Our Portrait Gallery Of Worshipful Masters.

Our Portrait Gallery of Worshipful Masters .

BRO . JOHN J . PARES who was installed W . M . of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 140 , on the 18 th ult ., was initiated in the Royal Oak Lodge , No . 8 71 , on the 29 th October , 1869 , became W . M . of that lodge in 1877 , and has been the Secretary since vacating the chair . He is a member

of the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2026 . In the Royal Arch he is the senior P . Z . and S . E . of the St . George ' s Chapter , No . 140 . In the Mark Degree he is the Secretary of St . Mark's Lodge , No . 1 , one of the founders and first W . M . of the Royal Oak Lodge , No . 416 ; he is also Prov . J . G . O .

Kent . He is also a member of the Grand Master ' s Council , No . 1 , of Royal and Select Masters ; of the Metropolitan Council , T . I ., of the Allied Masonic Degrees ; of the Premier Conclave , Masonic and Military Order of Knights of Rome and of Red Cross of

Constantine ; of the Shadwell Clerke Preceptory of Knights Templar and Priory of Malta ; of the Invicta Chapter of the Rose Croix , 18 ; P . G . Gdr . of the Order of Secret Monitor ; and Secretary of the Horatio Shirley Conclave , No . 5 .

BRO . MAX MENDELSSOHN , who was installed as W . M . of Euphrates Lodge on the 2 5 th ult . at the Holborn Restaurant , was initiated in 18 72 ^'" therefore appropriately celebrates his majority in th n ky fi "' ng the chair . He is also a member of e Duke of Cornwall Lodge and the Correspondence i-Tcle of the Ouitrmr Cnrnnati . In thfi Roval Arrh

g ° . Mendelssohn fills the office of Scribe E . in the uke of Cornwall Chapter , and is a member of the "enniker Lodge of Mark Master Masons . He is a te Governor of the three Institutions , and has served fiv ° Stewardshi ps .

BRO . ALEXANDER HOWELL , Whose installation we reported last week , was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge , No . 257 , Portsmouth , in 1 S 8 7 , and shortly afterwards joined the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1834 , in which he has gradually worked his way through the various offices to the Master ' s chair . Very soon after his initiation his

legal training led him to a systematic course of study in the literature of the Craft , and , in the natural order of things , he joined the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 . An idea soon occurred to him that the usefulness of that Circle would be very materially increased if some arrangement were made whereby local Secretaries in

connection with it were appointed in every Masonic province . That suggestion , being made by I im to Bro . Speth , P . M ., was very soon acted upon , and its value cordially acknowledged by the the Permanent Committee of the lodge in its report , dated 25 th June , 1 S 88 , in which his immediate appointment as " Local Secretary for the Province of Hants was recommended . ( See A . Q . C ,

vol . I , p . 166 ) . The lodge agreed to the recommendation , and Bro . Alexander Howell accordingly became the official Representative of the Circle in Hampshire , a position which he has held ever since , much to the advantage of Freemasonry in general , and the Quatuor Coronati Lodge in particular . Under his persuasion , whilst still below the rank of an Installed Master , some 14 lodges and 50 individual brethren joined the Circle .

As a consequence of Bro . Alexander Howell's happy thought of instituting these " Local Secretaries , " the Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle is now directly represented by some 57 brethren , whose districts are situated in all parts of the globe , and whose influence for the good of Freemasonry cannot be too highly estimated . Several contributions from his pen have appeared in the Official Transactions of the lodge as well as in our own pages . He has made

a most careful perusal of the minute books of his mother lodge , dating from 20 th May , 1786 , and has compiled a history of the lodge , which from various causes still awaits publication In May , 18 91 , he read a short digest of it before the members of the Phtenix Lodge , No . 257 , which was much appreciated . In September , 188 S , the subject of

our sketch was the prime mover in starting a lodge of instruction in Portsmouth , to the funds of which nearly every lodge in the locality subscribed , and which had a membership of over 100 brethren . For a time it did excellent work , as in addition to the Three Degrees and the installation ceremony , the Sections were regularly worked , but like so many other lodges of instruction ,

the attendance after a time became so scanty that the undertaking was reluctantly discontinued , notwithstanding its strong financial position and the large number of subscribing members upon its roll . Bro . Alexander Howell has served as a Steward and is a Life Governor of each of the three Central Masonic Charities . In the Hants and Isle of Wight Masonic

Educational and Benevolent Institution he is a Vice-Patron and Past Steward , and he has also served as a Steward and is a Life Governor of the Mark Benevolent Fund . His Masonic investigations have not been confined to the Craft , as he is a subscribing member of nearly every Masonic Order . He was one of the founders of the St . Clair Chapter ( R . A . ) , No . 2074 . In

the Mark Degree he is S . W . in the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 62 , and R . of M . in the Phumix Lodge , No . 2 , whilst he is a P . P . G . R . in the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of Hants . He is J . in the Carnarvon Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners , No . 62 ; T . I . M . elect in the Carnarvon

Council of Royal and Select Masters , in which Degree he is also a life member of the Constantine Council , No . 2 . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite he holds the office of Captain of the Guard in the Royal Naval Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 9 , whilst he is Herald in the Royal Naval

Preceptory and Priory , No . 2 , and Past Prov . Captain of Guard in the Provincial Priory of Hants , and , lastly , he holds the office of M . P . S . in the Naval and Military Conclave , Red Cross , No . 35 , and of P . P . and M . E . C . in the Sanctuary and Commandery attached thereto . He has also taken the Degrees of the Swedenborgian Rite , the Rosicrucians , and Secret Monitor .

BRO . OSCAR PHILIPPE , whose installation as W . M . of the Montague Guest Lodge , No . 1990 , took place in December last , was initiated in that lodge in April , 1884 , and , after serving the various offices , duly arrived at the East . He was exalted in the chapter attached to the lodge in 188 ? ,

and is now the J . elect . Bro . Philippe is a Patron both of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and a V . P . of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . He has served 15 Stewardships in all—five for each of the Institutions —and is again a Steward for the Boys' at the next Festival .

BRO . F . OSBORNE , whose instal lation as W . M . of the Great Northern Lodge , No . 1287 , on January 21 st , 18 93 , was recorded in our columns last week , has filled all the previous offices leading up to the chair . He is a Life Subscriber to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

[ We have to apologise for a mishap which occurred in connection with our Portrait Gallery last week . The portrait of Bro . Osborne having been accidentally substituted for that of Bro . Howell . As an amende honorable to both we have great pleasure in reprinting the biography of Bro . Howell with his own proper portrait above , and also the portrait of Bro . Osborne in his character as W . M . of the Great Northern Lodge ] .

The funeral of the late Sir VV . Barttelot , Bart ., M . P ., at Stopham , near Pulborough , took place on Tuesday , and and was attended by the members of the family , and among others , the Duke of Norfolk , Bro . the Earl of Egmont , Sir H . Fletcher , M . P . ; Lord Walter Gordon Lennox , M . P . ; Lord Leconfield , and Bro , Sir C , Raymond Burrell , Bart .