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The Grand Masters ,
1732 This year , ANTONY BROWN , Lord Viscount Montacutc , was Grand Alaster . THOMAS BATSON , ESQ ., Deputy Grand Master . 1733 JAMES Lyon , Earl of Strathmore . 1734 JOHN LINDSAY , Earl of Crawford , was this year proclaimed with more than the usual splendour , and was attended at the feast at Mercer's Hallon the 17 th of ArilbBrothers the
, p , y Dukes of Richmond and Athol , the Marquis of Beaumont , the Earls of Wilchelsea , Wemys , lnchiquin , Chesterfield , Loudoun , and Balcarras ; the Lords Cathcart , Southwell , Coleraine , Montague , and Vere Bertie ; Sir Edward Mansell , Sir Cecil Wray , Doctors Anderson and Desagulier , & c . 1735 THOMAS THYNNE , Viscount Weymouth , was elected Grand Master . John Ward , Esq ., ( afterwards Viscount i .-udley and
Ward , ) Deputy Grand Master . 1736 JOHN CAMPBELL , Karl of Loudoun , was the next . 1737 EDWARD BLIGH , Earl of Darnley , was proclaimed , and afterwards assisted by the Right Hon . C . Calvert , Lord Baltimore , the Hon . Colons' Lumley , and the Mon . Major Madan , he introduced , in the usual manner , H ' s Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales ( father to George III . ) who was
, entered , past , and raised in due form . 1738 HENRY BRIDGES , Marquis of Carnarvon , was installed as Grand Master , at the Assembly in Fishmongers' Hail . Thc Earl of Kintore , Lord Grey of Groby , Lord George Graham , & c , assisted in the ceremonies . The Grand Ma-. tor presented a splendid jewel of gold for the use of the secretary , and named ( at a subsequent meeting ) as his successor
1739 ROBERT LORD RAYMOND , Baron of Abbots Langley . 1740 JOHN KEITH , Earl of Kintore , was duly and unanimously elected , and was attended at Haberdashers' Hall , by Lieut . General Keith ; the Earls of Loudoun and Darley ; the Earls of Perth and Clanricarde ; His Excellency Major General Count Trouches de VValbiirgli , v ,. Minist 3 r Plenipotentiary of Prussia Andrie iro '^ ths of Prussia
, Mons . , Envoy m King ; Baron Wassemberg , Envoy from the King * of Sweden ; Monsieur Bielfield , Secretary to the Russian Embassy ; Counts Harrack and O'Daniel , all in proper clothing . 1741 JAMES DOUGLAS , iiarl of Morton , was placed in Solomon ' s Chair . Senior Grand Warden Vaughan received the thanks of the Grand Lodge , for his present of a fine cornelian Seal , engraved
with the Arms of Masonry , and massively set in gold . 1742 JOHN VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD . 1743 THOMAS LYON , Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn . 1745 JAMES CRANSTOUN , Lord Cranstoun . 1746 WILLIAM LORD BYRON . Grand Master . At his installation , his lordship was assisted by the Right Hon . R . Shirley , Lord Cranstoun ; Monsieur Hoffman , Minister from the King of Poland ; the Bavon Reydersal ; Sir R . LawleyBaronet
, , Colonel . Berrington , and the Masters and Wardens of forty-five Lodges . Fotherby Baker , Esq . Deputy Grand Master . 1752 JOHN PROBY LORD CARYSFOOT , Grand Master . Dr . Manningham , VOL . VI . r _
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Grand Masters ,
1732 This year , ANTONY BROWN , Lord Viscount Montacutc , was Grand Alaster . THOMAS BATSON , ESQ ., Deputy Grand Master . 1733 JAMES Lyon , Earl of Strathmore . 1734 JOHN LINDSAY , Earl of Crawford , was this year proclaimed with more than the usual splendour , and was attended at the feast at Mercer's Hallon the 17 th of ArilbBrothers the
, p , y Dukes of Richmond and Athol , the Marquis of Beaumont , the Earls of Wilchelsea , Wemys , lnchiquin , Chesterfield , Loudoun , and Balcarras ; the Lords Cathcart , Southwell , Coleraine , Montague , and Vere Bertie ; Sir Edward Mansell , Sir Cecil Wray , Doctors Anderson and Desagulier , & c . 1735 THOMAS THYNNE , Viscount Weymouth , was elected Grand Master . John Ward , Esq ., ( afterwards Viscount i .-udley and
Ward , ) Deputy Grand Master . 1736 JOHN CAMPBELL , Karl of Loudoun , was the next . 1737 EDWARD BLIGH , Earl of Darnley , was proclaimed , and afterwards assisted by the Right Hon . C . Calvert , Lord Baltimore , the Hon . Colons' Lumley , and the Mon . Major Madan , he introduced , in the usual manner , H ' s Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales ( father to George III . ) who was
, entered , past , and raised in due form . 1738 HENRY BRIDGES , Marquis of Carnarvon , was installed as Grand Master , at the Assembly in Fishmongers' Hail . Thc Earl of Kintore , Lord Grey of Groby , Lord George Graham , & c , assisted in the ceremonies . The Grand Ma-. tor presented a splendid jewel of gold for the use of the secretary , and named ( at a subsequent meeting ) as his successor
1739 ROBERT LORD RAYMOND , Baron of Abbots Langley . 1740 JOHN KEITH , Earl of Kintore , was duly and unanimously elected , and was attended at Haberdashers' Hall , by Lieut . General Keith ; the Earls of Loudoun and Darley ; the Earls of Perth and Clanricarde ; His Excellency Major General Count Trouches de VValbiirgli , v ,. Minist 3 r Plenipotentiary of Prussia Andrie iro '^ ths of Prussia
, Mons . , Envoy m King ; Baron Wassemberg , Envoy from the King * of Sweden ; Monsieur Bielfield , Secretary to the Russian Embassy ; Counts Harrack and O'Daniel , all in proper clothing . 1741 JAMES DOUGLAS , iiarl of Morton , was placed in Solomon ' s Chair . Senior Grand Warden Vaughan received the thanks of the Grand Lodge , for his present of a fine cornelian Seal , engraved
with the Arms of Masonry , and massively set in gold . 1742 JOHN VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD . 1743 THOMAS LYON , Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn . 1745 JAMES CRANSTOUN , Lord Cranstoun . 1746 WILLIAM LORD BYRON . Grand Master . At his installation , his lordship was assisted by the Right Hon . R . Shirley , Lord Cranstoun ; Monsieur Hoffman , Minister from the King of Poland ; the Bavon Reydersal ; Sir R . LawleyBaronet
, , Colonel . Berrington , and the Masters and Wardens of forty-five Lodges . Fotherby Baker , Esq . Deputy Grand Master . 1752 JOHN PROBY LORD CARYSFOOT , Grand Master . Dr . Manningham , VOL . VI . r _