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Junior Grand Warden.
account of no less than ^ 500 , and that , too , after it had voted £ 100 to the Institutions—the Stewards' lists realising some . £ 700—and , after making provision forthe clothing and jewel of his office in Grand L < "dge , with which it is the intention of the lodge to present to their first Master . As for Royal Arch Masonry , Bro . Bailey's connection with it dates no further back than to Ihe ist November , 1 S 95 , when he was exalted in the St . Pancras
Chapter , Nc . 2271 . But his experience , if brief , has undoubtedly been brilliant , seeing lhat on the 30 th March he had the honour of being installed the first M . E . Z . of the Chapter of Fellowship , No . 2535 . Bro . Bailey is a Vice- Palron of all our Institutions , and has served 17 Stewardships—six for the Old People , five for the Girls' School , and six for the Boys' School . He is also a member of the Board of Management of the last-named Charity ,
and in his new character of a Grand Officer of England—to which , as we have before said , he has been unanimously chosen by the suffrages of the electors—will be able , as we have no suspicion of a doubt that he is most ready , to do whatever may be in his power for the promotion of Freemasonry and of those Institutions established under its wing , of which all the members of the Society are so justly and so very naturally proud .
DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR .
Bro . R . HORTON SMITH , Q . C , and a Bencher of Lincoln ' s Inn , who succeeds Bro . T . T . BucknilirQ . C , M . P ., as Deputy G . Registrar , has been a member of the Craft for close on 40 years , having been initiated during his career at the University of Cambridge , in the Scientific Lodge , No . 8 S—then No . 105—on the ii'Ii November , 1856 . Not long afterwards he joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . to , and then ils
offshoot , the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , at Hampton Court , being elected to fill the chair of the latter . In 1861 , he took part in founding the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , while the late Bro . Thomas R . Hall , who , at the time , was Prov . G . Master of Cambridgeshire , bestowed on him the collar of Prov . G . Registrar . About this time he took a more than usually active part in the duties of Grand Lodge . Early in 1862 he
seconded the address of condolence which was passed by it with Her Majesty the Queen on the death of the Prince Consoit . Moreover , he was elected two years consecutively a member of the Colonial Board , and for a third year on the Board of General Purposes . In 1 SS 3 , the late Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M ., appointed him Prov . G . Registrar of Middlesex , and then after an interval cf 10 years , we find him taking part as a founder in
establishing a lodge in London for the convenience of members of the Chancery Bar—to wit , the Chancery Bar Lodge , No . 245 6 , which was consecrated in the library of Lincoln ' s Inn , by the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . Master , in the presence of the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., who personally constituted the lodge , and a numerous gathering of present and past Grand Officers . Of this lodge , Bro . Horton Smith was installed as the second
Master . As regards Royal Arch Masonry his career is nearly as brilliant as n the Craft , his exaltation having taken place in the Pythagoras Chapter , altached to the Scientific Lodge , Cambridge , on the 5 th June , 1859 . I " 1 S 62 , he was elected a joining member of thc Watford Chapter , No . 404 , and having successively occupied the chairs of Third and Second Principals ,
was installed as M . E . Z . in 1866 , his services to this chapter being recognised by his appointment by the late Comp . vV . Stuart , G . Superintendent , as Prov . G . Prin . Sojourner of Hertfordshire somewhere about the year 1864 . lt should be added that the new Dep . G . Registrar is a Life-Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS .
