The Late Bro. The Rev. C. J. Martyn.

The late Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn .

Our melancholy but inevitable obituary record of the new year commences with the name of a " brother who has for a very long period filled a prominent and honourable role

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in connection with the English Craft . The death of the Rev . Charles J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , which occurred suddenly on the 9 th January , creates a gap which it will be hard indeed to fill . His charming personality and absolute devotion to Freemasonry , alike in its social , ceremonial , and charitable 'aspects was such that to the younger generation of

Masons he presented the very living embodiment of all that is good and beneficent in our Order . Whether in Grand Lodge or at private lodges his cheery presence ever made him a welcome guest , and he will be missed from all assemblies of Masons more than can be told . Bro . Martyn's Masonic career has been contemporaneous

with many leading members of the Craft whose mark will be left on the Order for many years to come . Among others the late revered Pro Grand Master , Lord Lathom , whose friendship with Bro . Martyn was of a cordial and intimate character—indeed , it is not too much to say that from the highest to the lowest there was no member of the Craft with whom he was brought into contact who did not regard him with love and affection .

Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chaplain , Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , was initiated into Freemasonry in the Apollo Lodge at Oxford so long ago as 1856 , and in 186 9 he was appointed Grand Chaplain of England . With the exception of Bros . Bedford and Thomas , he was the Senior Grand Chaplain on the roll . In 1886 he was appointed

Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Suffolk , and retained that position until his death . In the Royal Arch he was a Past Principal Grand Sojourner of the Supreme Grand Chapter , and Grand Superintendent for Suffolk since 1877 . In the Mark , Rose Croix , the Knights Templar , and other Orders and Degreeshe was equally active and zealousbut above all

, , he exhibited his love for Masonry and sympathy with those whose lines had fallen to them in less pleasant places by a generous munificence in his contributions to its Charities , as the records of the central , as well as various local institutions will show . He was the recipient of many honours of which he was in every respect worthy . To those of our

Order who desire to exemplify in their lines the best attributes of a just and perfect Mason , we can , humanlyspeaking , place before them no better standard of excellence than is presented in the Masonic career of our departed brother . The funeral took place at Long Milford on Tuesday , the

15 th January , and was attended by a large number of the deceased ' s personal friends , both Masonic and otherwise .

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