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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Somersetshire , and W . Bro . William Winn , two of the Trustees of the Institution . His lordship presided as Chairman at the Anniversary Festival in 1 S 76 , and Bro . Winn was one of the most generous of benefactors . Both had laboured successfully to promote the welfare of the _ Institution , and the Committee feels that their loss will be deeply felt . The vacancies in the Trusteeship caused by their death will be filled in the course nf- to-day . .
The Committee is desirous of expressing its thanks to United Grand Lodge for the continuance of its annual grant of £ 70 towards providing the inmates of the Asylum at Croy don with coal during the winter months . The Committee is also desirous of expressing thus publicly its most sincere thanks to the Honorary Surgeons of the Institution ( Henry J . Strong , Esq ., M . D ., and R . Percy Middlemist , Esq . ) for their kind and unremitting attention to those of the annuitants , both resident and non-resident at Croydon , who have been unfortunately compelled to seek their advice and assistance . .
The Committee has the gratification of announcing the receipt during the year from the executors of the late Bro . Dr . Marris Wilson of a sum of £ 3500 , being the net amount , after deduction of legacy duty , of a sum bequeathed by that brother to the I nstitution . It has also the satisfaction of being able to state that the Asylum at Croydon is in a satisfactory state of repair , and will only need that cleansing- and other attention which
it is now undergoing to preserve it in that condition . The audited Statement of Account for the year ended the 31 st March , iSgr , is appended : It has been prepared with the utmost care , and has undergone a rigorous examination by the Audit Committee before being finally approved and passed ; and the Committee is confident that the Governors and Subscribers on inspecting it will find it no idle boast on its part when it asserts that the funds of the Institution have been administered with the most scrupulous care and a due regard to economy .
The Committee is desirous of expressing , in conclusion , its most earnest hope tint in the future , as in the past , the Craft will contribute its generous support towards an Institution which , during the 49 years of its existence , has been the means of alleviating the wants of so large a number of aged and indigent brethren and widows of brethren , and , in particular , that on the occasion of its Jubilee Festival in 18 92 , they will rally round it in such numbers and to such good purpose that the Committee will feel itself justified in recommending a still further extension of its benefits .
Subjoined is the Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the past year , to which reference has already been made , together with full pai ticulars of the permanent resources of the Institution .
On the motion of Bro . Capt . HOMFRAY , seconded by Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treas ., the Report was adopted . Bros . Douglas , Stean , and Fisher were elected on the Committee of Management . Bro . J . A . Farnfield was unanimously re-elected Treasurer .
On the motion of Bro . MONEY , seconded b y Bro . S . J . ATTENBOROUGH , Bro . C . E . Keyser was elected Trustee of the Male Fund , in place of the late Earl of Carnarvon ; and Bro . Henry Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , in place of the late Bro . W . Winn , Trustee of the Female Fund , on the motion of the CHAIRMAN , seconded by Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , G . Treas .
Bro . C . F . HOGARD nominated the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Dep . G . M . ' , as Trustee of the Sustentation Fund . Bros . Tattershall , Berry , and Kempton were elected Auditors . Scrutineers of votes for the election of annuitants were appointed , and the election was proceeded with . At the declaration of the poll the following was found to be the result -. — MALES . SUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . George Dr } sdale 3537 Ed . F . Ferris 34 6 7 George Robert Ware 32 S 7 Charles Gibbs Webb 326 4
