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Junior Grand Warden.
G . Secretary , as Prov . S . G . W . in 1 SS 7 , and on the death ol Bro . T . Chirgwin , who had succeeded him as Secretary , reverted to his old position and still retains it in Provincial Grand Lodge . ' In Royal Arch Masonry he is a P ' / .. rf the Royal Cornubian Chapter , No . 331 , having occupied the chair of First Principal twice , viz ., in 18 73 and 1 S 78 . and having served as Prov . G . T . in the latter year , was , in iSSr , appointed and still remains Prov . G . S . E .
He also assisted in resuscitating Volubian Chapter , No . 75 , Falmouth , and likewise had the honour of exalting Comp . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Grand Superintendent of Cornwall , and installing him in-the Principals ' chairs of their common mother chapter , No . 331 . He is a Past E . C . in the Order of the Temple and held office as G . S . B . before the change in the ritual , while since lhat event he has served as Provincial Chancellor . He is also a member of ihe Ancient and Accepted Rite , having been perfected
Rose Cro ' x snd served as M . W . S . in the Cornwall Chapter , No . 61 , Truro , of that Drgrte arid taken the 30 . As regards our Charitable Institutions he is a Vice-President , past Steward of both Schools and the Benevolent Institution , ard rn the occasions when the Eail of Mount Edgcumbe presided as Cha ' rman at the Jub lee Festival ol thc Old People in 1 S 92 , and at tie Girls' Sih .-ol Festival last year , Bro . Anderton did splendid sr rvice ; \ vSi \ c in additilicn he s Secretary of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fend . Thus the honour he has just received is fully deserved .
Bro . GF . ORGE E . LAKE , who has received the collar of a Junior G . Deacon , has played a distinguish ! d part in all the varii . us branches of Freemasonry with which he has been connected during the greater part of the Ia t quarter of a century . He was initiated on the 3 rd October , 1 S 73 , in the Watford Lodge , No . 404 , and after holding sundry offices , among which were those of I . W . in 1876 and 1 S 77 , and S . W . in 1 S 7 S , he was ins ' . alled
as W . M . in April , 1 S 79 , and had the honour of presiding over his mother lodge during the Jubilee year of its constitution . In 1 S 84 he was elected Treasurer in succession to the late Bro . Wilson Isles , and has since been annually re-elected to that pest . Ir , 188 7 he joined the Centurion Lodge , No . 171 S , served as W . M . in 1 S 90 , and was elected its Treasurer last year ; and he is likewise the senior P . AI . of the Rickmnnsworth Ledge , No . 221 S ,
of which he was in 1 SS 7 a founder and first S . W ., and over which he was elected to preside as Master durirg the second year of its existence . His Provincial honours have been commensurate with his many services . He was appointed to the Prov . G . Regislrarship of Hertfordshire , in 1878 , before he lad attained the rank of an Installed Master , while since 18 S 4 he has been continuously in office , having been appointed firstly , Prov . G .
