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Junior Grand Warden.
Bro . ERNEST ST . CLAIR was the first initiate of Lodge La France , No . 2060 , which was conrecrated in 1884 , and which is the only lodge under the Eng lish Constitution that works in the French language . Having obtained the necessary qualification as Warden , he was elected and installed W . M . in 1887 , and was re-elected and served a second term of office the year following . In 1885 he joined one of our Red Ap on Lodges-the Tuscan ,
No . 14—wasitsW . Master in 1894 , and Presidentof the Board of G . Stewart ' s that served during 1893 4 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the British Chapter , No . 8 , and is , at the present time , in the chair cf M . E . Z . In 1 S 90 he became a founder and first J . of La France Chapter , and two years later was installed in the chair of First Principal . In Mark Masonry , after having been advanced in the Ruspini Lodge , No . 3 6 3 , he became
founder and first S . W . of the La France Mark Lodge , No . 459 , in 1893 and the following year was elected and installed as VV . M . Last year he was President of the Board cf Grand Stewards at the Mark Grand Festival , ar . d has rendered a further service to this degree by translating its ritual , in conjunction with B 0 . E . Monteuuis , into the French language . He 0
was perfected in the Rose Croix Chapter , No . 1 , in 1887 , took the 30 in 1 S 90 , and was one of the founders of the Tuscan Chapter , No . 120 . He is also a Royal Ark Mariner , a member of the Allied Masonic Degrees , and a Knig ht of ihe Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine . Finally , he has constituted himself a Vice-Patron of both Schools and the Benevolent Institution , and has served as Festival Steward for one or other of them on 12 different occasions .
GRAND SWORD BEARER .
Bro . HENRV LOVEGROVE , who has received the collar of G . Sword Bearer , has taken a very active part in Freemasonry during the 20 years he has been a member of the Craft . He was initiated in the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , which had only been constituted about a year previously , in November , 1 S 73 , but it was not till 1 SS 5 that he was elected and installed as its W . Master . In the meantime , however , he had been doing good
service to the State of Misonry in other directions . In 1877 , he helped to found the Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , which was consecrated at Hounslow , in October , 1878 , and of which he served as the first S . W . The year following he had the honour of presiding as its second W . M ., and under his auspices the lodge removed to Twickenham , where it still maintains the position of prosperity which has marked its career from the
very outset . Four years later he took part in founding the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , and in 1886 , was elected to the chair ; while in 1884 , he was the principal founder and first W . M . of the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , which was established in that year at Harrow , as a memorial of that late distinguished member of the Craft in Middlesex , who had served as J . G . Deacon of England , in 1 S 81 . On vacating the chair of this lodge , Bro .
Lovegrove was elected to the responsible office of Treasurer . In iSSS , he took part in founding the Cordwainer Ward Lodge , No . 2241 , and in . 1893 , rendered a like service for the Hiram Lodge , No . 2416 , which was intended for architects and surveyors , and presided as W . M . during the first and most critical year of its existence . For his services to the Province of Middlesex he was , in 1 SS 0 , appointed by the late Sir Francis Burdett , Bart .,
ils G . Master , to the post of Prov . G . Supt . of Works . His labours in Royal Arch Masonry have been most considerable . He was exalted in the Royal Jubilee Chapter , No . 72 , in December , 1 S 77 , and served as M . E . Z . in 1883 having in the interim joined and been installed in the chair of M . E . Z . of the Stanmore Chapter , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore , in 1882 , while last year he was First Principal of the Hiram Chapter , No . 2416 , which had