Bro . Colonel LOCKWOOD , who was elected M . P . for West Essex at the General Election last , has greatly distinguished himstlf during his brief , but active , career in Masonry . Though he was initiated in the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , only as recently as the 20 th July , 18 S 8 , he has already , or rather in a very short time hewill have , bornea leading part in the foundation of as many as three lodges . Thus in 1894 he was the principal founder and first
Worshipful Master of the Earl of Warwick Lodge , No . 2504 , Buckhurst Hill , while last year he helped lo establish ihe West Essex Lodge , No . 2561 , which meets in the same locality . Of this he was the S . W . designate , and will be installed as second W . M . in October of the present year . For these services to the Province of Essex , the Earl of Warwick , its Provincial Grand Master , conferred upon him the collar of Prov . S . G . W . at the annual
meeting of the Essex brethren in the summer of 1895 . He is also assisting in the foundation of the Brigade of Guards' Lodge , for which the M . W . G . Master has signified his intention of granting his warrant of constitution , and over which his Royal Highness intends presiding as its permanent W . M . In Rojal Arch Masonry , Bro . Col . Lockwood was only a few days since in-Mailed as Third Principal of the Studholme Chapter , No . 1591 , in which he was exalted on the 20 th February , 1891 , while in the Mark Degree , to which
le was advanced on the 271 b June , 1890 , he is S . O . in the Euston Lodge , No . 393 , and S . in the Royal Ark Mariners lodge attached to it . In addition , he is a Knight Templar and Knight of the Order of Malta , having been installed K . T . in the Oxford and Cambridge University Preceptory , No . 128 , and being at the present lime its Chief Constable ; is Captain of the Guard in the Easton Council Royal and Select Masters ; and has been perfected Rose Ctoix , iS ° , under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
Bro . W . E . M . 1 ' OMLINSON , who has sat in Parliament for the borough w Preston since November , 1 S 82 , was educated at Westminster and Christ •- 'lurch , Oxford , and , after taking his B . A . in i 860 and M . A . in 1862 , was called to the Bar in 1865 . ' In Masonry his career has been a most active one . « e was initiated in the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 113 , Preston , on the 3 rd December , 1877 , and in the summer of thefollowing year joined the Northern
N S ' No . iiiio , of which , 14 years later , he was installed Master . In ni ° y * . err | Der ' 1884 he joined the Morecambe Lodge , No . 1561 , and has twice nlled the chair if W . M ., having been installed in the first instance in uectmber , 1885 , and for the second time in December , 18 S 8 . In the "" erval between these two Masterships he joined , in 1886 , the Lindsay l . od ge , No . 1335 . Wigan , * in 1 S 8 7 the Old Westminsters Lodge , No . 2233 , ot which , indeed , he was a founder and first W . M . ; and in January , 1 S 8 S . " Lathcm LodgeNo . 2229 Southport , over whichsome three \ ears
, , , S . he was elected to preside as Master . In April , 188 9 , he was founder •' ! ^ st W . M . of the Wigan Lodge , No . 2326 . More recently he has 2 ° J " ° 'he Chancery Bar Lodge , No . 2456 , and the Lancastrian Lodge , No . to 1 , * ^ London Lodges , and associated , the former with the profession Co * . 4 •* ^ elon gs i d the latter wilh the county in which he resides , nsidering the many and varied services he has rendered to the Province
Junior Grand Warden.
of West Lancashire , it is not surprising to find that he was appointed to the office of Prov . G . Warden in November , 1 SS 7 . As a Royal Arch Mason , he was exalted in the Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 15113 , Twtck nham , on the 26 th April , 1 SS 3 , and last yeir he became a founder and first
M . E . Z . ofthe Corinthian Cnapter , No . 2 ^ , 50 , H . ndley , Lancashire . Hc is also a Past M . W . S . of the Crawford Rose Croix Chapter , No . 114 , Wi ^ au , and has also taken the 30 " in the Ancient and Accepted Rile , and is a Life Governor of our three Institutions , having served twice as Steward for the Boys' School and once in each case for thc Girls' School and Old People .
