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( Continued from page 20 J ) . July , 1 SS 9 , was installed M . E . Z ., while in 1 S 91 he was appointed Prov . Grand Registrar in the Prov . G . Chapter of Cornwall , and last year he had the brevet rank of Past G . S . B . in Supreme Grar . d Chapter conferred upon him in connection with the commemoration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee . He served as Steward at the Girls' School Festival in 1 S 95 , and is a Life Subscriber to the Boys' School .

Bro . J . F . C . WiNKi'iELD , is a Mason of more than 30 years' standing , having been initiated in the Lodge of Prudent Brethren , No . 145 , on the 27 th November , 1866 . Subsequently he joined the Buckingham Lodge , No . 591 , Aylesbury , and was installed in the chair as W . M . in 1873 , and thc British Lodge , No . 8 , of which he was installed W . M . in 1 S 79 , and which the same year he represented on the

Board of Grand Stewards . In 1 S 75 he was appointed Prov . Senior Grand Warden of the late Province of Berks and Bucks . He is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in thc Buckingham Chapter , No . 591 on thc 15 th October , 18 73 . He is a Life Governor of all the three Institutions and has served the office of Festival Steward once for the Girls' School , twice for the Boys' School , and once forthe Benevolent Institution .

Bro . HENRY G , NEVILLK , the well-known actor , was initiated under the Scottish Constitution , in the Lodge of Edinburgh , No . 1 ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , in 1 S 61 . He afterwards joined the Maybury Lodge , No . 969—which in its early days , if not now , was associated with members of , or those interested in , the dramatic profession , and had the late Bro . Benjamin Webster , P . G . D , for its first W . M . —

and rose in time to preside over it as W . Master . In 1885 , he helped to found thc Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 , and was its first acting P . M . In 18 9 6 and 1 S 97 , he occupied the chair of Master , and is , therefore , at the present time the I . P . M . He is also a Life Governor of the three Institutions , and served on one occasion as Festival Steward in support of the Royal Masonic Institution for Hoys .

GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Captain GLORGE HEAHN received his first commission in the King ' s Dragoon Guards , and served subsequently in the Jist Hussars , but an accident he met with in the hunting field so far disibled him as to prevent his remaining in

the cavalry , and he is now , and for some * time past has been , on the staff of the Army Ordnance Department . His earliest experience of Freemasonry dates from

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the yrar 1879 , when he was initiated in the Maybury Lodge , No . 969 , and since then has had a far wider and more intimate acquaintance with the lodges under different Constitutions than falls to the lot of most brethren , fn 1 S 87 he joined the Phrenix Lodge , No . 257 , Portsmouth ; in iSSS the United Service Lodge , No . 1341 , Hong Kong ; in 1 S 90 , the United Military Lodge , No . 1536 , Plumstead ; in 1 S 91 , the Ordnance Lodge , No . 2399 , meeting in the same suburb ; in 1893 ,

the Trainbands Lodge , No . 2524 ; and in 1 S 96 , the Military Lodge , No . 2621 , and Doyle ' s Lodge of Fellowship , No . 84 , Guernsey . He has also been a member of St . George ' s Lodge , No . 2170 , Ceylon , as well as of Lodge No . 107 , under the Irish Constitution , and the Donnie Doon Lodge , No . 611 , under the Scottish Constitution , both meeting in the same island . He was W . Master of the Irish Lodge , No . 107 , in 1892 , and on the _; oth July , 1 S 97 , was installed first W . M . of the

Military Lodge , No . 2621 , of which he was a principal founder . In addition , he is a R . A . Mason , having been exalted in the Tullamore Chapter , No . 321 ( I . C . ) In 18 SS he affiliated to the United Chapter , No . 1341 ( E . C ) , Hong Kong , and joined the Lanka Chapter ( I . C ) , No . 107 , Colombo , Ceylon , is a Past G . S . B . of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , and a Past Prov . G . Std .

Br . of Guernsey and Alderney . He is also connected with other branches of Freemasonry , and is a Life Governor and past Steward of the Boys' School , but the work that he has done has been mostly under the banner of United Grand Lodge , and it is a fitting reward for his many and varied services that he should have had conferred upon him so honourable an office as that of Grand Sword Bearer of England .

DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . J H . RUTHERGLEN was initiated in the Earl of Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1642 , on the 9 th May , 1 S 7 S , and was installed W . Master in 1894 . He is also a member of the Kensington Lodge , No . 1767 , and when it was determined to petition the Grand Master for a warrant of constitution foralodgetobe connected

with the Poor Law Service he was unanimously requested to accept the office of Master . Accordingly , when the Hugh Cwen Lodge , No . 2593 , was consecrated in February , 1896 , Bro . Rutherglen was installed in the chair as first W . JL He is a Life Governor of our three Institutions , and has served ' as Steward for the Benevolent Institution , and the Girls' School , for the latter as the representative of

the Hugh Owen Lodge , his list amounting to thc very handsome total of 150 guineas . It will , doubtless , prove interesting to our readers if we state in addition , that Bro . Rutherglen , who is Clerk to the Guardians and Superintendent Registrar for Kensington , has for many years past taken an active and leading part in Poor Law Administration . As President of the Union Clerks' Association of

England and Wales , and Chairman for four years of the Superannuation Committee of the Poor Law Service , he was mainly instrumental in securing important amendments in the Local Govcrment Act of 1 S 94 , and the Poor Law Officer ' s Superannuation Act 1 S 96 , his services in this respect being recognised by a testimonial consisting of an address and cheque for . £ 1200 , which were presented to him by Bro . Lord Glenesk at a public dinner held in his honour in Jannary , 1 S 97 .

GRAND STANDARD BEARER . Bro . J READ , who has been a member of our Order for upwards of 40 years , well deserves the honour now conferred upon him . He was initiated in Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , on the iSth October , 1 S 56 , and in 1863 joined the

Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , of which , two years later , he was installed W . M . In 1872 he joined the Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 13 S 3 , and in 1 SS 7 was founder of thc Cama Lodge , No . 2105 , having since occupied the chair in two separate years . Last year he took part in founding the Alleyn Lodge , No . 2 ( 047 , and was invested

as acting P . M . anil Secretary . lie was ex llted as a Royal Arch Mason in Temperance Chapter , No . 169 , on the $ \ h July , iSii- ; , and Ihe same year became founder and first M . E . Z . of the Panmure Chapter , No . 720 . In 18 74 he wa-j founder and first Scribe E . of Asaph Chapter , No . 1319 , and in 1887 founder ancl first M . E . Z . of the Cecil Chapter , No . 449 , Hitchin , his services in connection with