Bro. J. Morrison Mcleod, Secretary Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

BRO . J . MORRISON McLEOD , SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

We mention elsewhere the result of the election on Saturday last to the post of Secretary to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and that Bro . J . Morrison McLeod was , in accordance with the general anticipations of the brethren , the fortunate candidate by an overwhelming majority of votes over his most

prominent competitor . That Bro . McLeod ' s candidature was of a cosmopolitan character is shown by the fact that , besides receiving much support in London , there was not a single province absent from his list , several of them contributing to his majority by an almost solid vote , and many others sending him their proxies

to the extent of from a half to three-quarters of their total voting power . We have now much pleasure in laying before our readers the Masonic qualifications of the new Secretary as they were set forth by Bro . McLeod himself in his address to the members of the General Committee , in whom he vested the right of election to this particular office .

- Bro . McLeod s earliest associations with the Craft appear to have been in connection with the important Province of West Lancashire , his initiation , exaltation , advancement , and installation ( K . T . ) having

all taken place in Preston . Subsequently , however , he appears to have become a member of several Masonic bodies in the Provinces of Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire , Lincolnshire , and Kent , while ,

for the purpose of enrolling himself a member of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine , he appears to have gone as far North as Falkirk ,

N . B ., where he was installed a sir knight in the Zetland Conclave , No . II ; while for the Royal and Select Masters Degrees he travelled

Southwards to London and took them in the Grand Master ' s Council , No . i . It is probably due to the fact of his membership of the various branches

of Freemasonry being so widely distributed about the country that Bro . McLeod obtained so large a measure of support . But to describe his career in

its principal details , we find he was initiated in the Lodge of Unanimity , No . 113 , Preston , in March , 18 77 , subsequently joining the Derwent Lodge ,

No . 884 , Wirksworth , Derbyshire , of which he is at the present time a Past Master and Senior Warden , and the

Newton Lodge , No . 1661 , Newark-on-Trent , of which he is also a Past Master . For his

BRO . JAMES MORRISON McLEOD , SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS

services in the Derwent Lodge , he was appointed P . G . Standard Bearer . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the Chapter of Unanimity , No . u Preston , and later on became a founder of the Alexander Chapter , No . 1661 , Newark , of which he is a P . Z . and the present Scribe E ., and for his services in connection with which he was appointed Prov . G . S . B . of the

Provincial Grand Chapter of Nottinghamshire . In Mark Masonry he was advanced in 18 78 in the Preston Lodge , No . 143 , Preston , joined the same year Remigius Lodge , No . 117 , Lincoln , and having later on been elected a member of the Fleming Lodge , No . 265 , Newark , was in due course elected to the

chair of A . He is a P . PJ . G . Warden Notts and P . PJ . G . Overseer Lincolnshire in this branch of Masonry ; while at the same time he is a Royal Ark Mariner , having been elected in the Dewar Lodge , No . 237 , Rochester , besides being a Founder and Past C . N . of the Byron Lodge , Newstead , and Founder and

Past C . N . of the Trent Lodge , No . 265 , Newark . In addition Bro . McLeod is a Past E . P . of the Prince of Peace Preceptory , No . 97 , Preston , a Knight of Malta in the Priory attached thereto ; Past M . W . S . of the Philips Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 52 , Lancaster , in the system of the Ancient and Accepted Rite ; a sir knight of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of

Bro. J. Morrison Mcleod, Secretary Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Constantine in the Zetland Conclave , No . 11 , Falkirk , in the jurisdiction of the Grand Imperial Council of Scotland , and a member of Grand Master ' s Council , No . 1 , London , in the Order of Royal and Select Masters . As regards our Institutions Bro . McLeod is a Life Governor of both our Masonic Schools , and

has served as Steward twice for the Boys' School , in 1885 and for the present year—his list on the latter occasion having amounted to £ 141 15 s . —and once for the Girls' School ( in 1884 ) . He is also a Life Governor of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and served as Steward at its Festival in 188 7 . It is evident from these various details which we are able to

furnish of his Masonic career that the new Secretary of the Boys ' School has not only won his spurs , but is , in fact , a tried veteran in all the branches of our more modern system of Freemasonry , and there can be no question whatever that the fact of his having been at one time or another a member of so many different

bodies scattered about in so many different parts of the country , from Falkirk in the North to London in the South , will prove of the greatest service to him in connection with his new

duties . It will , indeed , be a comparatively easy task for him to exercise the influence he has already won as an ardent and able Mason in behalf of the Institution of which , by his election on Saturday last , he has now become the chief executive officer . He will enter upon his duties on the gth August ,

and , as he starts under such favourable auspices , with so many and such varied claims upon our respect , and so extended a circle of friends and

well-wishers ready to support him loyally in all his undertakings for the benefit of the Boys' School , it is difficult to see how he can be otherwise

than successful in his new role . Of Bro . McLeod ' s career , apart from Masonry , we need only add that he owes his position as a business man

to his own energy and perseverance . He was born in Edinburgh , but has lived nearly all . his life in England , and although mainly

selfeducated since his early training , which was that of a pupil teacher in an elementary school , he has succeeded in acquiring much

that will be useful to him in his new occupation . His education , however , has been the more practical one of stud ying men and manners for nearly

20 years in his employment as representative of an extensive business firm , during which time he has travelled through the whole of the United

Kingdom , and , as we have before remarked , the connection thus formed should prove of much value to the Institution .

The Philadelphian Public Ledger of June 7 th has the following ; " A notable company of ladies and gentlemen from this city and State chiefly , but including also persons from New Jersey , New York , & c , is to sail on the City of Rome on August 23 , from New York to Liverpool . Clifford P . MacCalla , of this city . Grand Master of Masons of Pennsylvania , originated the pilgrimage and will accompany it . The party is being organised under his auspices by the Rev .

Charles F . Thomas , D . D ., of this city , who will conduct it . All the participants will be Freemasons , or ladies of their families . The following , among other places , will be visited : York , London , Rouen , Paris , Luzerne , over the Alps by the St . Gothard pass , the Italian lakes , Milan , Venice , Florence , Rome , Naples , Brindisi , Patras , Athens , Alexandria , Cairo , the Pyramids , Port Said , Jaffa , Jerusalem , Bethany , Bethlehem , the Jordan

Jericho , & c , returning via Alexandria , Marseilles , Paris , Brussels , Antwerp , and the Red Star steamer Frieland to New York . Seventy-eight dajs will be occupied in this pilgrimage . A party will also be formed lo go up the Nile to Luxor , Karnok , & c , covering 12 days longer . In York a Masonic lodge will be visited , and in London the Grand Lodge of England , which meets on September 3 rd next . A number of prominent Masons have already signified their intention to go on this pilgrimage . While in

J erusalem the Grand Master of Pennsylvania expects to open and hold a Grand Lodge of Emergency . Mr . MacCalla says that ' this meeting will be held in the subterranean quarries beneath Jerusalem , whence was taken a portion of the stone used in the erection of Solomon ' s Temple . It is also expected that three Grand Masters of Masons will be present in this lodge , which will be the first time that three Grand Masters have been present at a lodge in Jerusalem since the halcyon days of King Solomon and the two Hirams , of traditional fame . "