Bro . WILLIAM SMITHETT , one of the new Senior Grand Deacons , was initiated over 30 years ago in tlie St . James ' - * . Union l . odge , No . 180 , on the 12 . I 1 December , 1865 , and was installed W . M . on the 141 b January , 1 S 73 . In October , 1870 , he joined the l . odge of Felicity , No . -jS , and some five years later served the ofiice of G . Steward at the installation uf H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . in April , 187 s . In 18 77 he was in-Hied
in its chair as Master , and the same year joined the Grand •steward .- * ' l . od , j . * , to which he continued a subscribing member until 1 S 8 S . He wai txalfed to the Royal Arch in St . James ' s Union Chapter , No . 1 S 0 , on the 28 h May , 1 S 67 , and was elected to the chair of 7 .. in 18 77 . It was on hii proposition that , in 1 S 76 , it was decided by the members of the Lodge of Felicity to petition lor a Royal Arch Chapter to be attached to it , and in the
warrant , which was granted in response to such petition , Comp . Smithett was designated , and at the consecration , in 1 S 77 , was installed , in the Third Principal ' s chair of the Chapter of Felicity , No . 58 . In 18 79 he was elected to the chair of Z ., and last jear the office was again conferred upon him . In addition , Bro . Smithett has served Lodge No . 58 as its Treasurer , having held that position from 1 SS 3 to 18 93 , when he resigned it in favour of
the less onerous post of Treasurer of the lodge Charity Fund . Above all , he is the author of " The History of the Lodge of Felicity from the year 1737 , with comments on contemporary events , " which was compiled as a memorial of the lodge at the celebration of its se-q * ii-centenary Festival , and which we had the pleasure of reviewing at the time in our columns , while among the brethren to whom the thanks of G . Lodge were returned , at its last Quarterly Communication , for the gifts they had presented to the
library at Freemasons' Hall , will be found the name of Bro . Smithett for his present of the paper read by him before the Chapter of Felicity , on "The Royal Arch in the Past . " It remains for us to add tint our respected brother is a Vice-Patron of the Girls' School and R . M . Benevolent Institution , and a Vice-President of the Boys' School , and that on some eight or ten different occasions he has discharged the duties of Steward at one or other of their Anniversary Festivals .
JUNIOR GRAND DEACONS .
Bro . J COOPER MALCOLM , who only a few days since was obligated as Dep . Prov . G . Master of West Yorkshire , in succession to Bro . Henry Smith , and has now had conferred upon him the office of Junior G . Deacon , was initiated in the Alfred Lodge , No . 306 , Leeds , on the 28 th February , 1873 , and two years later , as its Junior Warden , had the satisfaction of being present in the Royal Albert Hall on the memorable occasion when H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was installed as M . W . Grand Master of England . On
the 3 rd December , 1 S 75 , he was installed W . Master , while in December , 1890 , the members did him the honour to elect him to fill the chair for a second time . Last year , when his lodge celebrated the centenary of its constitution , Bro . Malcolm served the office of Senior Warden . He was also for a couple of years a joining member of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 309 , but , with this exception , his services in lodge have been restricted to
No . 306 , and to the Prov . G . Lodge of West Yorkshire , of which he was appointed and invested as Prov . G . Registrar on the 2 | th April , 18 78 , and so greatly was the work he did in that capacity appreciated that at the close of his term of office hc was presented in open Prov . G . Lodge with a gold Past Prov . G . Registrar ' s jewel , bearing the inscription : " Presented to Bro . John Cooper Malcolm , P . M . 306 ; a slight recognition of valued
services as Registrar in Prov . G . Lodge . April 2 nd , 1879 . " He was exalted in the Philanthropic Chapter , No . 304 , Leeds , on the 6 th March , 1 S 74 , and having gradually risen to the chair of Principal Z ., in February , 1 S 80 , was appointed Prov . G . Registrar in Prov . G . Chapter on the 4 'h May , iSSr . He is also a Mark , Templar , and Rose Croix Mas > n , having been advanced to the first-named degree in the Copley Lodge , No . 111 ,
Leeds , on the 1 Uh June , 1874 ; installed K . l . and Knight of St . John in the Fidelity Encampment in 1879 , and perfected Rose Croix in tne Leodiensis Chapter Rose Croix in 1 S 7 S . As regards the Masonic Charitable Institutions , both central and local , Bro . Malcolm may justly claim to have done his part in promoting their welfare . He is a Vice-President of both Schools and a Life Governor ol the R . M . Benevolent Institution , and ha ?
served on 12 different occasions as Festival Steward , namtly : at three Festivals in aid of ' * Our Girls , " five times for the Boys' Sell > ol , and twice for the Benevolent Institution . He is also a Life Member of the Charity Committee of West Yorkshire , and a Past President and Trustee of the Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution . Moreover , in 1888 , when grave doubts arose as to the management of the Boys' SchoolBrj .