Richard Higgs ... ... ... 3262 Edward Murch 306 7 R . G . Parker 3062 George Stevens 2972 Archibald McMillan 2832 George William Sfourton 2 S 24
Alfred Scargill 2619 Benjamin Smith 2602 Jonathan Wright 2601 John Burton 2601 William How 2570 Thos . R . Richardson 2553
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . Elisha Coudly Coombs 2 Sr 5 Arthur Edward Windus 2 S 10 Charles William Hatt 2 754 B . W . Pickett 26 90
Name . Votes . . William Davies ... 2511 William Cloves 2492 James Richard Warr 23 SS William Mason 2220
fidmund Bye 1652 Charles Sari 95 S James Gilruth 890 Robert Gunn Sig Alexander Mole 71 S E . W . C . Laforest GS 7
jonn lMxter 41 S S . ProbyEIun 2 S 9 Robert Nichol 23 S William John McLean 166 John Moxon 161 James P . W . Gillard 1 ^ 7
William Field 142 Richard Glover 112 James Horstead 97 John Musham S 2 Alexander Sellar 60 John Davis 57 George Fox 44
Name . . Votes . Henry Miller 2 S Thos . Morant Compton 21 Thomas Scholfield 20 George Hislop iS
Joseph Morrell ... iS George Bailes 14 Robert Pitts 13 Henry Winsor 13 John Close 5 PeterBall 4
Benjamin loulson 4 William Backhouse 2 Thomas Baynton 2 Henry Fielding 2 William B . Graham 2 Georee Tomes ... ... ... 2
David Clark — John Cowgill — John Kilshaw — Frederick George Roberts — John Scott — Thos . S . Stockman — William Vaughan
—FEMALE S . SUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . ^ arah Clements 4261 Mary Wright 4190 ice
'" KansDy 4137 Mary Redman 4007 Rachel Allen 3932 Louisa Lovelock 3902 l"f r Carter 3754 5 u = an Law 3739
Name . Votes . LouLa Middleton 3 6 S 6 Jane Hannah Baab 3668
Kose Luff 35 6 s Rebecca Richmond 3352 Charlotte Copeland 3321 Emma Paice Biggs 3291 Caroline Sarah Jones 3174 Elizabeth Turner 2943
UNSUCCESSFUL .
„ . Name . Votes . hoebe Everett 2930 Hannah Samuel 2905 Jane Coombe 2 S 04 ^ nny Schmidt 2714 ^¦ san Timms ... 05 , 7
• - "una coles 2300 Sarah Brittain -, 4 i W'en 1 Radford . ' . ' 2166 ^ . rah Codd 31 I 0 U « a Waterhouse 1 797 wara Morton ... , 740 ^« l y E . Haskins . 721 U « trude Mary Truman 1 G 61
Name . Votes . Charlotte M . Egan 1607 Mary White .. " 1466 Martha Chamberlin 1103 Mary Ann Stokes ... 1082 lane ' Eynon 1061
Fanny Gibson 1010 Catherine Morris 860 Ann E . Baker 73 6 Ann Emma Young 708 Maria Vile 702 Martha Ann Truelove 6 73 Sarah Wills 610 Sarah P . Spratt 604
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Name . Votes . Mary Octavia Saunders 587 Sarah Welsford 469 Hannah Rolfe 399 Elizabeth Ann Wright 364 Eleanor Maria Howard 349 Amelia Thomas 343
Mary Ann Green ... 210 E . Atkinson Mannington 185 Olivia Russell „ ... 1 S 1 Mary Ann Foot 152 Ann Stanton 149 Sarah Rigarlsford 147 Ann Brooks 135
Eliza Emma Willson 126 Sarah Blight 117 Margaret Parsons 115 Sarah Meader 113 Nancy Cowell 74 Katharine E . Wagner 72 Sarah R . Bowron 46
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Name . Votes . Sarah Ann Burfield 39 Elizabeth Olive 31 Jane Salisbury 26 Eleanor Bowey 22 Jane Polkinghorne 16 Mary Collins 11
Elizabeth Best 9 Sarah Catherine Blizard 9 Ann Eves S Elizabeth Ionn 8 Olive Beale 7 Mary Ann Dyer 7 Annie Cartledge 6
Sarah Mann 6 Elizabeth Clarke 5 Catherine Ann Faulkner 3 Sarah Pilling 1 Charlotte Lemon — Jane Newman —
Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
INSTALLATION OF VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN AS PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER FOR SOMERSET .
A Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset was held on the 14 th instant , at the Assembl y Rooms , Bath , for the installation of the successor of the late Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , as Provincial Grand Master . The successor appointed by the M . W . G . M ., the Prince of Wales , was Viscount Dungarvan , eldest son of the Earl of Cork , Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire , who has been a constant attendant for some time at all important Masonic functions both in and out of London , and has become well known to most Freemasons , consequently there was a large attendance at his installation .
