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Mark lodge in 1 S 89 . having , in the meantime , however , been founder and first J . W . of the Royal Savoy Lodge , No . 35 .=. , in 1 SS 5 . and W . M . in 1 SS 6 . He was perfected Rose Croix in 18 S 3 . and is Past M . W . S . of the Rose and Lily Chapter , is a founder and P . M . W . S . of the Shadwell Clerke Chapter , and in 18 S 9 took the 30 . He is , in addition , a Royal Aik Mariner , Royal and Select Master , Knight Templar , and a member of the Order of Rome

and Red Cross of Constantine , as well as of the Outer , or Correspondence , Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 . From the very outset of his career , he has exhibited a deep interest in our Masonic Institutions , and , while he has done them splendid service as a Steward on 16 different occasions , has personally qualified as Vice-Patron of the Boys' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and as Vice-President of the Girls School . Moreover , for tVc past five years hc has served on the Board of

Management of the Boys' School , and in that capacity , as well as from his knowledge of surveying , has been able to render the Institution much valuable aid . Nor must wc omit to mention that he is at thc present time Vice-President and for nine years has been a member of the Board of General Purposes , is a member of thc Colonial Board , and for some years has served on the General Committee of Grand Chapter . Bro . Scurrah ^ record is , indeed , one of which a brother of twice , or even thrice , his seniority in the Craft might with very good reason ba proud .

GRAND ORGANIST . Bro . H . R . ROSE . Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music , and one of its Professors and Examiners , as well as Organist of St . Pancras , was initiated in the Earl of Mornington Lodge , No . 2000 , on the 2 nd January , 1884 . In 1 S 90 he joined the Sir William Harpur Lodge , No . 2343 , Bedford , and in January oi" the prerent year G . Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , as its

honorary Organist . He has twice filled the chair of K . S ., namely , in his mother lodge ( No . 20 C 0 ) in 1 S 91 , and in No . 2343 in 1 S 94 , while in 1892 he was appointed Prov . G . Organist of Bedfordshire . Hc was exalted in the Orpheus Chapter , No . 1706 , and was installed in its chair of H . on the 16 th November , 1 S 95 , while in July , 1894 , he figured as founder and first M . E . Z . of the Earl of Mornington ' Chapter , No . 2000 . He is also a Past

G . Organist in the Mark Degree , Prov . G . Organist both in Prov . G . Lodge and Prov . G . Chapter of the Royal Order of Scotland for London and the Metropolitan Counties , and has been perfected Rose Croix in Adoniram Chapter , No . 101 , under the Supreme Council of the A . and A . Rite . He is also a Life Governor , and has served as Festival Steward in behalf of both the Masonic Schools .

GRAND PURSUIVANT .

Bro . J AMES BOULTON , the new Grand Pursuivant of Grand Lodge , was initiated in the Victoria Lodge , No . 1056 , on ihe 26 th March , 1 S 73 , and was installed its W . M . on the 27 th April , 18 S 2 . In October of the same year he was elected a joining member of Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 28 , and on the 31 d May , 1 SS 6 , was , for the second time , inducted into the chair of K . S ., his services during both his Masterships being gratefully recognised

by the members of the two lodges . Some three years later we meet with him as the founder and first W . AL of the West Ham Abbey Lodge , No . 22 9 , which was consecrated at the Town Hall , Stratford , on the ioth January , 1889 , and which under his auspices and those of his successors has proved itself one of the most successful among our newest lodges and an especially generous supporter of our Instituticns . Three years later still , we

again light upon him in the twofold capacity of principal founder and first W . M . of the St . Clement ' s Ledge , No . 2442 , which was consecrated at Leigh , Essex , | on [ the iolh December . For this service to the Province of Essex he received the collar of Prov . S . G . Deacon at the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge on the iSth July , 1 S 93 . A few months later he became a joining member of the St . Osyth s Priory Ledge , No . 2003 , Clacton-on-Sea , ar . d he is , further , a member of the Outer or

