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SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . Dr . ALFRED MEADOWS was initiated into Masonry in the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , in 1869 , and became its W . M . in 1 S 76 , in which year he also served the office of Grand Steward . He was exalted in the Moira Chapter , No , 92 , in 1877 , and filled the chair of

First Principal in 1881 . The Mark and Rose Croix Degrees he became a member of in 1 SS 4 . He has served the Stewardship of all three Charities , and is Life Governor of

each . Dr . Meadows is at present a member of the Board of General Purposes , for the third or fourth time , and has also served on the Colonial Board . He was likewise a founder and

first J . W . of the University of London Lodge , No . 2033 . The subject of our memoir obtained the Licentiateship of the Apothecaries Hall in 1 S 5 6 , and the Membership of the College of Surgeons with its

Licentiateship in Midwifery , all in the same year . A year later he obtained at the University of London the degree of Bachelor of Medicine , and gained honours in Surgery and Midwifery ; thus showing from the very outset of his career a taste and

talent for Surgery , which has since made him so eminent an operator in his special department of practice . In 1 S 5 S he took the final degree of Doctorof Medicine . In the region of honours Dr . Meadows has been conspicuous . In his own country first we may state that he is a Fellow of the Roval

Medico-Chirurgical and Obstetrical Societies ; a Member of the Clinical and Harveian Societies ; and a Fellow of the . Royal Geographical Society . With reference to the foreign honours of Dr . Meadows , we would record that in 186 7 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of Berlin , and three years later a Corresponding Member of the Royal

Medical Society of Sweden , also in 1 S 71 a Corresponding Member of the Gynaecological Society of Boston . A few years ago the King of Sweden conferred upon him the " Order of Wasa , " of which he is a Commander . It is , however , in the wide department of Obstetrics that Dr . Meadows practices as a Specialist , and in which no living physician , either English or foreign , can

excel him . As an author , Dr . Meadows is favourably known both in and outside his profession . The exigencies of space compel us to bring this memoir to a close , but it would ill become any biographer of Dr . Meadows to have left unnoticed the munificent hospitality which he dispenses at his town

and country residences . At the latter , the subject of this sketch is seenfrom a social point of view—at his best , and the Moira Chapter , as well as the University of London Lodge , are scarcely likely to forget the entertainments at Poyle Park , to which they were severally invited by their companion and brother .

Bro . J WATSON , J . P ., was initiated into Freemasonry in 1853 in the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 402 , Nottingham , and having passed through the various offices was in due course elected W . M . He was , too , for some years its Secretary . He is a Past P . G . D . and P . P . G . Registrar of Nottinghamshire , and was the Grand Secretary of the province during the

whole of the period—1 S 60-5—the late Bro . Henry , ( 5 th ) Duke of Newcastle , K . G ., was its Prov . Grand Master . On the appointment in 18 77 of Bro . the Duke of St . Albans as P . G . M . of Notts , his Grace ' s choice of a brother to fill the important and responsible office of Deputy P . G . M . fell on Bro . Watson , who has continued ever since to fulfil its duties both loyally

towards his chief and kindly and considerately towards the brethren , He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the Abbey Chapter , No . 47 , 'Nottingham , and having subsequently joined the Royal Sussex Chapter , No . 402 , was in 1881 installed M . E . Z . The year following , on the installation of Sir Henry Bromley , Bart ., as Prov . G . Superintendent Notts , Comp . Watson was

appointed and still holds the office of Prov . G . H . As regards Mark Masonry , Bro . Watson was advanced in the Newstead Time Immemorial Lodge , in February 1854 , and on the erection of Notts in 1883 into a Mark province had conferred upon him the position of Prov . G . M . M . M . He has also been perfected Rose Croix , 1 S , in the Nottingham Chapter of that Degree ,

but has not as yet held any office . And last , but not least , our distinguished brother has done his part in helping forward the good work that is being done by our Charitable Institutions , being a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , a Life Governor of and once Festival Steward for the Girls' School , and a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School .

GRAND JUNIOR DEACONS . Bro . R . C . DRIVER was initiated in the Lodge of Honour and Generosity , No . 165 , in the year 1850 , and in 1853 was installed W . M . Moreover , he 'S , and for the last 30 years has been , its Secretary . He was exalted to the

Royal Arch Degree in the Prince of Wales Chapter , No . 259 , and is a founder and member of the St . Peter Westminster Chapter , No . 1537 . He was perfected Rose Croix , 18 ° , in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 , hut does not appear to have held any office .

Bro . FREDERICK HASTINGS GOLDNEY , son of Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , "art ., M , P ., J . p . for Wiltshire , has achieved high distinction in more than ° ne field of Masonic labour , though in the estimation of many he will be held to

have rendered the most enduring service by his " History of Freemasonry " 1 Wiltshire , " which has secured a great reputation both in America and Jn England , and has been succeeded b y several similar histories in other counties . Bro . Goldney was initialed on 23 rd June , 186 S , in the presence 01 trie late Earl of Zetland , G . M ., in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 ,

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and in 18 77 was appointed its representative on the Board of Grand Stewards . In 186 9 he took an active part in resuscitating the Lansdowne Lodge of Unity , No . 626 , Chippenham , which had been in abeyance for some years , and of which , after filling various offices , he was in 1 S 74 elected W . M . He is also a joining member of the Lodge of Rectitude , No . 335 , Corsham , and has held the following offices in the Prov . G . Lodge , namely , Prov . Grand