Secretary on the transference of the late Bro . J . E . Dawson to the position of Depi ty P . G . M ., and secondly , in 1 SS 9 , to the office he still holds , lhat of Deputy P . G . M ., when it was vacated by that brother , after five years ' service , in 18 S 9 . In Royal Arch Masonry he has obtained equal distinction . He was exalted in May , 1 S 75 , in the Watford Chapter , No . 404 , and after serving as Scribe E . in 1880 -in which capacity he rendered valuable
assistance in arrangingfor the celebration of the chapter ' s jubilee—he successively occupied in 1 S 81 , 1 S 82 , and 1 SS 3 , the chairs of J ., H ., and M . E . Z . In 1 SS 4 he was elected Treasurer , and has held that office ever since , except during the year 1888 , when , for the second time , he was called upon to fill the office of Principal Z . In Prov . G . Chapter he has been successively Prov G . Registrar during the years 18 79 and 18 S 0 ; Prov . G . Scribe E ., from 188410
1890 . 3 rd since the latter year , Prov . G . Second Principal . He is also , or shall we say , was?—a joining member of St . Mary ' s Chapter , No . 6 3 London . He was admitted in the Walford Maik Lodge , No . 241 , on the 26 th March , 1 S 79 , 'h e very day on which that lodge , which is the senior on the roll of Herlfordshire , was consecrated by the then G . Mark Secretary , Bro . Fred . Binckes , was installed in the chair of A . on the 25 th June , 1 SS 5 , and the
year following was elected—and still remains—its Treasurer . In June , 18 S 6 , he was appointed Prov . S . G . W ., and after serving as Prov . G . Treasurer from 1 S 8 S to 1893 , was in the latter year appointed Deputy P . G . M . in succession to the late Bo . Daw ; on . His services received further recognition on the 31 st May , 18 S 7 , when he had the honour of being appointed J . G . Deacon of Mark G . Ledge . In the Order of the Temple he was installed K . T . in the S'uart Encampment , No . 28 , Walford , on ihe ist May ,
18 7 6 , and after filling sundry offices , was installed E . C . in July , 1 S 80 . and for the second time in 1 S 94 . He has also held the office of Treasurer since 18 S 4 and is likewise a Prior of the Order of Malta . As regards our Charitable Institutions , Bro . Lake is a Vice-President of the Girls' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor of the Bojs' School , and has served in all 11 Stewardships , of which four have been in respect of the Girls' School , two for the Boys' School , and the remainder for the Old People .
GRAND SUPERINTENDENT OF WORKS .
Bro . ROWLAND PuMiur , Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects , is a Mason of 30 years' standing , having been initiated in the Hornsey Lodge , No . S 90 , on the 2 nd February , 1 SS 6 . But for some years , owing , no doubt , to the demand made upon his time by his professional engagements , he does not seem to have taken a very active part in its affairs . On the nth November , 1 SS 0 , he joined the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , and
having held various offices , and represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1 S 86-7 , he was elected and installed as W . Master in 1887 . He also , about the same time , assisted in forming the Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 2182 . He was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in the Old Union Chapter , on the 20 th March , 1 SS 7 , and having served the minor offices , passed the three chairs of J ., H ., and Z ., being installed as First Principal
in 1889 . He is also Treasurer of the Brooke Chap er , No . 2005 , Chingford , and in 1891 was appointed Prov . G . H . Essex . In the Mark Degree , to which he was advanced in the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , in 1 SS 3 , he is a P . M . of that lodge , as well as of the Davison Lodge , No . 331 , having been installed W . M . of the latter in 18 S 7 , and was appointed Prov . G . Inspector of Works in the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey , and Grand Inspector 0
of Works in Grand Lodge in 18 S 8 . He was perfected Rose Croix , 18 , in Adoniram Chapter , of which he is still a subscribing member , and lastly , he is a Life Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , and has served one Stewardship for each of them , and isa Life Subscriber ofthe Girls ' School , and has given his services as Steward in its behalf al the Festival which will be held en Wednesday , the 13 h inst ., under ihe auspices of Bro .
the Earl of Ya-borough . Bro . ! Plumbe , who , at the present time , is Master of the Paper Stainers' Company , has been in practice as an architect since 1 S 62 . He is a late member of ihe Council , as well as a Fellow of the R . I . B . A ., a Past President of the Architectural Association ,-and a District Surveyor under the London Building Acts . His services have been engaged by the London County Council and the Artizans' Dwelling Co ., and he is at present Architect to the Lunatic Asylums Committee of the
Junior Grand Warden.
Middlesex County Council . For many years past he has been known as an hospital architect , and is just now superintending the completion of the hospital which is being erected at Tilbury at the cost of Bro . Passmore Edwards . He has also been largely consulted in reference to the erection of Polytechnic Institutes , from the time when the Polytechnic movement was commenced .
DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES .
Bro . J D . LANGTON entered upon his Masonic career much earlier than the majority of brethren . As the son of a Mason he was entitled to certain privileges , among them being that of being initiated while still a minor . Accordingly he was initiated in the Welcome Lodge , No . 1673 , by special dispensation , on the 30 th May , 1877 , when he had not at the time attained the full age of 21 years . After filling sundry offices he was installed
in the Master s chair in 1882 , and since 1889 has acted as Secretary . He joined the Grand Master ' s Lidge , No . 1 , in December , 1879 , and in 1885 , became founder and first Master of the George Price Lodge , No . 2096 Croydon , and in 1 S 93 , was founder and first W . M . of the Molesey Lodge , No . 2473 , East Molesey , having in the interval between the two events been appointed , in 1886 , by the late Bro . General Brownrigg , at the time Prov .
G . Master , to be Prov . J . G . Warden of Surrey . He was exalted in the Chapterof Prudent Brethren on the 19 th January , 1880 , and having subsequently joined the Asaph Chapter , No . 1319 , was installed M . E . Z . on the 24 th June , 18 S 9 . He was founder and first Z . of the George Price Chapter , No . 2096 , in 1888 , and was appointed in 1889 and again in 1 S 90 , as Prov . G . Registrar of Surrey . At the present time he is a member and holds
office in Grand Master ' s Chapter , No . 1 . He is also a Mark Master Mason , and Knight of the Order of the Temple , being a member of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 454 , in the former degree , and of the Lullingstone Preceptory , No . 155 , Wilmington , Kent , in the latter . During the reorganisation of the Boys' School administration , Bro . Langton acted as Honorary Secretary of the Provisional Management Committee , and for some time past has been a member of the Board of Management of that
Institution . To him also the Province of Surrey is indebted for Us Charity Committee and Charity Fund , the establishment of which was proposed by him , and the post of Secretary for which he has filled ever since its formation , He is likewise a Life-Governor of our three Institutions , and has served as Festival Steward for each of them , and he has now received the well merited reward for his services by being appointed Deputy G . Director of Ceremonies .
ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES .
Bro . FREDERICK GORDON BROWN , Surgeon of the City of London Police , and Surgeon in charge of the 4 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers , was initiated into Freemasonry in the St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 194 , in November , 1868 , and six years later had the honour of being installed in its chair as Worshipful Master . On the iS . h February , 1878 , he was elected a joining member of Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and having represented it
on the Board of G . Stewards—for which he acted as Secretary—during the year 18 S 7-S ; he filled the chair as Master in 1890-1 . In 1879 , he was elected the first joining member of the Sir Thomas White Lodge , No . 1820 , and has twice served it as W . M ., namely , in 1889-90 , and again in 189596 . In 1894 , he became a founder and was elected Treasurer of the Train
Bands Lodge , No . 2524 . He has been exalted into Royal Arch Masonry , and was last year installed in the chair of First Principal . Lastly , he is a Life-Governor of all three Masonic Institutions , and has served twice as Steward for the Girls' School , and once in each case for the Boys ' School and Benevolent Institution .