Corresponderce Circle of Lodge Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch btgree in the Doric Chapter , No . 933 , on the 19 th September , 1876 , was installed as M . E . Z . in September , 1889 , and at the present tine holds the office of Treasurer . In the meantime , however , he had helped lo found ihe Temperance-in-the-East Chapter , No . 898 , 111 which he occupied the chair of Z . in 1 S 8 S , and there are ihree other chapters

to which he belongs and in which he holds some more or less prominent office , namely , ihe Francis White Chapter , No . 1437 , Romford , of which he is an Assistant Sojourner ; the Mozart Chapter , N 0 . 1929 , Croydon , in which he occupies the chair of H . and is looking forward to his eleclion as M . E Z . during the pn sent month ; and the St . Leonard's Chapter , No . 1766 , of which he was a founder and in which he has served as Treasurer since its

consecration . In the Mark Degree , lo which he was advanced in the Temple Lodge , No . 173 , on the 131 I 1 December , 1 S 75 , he is a Past Masterof his molhtr ledge and Past Prov . J . G . Overseer ol the latePiovinceof Middlesex and Surrey . On the ist July , 1 SS 6 , he had ihe honour of being invested as a Grand Stewatd of Mark Grand Lodge by H . R . H . die Prince of Wales , M . W . G . Mark Master Mason of Er gland , and the \ ear following

was cne of the brethren who received brevet ratik as Past Giar . d Maik Officers in commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , the rank conferred upon Bro . Boulton being lhat of Past Grand Sword Bearer . He is new Master Overseer of the Mark Giand Stewaids' Ledge and LP . M . of the West Ham Abbey Ledge , No . 467 , of which he was a founder in 1 S 93 . He is also a Past C . N . of the Temple Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners attached to his mother Maik Lodge . Lastly , as regards cur Institutions , he has

throughout his whole career been one of their rr . ost active supporters , to say nothing of the personal donations he has made from time to tin e 10 the funds of of one cr other of them . He is a Vice-Patron of ihe Rojal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and a Vice-President of the Girls' and lions' Schools , having served six Stewardships for the former and four for the latter , and he is standing for a 19 th Stewardship in behalf of the Girls' School Festival , which will be ctkbraied on Wednesday , ihe 131 b ii st .

ASSISTANT GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . J AMES KEW was initiated in the Manchester Ledge , No . 1 79 , on the 19 th January , ) 8 (> 5 , End has twice occupied the chair of W . Master , namely , in 1871 , and for a second time in 187 S . He was subsequently otic

of the founders cf the Regent's Park Lodge , No . 2201 . He was exalted in the Crystal Palace Chapter , No . 742 , and in June , 1890 , had the honour of being ii stalled in thc chair of M . E . Z ., having in the meantime done good service to R . A . Masonry by assisting , in the year 18 SS , in the establishment of the Manchester Chapter , No . 179 . He is a Life Governor of all three

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Institutions , and served Stewardships for the R . M . Benevolent Institution in 1871 and 187 S , the year of his Mastership of his mother lodge ; in 1872 for the Boys' School , and in 1 S 75 for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

PAST GRAND WARDENS .

Bro . the Right Hon . W . COURT GULLY , Q . C , M . P . in the last and present Parliaments for the City of Carlisle , and Speaker of the House of Commons . was initiated in the Northern Bar Lodge , No . 1610 , in the month of June , 18 S 0 , and after serving sundry of the junior offices , was installed in the chair in March , 1888 . He is also a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Bro . Gully , it will brs in the recollection of our readers

was elected to the ofiice of Speaker on the resignation of the Right Hon . Arthur W . Peel , last year . The election was a closely contested one , his opponent Bro . Sir M . White Ridley , Birt ., Prov . G . Master for Durham , being only defeated by the narrow majority of 11 votes , in an unusually full House . On the assembling of the new Parliament , after the General Election in the summer of 18 95 Bro . Gully , who , during his brief occupancy of the chair

, had { shown himself possessed of all those attributes which are looked for in one holding so exalted , and at the same time , so trying a position , was unanimously re-elected , and there can be no doubt that although he has only been Speaker for about a year—taking the two Parliaments together—he is almost daily winning golden opinions from all the various partiesor section ^

, of parties , into which the House is divided . But in the case of one thus circumstanced at the present time , and on whose time his professional engagements had previously made such heavy demands , it is not to be wondered at that he should have been able to take so slight a part in the affairs of Masonry .

Bro . Alderman Sir WALTER H . WILKIN , Right Hon . Lord Mayor of the City of London , was initiated in Grand Masters' Lodge , No . 1 , in 1868 , and having filled sundry of the minor offices was in . due course elected and ' installed as W . Master in 1873 , having in the interim been elected to

represent the lodge on the Board of G . Stewards . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted to that degree in St . James ' s Chapter , No . 2 . He has likewise qualified as Life Governor of all three Institutions , and has served one Stewardship for the Boys' School and one for the K . M . Benevolent Institution .