been warranted the year previous , and of which during its inaugural year he was Secrnd Principal H . In 1 S 81 , he was appointed P . G . Std . Br . of Middx . To the foregoing recird it should be added that last jear Bro . Lovegrove was elected a member both of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board , as well as of the General Committee of G . Chapter , so that he has borne his part in the administration of Constitutional Masonry as
well as in the government and promotion of our lodges and chapters . Of his career in other b'anches of Masonry it may be mentioned , briefly , that he has served as W . M . cf the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 4 , and the Brixton Lodge , No . 234 ; that I e has served successively as Prov . G . Insp . of Wks . and Prov . S . G . Warden in the late Province of Middx . and Surrey , and that in 1881 , he was appointed G . Insp . of Wks . in the Mark
G . Lodge . He is also a P . W . C . N , in the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner ; and P . E . P . and Past G . Captain of the Guards of Great Priory in the Order of the Temple ; a Past M . W . S . of Invicta Rose Croix Chapter , No . 10 , and 31 ° in the A . and A . Rite ; and a member of the Royal Order of Scotland—in -which he has been twice appointed a Prov . G . Officer ; of the Cryptic Degrees : the Rosicrucian Order ; and the Order of the Secret
Monitor . Lastly , he has served several Stewardships in behalf of our Charitable Institutions , and has qualified as a Vice-Patron of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life-Governor of both our Schools . He was also Editor for some years of the " Masonic Calendar for Middlesex . " In his profession of Architect , Bro . Lovegrove has won high distinction . He is a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution , a member of the
Royal Institute of British Architects , Past Vice-President of the Architectural Association , and member of the Council of the Society of Architects . In 18 92 , he was appointed , under the Building Act , District Surveyor for one of the largest London Districts , including a part of Islington , Hoxton , Hapgerston , Shoreditch and Norton Folegate , and is author of an elaborate work entitled " Practical Architecture , " which has appeared in serial form in the " Building News . "
DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER .
Bro . RICHARD NEWHOUSE , upon whom the collar of Dep . G . S . B . has been so worthily conferred , has been one of the most prominent members of our Society in Cheshire for many years . He began his career as a Mason , both in the Craft and Royal Arch Degrees , in the adjoining Province of Eas t Larcashire , having been initiated in the Lodge of Charity , No . 350 , rarnworth , near Bollon—then N 0 . 439 , and meeting at Stoneclough- in April , . ' 853 . Having filled sundry of the minor offices , he was elected and installed
as Worshipful Master , in 1 S 60 , and again in 1 S 61 . Two years later he moved into the Province of Cheshire , with which , as we have said , his name has been so long associated , and in a very short time became one 01 the founders of the Stamford Lodge , No . 1045 , Altrincham , at the consecration of which , early in 1865 , he was appointed to the office of ¦ secretary , and this office he has held ever s nce by annual re-appointment . I ' 874 , the late Lord de Tabley , then Prov . G . Master , in recognition of " services appointed him Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies , while in 18 S 7 ,
Junior Grand Warden.
Lord Egerton of Tatton , the present Prov . G . Master , selected him to fill the more laborious post—which he still continues to hnld—of Prov . G . Secretary . In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted in Meribah Chapter No . 350—then No . 439—011 the roll of East Lancashire , and some five \ eirs later was installed as M . E . Z . In 1 S 91 , the laie Comp . the Rev . C . VV . Spencer-Stanhope , G . Superintendent of Cheshire , appointed hin Prov .
