Installation Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Connaught.

1766 their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Gloucester were initiated . In the following year H . R . H . Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland became a member of the Order of which , i „ 17 81 , he was elected Grand Master . In 17 8 7 his Majesty George IV . —then Prince of Wales—and the Duke of and three

Clarence , afterwards William IV ., were initiated , years later , in 1790 , H . R . H . the Duke of Kent , the father of my beloved mother , was admitted to tlic Craft and H . R . H . the then Prince of Wales was elected to the office I now have the honour to hold . Since that date , members of the Royal Family have from time to time joined the

ranks of the Order , among them Prince William of Gloucester and my great uncle , the Duke of Sussex , who took the deepest interest and filled the office of Grand Master from 1813 until his death in 1843 . During more recent years , the Craft has numbered amongst its members my brother , the late Duke

of Albany , who became Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , and my nephew , the late lamented Duke of Clarence , who at the time of his lamented death filled the office of Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire . It is also a subject of pride to the Order that among those upon whom the rank of Past Grand Master of the

Grand Lodge has been conferred are his Majesty Oscar King of Sweden and Norway , H . R . H . the Crown Prince of Denmark , and H . R . H . Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia . But , brethren , without doubt the most eventful period in the history of Freemasonrythe one which has witnessed the most phenomenal

, progress is that which followed the installation as Grand Master of Ins present Majesty—then Prince of Wales—in the year 18 75 , and has continued until his Majesty ' s accession to the Throne . I feel sure that every member of the Craft hailed with

satisfaction and delight his Majesty ' s gracious intimation that he would continue his intimate connection with the Order by assuming the position of Protector . During the twenty-five years his Majesty filled the office of Grand Master prosperity has attended our Order in a very marked degree . Not only

have 1311 new lodges been added to the roll of English hreemasonry , but the Order has attracted to its ranks a very large number of brethren holding high positions in the Church and State , the Army and Navy , the Bench and Bar , leading members of both Houses of Parliament , and other distinguished men

throuo-hout the country . As evidence of the manner in which practical effect has been given to one of the cardinal principles of the Order—I mean Charity—I may mention that , irrespective of the large sums given by the Craft to local Charitable Institutions , a sum little short of £ 2 , 000 , 000 has during the past 25

yeare been subscribed by English Freemasons to the Benevolent Fund of Grand Lodge and the three Central Masonic Charities , namely , the Girls' and Boys' Schools and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows . In addition to this amount , £ 20 , 000 has during that period been

voted from the funds of Grand Lodge for the relief of distress outside the Masonic , body . Brethren , but a few months have passed since my election to the honourable position I now occupy , but I have for many years been associated with the Craft in England and India , and have watched with satisfaction and

pride the good work which quietly it has carried on . I recognise in it a power for the greatest good . It is a body composed of God-fearing men , whose watchwords are religion , loyalty , _ and charity , and to be unanimously chosen Head of that body is to occupy a position in which any man might well feel proud .

Bro . the Hon . JAS .. H 0 / . IER , M . P .. Grand Master of Scotland : 1 beg leave on behalf of 100 , 000 Masons holding under the Scottish Constitution at home , in India , the Colonies , and foreign

parts , to convey our heartiest and most respectful congratulations on the magnificent enthusiasm of this installation . The highest honour that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has in its power lo bestow is Honorary Membership . It is an honour that we confer very sparingly . At the present moment there are only

two Honorary Grand Members of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . One is H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Most Worshipful Grand Master of England , and the other is his brother-in-law , H . R . H . Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia , Protector of the Grand Lod ge of Germany .

Bro . the Duke of AliKRCOKN , Grand Master of Ireland : Your Royal Highness and brethren , I thank you most sincerely for the cordial manner in which you have just now received my name as Grand Master of Ireland in connection with the Grand Lod ge of Ireland , and I beg your Royal Highness to accept our

respect ) ul and fraternal greetings on the present occasion , which has placed you as Grand Master of England . I only have to ay that we , as Irish Freemasons , deeply feel the honour which has been conferred upon us to-day by being invited lo attend this

grand ceremonial . It is our one fervent prayer that your Koyal Hi ghness may for many years continue to occupy that position which has been conferred upon you to-day as Grand Master of England .

Installation Of H.R.H. The Duke Of Connaught.

The M . W . Grand Master was then pleased in commemoration of the occasion to confer Masonic honours on the alreadyappointed Grand Officers :

APPOINTMENTS TO PAST GRAND RANK . Past Grand Warden ( Junior )—Right Hon . Sir Fredk . Geo . Milner , Bart ., M . P . ( N . and E . Yorks and Notts ) . Past Grand Chaplain—The Most Rev . J . E . C . Welldon , D . D ., Bishop of Calcutta and Primate of

India ( Bengal ) . Past Deputy Grand Registrar—E . M . Underdown , K . C . ( London ) . Past Grand Deacons ( Senior)—Lord Ernest Seymour ( Warwick ) . Sir John Brunner , Bart ., M . P . ( Cheshire ) .

Sir E . O . Gibbes , Bart . ( New Zealand ) . Gerald W . K . Loder , M . P . ( Sussex ) . Rear-Admiral E . N . Rolfe , C . B . ( London ) . Lieut .-CoI . T . C . P . Calley ( London ) . The Hon . John Tate ( Bombay ) . Past Grand Deacons ( Junior )—

Col . H . Gner , R . A . M . C . ( Malta and Hants ) . H . J . Sparks ( Norfolk ) . Geo . Pemberton Leach ( London ) . Percy Harris ( London ) . Francis Stanhope Hanson ( London ) .

William Dawes ( Kent and Sussex ) . John Slyman ( W . Lancashire ) . Past Dep . Grand Director of Ceremonies-Walter Gripper , M . A ., M . B . ( Surrey ) . Past Asst . Grand Director of

Ceremonies-George Simonds ( London ) . Alfred James Thomas ( London ) . J . W . Elvin ( Kent ) . Ivan H . Haarburger ( S . Africa ) . Daniel J . Haarhoff ( S . Africa ) . H . Courtney Luck ( Queensland ) . Past Grand Sword

Bearers—Major Herbert Green ( W . Yorks ) . Captain Williams Freeman ( Shropshire ) . Captain Arthur Lee Mitchell ( London ) . Captain Thos . F . Cooper , R . A . ( Gibraltar ) . J . F . Joaquim ( E . Archipelago ) . W . J . Spratling , B . Sc . ( London ) .

William Hollis ( Kent ) . William Bull ( Punjab ) . Past Deputy Grand Sword Bearer-John Williams ( Buckinghamshire ) . Past Grand Standard Bearers—Joseph Russell ( London ) .

A . Clegg ( London ) . James Speller ( London ) . J . Leach Barrett ( London ) . H . ] . Lardner ( London ) . Past Grand Organist—Fountain Meen ( London ) .

PROMOTIONS Past District Grand Master of Egypt and the Soudan—Lt .-General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum , G . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., P . G . Warden . Past Grand Wardens ( Junior ) — The Right Hon . Waiter Hume Long , M . P ., P . G . Deacon . The Right Hon . Frank Green , Lord Mayor of London , P . G . Deacon , Colonel Alfred Mordaunt Egerton , C . V . O ., C . B ., P . G . Deacon . Past Deputy Grand

Registrar—Frank Richardson , P . G . Deacon . Past Grand Deacons ( Junior ) — Arthur W . Orwin , M . D ., P . A . G . D . C . Inspector-General Belgrave Ninnis , M . D ., R . N ., P . G . Std . Br . Past Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies-Alfred C . Spaull , P . G . Std . Br . Past Asst . Grand Director of

Ceremonies—Robert C . Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br . Past Grand Standard Bearer—Charles J . R . Tijou , P . A . G . Purst . Congratulations having been received from Canada , Newfoundland , Australia , and elsewhere , Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and H . R . H . the Grand Master was then escorted lo

his room , a March of his own composition , "The Rock of Israel , " being performed by the Grand Organist . The proceedings were under the control of Bro . Sir Albert W . Woods , Bart ., F . S . A ., Garter King at Arms , Grand Director of Ceremonies , whose directions were carried out by Bro . Frank Richardson , acting G . D . C .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . FREDERICK MORGAN , P . M ., P . Z . We regret to announce the death on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , of the above well-known and exceedingly popular South London Mason . Bro . Morg & n was initiated in the Temperance Lodge , No . 16 9 , on the 19 th October , 1876 . About three years later he joined the Excelsior Lodge , No . 1155 , and in due course was elected and installed in the chair of W . Master . He continued a subscribing member till June , 1895 , when he resigned his connection with it , having in the previous month been elected a joining member of the Fellowship ' Lod also Arch

ge , No . 2533 . He was a Royal Mason , having been exalted in the Temperance Chapter , No . 16 9 , on 1 st December , 1878 . In 18 79 he became a founder of the Wellington Chapter , No . 548 , of which in a few years' time he rose to be M . E . Z . He was a supporter of our Institutions , being a Vice-President of the Old People , a Life Governor of the Girls' School , and a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School . He had also served thrice as Festival Steward , namely on two occasions for the Benevolent Institution , and once for the Girls' School . The funeral will take place in Norwood Cemetery to-morrow ( Saturday ) at 12 . 30 p . m .