Bro . W . E . CHAPMAN , upon whom H . R . H . the M . W . G . Master has been pleased to confer the brevet rank of Past G . Asst . Director of Ceremonies , was initiated into Masonry in June , 1871 , but it was not until the year 1886 that he began to exhibit that interest in our Society which was recognised on Wednesday by his appointment to the purple of G . Lodge . In that year he joined the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , at the first
meeting after its consecration , and has now the honour of filling the Senior Warden ' s chair . The > ear following he assisted in founding the Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 ; in 1890 , and again in 1891 , was installed its W . M . ; and is its present Secretary . In 1892 he was founder and first W . M . of the Runnymede Lodge , No . 2430 , YVraybury ; in 1893 he was founder of the Eccentric Lodge , No . 2488 , and has held the office of Secretary from
the day of its consecration ; while last year he took part in the establishment of the Justicia Lodge , No . 2563 , of which he was appointed the first D . C , and the Empress Lodge , No . 2581 , of which he is the Secretary . Thus in the brief period of 10 years he has joined one lodge , taken a leading part in the foundation of five , and has held office in all of them , while in 1894 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge at
Jerusalem . In recognition of his services to the Province of Buckingham in connection with the Runnymede Lodge , No . 2430 , Bro . Chapman has had conferred upon him the collar of P . G . Supt . of Works . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in Mount Vernon Chapter , Boston , U . S . A ., in June , 1873 . In March , 1 S 89 , he joined the Bayard Chapter , No . 1615 , and has been twice installed in the chair of Z ., namely , in 1893 and again
during the present year . He is also a founder , P . Z ., and Scribe E . of the Savage Club Chapter , No . 2190 , a founder and I . P . Z . of the Herschel Chapter , No . 1894 , Slough , consecrated in 1 S 94 , and founder and M . E . Z . of the Eccentric Chapter , No . 2488 , which was consecrated only a few weeks since . For his services in connection with the Herschel Chapter he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar Bucks . In the Mark Degree , to which he
was advanced in the Mount Vernon R . A . Chapter , Boston , Mass ., in 18731 he is a founder , and was first W . M ., of the Savage Club Lodge , No . 4691 and since vacating the chair of A . has been its Secretary . Last year he was founder and first Treasurer of the Dramatic Lodge , No . 487 , and received the collar of G . Std . Br ., since when he has been a member of the Grand Master ' s Mark Lodge . As regards the Order of the Temple , l > e was installed K . T . in April , 1 S 88 , in the Bard of Avon Preceptory , and
E . P . in 1892 , and having completed his term of office in the latter capacity , he was appointed , and has since remained , Registrar . He is a Past G . Capt . ot the Guard in G . Priory and a Past G . Swd . Br . in the Order of Malta . He was perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° , in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 ; was a founder , in 1 S 93 , and is now ist Gen . of the Tuscan Chapter , No . 129 , and has taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite * Lastly , Bro . Chapman is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and a Vice-President of the R . M . Benevolent Institution , and has acted for each of those Charities in the capacity of Festival Steward .
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Junior Grand Warden.
G . Secretary , as Prov . S . G . W . in 1 SS 7 , and on the death ol Bro . T . Chirgwin , who had succeeded him as Secretary , reverted to his old position and still retains it in Provincial Grand Lodge . ' In Royal Arch Masonry he is a P ' / .. rf the Royal Cornubian Chapter , No . 331 , having occupied the chair of First Principal twice , viz ., in 18 73 and 1 S 78 . and having served as Prov . G . T . in the latter year , was , in iSSr , appointed and still remains Prov . G . S . E .
He also assisted in resuscitating Volubian Chapter , No . 75 , Falmouth , and likewise had the honour of exalting Comp . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Grand Superintendent of Cornwall , and installing him in-the Principals ' chairs of their common mother chapter , No . 331 . He is a Past E . C . in the Order of the Temple and held office as G . S . B . before the change in the ritual , while since lhat event he has served as Provincial Chancellor . He is also a member of ihe Ancient and Accepted Rite , having been perfected
Rose Cro ' x snd served as M . W . S . in the Cornwall Chapter , No . 61 , Truro , of that Drgrte arid taken the 30 . As regards our Charitable Institutions he is a Vice-President , past Steward of both Schools and the Benevolent Institution , ard rn the occasions when the Eail of Mount Edgcumbe presided as Cha ' rman at the Jub lee Festival ol thc Old People in 1 S 92 , and at tie Girls' Sih .-ol Festival last year , Bro . Anderton did splendid sr rvice ; \ vSi \ c in additilicn he s Secretary of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fend . Thus the honour he has just received is fully deserved .
