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of founding another of his patriotic projects , the building of the Royal Exchange . The occasion presented one of the most splendid and animated spectacles ever witnessed in Edinburgh . For a detail of the ceremonials and addresses which took place , we refer to " Lawrie ' s History of Freemasonry , " and the " Scot ' s Magazine" of the time . In November 1763 , while in his sixth term of office as lord provost , he placed the first stone of the North Bridgeofficiating in the absence of
, the then Grand Master Mason , the Earl of Elgin . When full of years and of honours , this highly eminent Brother received the additional compliment of being proffered the first place of honour in the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , and he was accordingly elected Master , as already stated . The year following ( 1765 ) he was re-installed in the same station . After the termination of his official period , he retired from public life to seek that privacy and repose to
which his long and laborious services so well entitled him . But these he was not fated long to enjoy . In the month of November , 1766 , he was called to the Grand Lodge above ; and the general appreciation of his worth was testified in the long and mournful array of friends and fellow-citizens , who paid the last homage to his obsequies . He was interred in the Canongate churchyard . As one of the excellent of the earththe illustrious of the Orderand especiallas late Master of the
, , y Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , his Brethren met together in solemn Funeral Lodge , to commemorate his worth , at which various impressive discourses were delivered , and appropriate anthems performed . It may be supposed that one who had merited so well of his country and of his city , should have obtained some public monument , in acknowledgment
of his devotion and service . We know of no tribute to his memory , except the bust of him placed in the hall of the Royal Infirmary , -which edifice , indeed , itself remains a lasting memorial of his philanthropy and usefulness . Mr . Drummond ' s family was a branch of the noble house of Perth . Two of his descendants , through his eldest daughter , became Masters of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge ; viz ., the present Sir Henry Jardineand his late sonHenry JardineEsq . whose ultimate death wc
, , , , had but lately to record in the obituary of this Review . During the epoch of Provost Drummond ' s rule , a number of respectable members were added to the Lodge . Sin JOHN WHITEFOIUI , bart ., of Whiteford and Ballochmyle , was one of these . He was initiated in February 1765 , and at the election of Grand Lodge , in the succeeding year , was appointed to the post of Senior Grand Warden , which he held for the term of two years . He
was one of the early friends and patrons of the immortal bard and Brother , Robert Burns ; and his eldest daughter , Maria , has been celebrated in eternal song as the poet ' s heroine in " The Braes of Ballochmyle . " Sir John Whiteford died at Edinburgh , in 1803 . LORD IIOBEHT KEII , second son of Robert , Duke of Roxburgh ,- was also initiated under Bro . Drummond , in April ) 765 . At the Grand Election in 1767 he was chosen to the hih office of Deputy Grand
, g Master , and was continued therein till the election in 1769 . There were likewise entered about the same time , Colonel Callander , of Craigforth ; Duncan iVl'Donell , of Glengarry ; James Townshend Oswald , of Dunikeir ; the lion . Charles Cochrane , second son of Thomas , eighth Earl of Dundonald , and 1 ) avid Stewart , who was lord provost of Edinburgh . The name of George Sinclair , of Ulbster , appears as a VOL . IX . F
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The Annalist.*
of founding another of his patriotic projects , the building of the Royal Exchange . The occasion presented one of the most splendid and animated spectacles ever witnessed in Edinburgh . For a detail of the ceremonials and addresses which took place , we refer to " Lawrie ' s History of Freemasonry , " and the " Scot ' s Magazine" of the time . In November 1763 , while in his sixth term of office as lord provost , he placed the first stone of the North Bridgeofficiating in the absence of
, the then Grand Master Mason , the Earl of Elgin . When full of years and of honours , this highly eminent Brother received the additional compliment of being proffered the first place of honour in the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , and he was accordingly elected Master , as already stated . The year following ( 1765 ) he was re-installed in the same station . After the termination of his official period , he retired from public life to seek that privacy and repose to
which his long and laborious services so well entitled him . But these he was not fated long to enjoy . In the month of November , 1766 , he was called to the Grand Lodge above ; and the general appreciation of his worth was testified in the long and mournful array of friends and fellow-citizens , who paid the last homage to his obsequies . He was interred in the Canongate churchyard . As one of the excellent of the earththe illustrious of the Orderand especiallas late Master of the
, , y Canongate Kilwinning Lodge , his Brethren met together in solemn Funeral Lodge , to commemorate his worth , at which various impressive discourses were delivered , and appropriate anthems performed . It may be supposed that one who had merited so well of his country and of his city , should have obtained some public monument , in acknowledgment
of his devotion and service . We know of no tribute to his memory , except the bust of him placed in the hall of the Royal Infirmary , -which edifice , indeed , itself remains a lasting memorial of his philanthropy and usefulness . Mr . Drummond ' s family was a branch of the noble house of Perth . Two of his descendants , through his eldest daughter , became Masters of the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge ; viz ., the present Sir Henry Jardineand his late sonHenry JardineEsq . whose ultimate death wc
, , , , had but lately to record in the obituary of this Review . During the epoch of Provost Drummond ' s rule , a number of respectable members were added to the Lodge . Sin JOHN WHITEFOIUI , bart ., of Whiteford and Ballochmyle , was one of these . He was initiated in February 1765 , and at the election of Grand Lodge , in the succeeding year , was appointed to the post of Senior Grand Warden , which he held for the term of two years . He
was one of the early friends and patrons of the immortal bard and Brother , Robert Burns ; and his eldest daughter , Maria , has been celebrated in eternal song as the poet ' s heroine in " The Braes of Ballochmyle . " Sir John Whiteford died at Edinburgh , in 1803 . LORD IIOBEHT KEII , second son of Robert , Duke of Roxburgh ,- was also initiated under Bro . Drummond , in April ) 765 . At the Grand Election in 1767 he was chosen to the hih office of Deputy Grand
, g Master , and was continued therein till the election in 1769 . There were likewise entered about the same time , Colonel Callander , of Craigforth ; Duncan iVl'Donell , of Glengarry ; James Townshend Oswald , of Dunikeir ; the lion . Charles Cochrane , second son of Thomas , eighth Earl of Dundonald , and 1 ) avid Stewart , who was lord provost of Edinburgh . The name of George Sinclair , of Ulbster , appears as a VOL . IX . F