it then- duty not to sanction the construction of such a sph-e , and put their veto upon it accordingly .-t' In 1 S 23 , his design for the new London-bridge was submitted to
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BRO . THE REV . THOMAS EYRE POOLE , D . D . Died , Deo . loth , 1831 , at Freetown , Sierra Leone , Mrs . Poole , tho wife of Bro . the Rev . Thomas Eyre Poole , D . D ., Garrison ancl Colonial Chaplain ; and on the 22 nd Jan . 1832 , Bro . the Rev . Thomas Eyre Poole , D . D ., Pro . G . Chaplain of the Bahamas , leaving two orphan children Avithout a relative , or the smallest provision for their maintenance and support . *
BRO . JAMES SAVAGE . Died , May 7 , at North-place , Hampstead-road , Bro . James Savage , aged 74 years . Bro . Savage Avas initiated into Freemasonry in the Lodge Peace and Harmony , No . 72 , on the 19 th Dec . 1817 . On the 20 th Nov . 1825 , he joined the Grand Master ' s Lodge , and continued a member until Dec . 1848 , when advancing years and ill-health induced him to retire from the Craft , of which he had
heen an active and intelligent member . He Avas also a member of the Grand SteAvard ' s Lodge . Bro . Savage Avas a Past Grand Officer , having held the office of Senior Grancl Deacon for the year 1843-4 .
[ We have much pleasure m annexing the folloAving interestingaccount of Bro . James Savage from The Builder of June 12 th . ] " Mr . James Savage was bom at Hackney , Middlesex , April 10 , 1779 . After receiving his education at a private school , he was articled to Mr . Alexander , the architect of the London Docks , under whom he acted for several years as clerk of the works . In 179 S he was admitted a student of the Eoyal Academy . In the year 1 S 0 O his design for improving the city of Aberdeen obtained the second premium of £ 150 , he being then under twenty-two years of age . In 1805 he
was the successful competitor among the numerous architects who submitted . designs for rebuilding Ormond-bridge , over the Liffey , Dublin ; and in 1 S 0 S he furnished the design for Richmond-bridge , over the same river , which was carried into effect . In 1806 he presented to the London Architectural Society , of which he was a member , an essay on bridge-building-, which they published in the second volume of their 'Transactions . ' In 1815 his design sent in competition for a stone bridge of three arches over the Ouzo , at Temsford , in Bedfordshire , with the adjacent road and flood bridges , were selected by the magistrates of the county ; In 1819 his lans for building St . Luke ' s Church
p , Chelsea , were selected , from among above forty designs . This church is an imitation of the Gothic churches of tho fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , and is noticeable for tho ceiling of the nave , which consists of a groined vault of solid stone , whose lateral pressure is resisted by flying buttresses , also of solid stone . In the original design for this church the tower was terminated with an open spire , similar in principle to that of Sir Christopher Wren's church , St . Dunstan ' s in the East ; but the Board of Works considered it then- duty not to sanction the construction of such a sph-e , and put their veto upon it accordingly .-t' In 1 S 23 , his design for the new London-bridge was submitted to