, Malcolm was one of three Provincial brethren selicted to represent the Provinces on the Committee of Investigation into the discipline , expenditure , and administration of that Charity . That the services we have e 4 | merated should command the love , as well as the admiration and respect , of his brother Masons , but more especially of the fellow-members of bis mother lodge , is a matter as to which no doubt whatever can ariseand
, our readers , therefore , will rcjoice to hear—in the case of very miny of them we ought , perhaps , to say , will call to mind with pleasure—that on the 3 rd April , 1891—that is to say , during his second Mastership of the AllreJ Lodge—its members presented a magnificent silver silver , sujjar basin , cream jug , and hot water jug to Mrs . Malcolm , " as a mark of their esteem , "
and to Bro . Malcolm himself a massive and very handsome gold P . M . ' s jewel , the latter being the gift of the ofiicers at the time serving under him , whose names are recorded in the inscription on the back of the jewel . We may add that Bro . Malcolm is a solicitor and the coroner for the city of Leeds , and President of the Coroners' Society for England and Wales * .
Bro . E . D . ANDERTON , who is one of the ablest and most experienced members of the Craft in Cornwall , and on whom the cilice of Junior Grand Deacon is now conferred , was initiated nearly 40 years ago in ist . Cuthbert ' s Lodge , No . 913—now No . 630 —Howden , North and East Yorkshire . Having in i 860 joined the Phoenix Lodge of Honour and Prudence , No . 331 , Truro , he was , after holding sundry of the junior offices , elected and installed W . M . in 1 SG 6 . He has also been a joining member of Love and Honour Lodge , No . 75 , Falmouth . From 1 S 81 to 1886 he served as Prov .
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Junior Grand Warden.
account of no less than ^ 500 , and that , too , after it had voted £ 100 to the Institutions—the Stewards' lists realising some . £ 700—and , after making provision forthe clothing and jewel of his office in Grand L < "dge , with which it is the intention of the lodge to present to their first Master . As for Royal Arch Masonry , Bro . Bailey's connection with it dates no further back than to Ihe ist November , 1 S 95 , when he was exalted in the St . Pancras
Chapter , Nc . 2271 . But his experience , if brief , has undoubtedly been brilliant , seeing lhat on the 30 th March he had the honour of being installed the first M . E . Z . of the Chapter of Fellowship , No . 2535 . Bro . Bailey is a Vice- Palron of all our Institutions , and has served 17 Stewardships—six for the Old People , five for the Girls' School , and six for the Boys' School . He is also a member of the Board of Management of the last-named Charity ,
and in his new character of a Grand Officer of England—to which , as we have before said , he has been unanimously chosen by the suffrages of the electors—will be able , as we have no suspicion of a doubt that he is most ready , to do whatever may be in his power for the promotion of Freemasonry and of those Institutions established under its wing , of which all the members of the Society are so justly and so very naturally proud .
DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR .
Bro . R . HORTON SMITH , Q . C , and a Bencher of Lincoln ' s Inn , who succeeds Bro . T . T . BucknilirQ . C , M . P ., as Deputy G . Registrar , has been a member of the Craft for close on 40 years , having been initiated during his career at the University of Cambridge , in the Scientific Lodge , No . 8 S—then No . 105—on the ii'Ii November , 1856 . Not long afterwards he joined the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . to , and then ils
offshoot , the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 70 S , at Hampton Court , being elected to fill the chair of the latter . In 1861 , he took part in founding the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , while the late Bro . Thomas R . Hall , who , at the time , was Prov . G . Master of Cambridgeshire , bestowed on him the collar of Prov . G . Registrar . About this time he took a more than usually active part in the duties of Grand Lodge . Early in 1862 he
seconded the address of condolence which was passed by it with Her Majesty the Queen on the death of the Prince Consoit . Moreover , he was elected two years consecutively a member of the Colonial Board , and for a third year on the Board of General Purposes . In 1 SS 3 , the late Sir Francis Burdett , P . G . M ., appointed him Prov . G . Registrar of Middlesex , and then after an interval cf 10 years , we find him taking part as a founder in
establishing a lodge in London for the convenience of members of the Chancery Bar—to wit , the Chancery Bar Lodge , No . 245 6 , which was consecrated in the library of Lincoln ' s Inn , by the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . Master , in the presence of the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., who personally constituted the lodge , and a numerous gathering of present and past Grand Officers . Of this lodge , Bro . Horton Smith was installed as the second
Master . As regards Royal Arch Masonry his career is nearly as brilliant as n the Craft , his exaltation having taken place in the Pythagoras Chapter , altached to the Scientific Lodge , Cambridge , on the 5 th June , 1859 . I " 1 S 62 , he was elected a joining member of thc Watford Chapter , No . 404 , and having successively occupied the chairs of Third and Second Principals ,
was installed as M . E . Z . in 1866 , his services to this chapter being recognised by his appointment by the late Comp . vV . Stuart , G . Superintendent , as Prov . G . Prin . Sojourner of Hertfordshire somewhere about the year 1864 . lt should be added that the new Dep . G . Registrar is a Life-Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .
SENIOR GRAND DEACONS .
Bro . Colonel LOCKWOOD , who was elected M . P . for West Essex at the General Election last , has greatly distinguished himstlf during his brief , but active , career in Masonry . Though he was initiated in the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , only as recently as the 20 th July , 18 S 8 , he has already , or rather in a very short time hewill have , bornea leading part in the foundation of as many as three lodges . Thus in 1894 he was the principal founder and first
Worshipful Master of the Earl of Warwick Lodge , No . 2504 , Buckhurst Hill , while last year he helped lo establish ihe West Essex Lodge , No . 2561 , which meets in the same locality . Of this he was the S . W . designate , and will be installed as second W . M . in October of the present year . For these services to the Province of Essex , the Earl of Warwick , its Provincial Grand Master , conferred upon him the collar of Prov . S . G . W . at the annual
meeting of the Essex brethren in the summer of 1895 . He is also assisting in the foundation of the Brigade of Guards' Lodge , for which the M . W . G . Master has signified his intention of granting his warrant of constitution , and over which his Royal Highness intends presiding as its permanent W . M . In Rojal Arch Masonry , Bro . Col . Lockwood was only a few days since in-Mailed as Third Principal of the Studholme Chapter , No . 1591 , in which he was exalted on the 20 th February , 1891 , while in the Mark Degree , to which
le was advanced on the 271 b June , 1890 , he is S . O . in the Euston Lodge , No . 393 , and S . in the Royal Ark Mariners lodge attached to it . In addition , he is a Knight Templar and Knight of the Order of Malta , having been installed K . T . in the Oxford and Cambridge University Preceptory , No . 128 , and being at the present lime its Chief Constable ; is Captain of the Guard in the Easton Council Royal and Select Masters ; and has been perfected Rose Ctoix , iS ° , under the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite .
Bro . W . E . M . 1 ' OMLINSON , who has sat in Parliament for the borough w Preston since November , 1 S 82 , was educated at Westminster and Christ •- 'lurch , Oxford , and , after taking his B . A . in i 860 and M . A . in 1862 , was called to the Bar in 1865 . ' In Masonry his career has been a most active one . « e was initiated in the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 113 , Preston , on the 3 rd December , 1877 , and in the summer of thefollowing year joined the Northern
N S ' No . iiiio , of which , 14 years later , he was installed Master . In ni ° y * . err | Der ' 1884 he joined the Morecambe Lodge , No . 1561 , and has twice nlled the chair if W . M ., having been installed in the first instance in uectmber , 1885 , and for the second time in December , 18 S 8 . In the "" erval between these two Masterships he joined , in 1886 , the Lindsay l . od ge , No . 1335 . Wigan , * in 1 S 8 7 the Old Westminsters Lodge , No . 2233 , ot which , indeed , he was a founder and first W . M . ; and in January , 1 S 8 S . " Lathcm LodgeNo . 2229 Southport , over whichsome three \ ears
, , , S . he was elected to preside as Master . In April , 188 9 , he was founder •' ! ^ st W . M . of the Wigan Lodge , No . 2326 . More recently he has 2 ° J " ° 'he Chancery Bar Lodge , No . 2456 , and the Lancastrian Lodge , No . to 1 , * ^ London Lodges , and associated , the former with the profession Co * . 4 •* ^ elon gs i d the latter wilh the county in which he resides , nsidering the many and varied services he has rendered to the Province
Junior Grand Warden.
