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Obituary.
Dulwich Gallery , and Mausoleum of Mr . and Mrs . Desenfans , and Sir F Bourgeois , are likewise his work . In 1813 he was appointed Grand Superintendent of Works to the fraternity of Freemasons ; in 1828 he built the present smaller Hall , in Queen-street , and gave 500 / . towards the expense of its erection . In 1815 he was appointed one of the architects to the Office of Works , ivhich he held until the Office was abo-1823 Soane employed in
lished in 1832 . In 1822 and Mr . was improving the King ' s entrance to the House of Lords and the Scala Reoia In 1824 , he was elected architect to the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the Royal Society . In 1827 , he g _ ve a subscription of 1 , 000 / . to the Committee for erecting the monument to his Royal Highness the Duke of York , and broug ht out another volume of his architectural works of the entire work being presented to the
—a copy Emperor Nicholas , who sent a diamond ring and a letter of thanks in return In 1829 , he received the honour ot Knighthood , and gave 500 / . to the Royal British Institution , Pall-mall . In 1835 the architects presented him a splendid . medalin token of their approbation of ins conduct and talents . He gave 1 , 000 / . betiveen the two bocieties ol
British Architects . , . , . In May last he had a very severe attack of erysipelas , from which it was not expected that he could recover . . . Sir John Soane was initiated into Masonry many years since , in the Grand Master ' s Lodge , of which he continued a contributing member , up to a recent period , when owing to advanced age and increasing infirmity , he was placed on the honorary list of its members . At the period of the Union of the two hratermties ( in 1813 ) lit the Workswhich office he
was appointed Grand Superintendent of , continued to hold with credit to himself , and advantage to the Society , till his death . „ „ . , .. ,. , Our Charitable Institutions were not forgotten : —for to each of the two Schools he was a donor to the amount of 50 / ., and he held the distinguished rank of Vice President in both of them It was expected by some that Sir John ivould have bequeathed largely to the Society , but we have not heard that such has been the case-he was sufficiently
liberal when living . , _ . .. . , ,. His house and valuable museum in Lincoln s-Inn Fields ncluding the celebrated Egyptian Sarcophagus became the property of tiie publ c upon his death , according to an agreement made by Sir John , a lew years since , and accepted by Parliament . \ Ve refrain from entering into any particulars relating to the disunion between the deceased and his son , as not being within our province . 60 If readers will turn
Jan . 27 .-Brother JOHN OAKHAM , aged . our back to page 158 , vol . 3 , they will , in reperusing a funeral oration by Brother Turner , on his deceased friend Brother Carpenter , be in possession of tbe leading features of a similar act of reverence and respect , paid by the same Brother to his equally esteemed friend the late John Canham ; not that the oration was a mere transcript of the former , for suitable to character and circumstance ,
it was varied in its several points and delivered in a Lodge of emergency especially convened for thepurpose-at ivhich several visitors attended , and followed the body to its ^ GmieTalPartieulars . -Bom in Norfolk , March 25 , 1777 ; purchased the freedom of the city of London in the Company of 1 laying Card Makers , March 13 , 1810 ; and the Livery , July , 1811 ; initiated into
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Dulwich Gallery , and Mausoleum of Mr . and Mrs . Desenfans , and Sir F Bourgeois , are likewise his work . In 1813 he was appointed Grand Superintendent of Works to the fraternity of Freemasons ; in 1828 he built the present smaller Hall , in Queen-street , and gave 500 / . towards the expense of its erection . In 1815 he was appointed one of the architects to the Office of Works , ivhich he held until the Office was abo-1823 Soane employed in
lished in 1832 . In 1822 and Mr . was improving the King ' s entrance to the House of Lords and the Scala Reoia In 1824 , he was elected architect to the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the Royal Society . In 1827 , he g _ ve a subscription of 1 , 000 / . to the Committee for erecting the monument to his Royal Highness the Duke of York , and broug ht out another volume of his architectural works of the entire work being presented to the
—a copy Emperor Nicholas , who sent a diamond ring and a letter of thanks in return In 1829 , he received the honour ot Knighthood , and gave 500 / . to the Royal British Institution , Pall-mall . In 1835 the architects presented him a splendid . medalin token of their approbation of ins conduct and talents . He gave 1 , 000 / . betiveen the two bocieties ol
British Architects . , . , . In May last he had a very severe attack of erysipelas , from which it was not expected that he could recover . . . Sir John Soane was initiated into Masonry many years since , in the Grand Master ' s Lodge , of which he continued a contributing member , up to a recent period , when owing to advanced age and increasing infirmity , he was placed on the honorary list of its members . At the period of the Union of the two hratermties ( in 1813 ) lit the Workswhich office he
was appointed Grand Superintendent of , continued to hold with credit to himself , and advantage to the Society , till his death . „ „ . , .. ,. , Our Charitable Institutions were not forgotten : —for to each of the two Schools he was a donor to the amount of 50 / ., and he held the distinguished rank of Vice President in both of them It was expected by some that Sir John ivould have bequeathed largely to the Society , but we have not heard that such has been the case-he was sufficiently
liberal when living . , _ . .. . , ,. His house and valuable museum in Lincoln s-Inn Fields ncluding the celebrated Egyptian Sarcophagus became the property of tiie publ c upon his death , according to an agreement made by Sir John , a lew years since , and accepted by Parliament . \ Ve refrain from entering into any particulars relating to the disunion between the deceased and his son , as not being within our province . 60 If readers will turn
Jan . 27 .-Brother JOHN OAKHAM , aged . our back to page 158 , vol . 3 , they will , in reperusing a funeral oration by Brother Turner , on his deceased friend Brother Carpenter , be in possession of tbe leading features of a similar act of reverence and respect , paid by the same Brother to his equally esteemed friend the late John Canham ; not that the oration was a mere transcript of the former , for suitable to character and circumstance ,
it was varied in its several points and delivered in a Lodge of emergency especially convened for thepurpose-at ivhich several visitors attended , and followed the body to its ^ GmieTalPartieulars . -Bom in Norfolk , March 25 , 1777 ; purchased the freedom of the city of London in the Company of 1 laying Card Makers , March 13 , 1810 ; and the Livery , July , 1811 ; initiated into