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Masonic Obituary.
concluded , the King at Arms then read the style and titles of the late Prince , after which the ceremony concluded , and the company in the chapel , which was select and numerous , departed . His Royal Highness died wealthy . Col . Higg ins and his aides-ducamp have been liberally remembered . The bulk of the property is bequeathed to the Duchess . Sir James Scarlett is the executor .
His late Royal Hig hness was initiated into Masonry in the Britanic Lodge , No . 38 ( then No . 27 ) , by the late Marcfuis of Hastings , when Earl of Moira , in the year 1795 , and was dignified by the rank of P . G . M ., as appears by the following record of the Grand Lodge , April 13 , 1796 . " Resolved unanimously , That in testimony of the high sense the
Grand Lodge entertains of the great honour conferred on the Society by the initiation of PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER , His Royal Highness be presented with an apron lined with blue silk , and that on all future occasions His Royal Hig hness shall take rank as a Past Grand JIaster . " His late Royal Highness was a Royal Arch Mason , and also a Masonic Knight Templar .
Brother Lieut . WILLIAM CROW , R . N . This gallant officer and distinguished Freemason entered the service when very young ( about ten years of age ) , and bore a part in the actions of the Nile , Copenhagen , & c . under the immortal Nelson , and in most of the other great naval engagements fought during tbe late war . His meritorious conduct procured him a Lieutenancy in 1800 , and afterwards die command of
the Gallant , gun brig , in which he continued until the peace in 1814 . He was initiated into Masonry in the Scilly Islands in the year 1797 . In 1816 he came to reside in Hull and joined tbe Minerva Lodge No . 467 , of which he was twice elected the Worshipful Master . In the year 1823 he attached himself to the Humber Lodge No . 73 , now 65 , and twice served the office of Worshipful Master , and continued a member thereof until the time of his death . Having adopted the motto of his illustrious commander , " England expects every man to do his duty , "
he determined to leave nothing undone which could promote the welfare of the Lodge to which he belonged , ancl the true interests of Freemasonry in general , contributing by both his wealth and talents to promote the liberal arts and sciences . Indeed the welfare of Freemasonry appeared to be interwoven with his very existence ; for the space cf eight yeais he was a Provincial Grand Officer for the North and East
Ridings of Yorkshire . As a friend and a Mason , he was steady and affectionate , affable and sociable , of inflexible integrity , sincere in his attachments , and much esteemed by all who had the honour of his acquaintance .
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Masonic Obituary.
concluded , the King at Arms then read the style and titles of the late Prince , after which the ceremony concluded , and the company in the chapel , which was select and numerous , departed . His Royal Highness died wealthy . Col . Higg ins and his aides-ducamp have been liberally remembered . The bulk of the property is bequeathed to the Duchess . Sir James Scarlett is the executor .
His late Royal Hig hness was initiated into Masonry in the Britanic Lodge , No . 38 ( then No . 27 ) , by the late Marcfuis of Hastings , when Earl of Moira , in the year 1795 , and was dignified by the rank of P . G . M ., as appears by the following record of the Grand Lodge , April 13 , 1796 . " Resolved unanimously , That in testimony of the high sense the
Grand Lodge entertains of the great honour conferred on the Society by the initiation of PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER , His Royal Highness be presented with an apron lined with blue silk , and that on all future occasions His Royal Hig hness shall take rank as a Past Grand JIaster . " His late Royal Highness was a Royal Arch Mason , and also a Masonic Knight Templar .
Brother Lieut . WILLIAM CROW , R . N . This gallant officer and distinguished Freemason entered the service when very young ( about ten years of age ) , and bore a part in the actions of the Nile , Copenhagen , & c . under the immortal Nelson , and in most of the other great naval engagements fought during tbe late war . His meritorious conduct procured him a Lieutenancy in 1800 , and afterwards die command of
the Gallant , gun brig , in which he continued until the peace in 1814 . He was initiated into Masonry in the Scilly Islands in the year 1797 . In 1816 he came to reside in Hull and joined tbe Minerva Lodge No . 467 , of which he was twice elected the Worshipful Master . In the year 1823 he attached himself to the Humber Lodge No . 73 , now 65 , and twice served the office of Worshipful Master , and continued a member thereof until the time of his death . Having adopted the motto of his illustrious commander , " England expects every man to do his duty , "
he determined to leave nothing undone which could promote the welfare of the Lodge to which he belonged , ancl the true interests of Freemasonry in general , contributing by both his wealth and talents to promote the liberal arts and sciences . Indeed the welfare of Freemasonry appeared to be interwoven with his very existence ; for the space cf eight yeais he was a Provincial Grand Officer for the North and East
Ridings of Yorkshire . As a friend and a Mason , he was steady and affectionate , affable and sociable , of inflexible integrity , sincere in his attachments , and much esteemed by all who had the honour of his acquaintance .