of West Lancashire , it is not surprising to find that he was appointed to the office of Prov . G . Warden in November , 1 SS 7 . As a Royal Arch Mason , he was exalted in the Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 15113 , Twtck nham , on the 26 th April , 1 SS 3 , and last yeir he became a founder and first
M . E . Z . ofthe Corinthian Cnapter , No . 2 ^ , 50 , H . ndley , Lancashire . Hc is also a Past M . W . S . of the Crawford Rose Croix Chapter , No . 114 , Wi ^ au , and has also taken the 30 " in the Ancient and Accepted Rile , and is a Life Governor of our three Institutions , having served twice as Steward for the Boys' School and once in each case for thc Girls' School and Old People .
Bro . WILLIAM SMITHETT , one of the new Senior Grand Deacons , was initiated over 30 years ago in tlie St . James ' - * . Union l . odge , No . 180 , on the 12 . I 1 December , 1865 , and was installed W . M . on the 141 b January , 1 S 73 . In October , 1870 , he joined the l . odge of Felicity , No . -jS , and some five years later served the ofiice of G . Steward at the installation uf H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as M . W . G . M . in April , 187 s . In 18 77 he was in-Hied
in its chair as Master , and the same year joined the Grand •steward .- * ' l . od , j . * , to which he continued a subscribing member until 1 S 8 S . He wai txalfed to the Royal Arch in St . James ' s Union Chapter , No . 1 S 0 , on the 28 h May , 1 S 67 , and was elected to the chair of 7 .. in 18 77 . It was on hii proposition that , in 1 S 76 , it was decided by the members of the Lodge of Felicity to petition lor a Royal Arch Chapter to be attached to it , and in the
warrant , which was granted in response to such petition , Comp . Smithett was designated , and at the consecration , in 1 S 77 , was installed , in the Third Principal ' s chair of the Chapter of Felicity , No . 58 . In 18 79 he was elected to the chair of Z ., and last jear the office was again conferred upon him . In addition , Bro . Smithett has served Lodge No . 58 as its Treasurer , having held that position from 1 SS 3 to 18 93 , when he resigned it in favour of
the less onerous post of Treasurer of the lodge Charity Fund . Above all , he is the author of " The History of the Lodge of Felicity from the year 1737 , with comments on contemporary events , " which was compiled as a memorial of the lodge at the celebration of its se-q * ii-centenary Festival , and which we had the pleasure of reviewing at the time in our columns , while among the brethren to whom the thanks of G . Lodge were returned , at its last Quarterly Communication , for the gifts they had presented to the
library at Freemasons' Hall , will be found the name of Bro . Smithett for his present of the paper read by him before the Chapter of Felicity , on "The Royal Arch in the Past . " It remains for us to add tint our respected brother is a Vice-Patron of the Girls' School and R . M . Benevolent Institution , and a Vice-President of the Boys' School , and that on some eight or ten different occasions he has discharged the duties of Steward at one or other of their Anniversary Festivals .
JUNIOR GRAND DEACONS .