Bro . GF . ORGE E . LAKE , who has received the collar of a Junior G . Deacon , has played a distinguish ! d part in all the varii . us branches of Freemasonry with which he has been connected during the greater part of the Ia t quarter of a century . He was initiated on the 3 rd October , 1 S 73 , in the Watford Lodge , No . 404 , and after holding sundry offices , among which were those of I . W . in 1876 and 1 S 77 , and S . W . in 1 S 7 S , he was ins ' . alled
as W . M . in April , 1 S 79 , and had the honour of presiding over his mother lodge during the Jubilee year of its constitution . In 1 S 84 he was elected Treasurer in succession to the late Bro . Wilson Isles , and has since been annually re-elected to that pest . Ir , 188 7 he joined the Centurion Lodge , No . 171 S , served as W . M . in 1 S 90 , and was elected its Treasurer last year ; and he is likewise the senior P . AI . of the Rickmnnsworth Ledge , No . 221 S ,
of which he was in 1 SS 7 a founder and first S . W ., and over which he was elected to preside as Master durirg the second year of its existence . His Provincial honours have been commensurate with his many services . He was appointed to the Prov . G . Regislrarship of Hertfordshire , in 1878 , before he lad attained the rank of an Installed Master , while since 18 S 4 he has been continuously in office , having been appointed firstly , Prov . G .
Secretary on the transference of the late Bro . J . E . Dawson to the position of Depi ty P . G . M ., and secondly , in 1 SS 9 , to the office he still holds , lhat of Deputy P . G . M ., when it was vacated by that brother , after five years ' service , in 18 S 9 . In Royal Arch Masonry he has obtained equal distinction . He was exalted in May , 1 S 75 , in the Watford Chapter , No . 404 , and after serving as Scribe E . in 1880 -in which capacity he rendered valuable
assistance in arrangingfor the celebration of the chapter ' s jubilee—he successively occupied in 1 S 81 , 1 S 82 , and 1 SS 3 , the chairs of J ., H ., and M . E . Z . In 1 SS 4 he was elected Treasurer , and has held that office ever since , except during the year 1888 , when , for the second time , he was called upon to fill the office of Principal Z . In Prov . G . Chapter he has been successively Prov G . Registrar during the years 18 79 and 18 S 0 ; Prov . G . Scribe E ., from 188410
1890 . 3 rd since the latter year , Prov . G . Second Principal . He is also , or shall we say , was?—a joining member of St . Mary ' s Chapter , No . 6 3 London . He was admitted in the Walford Maik Lodge , No . 241 , on the 26 th March , 1 S 79 , 'h e very day on which that lodge , which is the senior on the roll of Herlfordshire , was consecrated by the then G . Mark Secretary , Bro . Fred . Binckes , was installed in the chair of A . on the 25 th June , 1 SS 5 , and the
year following was elected—and still remains—its Treasurer . In June , 18 S 6 , he was appointed Prov . S . G . W ., and after serving as Prov . G . Treasurer from 1 S 8 S to 1893 , was in the latter year appointed Deputy P . G . M . in succession to the late Bo . Daw ; on . His services received further recognition on the 31 st May , 18 S 7 , when he had the honour of being appointed J . G . Deacon of Mark G . Ledge . In the Order of the Temple he was installed K . T . in the S'uart Encampment , No . 28 , Walford , on ihe ist May ,
18 7 6 , and after filling sundry offices , was installed E . C . in July , 1 S 80 . and for the second time in 1 S 94 . He has also held the office of Treasurer since 18 S 4 and is likewise a Prior of the Order of Malta . As regards our Charitable Institutions , Bro . Lake is a Vice-President of the Girls' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life Governor of the Bojs' School , and has served in all 11 Stewardships , of which four have been in respect of the Girls' School , two for the Boys' School , and the remainder for the Old People .
GRAND SUPERINTENDENT OF WORKS .
