Junior Grand Warden.

tinck , M . P ., to bc Prov . G . Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , in succession to the late Earl of Bective , his lordship was pleased to appoint Col . Sewell to be his Deputy Prov . G . M . In Royal Arch Masonry he rinks as a P Z .. and in 1895 was appointed and installed G . Supt . of his province . In the Mark Degree he has been Deputy Prov . G . Masterof Cumberland

and Westmorland since 18 S 1 ; in the Order of the Temple he is Prov . G . Constable of Lancashire , and at the meeting of G . Priory on Friday next , will be installed as its 2 nd G . Constable . He is a Past S . G . Warden of England in the Allied Degrees , and Chief Intendant General for Cumberland and Westmorland in the Order of Rome and thc Red Cross of Constantine , while in the Ancient and Accented Rite he has taken the 31 ° .

Bro . Col . HUNTER , of Plas Coch , Anjlesea , who is a J . P ., D . L ., and County Alderman , has served the office of High Sheriff for his county , is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries ( Scotland ) , and a Knight of St . John of Jerusalem in England , was initiated into Freemasonry in the St . Tudno Lodge , No . 756 , Llandudno , in 1867 , and rose to be its W . M . in 1 S 70 . He was a founder and is the senior P . M . of the Bayard

Lodge , No . 1615 , London , and has from time to time been connected with several other lodges in North Wales , in the Provincial Grand Lodge of which he ranks as Past Prov . Senior Grand Warden . He is also a Past Prov . Grand Master of Aberdeenshire East , under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and the Representative from the Grand Lodge of Greece—of which he is a Past Grand Warden—at the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland .

He was exalted in Royal Arch Masonry in the year 1869 , in the Grosvenor Chapter , No . 721 , Chester . He was founder and first M . E . Z . of the Eryri Chapter , No . 1509 , Portmadoc , and is P . P . G . H . North Wales , and in Scotland a P . Z ., Past Grand Third Principal , and Representative from the Grand Chapter of New Jersey , U . S . A ., to that of Scotland . In the Mark Degree he is Prov . Grand Master of North Wales ; in the Order ot Rome

and Red Cross of Constantine for Scotland , Past Viceroy and Grand Cross ; besides being a P . E . C . in ihe Order of thc Temple , a member of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Order of Scotland , IK ° in Soe . Rosic . in Scotia ., and Representative from England to Scotland , and Past Grand Master Royal and Select Masters and the Allied Degrees . He is a Life Governor of our Masonic Charitable Institutions , and has served Stewardships in behalf of them all .

Bro . GEORGE COWELL , F . R . C . S ., Consulting Surgeon of the Westminster and Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospitals , and Treasurer of the latter Institution , was initiated into Freemasonry in the Adair Lodge , No . 936 , Aldeburgh , Suffolk , on ist December , 1865 . In December , 1871 , he assisted in founding the United Service Lodge , No . 1361 , while in 1 S 75 he joined the Percy Lodge , No . 198 , was installed its W . M . on the ioth January , 1882 ,

and six years later was appointed to the post of Treasurer , which he still continues to hold . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Hope and Unity Chapter , No . 214 , Chingford , on the 4 th May , 186 7 , and successively occupied the chairs of J ., H ., and M . E . Z ., in 1882 , 1883 , and 1884 . In 18 S 4 he was appointed Prov . Grand Scribe N . Essex , and on the lamented death of Comp . George Cooper in 1893 , the companions of No . 214 elected him to his present office of Scribe E . He was installed M . E . Z . of the

Orpheus Chapter , No . 1706 , which he had joined four years previously , ir 18 S 9 , and on vacating the office was elected , and still remains , its Scribe E . Bro . Cowell was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Brentwood Lodge , No . 377 , in 1 S 87 ; and was perfected Rose Croix in the Studholme Chapter , No . 67 , in 18 S 4 , was installed M . W . S . in 1 S 90 , and received the 30 " in 1887 and the 31 in 1890 . Bro . Cowell is a Life Governor of our three Institutions , and has served as Steward for each of them , namely , twice for the Girls' School and once for the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution .

Bro . HENRY SUTHERLAND , M . D ., is one of a limited number of men who have studied at both our great Universities , being B . A . of Cambridge and M . A . of Oxford ; and also of a necessarily still more limited number of Masons who can boast of having been connected with our two senior University lodges . He was initialed in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 359 , Oxford , in 1861 , and subsequently joined the Isaac Newton University

Lodge , No . 859 , Cambridge , which was founded the year of his initiation . In both these bodies he held offices of minor importance , but in the Oxford and Cambridge University Lodge , No . 1118 , which was established in London in 186 Q for the convenience of University men and of which he was elected a joining member , A had the honour of being installed in the chair of K . S . in 1873 . He is ilso a P . M . of the White Horse of Kent

Lodge , No . 1506 , which was warranted in 1874 , and of the Shakespear Lodge , No . 99 , which he had the honour to represent on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1885-6 , and is at the present time an officer of both the Grand Stewards' and Old Westminsters' Lodges . He was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in thc Alfred Chapter , No . 340 , Oxford , iu 1862 , and was installed M . E . Z . of the University Chapter , No . 11 iS , in 18 77 . He was also formerly

a member of the Cceur de Lion Preceptory of Knights Templar in Oxford , and of the Oxford and Cambridge University Preceptory of the same Order in London , and is the author of a very useful little work entitled " Notes on the History of Freemasonry , " which has gone through three editions and is still a popular book of reference . He is a Life Governor and has served

one Stewardship for each of our Schools , and generally has done much to promote the well being of the Craft . For manv years he lectured on psychological medicine at the Westminster Hospital , and is the present senior physician to the Dispensary in the Parish of St . George ' s , 1 Linover-square , among the poor of which hc has worked hard and beneficially for more than a quarter of a century .

Bro , ROBERT E . BAVNES was initiated while an undergraduate at Christ Church , Oxford , in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , on thc 28 th October , 1879 , and the following year was appointed a Prov . G . Steward of Oxfordshire . On the 7 th March , 1 SS 1 , he joined the Churchill Lodge , No . 478 , receiving the collar of Prov . G . D . C the same year . In 1 S 84 he was installed W . M ., and two years later was elected to the chair of his

motiier lodge and had conferred upon him the collar of Prov . S . G . Warden . He was also for some years a member of thc Westminster and Keystone Lod ge , No . 10 . He was exalted in tho Apollo University Chapter , No . 357 i on the 23 rd February , ISSI , and occupied the chairs of J ., IL , and Al . E . Z . successively in iSSs , 1886 and 1887 , and last year , at the installation

of Comp . Viscount Valentia as G . Supt ., he war = appointed Prov . G . IL , having held the minor ofiice of Prov . ( i . ist Asst . Sojourner in 1 S 87 . In Mark Masonry he can point to similar distinctions , having served as tne W . M . of the University Lodge of M . M . M ., No . 35 , in 1888 , and as W . C . N , of the Royal Ark Marineis Lodge attached to 11 , and having received in different years the collars ot Prov . G . Steward ( 1882 ) , Prov . G . J O . in 18 S 3 and

Junior Grand Warden.

Prov . S . G . W . ( 1 S 89 ) of the Prov . G . Mark Lodge of Berks and O ; on while in 1887 he was appointed to the post of G . M . O . in the Mark G Lod (; e . He is also a Knight Templar and member of the Ancient and Acepted Rite , having served as E . P . of the Cec ir de Lion Preceptory in

1883 and as M . W . S . of the Oxford University Rose Croix in th : jears 1885 and-1 S 86 , under the Supreme Council of the latter , and taket the 30 in 1884 . Finally , he is a Life Governor of both our Schools and the Benevolent Institution , and has served four Stewardships for the Girls ' School , one for the Boys' School , and two in behalf of the Old People .

Bro . HENRY HOMEWOOD CRAWFORD , the City Solicitor , who has been honoured with the brevet rank of Past G . Deacon , was initiated in Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , on the 29 th May , 1870 , was elected 10 years later to represent it on the Board of Grand Stewards of which he was subsequently chosen President , and in January , 1891 , was installed in the chair of Master . In the month of March following he had the honour of proposing H . R . H . the Prince of Wales for re-election as M . W . G . Master . He was

for some years a member of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1827 , which was consecrated in 1870 , for the convenience of officers of the Corporation of London and those having business at Guildhall . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in Grand Master ' s Chapter , No . 1 , on the 6 th April , 1 S 86 , and installed in office as M . E . Z . on tbe 14 th of last month . Bro . Crawford is a Life Governor of all our Institutions , and has served two Stewardships , one for the Girls' School in 1 SS 0 , and the other for the R . M . Benevolent Institution in 1 S 8 S .

PAST ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES .

Bro . C . D . HILL DRURY , M . D ., J . P ., has had the good fortune to wit * high distinction in the two widely separate Provinces of Norfolk and Durham , and the brethren in both will be delighted to know that one who has rendered them such important service and lor whom they entertain the greatest respect has at length been honoured with the purple of Grand Lodge . Bro . Hill Drury was initiated in the Faithful Lodge , No . 8 *;

Harleston , on the 28 th May , 1 S 77 , and after passing through sundry of the junior offices was at length installed in the Master ' s chair on the 30 th January , 18 S 2 . Towards the latter part of his year of ofiice Bro . Hill Drury left Norfolk and took up his residence at Darlington , in the Province of Durham . Under these circumstances he was unable to be present at the meeting at which his successor was to be elected . It will , therefore , be easily

imagined how great must have been his surprise when a few days after the time appointed for the election , he received a letter from the Secretary of his " Faithful " Lodge , to the effect that hc had been unanimously re-elected to the chair and stating— " the brethren have considered the great distance you are from us and do not wish you to feel in any way bound to attend lodge , and although I need hardly say we shall at all times be glad to see you , the

lodge will not expect you to attend more often than you would feel inclined to do were you not in the chair . " Such a compliment ' thu * - spontaneously paid him could not be lightly treated , much less declined , and our brother accepted the Mastership for a second year , and about the same time was honoured with the appointment of . Prov . G . Registrar . On becoming a resident in Durham Bro . Hill Drury joined the Marquis of Ripon Lodge ,

No . 1379 , and became W . M . in 1 SS 9 . He also joined the Londonderry Lodge , No . 2039 , Sunderland , but only remained a member for two or three years . However , in 1890 , he was very largely instrumental in founding the Universities Lodge , No . 2352 , Durham , and though there is little doubt he might have been elected to the chair bad he so desired it , he has preferred to remain at the post of Secretary , which he has held from the day

of its consecration . In 1892 , however , the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., showed his appreciation of his services iu connection witb this prosperous lodge and No . 1379 , Darlington , which our brother had rendered to the Craft in Durham , by appointing him to the chair of Prov . S . G . Warden . His career in Royal Arch Masonry has been equally distinguished in both provinces . He was exalted in the Royal

George Chapter , No . 52 , Norwich , on the 21 st March , 18 79 , and 10 years later was installed in the First Principal ' s chair and appointed Prov . G . Registrar . In Durham he ranks as a P . Z . of Vigilance Chapter , No . 111—which is mainly indebted to his exertions while serving the office of Scribe E . for its grant of a centenary warrant , and which recognised those exertions by presenting him the night that auspicious event was celebrated with

a centenary jewel—and as Past Prov . G . H . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . of the Darlington Mark Lodge , No . 250 , having been appointed to its chair in 1 S 91 , and was Prov , S . G . W . of Northumberland and Durham in 1 S 92 . He is also a Royal Ark Mariner and has served on three occasions as Festival Steward for the Mark Benevolent Fund . In the Order of the Temple he was installed E . P . of St . Cuthbert Preceptory , No . 139 , in 1 SS 8 ,

was for a time a joining member of Royal Kent Preceptory , No . 20 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and , after filling sundry offices in the Provincial Priory of Northumberland , Durham , and Berwick-on-Tweed , was appointed and installed Prov . Sub Prior in 1 S 94 . Last year , too , he was appointed G . Std . Br . ( Beauceant ) of Great Priory . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite he has taken the 30 and served as M . W . S . of the Royal Kent Rose Croix

Chapter , No . 8 , in 1891 . He is also a member of the Cryptic and Allied Degrees , a Past Celebrant of the York College of Rosicrucians , and an Hon . VIIT . of the Order ; and last , but decidedly not least , he is a Life Governor of our three great Charities , and has acted as Festival Steward four times for the Boys' School , twice for the Girls' School , and once for the R . M . Benevolent Institution .

Bro . GEORGE MICKLEY ( M . A ,, M . B ., Cambridge ) , one of the Surgeons of St . Luke ' s Hospital , upon whom has been conferred the brevet rank of Past Asst . G . Director of Ceremonies , was initiated in the Cecil Lodge , No . 449 , Hitchin , on the 12 th March , 1 S 68 , and after filling sundry offices , including that of S . Warden , was installed W . M . in 1873 . In February , 18 S 4 , be joined St . Mary's Lodge , No . 6 3 , and served as W . M . during the

year . In 1872 , while yet a Warden of No . . J 49 , he was appointed Prov , J . G . Deacon of Hertfordshire , by the late Bro . William Stuart , then Prov , G . Master , while , in I . S 85 , his services received further recognition from the present Prov . G . Master , B . * o . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., who appointed him Prov . S . G . Warden . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in St .

Barnabas Chapter , No . 94 S , Ltnslade , Bucks , on thc 12 th March , 1870 , and in November , 1880 , was installed in the (' hair of First Principal . In 18 7 8 , he was one of the founders of St . Mary ' s Chiprur , N . > . 63 . and was installed M . E . Z . in 1 S 83 , and at present fills the office of Scribe li . His services to this branch ol Misonry were recognised by his appointmeit by the la ' . e Comp . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., G . Superin'endent of Bnks and Bucks , as