Every lodge in the province was represented , many of them very strongly . London and Bristol sent large numbers of their brethren , the London brethren being accommodated that morning by saloon carriages on the Great Western Railway attached to the 10 . 15 train from Paddington . The Assembl y Rooms were admirably fitted up for the occasion , excellent arrangements having been made by a Committee composed of brethren of the three receiving lodges—Royal Cumberland , 41 ; Royal Sussex , 53 ; and Lodge of
Honour , 379—of which Bro . B . H . Watts was the Secretary . In the large hall , where the installation took p lace , the floral decorations were very effective , and around the wall were hung the banners of the various lodges . At one o ' clock the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Officers entered the hall in procession , and Prov . Grand Lodge was formally opened ; and after introductory business had been transacted the Earl of Euston was received as Installing Master , Bro . R . C . Else quitting the Master ' s chair for the purpose .
The Earlof EUSTON , after taking his seat , rose and said : R . W . Brethren , W . Brethren , and Brethren , —We are met here to-day to perform the ceremony of installing Bro . Lord Dungarvan . as Provincial Grand Master of this Masonic Province of Somerset , and I feel very highly honoured that I have been asked by your Provincial Grand Master designate to install him in the chair as Provincial Grand Master . But , although you , brethren of the Province of Somerset , are giving such
a hearty welcome to your new Provincial Grand Master , we cannot forget the loss you as a province and Masonry generally sustained when it pleased the G . A . O . T . U . last year to call your Provincial Grand Master and Pro Grand Master of England to the Grand Lodge above , that Temple not built with hands , eternal in the heavens , which is the cause of our being assembled hereto-day to do honour to and to install the brother who has been appointed by his Royal Highness the
Grand Master to succeed the late Bro . Lord Carnarvon as ruler of this Province of Somerset ; and , while sympathising with you in the loss you sustained last year , I cannot but heartily congratulate the Masons of . the Province of Somerset on having such a man and Mason as Lord Dungarvan appointed to rule over them . Looking over the records of the Masonic Province of Somerset I find that it has been in existence 121 years , the first Provincial Grand
Master having been Bro . John Smith in the year 1770 . He was followed by Bro . Thomas Dunckerley in 1784 , but was again Prov . Grand Master in 179 6 till 1818 , and was followed by Bro . A . Chichester till 1820 , when Bro . Col . Charles Kemeys Tynte was appointed . This brother ruled over the province 43 years , and he was followed in 1863 by Bro . Col . Adair , who in his turn was followed by the late lamented Earl of Carnarvon , who ruled over you for 22 years . That is indeed a list of Provincial Grand Masters to be proud of , and I feel sure that the allegiance
you Masons of Somerset have given to your Provincial Grand Master in the past you will continue to the brother who is about to be installed here to-day as your Provincial Grand Master , and help him in every way that lies in your power to keep the Province of Somerset in as prominent a position in Freemasonry in England in the future as it has always been in the past , and knowing him as well as I do , I am certain that you will find him zealous , energetic , and untiring in carrying out the duties of his hi gh office , and well deserving the honour his Royal Highness has done him in appointing him to rule over you .
The patent of Lord Dungarvan's appointment having been presented , examined , and passed , a deputation of Past Masters was directed to escort his lordship into the lodge . The deputation consisted of Bros . R . D . Commans , T . P . Ashley , W . Long , A . G . Hayman , Loder , Ashcroft , and Rich , with the W . M . 's of the three receiving lodges—Bros . J . Robinson , Longworth Dames , and Hugh Lane . .
The installation ceremony followed , Viscount Dungarvan being impressively invested with the insignia of office and conducted to the chair in due form . Afterwards he appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows ;
Bro . R . C . Else ( re-appointed ) ... ... ... D . P . G . M . „ W . B . Gregory , 41 ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ B . A . Dyer , S 3 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . E . G . Austen , 076 ... ... ¦¦¦} -o r ri . I ; Rev . C . J . McConne ] l , 379 j Prov . G . Chaps . „ H . B . Ffarrington , 1222 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ J . C . Hunt , 135 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ W . S . Gillard , 329 ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ J . Bryant , 11 97 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . ,, T . F . Norris . 291 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W .
„ W . Reece , 1199 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ G . Parry , 814 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ J . D . Pulham , 923 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . " W n ^' , ^ 1 Prov . G . Std . Brs . „ W . D . Hobkirk , 18 33 ... ... ... ) „ G . A . Cox , 2038 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ J . T . Dunsford , 291 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . „ W . Hodge , 772 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Purst . „ J . Ferris , 285 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst .
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Somersetshire , and W . Bro . William Winn , two of the Trustees of the Institution . His lordship presided as Chairman at the Anniversary Festival in 1 S 76 , and Bro . Winn was one of the most generous of benefactors . Both had laboured successfully to promote the welfare of the _ Institution , and the Committee feels that their loss will be deeply felt . The vacancies in the Trusteeship caused by their death will be filled in the course nf- to-day . .
The Committee is desirous of expressing its thanks to United Grand Lodge for the continuance of its annual grant of £ 70 towards providing the inmates of the Asylum at Croy don with coal during the winter months . The Committee is also desirous of expressing thus publicly its most sincere thanks to the Honorary Surgeons of the Institution ( Henry J . Strong , Esq ., M . D ., and R . Percy Middlemist , Esq . ) for their kind and unremitting attention to those of the annuitants , both resident and non-resident at Croydon , who have been unfortunately compelled to seek their advice and assistance . .
The Committee has the gratification of announcing the receipt during the year from the executors of the late Bro . Dr . Marris Wilson of a sum of £ 3500 , being the net amount , after deduction of legacy duty , of a sum bequeathed by that brother to the I nstitution . It has also the satisfaction of being able to state that the Asylum at Croydon is in a satisfactory state of repair , and will only need that cleansing- and other attention which
it is now undergoing to preserve it in that condition . The audited Statement of Account for the year ended the 31 st March , iSgr , is appended : It has been prepared with the utmost care , and has undergone a rigorous examination by the Audit Committee before being finally approved and passed ; and the Committee is confident that the Governors and Subscribers on inspecting it will find it no idle boast on its part when it asserts that the funds of the Institution have been administered with the most scrupulous care and a due regard to economy .
The Committee is desirous of expressing , in conclusion , its most earnest hope tint in the future , as in the past , the Craft will contribute its generous support towards an Institution which , during the 49 years of its existence , has been the means of alleviating the wants of so large a number of aged and indigent brethren and widows of brethren , and , in particular , that on the occasion of its Jubilee Festival in 18 92 , they will rally round it in such numbers and to such good purpose that the Committee will feel itself justified in recommending a still further extension of its benefits .
Subjoined is the Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the past year , to which reference has already been made , together with full pai ticulars of the permanent resources of the Institution .
On the motion of Bro . Capt . HOMFRAY , seconded by Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . Treas ., the Report was adopted . Bros . Douglas , Stean , and Fisher were elected on the Committee of Management . Bro . J . A . Farnfield was unanimously re-elected Treasurer .
On the motion of Bro . MONEY , seconded b y Bro . S . J . ATTENBOROUGH , Bro . C . E . Keyser was elected Trustee of the Male Fund , in place of the late Earl of Carnarvon ; and Bro . Henry Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , in place of the late Bro . W . Winn , Trustee of the Female Fund , on the motion of the CHAIRMAN , seconded by Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , G . Treas .
Bro . C . F . HOGARD nominated the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Dep . G . M . ' , as Trustee of the Sustentation Fund . Bros . Tattershall , Berry , and Kempton were elected Auditors . Scrutineers of votes for the election of annuitants were appointed , and the election was proceeded with . At the declaration of the poll the following was found to be the result -. — MALES . SUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . George Dr } sdale 3537 Ed . F . Ferris 34 6 7 George Robert Ware 32 S 7 Charles Gibbs Webb 326 4
Richard Higgs ... ... ... 3262 Edward Murch 306 7 R . G . Parker 3062 George Stevens 2972 Archibald McMillan 2832 George William Sfourton 2 S 24
Alfred Scargill 2619 Benjamin Smith 2602 Jonathan Wright 2601 John Burton 2601 William How 2570 Thos . R . Richardson 2553
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . Elisha Coudly Coombs 2 Sr 5 Arthur Edward Windus 2 S 10 Charles William Hatt 2 754 B . W . Pickett 26 90
Name . Votes . . William Davies ... 2511 William Cloves 2492 James Richard Warr 23 SS William Mason 2220
fidmund Bye 1652 Charles Sari 95 S James Gilruth 890 Robert Gunn Sig Alexander Mole 71 S E . W . C . Laforest GS 7
jonn lMxter 41 S S . ProbyEIun 2 S 9 Robert Nichol 23 S William John McLean 166 John Moxon 161 James P . W . Gillard 1 ^ 7
William Field 142 Richard Glover 112 James Horstead 97 John Musham S 2 Alexander Sellar 60 John Davis 57 George Fox 44
Name . . Votes . Henry Miller 2 S Thos . Morant Compton 21 Thomas Scholfield 20 George Hislop iS
Joseph Morrell ... iS George Bailes 14 Robert Pitts 13 Henry Winsor 13 John Close 5 PeterBall 4
Benjamin loulson 4 William Backhouse 2 Thomas Baynton 2 Henry Fielding 2 William B . Graham 2 Georee Tomes ... ... ... 2
David Clark — John Cowgill — John Kilshaw — Frederick George Roberts — John Scott — Thos . S . Stockman — William Vaughan
—FEMALE S . SUCCESSFUL .