G . J ., and the year following he became Prov . G . Scribe E . He was advanced to the Mark in St . John's Lodge ( T . I ) , Bolton , in 1 S 6 3 . In 18 72 , he helped to found the Stamford Lodge , No . 14 S . Altrincham , and was installed in the Cha r of A . in due cmrse . He also had a hand in establishing the Prov . G . Lodge of North Wales and Cheshire and in 18 73 , was appointed Prov . G . Secretary , by Bro . the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton
M . P . —now Lord Egerton of Tatton—and has held the appointment , s > far as Cheshire is concerned , ever since North Wales and Cheshire were organised as separate Provinces . He is likewise a P . M . of the County Palatine Lodge of M . M . M . for Prov . Officers , and was appointed S . G . Deacon of England , in 1 S 87 . He is also a Templar Mason , and has taken the Rose Croix , lS ° , in the Ancient and Accented Rite , having been
installed K . T . in the former , in 1 S 7 S , and E . P . of the Da Tibley Preceptory , in 1881 ; elected Knight of Malta , in 1880 , and appointed Prov . G . Marshal , in 18 S 5 ; while in the latter he was perfected Rose Croi-c in the Stanhope Chapter , No . 75 , in 1 S 7 8 , and installed M . W . S ., in 18 92 and 1 S 93 . This is a record of service of which any brother might well be proud , but it by no means represents all that Bro . Newhouse has done for
Freemasonry during his long and active career . He is a Life-Governor by virtue of his personal donations of all three Institutions , and has served in all five Festival Stewardships , of which three have baen in behalf of the Boys' School , one at the Centenary of the Girls' School , and one for the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institutions . At the three recent Festivals at which the Province of Cheshire has shown to such advantage
, namely , at the Boys' School Festival , in iS 9 i , wh ** n the Earl of Lathom Pro G . Master , was Chairman , and last year when Lord E gerton of Tatton occupied that positioi , as well as at the Benevolent Jubilee , in 1 S 92 , Bo . Newhouse took a leading part in organising the Cheshire contingent of Stewards , and much of the success which they achieved is due to his efforts
the services he then rendered at the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , being recognised by his election as an Honorary Vice-President . To him also is largely due the success of the efforts made by Cheshire in organising its own Benevolent Institution ; his services generally in this respect having been as conspicuous as those we have enumerated in lodge and province .
GRAND STANDARD BEARERS .
Bro . Major NEWMAN , C . E ., who has been appointed to the rank of G . Std . Br ., has been a member of our Society for close on 40 years , and is one of the most prominent brethren in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . He was initiated in the East Medina Lodge , No . 175 Ryde , on the 5 th January , 1856 , and appears to have been appointed Prov ! Grand Secretary of the Isle of Wight , then a separate and distinct
province , in the course of the same year . In 1 S 60 , he was installed W . M . of his mother lodge , while , in 1871 , he presided over the R yde Lodge , No . 698 , which he had joined some 14 years previously . In 1 S 80 , he was a founder of the Sandown Lodge , No . 186 9 ; in 1881 , he joined the Chine Lodge , No . 1 S 84 . Shanklin , and was elected W . M . for the years 1 SS 2 and 18 S 3 ; while , in 1883 , he was a founder , and , in 18 SS , W . M . of the
Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , Portsmouth ; and , as for a time he was a joining member of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 551 , Ventnor , ' he is , or has been at some time or other , a member of five , and W . M . of three , out of the eight lodges located in the Isle of Wight , and his appointment as Prov . Senior Grand Warden , in 1879 , was as well-deserved as it must have been gratifying to him and the lodges he belonged to . He was exalied in the
East Medina Chapter , No . 175 , Rvde , on the Sth April , 1 S 57 , was installed M . E . Z . in 1879 . and in July , 1885 , in the same capacity in the Albany Chapter , No . 151 , Newport , which ne had joined in the interim ; and was appointed , firstly , in 18 S 0 , Prov . Grand Scribe N ., and , in 1 S 85 , Prov . Grand J ., in the Prov . Grand Chapter . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . of the William Hickman Lodge , No . 320 , Sandown , and a Past Prov .
S . G . O . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , as well as Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in Grand Lodge , and a P . C . N , of the Sandown Bay Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners . In the Order of the Temple he is a Past E . P ., and Past Prior of the Royal Naval Preceptory , No . 2 , Portsmouth , and Past Prov . Chancellor in Provincial Priory , and the senior Past M . W . S . and present Treasurer and Recorder of the Vectis Rose Croix
Chapter , No . 99 , Ryde , under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . As regards our Charitable Institutions , he is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and Benevolent , for each of which he has served a Stewardship , a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School , and the representative of his mother lodge ( No . 175 ) on the Committee of his Prov . Grand Lodge .