Bro . ROWLAND PuMiur , Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects , is a Mason of 30 years' standing , having been initiated in the Hornsey Lodge , No . S 90 , on the 2 nd February , 1 SS 6 . But for some years , owing , no doubt , to the demand made upon his time by his professional engagements , he does not seem to have taken a very active part in its affairs . On the nth November , 1 SS 0 , he joined the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , and
having held various offices , and represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1 S 86-7 , he was elected and installed as W . Master in 1887 . He also , about the same time , assisted in forming the Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 2182 . He was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in the Old Union Chapter , on the 20 th March , 1 SS 7 , and having served the minor offices , passed the three chairs of J ., H ., and Z ., being installed as First Principal
in 1889 . He is also Treasurer of the Brooke Chap er , No . 2005 , Chingford , and in 1891 was appointed Prov . G . H . Essex . In the Mark Degree , to which he was advanced in the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , in 1 SS 3 , he is a P . M . of that lodge , as well as of the Davison Lodge , No . 331 , having been installed W . M . of the latter in 18 S 7 , and was appointed Prov . G . Inspector of Works in the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey , and Grand Inspector 0
of Works in Grand Lodge in 18 S 8 . He was perfected Rose Croix , 18 , in Adoniram Chapter , of which he is still a subscribing member , and lastly , he is a Life Governor of the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , and has served one Stewardship for each of them , and isa Life Subscriber ofthe Girls ' School , and has given his services as Steward in its behalf al the Festival which will be held en Wednesday , the 13 h inst ., under ihe auspices of Bro .
the Earl of Ya-borough . Bro . ! Plumbe , who , at the present time , is Master of the Paper Stainers' Company , has been in practice as an architect since 1 S 62 . He is a late member of ihe Council , as well as a Fellow of the R . I . B . A ., a Past President of the Architectural Association ,-and a District Surveyor under the London Building Acts . His services have been engaged by the London County Council and the Artizans' Dwelling Co ., and he is at present Architect to the Lunatic Asylums Committee of the
Junior Grand Warden.
Middlesex County Council . For many years past he has been known as an hospital architect , and is just now superintending the completion of the hospital which is being erected at Tilbury at the cost of Bro . Passmore Edwards . He has also been largely consulted in reference to the erection of Polytechnic Institutes , from the time when the Polytechnic movement was commenced .
DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES .
Bro . J D . LANGTON entered upon his Masonic career much earlier than the majority of brethren . As the son of a Mason he was entitled to certain privileges , among them being that of being initiated while still a minor . Accordingly he was initiated in the Welcome Lodge , No . 1673 , by special dispensation , on the 30 th May , 1877 , when he had not at the time attained the full age of 21 years . After filling sundry offices he was installed
in the Master s chair in 1882 , and since 1889 has acted as Secretary . He joined the Grand Master ' s Lidge , No . 1 , in December , 1879 , and in 1885 , became founder and first Master of the George Price Lodge , No . 2096 Croydon , and in 1 S 93 , was founder and first W . M . of the Molesey Lodge , No . 2473 , East Molesey , having in the interval between the two events been appointed , in 1886 , by the late Bro . General Brownrigg , at the time Prov .
G . Master , to be Prov . J . G . Warden of Surrey . He was exalted in the Chapterof Prudent Brethren on the 19 th January , 1880 , and having subsequently joined the Asaph Chapter , No . 1319 , was installed M . E . Z . on the 24 th June , 18 S 9 . He was founder and first Z . of the George Price Chapter , No . 2096 , in 1888 , and was appointed in 1889 and again in 1 S 90 , as Prov . G . Registrar of Surrey . At the present time he is a member and holds
office in Grand Master ' s Chapter , No . 1 . He is also a Mark Master Mason , and Knight of the Order of the Temple , being a member of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 454 , in the former degree , and of the Lullingstone Preceptory , No . 155 , Wilmington , Kent , in the latter . During the reorganisation of the Boys' School administration , Bro . Langton acted as Honorary Secretary of the Provisional Management Committee , and for some time past has been a member of the Board of Management of that
Institution . To him also the Province of Surrey is indebted for Us Charity Committee and Charity Fund , the establishment of which was proposed by him , and the post of Secretary for which he has filled ever since its formation , He is likewise a Life-Governor of our three Institutions , and has served as Festival Steward for each of them , and he has now received the well merited reward for his services by being appointed Deputy G . Director of Ceremonies .
ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES .
Bro . FREDERICK GORDON BROWN , Surgeon of the City of London Police , and Surgeon in charge of the 4 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers , was initiated into Freemasonry in the St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 194 , in November , 1868 , and six years later had the honour of being installed in its chair as Worshipful Master . On the iS . h February , 1878 , he was elected a joining member of Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and having represented it
on the Board of G . Stewards—for which he acted as Secretary—during the year 18 S 7-S ; he filled the chair as Master in 1890-1 . In 1879 , he was elected the first joining member of the Sir Thomas White Lodge , No . 1820 , and has twice served it as W . M ., namely , in 1889-90 , and again in 189596 . In 1894 , he became a founder and was elected Treasurer of the Train
Bands Lodge , No . 2524 . He has been exalted into Royal Arch Masonry , and was last year installed in the chair of First Principal . Lastly , he is a Life-Governor of all three Masonic Institutions , and has served twice as Steward for the Girls' School , and once in each case for the Boys ' School and Benevolent Institution .
Bro . W . E . CHAPMAN , upon whom H . R . H . the M . W . G . Master has been pleased to confer the brevet rank of Past G . Asst . Director of Ceremonies , was initiated into Masonry in June , 1871 , but it was not until the year 1886 that he began to exhibit that interest in our Society which was recognised on Wednesday by his appointment to the purple of G . Lodge . In that year he joined the Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , at the first
meeting after its consecration , and has now the honour of filling the Senior Warden ' s chair . The > ear following he assisted in founding the Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 ; in 1890 , and again in 1891 , was installed its W . M . ; and is its present Secretary . In 1892 he was founder and first W . M . of the Runnymede Lodge , No . 2430 , YVraybury ; in 1893 he was founder of the Eccentric Lodge , No . 2488 , and has held the office of Secretary from
the day of its consecration ; while last year he took part in the establishment of the Justicia Lodge , No . 2563 , of which he was appointed the first D . C , and the Empress Lodge , No . 2581 , of which he is the Secretary . Thus in the brief period of 10 years he has joined one lodge , taken a leading part in the foundation of five , and has held office in all of them , while in 1894 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Solomon Mother Lodge at
Jerusalem . In recognition of his services to the Province of Buckingham in connection with the Runnymede Lodge , No . 2430 , Bro . Chapman has had conferred upon him the collar of P . G . Supt . of Works . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in Mount Vernon Chapter , Boston , U . S . A ., in June , 1873 . In March , 1 S 89 , he joined the Bayard Chapter , No . 1615 , and has been twice installed in the chair of Z ., namely , in 1893 and again
during the present year . He is also a founder , P . Z ., and Scribe E . of the Savage Club Chapter , No . 2190 , a founder and I . P . Z . of the Herschel Chapter , No . 1894 , Slough , consecrated in 1 S 94 , and founder and M . E . Z . of the Eccentric Chapter , No . 2488 , which was consecrated only a few weeks since . For his services in connection with the Herschel Chapter he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar Bucks . In the Mark Degree , to which he
was advanced in the Mount Vernon R . A . Chapter , Boston , Mass ., in 18731 he is a founder , and was first W . M ., of the Savage Club Lodge , No . 4691 and since vacating the chair of A . has been its Secretary . Last year he was founder and first Treasurer of the Dramatic Lodge , No . 487 , and received the collar of G . Std . Br ., since when he has been a member of the Grand Master ' s Mark Lodge . As regards the Order of the Temple , l > e was installed K . T . in April , 1 S 88 , in the Bard of Avon Preceptory , and
E . P . in 1892 , and having completed his term of office in the latter capacity , he was appointed , and has since remained , Registrar . He is a Past G . Capt . ot the Guard in G . Priory and a Past G . Swd . Br . in the Order of Malta . He was perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° , in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 ; was a founder , in 1 S 93 , and is now ist Gen . of the Tuscan Chapter , No . 129 , and has taken the 30 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite * Lastly , Bro . Chapman is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and a Vice-President of the R . M . Benevolent Institution , and has acted for each of those Charities in the capacity of Festival Steward .