Name . Votes . ^ arah Clements 4261 Mary Wright 4190 ice
'" KansDy 4137 Mary Redman 4007 Rachel Allen 3932 Louisa Lovelock 3902 l"f r Carter 3754 5 u = an Law 3739
Name . Votes . LouLa Middleton 3 6 S 6 Jane Hannah Baab 3668
Kose Luff 35 6 s Rebecca Richmond 3352 Charlotte Copeland 3321 Emma Paice Biggs 3291 Caroline Sarah Jones 3174 Elizabeth Turner 2943
UNSUCCESSFUL .
„ . Name . Votes . hoebe Everett 2930 Hannah Samuel 2905 Jane Coombe 2 S 04 ^ nny Schmidt 2714 ^¦ san Timms ... 05 , 7
• - "una coles 2300 Sarah Brittain -, 4 i W'en 1 Radford . ' . ' 2166 ^ . rah Codd 31 I 0 U « a Waterhouse 1 797 wara Morton ... , 740 ^« l y E . Haskins . 721 U « trude Mary Truman 1 G 61
Name . Votes . Charlotte M . Egan 1607 Mary White .. " 1466 Martha Chamberlin 1103 Mary Ann Stokes ... 1082 lane ' Eynon 1061
Fanny Gibson 1010 Catherine Morris 860 Ann E . Baker 73 6 Ann Emma Young 708 Maria Vile 702 Martha Ann Truelove 6 73 Sarah Wills 610 Sarah P . Spratt 604
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Name . Votes . Mary Octavia Saunders 587 Sarah Welsford 469 Hannah Rolfe 399 Elizabeth Ann Wright 364 Eleanor Maria Howard 349 Amelia Thomas 343
Mary Ann Green ... 210 E . Atkinson Mannington 185 Olivia Russell „ ... 1 S 1 Mary Ann Foot 152 Ann Stanton 149 Sarah Rigarlsford 147 Ann Brooks 135
Eliza Emma Willson 126 Sarah Blight 117 Margaret Parsons 115 Sarah Meader 113 Nancy Cowell 74 Katharine E . Wagner 72 Sarah R . Bowron 46
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
Name . Votes . Sarah Ann Burfield 39 Elizabeth Olive 31 Jane Salisbury 26 Eleanor Bowey 22 Jane Polkinghorne 16 Mary Collins 11
Elizabeth Best 9 Sarah Catherine Blizard 9 Ann Eves S Elizabeth Ionn 8 Olive Beale 7 Mary Ann Dyer 7 Annie Cartledge 6
Sarah Mann 6 Elizabeth Clarke 5 Catherine Ann Faulkner 3 Sarah Pilling 1 Charlotte Lemon — Jane Newman —
Installation Of Viscount Dungarvan As Provincial Grand Master For Somerset.
INSTALLATION OF VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN AS PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER FOR SOMERSET .
A Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset was held on the 14 th instant , at the Assembl y Rooms , Bath , for the installation of the successor of the late Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , as Provincial Grand Master . The successor appointed by the M . W . G . M ., the Prince of Wales , was Viscount Dungarvan , eldest son of the Earl of Cork , Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire , who has been a constant attendant for some time at all important Masonic functions both in and out of London , and has become well known to most Freemasons , consequently there was a large attendance at his installation .