Bro . WILLIAM ALFRED SCURRAH , Deputy Grand Sword Bearer , was initiated in the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , on the 2 yd January , 1883 , and was installed W . M . on the 281 b June , 1890 . He has also served as its Secretary for three years , and is , and has been , its Director of Ceremonies since 1893 . He was one of the founders and first S . W . of the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , Harrow Station , in July , 1 SS 4 , and a year later
was installed in the chair . After a year s experience as Secretary , Bro . Scurrah was elected Treasurer in April , 1888 , and has retained the position by annual re-election ever since . He is a P . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 167 , which he joined in 1885 ; a founder in 1 SS 7 and first W . M . of the Hendon Lodge , No . 2206 , and Secretary ever since his vacation of the chair ; and founder , and from the date of its consecration in August , 188 S , until
October of last year , very successfully filled the office of Secretary . He is now S . W ., and before the year is ended will doubtless find himself yet once again in the chair of K . S . In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted on the 27 th June , 1884 , in the Belgrave Chapter , No . 749 , and , having served as Principal Soj ., J ., and H ., was installed M . E . Z . in June . 1 S 88 . Since February , 1890 , he has served as Scribe E . In June , 1 SS 6 , ne became founder and first H . of the Levander Chapter , No . 2048 , was instilhd as
first Principal Z . in July , 1 S 87 , and , on retiring Iroiri that ofli . e , was elected , and still remains , Treasurer . He was also , in M . irch , 18 93 , founder and first M . E . Z . of the St . Pancras Chapter , No . 2271 , and is its present Scribe E ., and a few weeks ago was founder and first H . of the Fellowship Chapter , No . 2535 . In the Mark Degree , to which he was raised in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 4 , on the 27 th October 1 S 84 , he has been equally active . He was installed as W . M . of his mother
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Junior Grand Warden.
Bro . ERNEST ST . CLAIR was the first initiate of Lodge La France , No . 2060 , which was conrecrated in 1884 , and which is the only lodge under the Eng lish Constitution that works in the French language . Having obtained the necessary qualification as Warden , he was elected and installed W . M . in 1887 , and was re-elected and served a second term of office the year following . In 1885 he joined one of our Red Ap on Lodges-the Tuscan ,
No . 14—wasitsW . Master in 1894 , and Presidentof the Board of G . Stewart ' s that served during 1893 4 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the British Chapter , No . 8 , and is , at the present time , in the chair cf M . E . Z . In 1 S 90 he became a founder and first J . of La France Chapter , and two years later was installed in the chair of First Principal . In Mark Masonry , after having been advanced in the Ruspini Lodge , No . 3 6 3 , he became
founder and first S . W . of the La France Mark Lodge , No . 459 , in 1893 and the following year was elected and installed as VV . M . Last year he was President of the Board cf Grand Stewards at the Mark Grand Festival , ar . d has rendered a further service to this degree by translating its ritual , in conjunction with B 0 . E . Monteuuis , into the French language . He 0
was perfected in the Rose Croix Chapter , No . 1 , in 1887 , took the 30 in 1 S 90 , and was one of the founders of the Tuscan Chapter , No . 120 . He is also a Royal Ark Mariner , a member of the Allied Masonic Degrees , and a Knig ht of ihe Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine . Finally , he has constituted himself a Vice-Patron of both Schools and the Benevolent Institution , and has served as Festival Steward for one or other of them on 12 different occasions .
GRAND SWORD BEARER .