Steward , 1 S 69 ; Prov . G . A . D . of C , 1 S 71 ; Prov . G . S . of W „ 1 S 72 ; Prov . G . S . D ., 1874 ; Prov . G . J . W ., 18 7 6 ; Prov . G . Treas ., 1 S 77 ; and Prov . G . S . W ., 1 S 79 ; he is now , as he has been for the last eight years , its Prov . G . Treas . He was exalted 26 th April , 1870 , in the Royal Cumberland R . A . Chapter , No . 41 , Bath , one of the few chapters which hold a centenary warrant , and is a joining member and H . of the Wiltshire

Chapter , No . 355 , Swindon . In Templar Masonry he is P . E . P . of the Antiquity Preceptory , Bath , in which he was installed on 27 th January , 1 S 73 , and in 1 SS 2 was appointed Prov . G . Constable of Somersetshire , and Grand Herald in the National Great Priory . He was elected M . W . S . of the Antiquity Rose Croix Chapter , No . 95 , Bath , and is also a member of the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 ; but his most valuable services in connection with the A . and A . Rite were rendered some time since , when

he succeeded in healing the differences which had existed for many years between the Antiquity Chapter and the Supreme Council , 33 , these services being most honourably recognised by the Grand Secretary-General , 33 ° , on the chapter ' s warrant . Bro . Goldney has served as Steward to all three Institutions , the Boys' School having had the benefit of his assistance at two Festivals , and his name will be found in the Subscribers' lists most recently issued by them .

GRAND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . J HAYBALL PAUL , M . D ., was initiated into Freemasonry in the St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 231 , in 1850 , and was elected to the chair of W . M . in 18 5 6 . In 1871 he joined the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , was appointed as its representative on the" Board of Grand Stewards in 1 S 73 , and became its W . M . in 1875 . He has been exalted to the Royal Arch

Degree , is a P . Z ., and on Wednesday was invested as G . Standard Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter . In the Rose Croix , 18 ° , in which he has been perfected , he is a Past M . W . S . of the Holy Sanctuary Chapter , No . 53 , and the present M . W . S . of the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , No . 1 . In 1883 he attained to the 32 in the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Bro Paul has qualified as Life Governor of , and has served one Stewardship for , the Girls' School .

GRAND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . Major CHARLES HARDING , F . R . G . S ., during his nineteen years ' connection with Freemasonry , has done good service to the Craft , not only as a Constitutional Mason , but likewise in the several branches and offshoots . He'was initiated in 1866 in the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 231 , and , as well as of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , of which he is a joining

member , holdsa foremost place among the subscribing Past Masters . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the Bard of Avon Chapter , and lor some time has been a P . Z ., while he has in addition had conferred upon

him provincial honours , being a Past Prov . G . S . D ., and Past Prov . G . Scribe N . for Middlesex . In 1 S 77 he was advanced to the Mark Degree in Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , in which , as well as of the Royal Ark Mariners '

Lodge ( attached ) , he is the present occupant of the Master ' s Chair , besides being a Past Prov . G . J . Mark Warden for the Province of Middlesex and Surrey . He was perfected Rose Croix in the Bard of Avon

Chapter , No . 44 of that Degree , in 18 73 , and later on joined the Holy Sanctuary Chapter , No . 53 . He is a Past M . W . S . of both , and likewise

a member of the 31 since 1 S 78 . He is a Knight Templar and Knight of Malta , a Past E . P ., and in 1882 was appointed Great Prior ' s Banner Bearer ; a Royal and SelectMaster , and a Knight of the Royal Order of Scotland , and of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine . Lastly ,

Bro . Harding has constituted himself a Life Governor of all our Institutions , and has served the office of Festival Steward once in behalf of each of them . With such a record of service as this , it is not surprising that the Grand Master should have resolved on signalising his appreciation of Bro . Harding ' s merit by conferring on him the Collar of G . A . D . C ,

GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . CHARLES HAMMERTON , the new Grand Sword Bearer , was initiated just twenty years since in Trinity Lodge , No . 254 , Coventry , and on migrating to . London joined first of all the St . Mark ' s Lodge , No . 857 , in 186 9 , and then successively the Macdonald Lodge , No . 1216 , attached to the 1 st Surrey Rifles , in 1870 , and the Royal Jubilee , No . 72 , in 1871 . In

the last-named year he became } also founder and first W . M . of the Stockwell Lodge , No . 1339 , and during the 13 years that have since elapsed has held the responsible office of Treasurer . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the Panmure Chapter , No . 720 , in 1 SG 9 , and installed its M . E . Z . in 1875 , when he took a leading part in founding the Stockwell Chapter , No . 1339 , and was chosen Z . the following year . He is likewise a

joiningmember of the Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 . He was advanced in the Macdonald Mark Lodge , No . 104 , in 1 S 6 9 , and has since filled the W . M . ' s chair as well as the office of Secretary . In 1872 he was founder and first Master of the Grosvenor Lodge , No . 144 , and has been its Treasurer ever since . He is likewise Prov . G . Treasurer of the Mark Province of Mid .

dlesex and Surrey , and a Past G . D . of C . of Mark G . Lodge . He was perfected Rose Croix in the Palestine Chapter , No . 29 , in 1870 , elected M . W . S . in 1 S 76 , and since 1 S 78 has been its Treasurer . In 187411 c took the 30 , and three years later the 31 . He is a Past M . P . S . of the Plantagenet Conclave , Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine , a Knight of St .