Every lodge in the province was represented , many of them very strongly . London and Bristol sent large numbers of their brethren , the London brethren being accommodated that morning by saloon carriages on the Great Western Railway attached to the 10 . 15 train from Paddington . The Assembl y Rooms were admirably fitted up for the occasion , excellent arrangements having been made by a Committee composed of brethren of the three receiving lodges—Royal Cumberland , 41 ; Royal Sussex , 53 ; and Lodge of
Honour , 379—of which Bro . B . H . Watts was the Secretary . In the large hall , where the installation took p lace , the floral decorations were very effective , and around the wall were hung the banners of the various lodges . At one o ' clock the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and Provincial Grand Officers entered the hall in procession , and Prov . Grand Lodge was formally opened ; and after introductory business had been transacted the Earl of Euston was received as Installing Master , Bro . R . C . Else quitting the Master ' s chair for the purpose .
The Earlof EUSTON , after taking his seat , rose and said : R . W . Brethren , W . Brethren , and Brethren , —We are met here to-day to perform the ceremony of installing Bro . Lord Dungarvan . as Provincial Grand Master of this Masonic Province of Somerset , and I feel very highly honoured that I have been asked by your Provincial Grand Master designate to install him in the chair as Provincial Grand Master . But , although you , brethren of the Province of Somerset , are giving such
a hearty welcome to your new Provincial Grand Master , we cannot forget the loss you as a province and Masonry generally sustained when it pleased the G . A . O . T . U . last year to call your Provincial Grand Master and Pro Grand Master of England to the Grand Lodge above , that Temple not built with hands , eternal in the heavens , which is the cause of our being assembled hereto-day to do honour to and to install the brother who has been appointed by his Royal Highness the
Grand Master to succeed the late Bro . Lord Carnarvon as ruler of this Province of Somerset ; and , while sympathising with you in the loss you sustained last year , I cannot but heartily congratulate the Masons of . the Province of Somerset on having such a man and Mason as Lord Dungarvan appointed to rule over them . Looking over the records of the Masonic Province of Somerset I find that it has been in existence 121 years , the first Provincial Grand
Master having been Bro . John Smith in the year 1770 . He was followed by Bro . Thomas Dunckerley in 1784 , but was again Prov . Grand Master in 179 6 till 1818 , and was followed by Bro . A . Chichester till 1820 , when Bro . Col . Charles Kemeys Tynte was appointed . This brother ruled over the province 43 years , and he was followed in 1863 by Bro . Col . Adair , who in his turn was followed by the late lamented Earl of Carnarvon , who ruled over you for 22 years . That is indeed a list of Provincial Grand Masters to be proud of , and I feel sure that the allegiance
you Masons of Somerset have given to your Provincial Grand Master in the past you will continue to the brother who is about to be installed here to-day as your Provincial Grand Master , and help him in every way that lies in your power to keep the Province of Somerset in as prominent a position in Freemasonry in England in the future as it has always been in the past , and knowing him as well as I do , I am certain that you will find him zealous , energetic , and untiring in carrying out the duties of his hi gh office , and well deserving the honour his Royal Highness has done him in appointing him to rule over you .
The patent of Lord Dungarvan's appointment having been presented , examined , and passed , a deputation of Past Masters was directed to escort his lordship into the lodge . The deputation consisted of Bros . R . D . Commans , T . P . Ashley , W . Long , A . G . Hayman , Loder , Ashcroft , and Rich , with the W . M . 's of the three receiving lodges—Bros . J . Robinson , Longworth Dames , and Hugh Lane . .
The installation ceremony followed , Viscount Dungarvan being impressively invested with the insignia of office and conducted to the chair in due form . Afterwards he appointed and invested his officers for the ensuing year as follows ;
Bro . R . C . Else ( re-appointed ) ... ... ... D . P . G . M . „ W . B . Gregory , 41 ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ B . A . Dyer , S 3 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . „ Rev . E . G . Austen , 076 ... ... ¦¦¦} -o r ri . I ; Rev . C . J . McConne ] l , 379 j Prov . G . Chaps . „ H . B . Ffarrington , 1222 ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . „ J . C . Hunt , 135 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ W . S . Gillard , 329 ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ J . Bryant , 11 97 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . ,, T . F . Norris . 291 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W .
„ W . Reece , 1199 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . „ G . Parry , 814 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ J . D . Pulham , 923 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . B . " W n ^' , ^ 1 Prov . G . Std . Brs . „ W . D . Hobkirk , 18 33 ... ... ... ) „ G . A . Cox , 2038 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . „ J . T . Dunsford , 291 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . „ W . Hodge , 772 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Purst . „ J . Ferris , 285 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst .