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BRO . WILLIAM SHADBOLT . Died , 14 th Jan ., 1854 , Bro . Wm . Shadbolt , aged seventy-six . This Bro . was for very many years a most active , zealous , and distinguished Member of the Craft ; he was initiated in the Corner Stone Lodge , then No . 26 , on the Sth December , 1800 . He joined the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , then No . 21 , on the 23 rd March , 1801 , in the concerns of which he took a leading part , and was twice elected to the Master ' s chair ; in the same year he also joined the Lodge of Moral Reformat
, Deptford , then No . 353 . On the 21 st November , 1809 , he was appointed one of the Lodge of Promulgation , a * body established by the M . W . G . M ., for the special purpose of making researches into ancient usages , more especially as to the installation to the Master's chair , and of giving instruction , with a view to establish uniformity throughout the Lodges . In 1811 he served the office of Grand Steward , and was the Secretary ofthe Board . He then joined the Grand Stewards' Lodge , and was twice elected W . M . ; he was also a member ofthe Eoyal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 . In Dec , 1813 , at the period ofthe
Union , he was nominated by his late Eoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex , a member of the Lodge of Eeconoiliation ; and the Brethren at Liverpool and its vicinity will long remember the valuable information he afforded them during a -visit to that town . In 1815 he was appointed S . G . D ., and was Grand Sword Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter of the Eoyal Arch . He was some years a member of the Board of General Purposes , and of the Grand Chapter Committee , and Treasurer of the Grand Officers' Dinner Club . He was also for several years a member of the House Committee of the Eoyal Freemasons Female School . He was a magistrate for the County of Surrey , Director of the London Joint Stock Bank , and Chairman of the London and Greenwich Eailway . We may safely avow , that no man was more devotedly respected for honour , integrity , and courtesy , in all the relations of life .
BRO . WM . POWELL . BRISTOL . —This Province has to lament the loss of a most esteemed and valued Brother who for many years has filled the important office of Dep . Prov . G . M ., —Bro . Wm . Powell , whose decease took place on the 23 rd of February last . His Masonic career was eminently distinguished by truth , uprightness , and kindly feeling , and his memory will ever be cherished by the Craft in the Province over which he long so usefully and so well presided .
Bro . D . W . Nash , P . P . S . G . W . of this Province , has heen appointed to succeed Bro . Powell , as Dep . Prov . G . M . BEO . WILLIAM MASSY . Died , on the 1 st Dec , 1853 , Bro . William Massy , of Stagdale , Ireland , an old P . M . and P . S . of Prince Masons Ch ., No . 4 , deeply regretted by the Brethren of the mystic tye , and by his numerous relatives and acquaintances , to whom he
was endeared by every attribute of kindliness in his different capacities as a worthy country gentleman , magistrate , and grand juror . BEO . JAMES LOCKE , JUN . DIED , in the prime of life , Jan . 26 , Bro . James Locke , Jun ., Wine Merchant , late of Lodge 327 , Taunton .
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BRO . WILLIAM SHADBOLT . Died , 14 th Jan ., 1854 , Bro . Wm . Shadbolt , aged seventy-six . This Bro . was for very many years a most active , zealous , and distinguished Member of the Craft ; he was initiated in the Corner Stone Lodge , then No . 26 , on the Sth December , 1800 . He joined the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , then No . 21 , on the 23 rd March , 1801 , in the concerns of which he took a leading part , and was twice elected to the Master ' s chair ; in the same year he also joined the Lodge of Moral Reformat
, Deptford , then No . 353 . On the 21 st November , 1809 , he was appointed one of the Lodge of Promulgation , a * body established by the M . W . G . M ., for the special purpose of making researches into ancient usages , more especially as to the installation to the Master's chair , and of giving instruction , with a view to establish uniformity throughout the Lodges . In 1811 he served the office of Grand Steward , and was the Secretary ofthe Board . He then joined the Grand Stewards' Lodge , and was twice elected W . M . ; he was also a member ofthe Eoyal Alpha Lodge , No . 16 . In Dec , 1813 , at the period ofthe
Union , he was nominated by his late Eoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex , a member of the Lodge of Eeconoiliation ; and the Brethren at Liverpool and its vicinity will long remember the valuable information he afforded them during a -visit to that town . In 1815 he was appointed S . G . D ., and was Grand Sword Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter of the Eoyal Arch . He was some years a member of the Board of General Purposes , and of the Grand Chapter Committee , and Treasurer of the Grand Officers' Dinner Club . He was also for several years a member of the House Committee of the Eoyal Freemasons Female School . He was a magistrate for the County of Surrey , Director of the London Joint Stock Bank , and Chairman of the London and Greenwich Eailway . We may safely avow , that no man was more devotedly respected for honour , integrity , and courtesy , in all the relations of life .
BRO . WM . POWELL . BRISTOL . —This Province has to lament the loss of a most esteemed and valued Brother who for many years has filled the important office of Dep . Prov . G . M ., —Bro . Wm . Powell , whose decease took place on the 23 rd of February last . His Masonic career was eminently distinguished by truth , uprightness , and kindly feeling , and his memory will ever be cherished by the Craft in the Province over which he long so usefully and so well presided .
Bro . D . W . Nash , P . P . S . G . W . of this Province , has heen appointed to succeed Bro . Powell , as Dep . Prov . G . M . BEO . WILLIAM MASSY . Died , on the 1 st Dec , 1853 , Bro . William Massy , of Stagdale , Ireland , an old P . M . and P . S . of Prince Masons Ch ., No . 4 , deeply regretted by the Brethren of the mystic tye , and by his numerous relatives and acquaintances , to whom he
was endeared by every attribute of kindliness in his different capacities as a worthy country gentleman , magistrate , and grand juror . BEO . JAMES LOCKE , JUN . DIED , in the prime of life , Jan . 26 , Bro . James Locke , Jun ., Wine Merchant , late of Lodge 327 , Taunton .