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Obituary.
several years past he filled the arduous office of Secretary to the Grand Council of Rites for Ireland , devoting to its duties all the energies of his active and zealous mind . His constant and unremitting care of every degree , from the first or Entered Apprentice , to the thirty-third , or " ultimique gradus , " was ever the theme of praise amongst his assembled Brethren . How the loss of such a man is to be metand his place in
Freema-, sonry supplied , are questions of surpassing difficulty now forced upon the consideration of his surviving Brethren . Dr . AA right ' s active and untiring energy in the cause of Freemasonry commended him to the particular notice of the noble and illustrious head of the Order in Ireland , His Grace the Duke of Leinster , by whom he was elevated , in 1847 , to the distinction of a seat in the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degreeor Grand Inspectors
, General ; an honourable testimony to his merits well and truly deserved . A numerous cortege of the Brethren attended to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed . A most eloquent ancl impressive funeral oration was delivered by the Rev . Henry J . Westby , Grand Chaplain ; and the remains of their lamented friend ancl Brother were carried from the Church to the grave by the officers of the
Victoria Lodge , No . 4 , of which Dr . Wright may be said to have been the father . It is remarkable that but six iveeks before Bro . AA right ' s decease , and on the same clay of the week , his friend , Bro . Tliomas Keck , of the Castle , paid him a visit , and dropped dead in his drawing-room . With much regret we record the death of the wife of Bro . John Hodgkinson , of the Grant ! Stewards' Lodge , & c . She was a firm supporter of all the Masonic Charities .
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Obituary.
several years past he filled the arduous office of Secretary to the Grand Council of Rites for Ireland , devoting to its duties all the energies of his active and zealous mind . His constant and unremitting care of every degree , from the first or Entered Apprentice , to the thirty-third , or " ultimique gradus , " was ever the theme of praise amongst his assembled Brethren . How the loss of such a man is to be metand his place in
Freema-, sonry supplied , are questions of surpassing difficulty now forced upon the consideration of his surviving Brethren . Dr . AA right ' s active and untiring energy in the cause of Freemasonry commended him to the particular notice of the noble and illustrious head of the Order in Ireland , His Grace the Duke of Leinster , by whom he was elevated , in 1847 , to the distinction of a seat in the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degreeor Grand Inspectors
, General ; an honourable testimony to his merits well and truly deserved . A numerous cortege of the Brethren attended to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed . A most eloquent ancl impressive funeral oration was delivered by the Rev . Henry J . Westby , Grand Chaplain ; and the remains of their lamented friend ancl Brother were carried from the Church to the grave by the officers of the
Victoria Lodge , No . 4 , of which Dr . Wright may be said to have been the father . It is remarkable that but six iveeks before Bro . AA right ' s decease , and on the same clay of the week , his friend , Bro . Tliomas Keck , of the Castle , paid him a visit , and dropped dead in his drawing-room . With much regret we record the death of the wife of Bro . John Hodgkinson , of the Grant ! Stewards' Lodge , & c . She was a firm supporter of all the Masonic Charities .