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Article A CENTURY OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 3 of 10 →
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A Century Of Freemasonry.
But it is Lalande , the encyclopedist , who is the first great authority , and whose accounts have been acknowledged as authentic by later Avriters . According to him , Lord Derwent-Avater , the Chevalier Maskelyne , Mr . Heguerty , and some other Englishmen , founded , in 1725 , the first Lodge in Paris . It was held in the Rue de Boucheriesat the house of an English
, confectioner named Hure . In less than ten years the fame of the Lodge attracted five or six hundred * persons into the Fraternity , and caused the opening of other Lodges , first in the house of Goustaud , an English f stone-cutter , then at Le Breton's ( known by the name of the Loge de Louis d'Argent , from its being held in an inn of that name ) , and finally the DeBussy
Lodge . This last one Avas also called the lioge d'Aumont , after the Due-d'Aumont Avas elected Master . As the first Paris Lodge had been opened by Lord DerAvent-Avater , he Avas regarded as the Grand Master of the French Masons , and he continued in this post without any formal recognition on the part of the Brethren ( as it Avould seem by
the fact of the London Grand Lodge being still the head ) , until he returned to England , Avhere , on the 19 th of December , 1746 , he Avas beheaded . J But ten years before this time , Lord Harnester Avas chosen , by four or six Lodges ( according to the various accounts ) , [ Provincial ] Grand Master , and his election is the first formal one ; and we learn from the notes of the G . O .
that Dr . Ramsay was Orator on this occasion . In 1738 , two years afterwards , however , we find the Due D'Antin elected General Grand Master in the kingdom of France for life . This occurred on the 24 th June , 1738 , according to some writers ; the Masters of Lodges , hoAvever , still changed every three months . In 1742 , Lalande informs us there were twenty-two Lodges in Paris .
It would seem that the Lodges at Hure s and Goustaud s are not noticed in the oldest attainable register of English Lodges ( "Pocket Companion , " 1736 ) , although their legal constitution from England cannot be disputed . Yet it is asserted by Thory , in his "Ilistoire du Grand Orient , " that the first Lodge at Hure's " worked under the protection and according to the usages of the Grand Lodge in London , and left no historical
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Century Of Freemasonry.
But it is Lalande , the encyclopedist , who is the first great authority , and whose accounts have been acknowledged as authentic by later Avriters . According to him , Lord Derwent-Avater , the Chevalier Maskelyne , Mr . Heguerty , and some other Englishmen , founded , in 1725 , the first Lodge in Paris . It was held in the Rue de Boucheriesat the house of an English
, confectioner named Hure . In less than ten years the fame of the Lodge attracted five or six hundred * persons into the Fraternity , and caused the opening of other Lodges , first in the house of Goustaud , an English f stone-cutter , then at Le Breton's ( known by the name of the Loge de Louis d'Argent , from its being held in an inn of that name ) , and finally the DeBussy
Lodge . This last one Avas also called the lioge d'Aumont , after the Due-d'Aumont Avas elected Master . As the first Paris Lodge had been opened by Lord DerAvent-Avater , he Avas regarded as the Grand Master of the French Masons , and he continued in this post without any formal recognition on the part of the Brethren ( as it Avould seem by
the fact of the London Grand Lodge being still the head ) , until he returned to England , Avhere , on the 19 th of December , 1746 , he Avas beheaded . J But ten years before this time , Lord Harnester Avas chosen , by four or six Lodges ( according to the various accounts ) , [ Provincial ] Grand Master , and his election is the first formal one ; and we learn from the notes of the G . O .
that Dr . Ramsay was Orator on this occasion . In 1738 , two years afterwards , however , we find the Due D'Antin elected General Grand Master in the kingdom of France for life . This occurred on the 24 th June , 1738 , according to some writers ; the Masters of Lodges , hoAvever , still changed every three months . In 1742 , Lalande informs us there were twenty-two Lodges in Paris .
It would seem that the Lodges at Hure s and Goustaud s are not noticed in the oldest attainable register of English Lodges ( "Pocket Companion , " 1736 ) , although their legal constitution from England cannot be disputed . Yet it is asserted by Thory , in his "Ilistoire du Grand Orient , " that the first Lodge at Hure's " worked under the protection and according to the usages of the Grand Lodge in London , and left no historical