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Obituary.
He was Speaker of the House of Commons from May , 3 7 S 9 , to March , 1801 ; First Lord ofthe Treasury , and Chancellor ofthe Exchequer , from March , 1801 , to May , 1804 ; Lord President of the Council , 1805 ; Lord Privy Seal , 1 S 06 ; ancl Secretary of State , for the Flome Department , from 1812 to 1822 . The deceased Viscount was a member of the order of Freemasonry , hut never took an active part in its proceedings .
Feb . 20 . —KATE , daughter of Brother D . Davies , Leicester square , ( late of 329 , ) ait . two years and six months . Feb . 25 . —At the Vicarage , Monmouth , in the second year of her age , HENRIETTA , youngest daughter of the Rev . Brother George Roberts , vicar of Monmouth , and Chaplain to the Loyal Monmouth Lodge .
DRESDEN , Mar . 16 , 1843 , Bro . . FREDERICK MOSSDORF , editor of Lenning ' s Encyclopedia , a ? t . 87 . RIGHT REV . BISHOP GRISWOLD . —That " a great man has fallen in Israel" is alike applicable to the Masonic and the religious world . Bishop Griswold was a great man , exalted in piety , great in mental endowments and intellectual attainments . The church will regard his loss as the falling down of one of her strong pillars . Society will mourn
as for one of its brightest ornaments . Freemasonry will lament as for the loss of one of her richest jewels . Brother Alexander V . Griswold , bishop of the eastern diocess , and senior Bishop of the episcopal church in the U . S ., died in the city of Boston , on the 15 th February . 1843 , ait . 77 . He was born in Connecticut . He was after the death of Dr . Bowditch , our greatest mathematician . He always urged consistency with Masonic engagementsand
, during the Masonic persecution was ever ready with his opinion . He was pleased to have his clergy , Masons , ancl always urged them to act up to their Masonic duties . The Grand Lodge unanimously adopted resolutions declaratory of his virtues , ancl expressing sympathy with his afflicted family . —( Abridged from No . IV ., Vol- II . Freemasons Magazine , U . S . )
Dec . 21 , 1843 . —Brother CAPTAIN GORDON , ait . 78 , at Newport , Kentucky . He was , in all respects , a most exemplary man ; the father of thirteen children , seven of whom survive him . The " Army Lodge , " of which the deceased was a member , was first worked at a log-hut in the wilderness , that has since become a populous town . Masonry was brought here by our revolutionary fathers , all of them soldiers . This Lodge especially exemplifies the value of Masonry ; the General , whose commands are otherwise absolute , here becomes submissive and attentive to the moral lessons taught by the Master , even although he be but a private soldier ! Such was the case with General Washinqton . —Ibid .
April 14 , 1843 . —Major-General EDWARD H . EDWARDS , M . AA . G . M ., Grand Loelge of South Carolina . The funeral was most numerousl y attended by Lodges and Brethren of every grade , as well as by the military . The Grand Lodge afterwards assembled and passed a series of resolutions on the lamented occasion .
July 13 . —Brother SIMEON TUCKER , ait . 77 , at Canton , Mass ., a zealous champion of the Order against tlie anti-Masonic assemblies . During the reign of Terror the deceased ivas ever firm and inflexible ; and he lived to see the faction prostrated , and its leaders covered with mfamy and shame . VOL . rr ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
He was Speaker of the House of Commons from May , 3 7 S 9 , to March , 1801 ; First Lord ofthe Treasury , and Chancellor ofthe Exchequer , from March , 1801 , to May , 1804 ; Lord President of the Council , 1805 ; Lord Privy Seal , 1 S 06 ; ancl Secretary of State , for the Flome Department , from 1812 to 1822 . The deceased Viscount was a member of the order of Freemasonry , hut never took an active part in its proceedings .
Feb . 20 . —KATE , daughter of Brother D . Davies , Leicester square , ( late of 329 , ) ait . two years and six months . Feb . 25 . —At the Vicarage , Monmouth , in the second year of her age , HENRIETTA , youngest daughter of the Rev . Brother George Roberts , vicar of Monmouth , and Chaplain to the Loyal Monmouth Lodge .
DRESDEN , Mar . 16 , 1843 , Bro . . FREDERICK MOSSDORF , editor of Lenning ' s Encyclopedia , a ? t . 87 . RIGHT REV . BISHOP GRISWOLD . —That " a great man has fallen in Israel" is alike applicable to the Masonic and the religious world . Bishop Griswold was a great man , exalted in piety , great in mental endowments and intellectual attainments . The church will regard his loss as the falling down of one of her strong pillars . Society will mourn
as for one of its brightest ornaments . Freemasonry will lament as for the loss of one of her richest jewels . Brother Alexander V . Griswold , bishop of the eastern diocess , and senior Bishop of the episcopal church in the U . S ., died in the city of Boston , on the 15 th February . 1843 , ait . 77 . He was born in Connecticut . He was after the death of Dr . Bowditch , our greatest mathematician . He always urged consistency with Masonic engagementsand
, during the Masonic persecution was ever ready with his opinion . He was pleased to have his clergy , Masons , ancl always urged them to act up to their Masonic duties . The Grand Lodge unanimously adopted resolutions declaratory of his virtues , ancl expressing sympathy with his afflicted family . —( Abridged from No . IV ., Vol- II . Freemasons Magazine , U . S . )
Dec . 21 , 1843 . —Brother CAPTAIN GORDON , ait . 78 , at Newport , Kentucky . He was , in all respects , a most exemplary man ; the father of thirteen children , seven of whom survive him . The " Army Lodge , " of which the deceased was a member , was first worked at a log-hut in the wilderness , that has since become a populous town . Masonry was brought here by our revolutionary fathers , all of them soldiers . This Lodge especially exemplifies the value of Masonry ; the General , whose commands are otherwise absolute , here becomes submissive and attentive to the moral lessons taught by the Master , even although he be but a private soldier ! Such was the case with General Washinqton . —Ibid .
April 14 , 1843 . —Major-General EDWARD H . EDWARDS , M . AA . G . M ., Grand Loelge of South Carolina . The funeral was most numerousl y attended by Lodges and Brethren of every grade , as well as by the military . The Grand Lodge afterwards assembled and passed a series of resolutions on the lamented occasion .
July 13 . —Brother SIMEON TUCKER , ait . 77 , at Canton , Mass ., a zealous champion of the Order against tlie anti-Masonic assemblies . During the reign of Terror the deceased ivas ever firm and inflexible ; and he lived to see the faction prostrated , and its leaders covered with mfamy and shame . VOL . rr ,