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Masonic Obituary.
King ' s Own Li ght Dragoons was drawn up for the purpose of escorting the funeral procession towards Windsor . Everything being in readiness , the troops presented arms and the procession proceeded . At Windsor Great Park the procession was met b y the Scotch
Fusilier Guards , of which his late Royal Highness was colonel ( Lieutenant-colonel Drumrnond commanding ) . As the procession moved on , it was followed b y the boys of another charity-school , who joined in singing a hymn as a tribute of respectful gratitude to the memory of their late benefactor . The body remained in state at Cumberland Lodge .
At the entrance of St . George ' s Chapel , the dean and prebendaries , attended by the choir , received the body , the procession ( attended , as before , by the Guards bearing flambeaux ) , moved down the south aisle , and up the nave into the choir . The part of the burial service before interment having been concluded , the coffin was lowered down , and deposited in the vault . This is not
the royal vault in which George the Fourth was buried , but that which had been constructed for the late Duke and Duchess of Gloucester , the father and mother of his late Royal Highness . The body was placed
in a recess between those of his illustrious parents , and the entrance will be closed up by a plain marble slab , ivith the inscription , " Frederick William , Duke of Gloucester , 1834 . " Sr . GEORGE ' CHAPEL . —The preparations in the chapel were on a much less extensive scale ( as far as mourning decorations were concerned ) than at any of the royal funerals for some years . The chapel ,
by its castle approaches from the yard , were hung with black , and a boarded passage , by which the coffin was to be brought into the choir , was also similarly covered . The body being placed on the tressels , the chief mourner , the Duke of Sussex , took his place at the head of the corpse . Among the persons in attendance in the choir we noticed the Duke of Wellington , the Duke
of Devonshire ( who officiated as Lord Chamberlain ) , Lord Hill , Lorcl Rosslyn , Lord Verulam , Lord Jersey , Lord Maryborough , Sir James Scarlett , and several other distinguished individuals . We should have mentioned that the body was borne into the church b y two parties of the Scots Fusiliers , who were selected as the most deserving men of the regiment . The chief mourner having taken his seat , the choir , accompanied by the organ , chaunted a hymn , after which the Dean read the first part of the burial service . When that was done the choir chaunted another
hymn , after which the Dean came from the communion table into the body of the chapel . The coffin was then lifted from its tressels and placed alongside of the vault , and after the rest of the burial service was VOL . i . 3 K
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Obituary.
King ' s Own Li ght Dragoons was drawn up for the purpose of escorting the funeral procession towards Windsor . Everything being in readiness , the troops presented arms and the procession proceeded . At Windsor Great Park the procession was met b y the Scotch
Fusilier Guards , of which his late Royal Highness was colonel ( Lieutenant-colonel Drumrnond commanding ) . As the procession moved on , it was followed b y the boys of another charity-school , who joined in singing a hymn as a tribute of respectful gratitude to the memory of their late benefactor . The body remained in state at Cumberland Lodge .
At the entrance of St . George ' s Chapel , the dean and prebendaries , attended by the choir , received the body , the procession ( attended , as before , by the Guards bearing flambeaux ) , moved down the south aisle , and up the nave into the choir . The part of the burial service before interment having been concluded , the coffin was lowered down , and deposited in the vault . This is not
the royal vault in which George the Fourth was buried , but that which had been constructed for the late Duke and Duchess of Gloucester , the father and mother of his late Royal Highness . The body was placed
in a recess between those of his illustrious parents , and the entrance will be closed up by a plain marble slab , ivith the inscription , " Frederick William , Duke of Gloucester , 1834 . " Sr . GEORGE ' CHAPEL . —The preparations in the chapel were on a much less extensive scale ( as far as mourning decorations were concerned ) than at any of the royal funerals for some years . The chapel ,
by its castle approaches from the yard , were hung with black , and a boarded passage , by which the coffin was to be brought into the choir , was also similarly covered . The body being placed on the tressels , the chief mourner , the Duke of Sussex , took his place at the head of the corpse . Among the persons in attendance in the choir we noticed the Duke of Wellington , the Duke
of Devonshire ( who officiated as Lord Chamberlain ) , Lord Hill , Lorcl Rosslyn , Lord Verulam , Lord Jersey , Lord Maryborough , Sir James Scarlett , and several other distinguished individuals . We should have mentioned that the body was borne into the church b y two parties of the Scots Fusiliers , who were selected as the most deserving men of the regiment . The chief mourner having taken his seat , the choir , accompanied by the organ , chaunted a hymn , after which the Dean read the first part of the burial service . When that was done the choir chaunted another
hymn , after which the Dean came from the communion table into the body of the chapel . The coffin was then lifted from its tressels and placed alongside of the vault , and after the rest of the burial service was VOL . i . 3 K