PAST DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR .

Bro . C . SWIM-EN EADY , LL . D ., Q . C , was initiated in the Lodge of Emulation , No . 21 , in November , 1 S 75 , was installed W . Master in January , 1893 , and served the office of G . Steward in 1 S 93-4 . During the year of his Mastership of No , 21 , he joined the Lodge of Friendship and Harmony , No . 1616 , Weybridge , and was one of the founders of the Chancery Bar

Lodge , No . 2456 . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the Oxford and Cambridge University Chapter , No . 1118 . He is a Life-Governor of the three Institutions , and served as Steward for the two Schools last year , and for the Benevolent Institution in the month of February .

PAST GRAND DEACONS .

Bro . Sir W . NEVILLE ABDY , Bart ., who has shown himself a munificent supporter of Freemasonry in Essex , was initiated in the Lodge of Harmony , N'o . 253 , Richmond ( Surrey ) , on the 18 th October , 1866 , but it was not till many years later that he entered upon that career of activity which has proved so serviceable to the Craft . In 1 S 92 he joined the Globe Lodge , No . 23 , and the year following the Lodge of Friendship , No . 6 .

Subsequently he became connected with the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon , arid in March , 1 S 94 , was installed as its W . M ., the collar of Prov . S . G . W . of Essex being bestowed upon him in the month of July following , at the annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge . Never were Provincial honours better bestowed , for Bro . Sir W . Abdy first of all presented a plot of ground on which lo erect suitable premises for his lodge , and then took

upon himself the whole and sole responsibility of erecting the said premises at a cost to himself of several thousands of pounds . As regards R . A , Masonry , Sir William was exalted in the Plume Chapter , No . 1024 , Maldon , Essex , on the 2 o : h July , 1892 , and is at the present time its Third Principal J . Lastly , in 1893 he did duty as Steward in behalf of the R . M . Institution for Girls .

Bro . Col . WILLIAM CAMI * HELL , of the Royal Marine Artillery , Aide-de-Camp to the Queen , who has received the medal for the Ashantee War of 1873-4 , and the medal with Alexandria clasp , and the Khedive ' s bronze Star for his services in the Egyptian war of 1 SS 2 , in which he served both afloat and on shore , and was thanked by the General in command , as well as mentioned in despatches , was initialed in thc Phoenix Lodge , No . 257 ,

Portsmouth , on the 24 th March , rSSo , was installed W . M . in 1887 , and two years later was appointed Prov . S . G . Warden of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . In 1881 he joined the Lodge of St . John and St . Paul , No . 349 , Malta , and in 1893 , the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 , while he is S . W . designate ot the Navy Lodge , which is shortlyabout to be consecrated .

He wasexalted to the Royal Arch in the Chapter of Friendshi p , No . 257 , which dates from the year 1769 , and has been granted a centenary warrant , on the 12 th September , 18 S 4 , and was installed M . E . Z . in 1 S 90 . Two years later he was honoured with the appointment of Prov . G . J . He is a Life Governor , and has served once as Steward for each of our Masonic Institutions .

Bro . J ORMEROD SCARLETT TIIIRSUV , J . P ., Barrister-at-Iaw , of Lincoln ' s Inn , the eldest son of Col . Sir John Hardy Thursby , Bart ., of Ormerod House , Burnley , and Christchurch , Hampshire , was born in 18 C 2 , and initiated into Masonry in the Borough Lodge , No . 1064 . Burnley , on the 141 . I 1 April , 1889 . I" 188 9 he was installed in the chair of Master , and the

same year , and again 111 1890 , was appointed by Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G Master , as Prov . S . G . Warden of East Lancashire . He is also a joining member of Social Lodge , No . 62 , Manchester , and was exalted to tl e Roynl Arch l > egrce in the Chapter of the Nativity , No . 126 , Burnley . He is a Patron of the R . M . Benevolent Institution .

Bro . Col . FRED R . SEWELL , J . P ., lately commanding the 3 rd Battalion Border Regiment , belongs to a family which , for a long time , has been connected with our Society , his great uncle , Bro . George Sewell , of Carlisle , having been Deputy Prov . Grand Masterof Cumberland in 1817 . He was initialed in the Lodgeof Perseverance , No . 371 , Maryport , in 183 , and has served the office both in lhat and in the Skiddaw Lodge , No . 1002 , Cockermouth . In 1 S 94 , on the installation of Bro . Lord Henry Cavendish Ben-