Bro . J COOPER MALCOLM , who only a few days since was obligated as Dep . Prov . G . Master of West Yorkshire , in succession to Bro . Henry Smith , and has now had conferred upon him the office of Junior G . Deacon , was initiated in the Alfred Lodge , No . 306 , Leeds , on the 28 th February , 1873 , and two years later , as its Junior Warden , had the satisfaction of being present in the Royal Albert Hall on the memorable occasion when H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was installed as M . W . Grand Master of England . On
the 3 rd December , 1 S 75 , he was installed W . Master , while in December , 1890 , the members did him the honour to elect him to fill the chair for a second time . Last year , when his lodge celebrated the centenary of its constitution , Bro . Malcolm served the office of Senior Warden . He was also for a couple of years a joining member of the Philanthropic Lodge , No . 309 , but , with this exception , his services in lodge have been restricted to
No . 306 , and to the Prov . G . Lodge of West Yorkshire , of which he was appointed and invested as Prov . G . Registrar on the 2 | th April , 18 78 , and so greatly was the work he did in that capacity appreciated that at the close of his term of office hc was presented in open Prov . G . Lodge with a gold Past Prov . G . Registrar ' s jewel , bearing the inscription : " Presented to Bro . John Cooper Malcolm , P . M . 306 ; a slight recognition of valued
services as Registrar in Prov . G . Lodge . April 2 nd , 1879 . " He was exalted in the Philanthropic Chapter , No . 304 , Leeds , on the 6 th March , 1 S 74 , and having gradually risen to the chair of Principal Z ., in February , 1 S 80 , was appointed Prov . G . Registrar in Prov . G . Chapter on the 4 'h May , iSSr . He is also a Mark , Templar , and Rose Croix Mas > n , having been advanced to the first-named degree in the Copley Lodge , No . 111 ,
Leeds , on the 1 Uh June , 1874 ; installed K . l . and Knight of St . John in the Fidelity Encampment in 1879 , and perfected Rose Croix in tne Leodiensis Chapter Rose Croix in 1 S 7 S . As regards the Masonic Charitable Institutions , both central and local , Bro . Malcolm may justly claim to have done his part in promoting their welfare . He is a Vice-President of both Schools and a Life Governor ol the R . M . Benevolent Institution , and ha ?
served on 12 different occasions as Festival Steward , namtly : at three Festivals in aid of ' * Our Girls , " five times for the Boys' Sell > ol , and twice for the Benevolent Institution . He is also a Life Member of the Charity Committee of West Yorkshire , and a Past President and Trustee of the Leeds Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution . Moreover , in 1888 , when grave doubts arose as to the management of the Boys' SchoolBrj .
, Malcolm was one of three Provincial brethren selicted to represent the Provinces on the Committee of Investigation into the discipline , expenditure , and administration of that Charity . That the services we have e 4 | merated should command the love , as well as the admiration and respect , of his brother Masons , but more especially of the fellow-members of bis mother lodge , is a matter as to which no doubt whatever can ariseand
, our readers , therefore , will rcjoice to hear—in the case of very miny of them we ought , perhaps , to say , will call to mind with pleasure—that on the 3 rd April , 1891—that is to say , during his second Mastership of the AllreJ Lodge—its members presented a magnificent silver silver , sujjar basin , cream jug , and hot water jug to Mrs . Malcolm , " as a mark of their esteem , "
and to Bro . Malcolm himself a massive and very handsome gold P . M . ' s jewel , the latter being the gift of the ofiicers at the time serving under him , whose names are recorded in the inscription on the back of the jewel . We may add that Bro . Malcolm is a solicitor and the coroner for the city of Leeds , and President of the Coroners' Society for England and Wales * .
Bro . E . D . ANDERTON , who is one of the ablest and most experienced members of the Craft in Cornwall , and on whom the cilice of Junior Grand Deacon is now conferred , was initiated nearly 40 years ago in ist . Cuthbert ' s Lodge , No . 913—now No . 630 —Howden , North and East Yorkshire . Having in i 860 joined the Phoenix Lodge of Honour and Prudence , No . 331 , Truro , he was , after holding sundry of the junior offices , elected and installed W . M . in 1 SG 6 . He has also been a joining member of Love and Honour Lodge , No . 75 , Falmouth . From 1 S 81 to 1886 he served as Prov .