Bro . HENRV LOVEGROVE , who has received the collar of G . Sword Bearer , has taken a very active part in Freemasonry during the 20 years he has been a member of the Craft . He was initiated in the Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , which had only been constituted about a year previously , in November , 1 S 73 , but it was not till 1 SS 5 that he was elected and installed as its W . Master . In the meantime , however , he had been doing good
service to the State of Misonry in other directions . In 1877 , he helped to found the Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , which was consecrated at Hounslow , in October , 1878 , and of which he served as the first S . W . The year following he had the honour of presiding as its second W . M ., and under his auspices the lodge removed to Twickenham , where it still maintains the position of prosperity which has marked its career from the
very outset . Four years later he took part in founding the Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 , and in 1886 , was elected to the chair ; while in 1884 , he was the principal founder and first W . M . of the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , which was established in that year at Harrow , as a memorial of that late distinguished member of the Craft in Middlesex , who had served as J . G . Deacon of England , in 1 S 81 . On vacating the chair of this lodge , Bro .
Lovegrove was elected to the responsible office of Treasurer . In iSSS , he took part in founding the Cordwainer Ward Lodge , No . 2241 , and in . 1893 , rendered a like service for the Hiram Lodge , No . 2416 , which was intended for architects and surveyors , and presided as W . M . during the first and most critical year of its existence . For his services to the Province of Middlesex he was , in 1 SS 0 , appointed by the late Sir Francis Burdett , Bart .,
ils G . Master , to the post of Prov . G . Supt . of Works . His labours in Royal Arch Masonry have been most considerable . He was exalted in the Royal Jubilee Chapter , No . 72 , in December , 1 S 77 , and served as M . E . Z . in 1883 having in the interim joined and been installed in the chair of M . E . Z . of the Stanmore Chapter , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore , in 1882 , while last year he was First Principal of the Hiram Chapter , No . 2416 , which had
been warranted the year previous , and of which during its inaugural year he was Secrnd Principal H . In 1 S 81 , he was appointed P . G . Std . Br . of Middx . To the foregoing recird it should be added that last jear Bro . Lovegrove was elected a member both of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board , as well as of the General Committee of G . Chapter , so that he has borne his part in the administration of Constitutional Masonry as
well as in the government and promotion of our lodges and chapters . Of his career in other b'anches of Masonry it may be mentioned , briefly , that he has served as W . M . cf the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 4 , and the Brixton Lodge , No . 234 ; that I e has served successively as Prov . G . Insp . of Wks . and Prov . S . G . Warden in the late Province of Middx . and Surrey , and that in 1881 , he was appointed G . Insp . of Wks . in the Mark
G . Lodge . He is also a P . W . C . N , in the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner ; and P . E . P . and Past G . Captain of the Guards of Great Priory in the Order of the Temple ; a Past M . W . S . of Invicta Rose Croix Chapter , No . 10 , and 31 ° in the A . and A . Rite ; and a member of the Royal Order of Scotland—in -which he has been twice appointed a Prov . G . Officer ; of the Cryptic Degrees : the Rosicrucian Order ; and the Order of the Secret
Monitor . Lastly , he has served several Stewardships in behalf of our Charitable Institutions , and has qualified as a Vice-Patron of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Life-Governor of both our Schools . He was also Editor for some years of the " Masonic Calendar for Middlesex . " In his profession of Architect , Bro . Lovegrove has won high distinction . He is a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution , a member of the
Royal Institute of British Architects , Past Vice-President of the Architectural Association , and member of the Council of the Society of Architects . In 18 92 , he was appointed , under the Building Act , District Surveyor for one of the largest London Districts , including a part of Islington , Hoxton , Hapgerston , Shoreditch and Norton Folegate , and is author of an elaborate work entitled " Practical Architecture , " which has appeared in serial form in the " Building News . "
DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER .
Bro . RICHARD NEWHOUSE , upon whom the collar of Dep . G . S . B . has been so worthily conferred , has been one of the most prominent members of our Society in Cheshire for many years . He began his career as a Mason , both in the Craft and Royal Arch Degrees , in the adjoining Province of Eas t Larcashire , having been initiated in the Lodge of Charity , No . 350 , rarnworth , near Bollon—then N 0 . 439 , and meeting at Stoneclough- in April , . ' 853 . Having filled sundry of the minor offices , he was elected and installed
as Worshipful Master , in 1 S 60 , and again in 1 S 61 . Two years later he moved into the Province of Cheshire , with which , as we have said , his name has been so long associated , and in a very short time became one 01 the founders of the Stamford Lodge , No . 1045 , Altrincham , at the consecration of which , early in 1865 , he was appointed to the office of ¦ secretary , and this office he has held ever s nce by annual re-appointment . I ' 874 , the late Lord de Tabley , then Prov . G . Master , in recognition of " services appointed him Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies , while in 18 S 7 ,
Junior Grand Warden.
Lord Egerton of Tatton , the present Prov . G . Master , selected him to fill the more laborious post—which he still continues to hnld—of Prov . G . Secretary . In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted in Meribah Chapter No . 350—then No . 439—011 the roll of East Lancashire , and some five \ eirs later was installed as M . E . Z . In 1 S 91 , the laie Comp . the Rev . C . VV . Spencer-Stanhope , G . Superintendent of Cheshire , appointed hin Prov .
G . J ., and the year following he became Prov . G . Scribe E . He was advanced to the Mark in St . John's Lodge ( T . I ) , Bolton , in 1 S 6 3 . In 18 72 , he helped to found the Stamford Lodge , No . 14 S . Altrincham , and was installed in the Cha r of A . in due cmrse . He also had a hand in establishing the Prov . G . Lodge of North Wales and Cheshire and in 18 73 , was appointed Prov . G . Secretary , by Bro . the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton
M . P . —now Lord Egerton of Tatton—and has held the appointment , s > far as Cheshire is concerned , ever since North Wales and Cheshire were organised as separate Provinces . He is likewise a P . M . of the County Palatine Lodge of M . M . M . for Prov . Officers , and was appointed S . G . Deacon of England , in 1 S 87 . He is also a Templar Mason , and has taken the Rose Croix , lS ° , in the Ancient and Accented Rite , having been
installed K . T . in the former , in 1 S 7 S , and E . P . of the Da Tibley Preceptory , in 1881 ; elected Knight of Malta , in 1880 , and appointed Prov . G . Marshal , in 18 S 5 ; while in the latter he was perfected Rose Croi-c in the Stanhope Chapter , No . 75 , in 1 S 7 8 , and installed M . W . S ., in 18 92 and 1 S 93 . This is a record of service of which any brother might well be proud , but it by no means represents all that Bro . Newhouse has done for
Freemasonry during his long and active career . He is a Life-Governor by virtue of his personal donations of all three Institutions , and has served in all five Festival Stewardships , of which three have baen in behalf of the Boys' School , one at the Centenary of the Girls' School , and one for the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institutions . At the three recent Festivals at which the Province of Cheshire has shown to such advantage
, namely , at the Boys' School Festival , in iS 9 i , wh ** n the Earl of Lathom Pro G . Master , was Chairman , and last year when Lord E gerton of Tatton occupied that positioi , as well as at the Benevolent Jubilee , in 1 S 92 , Bo . Newhouse took a leading part in organising the Cheshire contingent of Stewards , and much of the success which they achieved is due to his efforts
the services he then rendered at the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , being recognised by his election as an Honorary Vice-President . To him also is largely due the success of the efforts made by Cheshire in organising its own Benevolent Institution ; his services generally in this respect having been as conspicuous as those we have enumerated in lodge and province .
GRAND STANDARD BEARERS .
Bro . Major NEWMAN , C . E ., who has been appointed to the rank of G . Std . Br ., has been a member of our Society for close on 40 years , and is one of the most prominent brethren in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . He was initiated in the East Medina Lodge , No . 175 Ryde , on the 5 th January , 1856 , and appears to have been appointed Prov ! Grand Secretary of the Isle of Wight , then a separate and distinct
province , in the course of the same year . In 1 S 60 , he was installed W . M . of his mother lodge , while , in 1871 , he presided over the R yde Lodge , No . 698 , which he had joined some 14 years previously . In 1 S 80 , he was a founder of the Sandown Lodge , No . 186 9 ; in 1881 , he joined the Chine Lodge , No . 1 S 84 . Shanklin , and was elected W . M . for the years 1 SS 2 and 18 S 3 ; while , in 1883 , he was a founder , and , in 18 SS , W . M . of the
Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , Portsmouth ; and , as for a time he was a joining member of the Yarborough Lodge , No . 551 , Ventnor , ' he is , or has been at some time or other , a member of five , and W . M . of three , out of the eight lodges located in the Isle of Wight , and his appointment as Prov . Senior Grand Warden , in 1879 , was as well-deserved as it must have been gratifying to him and the lodges he belonged to . He was exalied in the
East Medina Chapter , No . 175 , Rvde , on the Sth April , 1 S 57 , was installed M . E . Z . in 1879 . and in July , 1885 , in the same capacity in the Albany Chapter , No . 151 , Newport , which ne had joined in the interim ; and was appointed , firstly , in 18 S 0 , Prov . Grand Scribe N ., and , in 1 S 85 , Prov . Grand J ., in the Prov . Grand Chapter . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . of the William Hickman Lodge , No . 320 , Sandown , and a Past Prov .
S . G . O . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , as well as Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in Grand Lodge , and a P . C . N , of the Sandown Bay Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners . In the Order of the Temple he is a Past E . P ., and Past Prior of the Royal Naval Preceptory , No . 2 , Portsmouth , and Past Prov . Chancellor in Provincial Priory , and the senior Past M . W . S . and present Treasurer and Recorder of the Vectis Rose Croix
Chapter , No . 99 , Ryde , under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . As regards our Charitable Institutions , he is a Life Governor of the Girls' School and Benevolent , for each of which he has served a Stewardship , a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School , and the representative of his mother lodge ( No . 175 ) on the Committee of his Prov . Grand Lodge .
Bro . WILLIAM ALFRED SCURRAH , Deputy Grand Sword Bearer , was initiated in the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 1744 , on the 2 yd January , 1883 , and was installed W . M . on the 281 b June , 1890 . He has also served as its Secretary for three years , and is , and has been , its Director of Ceremonies since 1893 . He was one of the founders and first S . W . of the Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , Harrow Station , in July , 1 SS 4 , and a year later
was installed in the chair . After a year s experience as Secretary , Bro . Scurrah was elected Treasurer in April , 1888 , and has retained the position by annual re-election ever since . He is a P . M . of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 167 , which he joined in 1885 ; a founder in 1 SS 7 and first W . M . of the Hendon Lodge , No . 2206 , and Secretary ever since his vacation of the chair ; and founder , and from the date of its consecration in August , 188 S , until
October of last year , very successfully filled the office of Secretary . He is now S . W ., and before the year is ended will doubtless find himself yet once again in the chair of K . S . In Royal Arch Masonry he was exalted on the 27 th June , 1884 , in the Belgrave Chapter , No . 749 , and , having served as Principal Soj ., J ., and H ., was installed M . E . Z . in June . 1 S 88 . Since February , 1890 , he has served as Scribe E . In June , 1 SS 6 , ne became founder and first H . of the Levander Chapter , No . 2048 , was instilhd as
first Principal Z . in July , 1 S 87 , and , on retiring Iroiri that ofli . e , was elected , and still remains , Treasurer . He was also , in M . irch , 18 93 , founder and first M . E . Z . of the St . Pancras Chapter , No . 2271 , and is its present Scribe E ., and a few weeks ago was founder and first H . of the Fellowship Chapter , No . 2535 . In the Mark Degree , to which he was raised in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 4 , on the 27 th October 1 S 84 , he has been equally active . He was installed as W . M . of his mother