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Hospital he fulfilled the duties of most of the leading appointments , including the senior dressership to the late Sir William Ferguson , Bart ., serjeant-surgeon to her Majesty the Queen . Bro . Gooding was much distinguished during his collegiate career by his attainments in natural science , having gained the botanical medal of the Society of Apothecaries in 1 S 63 , and being subsequently elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society . He is a much respected inhabitant of the favourite suburb , Blackheath , where for many years he has carried on a large and aristocratic medical practice .

Bro . T . W . TEW , one of the Grand Deacons , D . P . G . M . for West Yorkshire , was initiated in 1856 in the Scarsdale Lodge , 681 , Chesterfield . He subsequently became the founder of St . Oswald Lodge then No . 1212 , Pontefract , and joined the Sincerity Lodge , No . 1019 , Wakefield . He was three times W . M . of St . Oswald Lodge , being elected for the first time in 1862 . He was appointed

Prov . S . G . W . of West Yorkshire in 1856 , and Deputy Prov . G . M . on the resignation of Bro . Bentley Shaw in 1875 . He was exalted in the Wakefield Chapter , No . 495 , in 1862 . He was installed as Z . in the same chapterin 1865 . He has filled every office in the Prov . Grand Chapter from Grand Superintendent . He has been six times Steward of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; six times for the Girls' School , and twice for the

Boys' School . He is also Prov . Prior of West Yorkshire , a member of the 30 th Degree and of theTalbot Chapter Rose Croix , Sheffield ; also of the Red Cross of Babylon , and various lodges and Masonic bodies . In 1 S 75 Bro . Tew organised a special train from Yorkshire , and brought up 300 brethren at hfs own cost to attend the installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master . Bro . Tew , who was originally educated as a civil engineer , is now

well-known as a banker at Pontefract , connected with the old and respected firm of Leatham and Tew , Wakefield . He is a member of various scientific and social associations , especially the West Yorkshire Geological Society . Bro . Tew delivered addresses before the British Association at York at the Masonic reception , and is well known for his scientific attainments . Bro .

Tew is descended from an old Yorkshire family , and is fully proficient in all Masonic lore and work . He has acted as Deputy Prov . Grand Master of West Yorkshire , under Bro . Sir H . Edwards , Bart ., since 1875 . As is well known the province he thus rules over is second to none in England for its Masonic zeal and its charitable efforts .

GRAND JUNIOR DEACONS . Bro . THOMAS HARRIS DEVONSHIRE , Grand Deacon , is a Mason of considerably over 30 years standing , having been initiated in 1 849 in tne Chigwell Lodge , No . 453 , Chingford , Essex . In due course he rose to the chair and was elected W . M . two years in succession , 1854-5 . He is also a

Past Provincial Grand Senior Deacon of Essex . In 1859 he joined the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge , No . 4 , served as W . M . in 1865 and was Treasurer of the lodge for the ten years ending in 1880 . He is likewise a Past Grand Steward of England . Bro . Devonshire by profession is a solicitor .

GRAND DEACON . Bro . FRANK GREEN , Grand Deacon , was initiated in the Euphrates Lodge , No . 212 , on lhe-34 th April , 1872 . The year following he took part in the foundation of the Prince Leopold Lodge , No . 1445 , and was its W . Master 1874-5 . He is also a founder and Past Master of the Elliot Lodge , No . 1567 , and of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1827 , and became a joining member of the British Lodge , No . 8 , in 1878 . He was exalted to the Royal

Arch Degree in the Doric Chapter , No . 933 , on the 16 th September , 1873 , and was elected M . E . Z . of the Stability Chapter , No . 217 , in 1879 , and of the British Chapter , No . 8 , last year . Six years ago he was elected to serve on the Board of General Purposes , and is and has been for the past three years its Vice-President . He has taken a great interest in all our charitable institutions , having constituted himself a Life Governor of each , besides

having acted in the capacity of Steward at several of their anniversary festivals , the Girls' School having , in this respect , found most favour with him . In Civic circles Bro . Frank Green is highly respected as an active member of the Common Council , and is likewise one of the City Commissioners of Sewers , a body to which very important public functions are entrusted .

GRAND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . T . DOLLING BOLTON , Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies , was initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , is a Past Master of it , and , as one of its officers , assisted at the initiation , passing , and raising of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Past Grand Senior Warden . He is

likewise a Past Grand Steward of England . In the Royal Arch Degree he is a P . Z . of the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 77 S , Hampton Court , and P . S . of the Prince of Wales Chapter , No . 259 . He has been advanced to the Mark Degree , and is a P . G . O . of the Mark Grand Lodge of England " and Wales , & c . Bro . Bolton is a liberal supporter of all our Charitable Institutions , being a Vice-Patron of each , and having served the office of Steward at several of their festivals , his services in the latter capacity having been given on three different occasions .

GRAND ASSISTANT D . OF C . Bro . RAYMOND H . THRUPP , Assistant Grand D . of C , was initiated in the lodge of Harmony , No . 255 , in October 1 S 66 , and in 1873 was elected its W . M . He is a joining member and Past Master of the United Service Lodge , No . 1361 , and the Quadratic Lodge , No . 1691 , of Hampton Court , having served the office of VV . M . of the former in 1875 and of the latter in

1879 . In 1881 he was appointed Provincial Grand Senior Warden , and in 1882 Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex . In Royal Arch Masonry he holds the rank of M . E . Z ., having been Z . of the Iris Chapter , No . 255 , in 1875 and again for the second time in 187 S , and of the Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 1503 , Twickenham . Last year he was appointed Grand H . of the Province of Middlesex . He has been advanced to the Mark Degree and is a Past Master of the Carnarvon and Hiram Mark

Lodges , and a Past Grand Overseer . In the A . and A . S . Rite he ranks as P . M . W . S . of the Grand Metropolitan Chapterof Rose Croix , No . 1 , and has taken the 32 , while in the United Orders of the Temple and Malta he is a Past Preceptor of Faith and Fidelity , No . 26 , and Harcourt , No . 74 , Preceptories , and Grand Registrar . Bro . Thrupp is a Life Governor of all our Institutions , and has served as Festival Steward for both the Girls' and the Boys' Schools .

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GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Col . J AMES PETERS , Grand Sword Bearer , though it is little more than ten years since he became a member of our society , has taken a very active part in its concerns . He was initiated in the Bank of England Lodge , No . 263 , in 1 S 72 , and the year following became a joining member of the Campbell Lodge , No . 1415 , Hampton Court . He was a founder and first

W . Master of the Thames Valley Lodge , No . 14 G 0 , and in 1878 was rewarded for his zeal b y being appointed Provincial Grand Junior Warden of Middlesex . He has been exalted to the Royal Arch Degree and is a member of the Burdett Chapter , No . 1293 , Hampton Court , and the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , No . 10 . In the Masonicand Military Order of Knights of Rome and of the Red Cross of Constantino , he holds the office of Grand Examiner , and as such is a member of the Grand Senate ,

while in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite he has taken the 30 . For the last eight years he has served on the House Committee of the Girls ' School , of which institution he is a vice-patron , besides having acted as Steward at several of its anniversary festivals . He has served in the latter capacity for both the Boys' School and the Benevolent Institution , and has further illustrated his interest in these charities by enrolling himself among the Life Governors of both of them .

GRAND STANDARD BEARERS . Bro . Lieut .-Col . FOSTER GOUGH . LL . D ., Grand Standard Bearer , was initiated in the Lodge of Honour , No . 526 , Wolverhampton , in 18 56 , and was elected its W . M . in 1 S 57 , and a second time the year following . He is a Past G . S . W . of Staffordshire , and in 1 S 65 was appointed , by the then Grand Master of that province , Bro . Harvey , to be his Deputy Prov . Grand Master

, and in that capacity took a leading part on the occasion of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales—who was not then a member of our Craftlaying the foundation stone of the New North Staffordshire Infirmary , at Hartshill . on 25 th June , 1866 . When R . W . Bro . Major Singleton Tudor was appointed by his Royal Highness the Grand Master to be Prov . Grand Master of Staffordshire , in succession to the late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot

, Bro . Gough was again offered and accepted the post of Deputy Prov . Grand Master . He is a Royal Arch Mason , being a Past Prov . G . H . of Staffordshire in that Degree ; while in Mark Masonry , on the separation last year into two provinces of the then Mark province of Staffordshi « and Warwickshire , Bro . Gough received his patent as Prov . G . M . M . M . of the former . Our respected brother is a LL . D . of Dublin University , and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4 th Battalion of Staffordshire Volunteers "

Bro . EDGAR BOWYER , Grand Standard Bearer , has been a very active member of our Fraternity for close on fifteen years , having been initiated in the Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , in October , 1 S 68 . In 1 S 74 he was a founder and first Senior Warden of the Islington Lodge , No . 1471 . Two years later he was founder and first VV . Master of the Cranbourne Lodge , No . 1580 , Hatfield , his services in connection with this lodge being recognised

by Bro . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Herts , who appointed Bro . Bowyer Prov . G . J . Deacon , in 1877 , and . Prov . G . S . Warden in 1880 . At the present time , Bro . Bowyer occupies the chair of the Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 1964 , of which he is a founder and first Master , He served as Steward at the installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master in 1875 , and is an honorary member of the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , and the Kinersland

Lodge , No . 1693 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the Sincerity Chapter , No . 174 , in Dec , 1 S 74 and was elected its M . E . Z . in 1881 . He is also a founder and first Z . of the Islington Chapter , No . 1471 ; a joining member of the Watford Chapter , No . 404 ; and honorary member of the following chapters , namely , the Orpheus , No . 1706 ; the Sir Hugh Myddelton , No . 1002 ; the West Smithfield , No . 1623 ; the HighgateNo . 1366 ; and

, Prosperity , No . 65 . He was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Grosvenor Lodge , No . 144 , and is W . Master of the Henniker Mark Lodge , consecrated only a short time since . He is also a member of the Palestine Chapter , Rose Croix , and of the Stuart Encampment of Knights Templar . Bro . Bowyer is a Vice-Patron of all three Institutions , and has acted as

Steward for one or other of them at no less than twenty-one festivals . We may add to this long array of honours , that he is a member of the House Committee of both the Boys' School and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , as well as of the Board of General Purposes and General Committee of Grand Chapter .

GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . L . F . LITTELL , Grand Pursuivant , was appointed Assistant Grand Pursuivant in 1882 . It is unnecessary , therefore , that we should repeat the account we then gave of his Masonic career .

GRAND ASSISTANT PURSUIVANT . Bro . WILLIAM STEPHENS , Assistant Grand Pursuivant , was initia ted into Freemasonry in the Vilruvian Lodge , No . 87 , on the 13 th January , 1869 , and in June of the same year joined the Grosvenor Lodge , No . 1257 . In 1 S 71 he was a founder and first Senior Warden of the Clapton Lodge , No . 1365 , and was elected to fill the chair the year following . He is also a

founder and hrst VV . M . ot the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , No . 1489 , the present being his second year of service in the latter capacity ; a joining member and Past Master of the Unity Lodge , No . 1637 ; and one of the founders of the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , and its first Steward at the festival of the Girls' School . He was appointed Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies Middlesex in 1879 , and Provincial Grand Senior Deacon last year . In

Royal Arch Masonry he has achieved equal distinction . He was exalted in Sincerity Chapter , No . 174 , in May . 1872 , and joined the Whittington Chapter , No . 862 , and was Installed M . E . Z . in 1876 ; is a founder and P . Z . of Clapton Chapter , No . 1365 , Holmesdale Chapter , No . 874 , 'lunbridge Wells , Ezra Chapter , No . 14 S 9 , and the Stanmore Chapter , No . 1549 ; was appointed by Viscount Holmesdale Prov . G . A . Sojourner Kent in 1870 . and

by Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., last year Prov . G . Scribe N . Middlesex . In Mark Masonry he is a Past Master of the Clapton Mark Lodge , No . - > 36 , and I . P . M . of St . Mark ' s , No . I , as well as a Grand Steward . He is a Past Sovereign of the Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine , a Knight Templar , and a member of the Rosicrucian Society and of the and other

Allied Degrees . For many years he has served on the Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and also on the Board of Benevolence , Board of General Purposes , and General Committeeof Grand Chapter . He is a Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution and Life Governor of both Schools , while the office of Festival Steward to one or other of the Charities has been filled by him on as many as eleven different occasions .