In Memoriam.

In Memoriam .

R . W . BRO . H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CLARENCE , P . G . W . DIED 14 . TH J ANUARY , 1892 .

, . . . Mauibiis date HI in plan ' s . Scatter white lilies on the peaceful bed , Emblems of innocence so fitly worn , Affection's tribute—be their perfume shed O ' er our young princely Brother from us torn !

Too early quenched , alas I the flame of life , When Death , impartial , did his dread shaft wield ; Th' unwedded widow and sad virgin wife Vainly her pure young love opposed as shield . Fair was the promise that thy vernal prime Would justify the Nation ' s hopeful trust ; Denied to us the ripening harvest time , Thy opening blossoms wither in the dust .

Thy short past life , so free from all pretence , The gentle courtesy to others shown ; Thy guileless conduct , careful of offence , Approved thee worthy of a future throne . Fostered ' neath sunshine of thy parents' love , Alternate theme of their fond hopes and fears , Though deep its sorrow , solaced from Above , The Nation offers sympathetic tears .

And we sad Brethren of the Mystic Tie , Though brief career Masonic thou hast run , Submissive , trust the will of the Most Hi gh May now complete thy work on earth begun . So , princely Brother , though thy fate we mourn , Faith , linked with Hope , points upwards to the skies , Teaching that this our chequered earthly bourne , Is but the entrance-gate of Paradise . F . W . DRIVER . M . A .

Tee Late Col. Shadwell 11. Clerke.

TEE LATE COL . SHADWELL 11 . CLERKE .

The following communication has been issued b y the Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Ancient and Accepted Rite : From the East of the Supreme Council of the Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the 33 rd Degree o ]

the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry for England and Wales and the Dependencies nj Great Britain tinder the C . C . of the Zenith near the B . B . answering to 51 30 ' . V . Lat . and 6 ' IF

Meridian of Greenwich . Dear Sir and Brother , It is with profound sorrow that the Supreme Council have to announce the death of V . III . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , 33 , an active member of their Body , who went to his rest on the 25 th December last .

Bro . Clerke held the office of Grand Chancellor in the Supreme Council , was a Past Grand Warden in the Mark Degree , and in the Order of the Temple filled the high position of Great Sub-Prior ; but he was even more widely known as Grand Secretary in the United Grand Lodge of England , a post in which , for u years , he worked with constant zeal and

attention , and in which , it is not too much to say , he enjoyed the full confidence of the entire Masonic craft . It is unnecessary to dwell on the merits of one who thus held such a very prominent position in the several branches of Freemasonry , and who was so widely known among all classes of English Freemasons , or to attempt in any way lo enumerate the many bright and

sterling qualities which he possessed in so eminent a degree , and which endeared him to all with whom he came in contact , whether as intimate friends or as casual acquaintances . . The members of the Supreme Council , with whom the deceased was associated for many years , feel that

wey have lost in Bro . Clerke , not only a genial friend , out a wise and prudent counsellor , and they are confident ^ that this feeling will be shared by the whole body of Freemasons under their jurisdiction . firo . Clerke was initiated into Freemasonry at Ma ta as far back as the year 1855 , from which time up to that of his decease he alwavs Droved himself to

° e an active , zealous , and eflicient member of the i - ratt . He joined the Ancient and Accepted Rite fru i Irish jurisdiction , from which he was amiiated to the Supreme Council for England , and was , m 1873 , appointed its Grand Secretary-General .

of th J . l 0-Vln £ y ear . -8 74 i he was , on the nomination ¦ j Sovere '> gn Grand Commander , unanimously "ected to a seat on the Council , still retaining his secretariat Office , which he held until the year 1880 , When he was selected by the M . W . the Grand Master , ' „ '"¦ the Prince of Wales , to fill the high and "' portant position of Grand Serrpl . irv In th .. tlnitpH

^ rand Lod ge of England . Notw , tnStanding the many very arduous duties miposed . upon him by this , office , no one was more meet ; " \ I ¦* t * - * --ince at the weekly Committee a « i ^ t gS , . Counci ' or more ready to render that distance which his large experience in every branch

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of Freemasonry rendered him so eminently capable of giving . As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased , the Supreme Council direct that all chapters under their jurisdiction shall appear in mourning for 60 days from the date of his decease .

I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , HUGH D . SANDEMAN , 33 ° , Grand Secretary-General 33 , Golden-square , London , W ., ylh January , 1892 .

Obituary.

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BRO . J . M . P . MONTAGU , P . G . D . Among the more recent victims to the epidemic of influenza now raging in almost every part ot the country is Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , J . P ., D . L ., Past Grand Deacon of England , and Past Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry for Dorsetshire , who died at his residence , Downe Hall , Bridport , on the

iSth instant . Bro . Montagu had been a member of our Society for upwards of 46 years , and had rendered very distinguished services in various capacities . He was initiated as a Lewis , while on service with his regiment in Canada , in St . Paul's Lodge , Montreal , on the 23 rd December , 1845 , but though during the earlier part of his career he filled sundry

offices very meritoriously , it was not till the year 1856 that he exhibited that conspicuous interest in the Craft which characterised him til ! almost the very day of his death . Then it was that he came into prominence as the principal founder and first Worshipful Master of the Montagu Lodge , No . 665 , Lyme Regis , while in the following year we find him one of the

founders of St . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 707 , Bridport . Some 14 years later we find him assisting in the establishment of the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 , with which for many years he remained associated . In 1863—having previously served the office of Prov . S . G . Warden of Dorsetshire—he was appointed by the late Bro . Joseph Gundry , P . G . M ., to be his Deputy

P . G . M . He held that office till 1877 , when his lamented chief died , but in 1878 , in recognition of his many services , the Prince of Wales was pleased to appoint him a Junior Grand Deacon of England , his brother Deacons being the late Bros . Sir Erasmus Wilson and Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , and Bro . Raphael Costa . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in the

Virtue Chapter , No . 494 , Axminster , in 1856 , and in due course served the various minor and Principal offices . He was also a founder of several chapters , among them being that of St . Mary's , No . 707 , Bridport , and Friends in Council , No . 138 3 , and , in 1877 , on the death of Comp . Gundry , was appointed his successor as Grand Superintendent for Dorsetshire . In Mark

Masonry he was a founder of St . Mary ' s Mark Lodge . No . 121 , Bridport , and the Royal Ark Mariner lodge attached to it- ; and in Templar Masonry , in which he was installed a Knight in the Holy Cross Encampment , Coryton , in 1856 , he was Prov . Prior of Dorsetshire from 1877 to 1891 , when he resigned in consequence of illhealth , and was succeeded by Sir

Knight Sir R . N . Howard . He was also a Past Grand Officer of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters , and P . G . Chancellor of the Supreme Council , 23 , A . and A . Rite , having been perfected Rose Croix in 1856 ,. and been appointed a Sov . G . Inspector-General in 1 S 69 . Lastly , he was one of the most generous supporters of our many Charitable Institutions ,

for which he had served many Stewardships , and had not only constituted himself a Vice-Patron of each of them , but had likewise made Mrs . Montagu , his daughters , and his sons either Life-Governors , Vice-Presidents , or Vice-Patrons . He was indeed a most distinguished member of our Order , and his death will be severely felt in the Province of Dorsetshire , with which he had been so intimately connected during

three-fourths of his career in Masonry . We understand that all the members of our late brother ' s family have been attacked by influenza , but we trust they will have strength to rally from the attack , and also that in the midst of their grief and suffering they will derive consolation from the knowledge that their late head was recognised by the brethren everywhere as one of the most zealous and capable Masons of our day , and was as hig hly esteemed and respected as he was zealous and capable .

BRO . J . S . KERSTEMAN , P . P . S . G . W . DEVON . There died at Teignmouth , Devon , on Monday , the 18 th inst ., Bro . John Stewart Kersteman after a lew days' illness only , at the early age of 44 . He had for many years been an active member of Benevolent Lodge , No . 303 , of which lodge he was W . M . in 18 77 , and again in 1881 . He had been appointed Prov . Grand

Registrar by the late revered Prov . Grand Master of Devonshire , Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , and he held that office when the present Prov . Grand Master , the Right Hon . Lord Ebrington , was installed , on which occasion he read the new Prov . Grand Master's patent of

appointment . On September II , 1890 , he was appointed Prov . Senior Grand Warden . He was a P . Z . of Benevolent Chapter attached to Lodge 303 , and P . P . G . J . Devon . As a Murk Mason he was P . M . of Benevolent Mark Lodge , No . 316 , being also a member of Devon Mark Lodge , No . 215 . In this Degree provincial rank

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had been repeatedly offered him , but he had ever declined to take office . He had been captain of Militia . Bro . J . S . Kersteman's name does not appear as a subscriber to any of our great Masonic Charities , but he was , nevertheless , of an extremely benevolent nature , and his charities in and about Teignmouth , where he had resided for many years , were unstinted and

numerous . In his benevolence , as a true Freemason , he made no distinction of creed or party , and the poor of the neighbourhood have by his death lost a generous friend . Very fond of yachting and out-door sports

he was a Commodore of the Teign Corinthian Sailing Club for several years , and , indeed , held that office at the time of his death . He was buried at Teignmouth on Thursday , 21 st instant , with Masonic honours , a large number of the members of No . 303 and other lodges attending the funeral .

BRO . JOHN WHILE , P . M ., P . Z . 228 . We deeply regret to announce that Bro . John While , P . M . and P . Z . 228 , a short notice of whose illness appeared in our impression of last week , breathed his last on Wednesday morning at 10 . 15 . His illness , as we then stated , had been a long one , but he bore it

with exemplary fortitude , and even down to almost the last hoped for recovery . He had fortunately the genial nursing of one of the kindest and gentlest of daughters , who , notwithstanding she saw the inevitable , bore in his presence the most cheerful of dispositions , and endeavoured to soothe and soften by assumed lightheadedness a couch which gave no ease and a

chamber which afforded no repose . With other assistance which had been in the house for years , and which had been most sincerely and ungrudgingly rendered , the deceased brother , who frequently expressed his thankfulness for it and his knowledge that it was entirely devoted to his service , passed away in the sure and certain hope which is so impressively referred to in the burial service .

BRO . THOMAS WAITE , P . M . We regret to have to record the death of the highly esteemed Bro . Thomas Waite , P . M ., which took place at his residence , Votterne , Wilts , on the 6 ih instant , aged 78 . In 1836 he was initiated in the St . Luke ' s Lodge , No . 144 , at Chelsea , in which he filled all the offices , and after passing the chair was unanimously

elected Treasurer , which olhce he held lor many years . In 1 SS 6 he left London for Wiltshire , where he joined the Wiltshire Lodge of Fidelity , No . 663 , and was a member till the time of his death . Being a most ardent Mason , he took a very active part in conjunction with many other distinguished brethren in purchasing a Masonic Hall in Devizes , which , together with the

handsome furniture , is worthy of the brethren . During the last two or three years our brottier had become nearly blind , butstill , although so afflicted , he bore it with a most cheerful resignation . On this account he would have resigned the lodge , but the brethren out of esteem elected him an honorary member . He was devotedly attached to his only daughter , Mrs . Thomas Grummant ( wife of our worthy Bro . Thomas Grummant , P . M .

and Secretary of the New Cross Lodge , No . 1559 ) , who was with him when he died . His burial took place at the parish church of Potterne , on the nth instant . Among the mourners were noticed Bros . Randall ( Mayor of Devizes ) , Hancock , Hopkins , Grummant , and others , " paying their last respect to departed merit , " together with a large number of villagers , by whom he was highly respected .

BRO . JOHN MORRIS BROAD . We have to record the death of Bro . John Morris Broad , late of Hornsey Rise , who was a much respected Mason in the North ot London , which took place at his residence in the Hornsey-road on the 10 th inst ., at the comparatively early age of 3 S . His family have been considered the oldest in tfie neighbourhood , where they

have carried on the business of chemists and druggists , He was initiated in the Perseverance Lodge , No . 1 743 , and became one of the founders of the Philbrick Lodge , No . 2255 , of which he was J . VV . at the time of his decease ; he was also one of the founders of the Galen Lodge , No . 2394 . The funeral took place on the 14 th inst ., and was attended by a number of Masonic

brethren , amongst whom we noticed Bros . Gamsey , P . M . 660 ( deceased ' s brother-in-law ) ; C . T . Lewis , 1558 ( the widow ' s brother-in-law ); Bridgman , 1743 , D . C . 2255 ; Meaby , P . M . 2255 ; Chamberlayn , S . W . 2255 ; Daunton , D . C . 2255 ; W . J . R . Littlewood , 1602 ; A . W . Fenner , P . M . 1227 and 1 693 ; and a number ot friends of the deceased . Several beautiful

wreaths were placed on the coffin , one in particular being from the members of the Philbrick Lodge , which was termed of rare exotics , having the square and compasses formed of violets in the centre , and was admired very much for the tasteful manner in which it was made . The cortege left Hornsey Rise for the family grave at Finchley Cemetery about 11 . 30 a . m ., where the service

was very impressively rendered by the officiating clergyman , who in the course cl his address of condolence to the bereaved family , made a feeling allusion to the lamented death of the Duke ot Clarence . The body was placed in an inner shell lined with white satin ,

covered with violet , and p laced in an outer coffin ot polished oak with brass fittings . The whole arrangements were carried out under the superintendence of Mr . W . Beckett , of No . 1 , Highgate Hill , N ., to whom great credit is due for the courteous manner in whicli it was completed .