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death , when he went up to Oxford , matriculated at Christ Church , became B . A , and was admitted to deacon's orders in 1710 . In the same year he succeeded Dr . Keil as lecturer on experimental philosophy at Hart Hall . In May , 1 7 , he proceeded M . A ., and the following year
settled in Channel Row , Westminster , where he continued to lecture . In 1713 he married a daughter of William Pudsey . Desaguliers was held in high esteem by Sir Isaac Newton , P . R . S , and in July , 1714 , was elected a F . R . S , and subsequent ! } ' became demonstrator and curator of that learned
body . In the same year , the Duke of Chandos presented him to the living of Stanmore Parva or Whitchurch , Middlesex .
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In 1717 he lectured before George I , who rewarded him with a benefice in Norfolk , worth £ 70 a year , which he afterwards exchanged for a living in Essex , on the presentation of George II , and soon after this became chaplain to Frederick , Prince of Wales .
In March , 1718 , he obtained his LL . D . at Oxford-Desaguliers played an important part in the revival of Freemasonry in the early part of the eighteenth century . He was made a Mason at the Goose and Gridiron , in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , the birth place of the Lodge of Antiquity . Such high authorities as pur Brothers W . H . Rylands and
H . Sadler , regard the statements as to the revival of Masonry in 1717 , and the association of Desaguliers with the Lodge of Antiquity , and Sir Christopher Wren , as apocryphal . There is , however , another school of opinion that accords full recognition to those ancient traditions .
Desaguliers is said to have then visited and consulted Sir Christopher Wren , and believing that the principles of the Craft were calculated to benefit the community at large , he was instrumental , in 1717 , in arranging the famous meeting of the four lodges at the Apple
Tree Tavern , which resulted in the founding of the present Grand Lodge of England . In the same year Desaguliers became associated with a lodge—thej present
Royal Somerset House and Inverness—which met at the Rummer and Grapes , in Channel Row , but was removed to the Horn , Westminster , in 1723 . The cause of this removal was the pulling down of all the houses in Channel Row to admit of the rebuilding of Westminster Bridge , when
Desaguliers was consulted by the authorities as to the plans of the new structure . In 1719 , Desaguliers was elevated to the throne of Grand Lodge , succeeding George Payne as the third Grand Master since the revival ; during his tenure of this high office he did much to elevate the character of the Order , and to secure the
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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.
death , when he went up to Oxford , matriculated at Christ Church , became B . A , and was admitted to deacon's orders in 1710 . In the same year he succeeded Dr . Keil as lecturer on experimental philosophy at Hart Hall . In May , 1 7 , he proceeded M . A ., and the following year
settled in Channel Row , Westminster , where he continued to lecture . In 1713 he married a daughter of William Pudsey . Desaguliers was held in high esteem by Sir Isaac Newton , P . R . S , and in July , 1714 , was elected a F . R . S , and subsequent ! } ' became demonstrator and curator of that learned
body . In the same year , the Duke of Chandos presented him to the living of Stanmore Parva or Whitchurch , Middlesex .
J / , y . & ej ^ tMlW 2 fJ & s // mi &^ 677 : cf % y My , / tttr / nfa- ^( 6 ' / ieM . ru ' : Jrat ^ y & WirrTi / i femfi & w ^^^ A /^ A / rf , ^/ OT , / . i ^^^ j ¦ ter / tM-M / tMi / my //// . v /! r . y 7 / f //// K /<> r .
In 1717 he lectured before George I , who rewarded him with a benefice in Norfolk , worth £ 70 a year , which he afterwards exchanged for a living in Essex , on the presentation of George II , and soon after this became chaplain to Frederick , Prince of Wales .
In March , 1718 , he obtained his LL . D . at Oxford-Desaguliers played an important part in the revival of Freemasonry in the early part of the eighteenth century . He was made a Mason at the Goose and Gridiron , in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , the birth place of the Lodge of Antiquity . Such high authorities as pur Brothers W . H . Rylands and
H . Sadler , regard the statements as to the revival of Masonry in 1717 , and the association of Desaguliers with the Lodge of Antiquity , and Sir Christopher Wren , as apocryphal . There is , however , another school of opinion that accords full recognition to those ancient traditions .
Desaguliers is said to have then visited and consulted Sir Christopher Wren , and believing that the principles of the Craft were calculated to benefit the community at large , he was instrumental , in 1717 , in arranging the famous meeting of the four lodges at the Apple
Tree Tavern , which resulted in the founding of the present Grand Lodge of England . In the same year Desaguliers became associated with a lodge—thej present
Royal Somerset House and Inverness—which met at the Rummer and Grapes , in Channel Row , but was removed to the Horn , Westminster , in 1723 . The cause of this removal was the pulling down of all the houses in Channel Row to admit of the rebuilding of Westminster Bridge , when
Desaguliers was consulted by the authorities as to the plans of the new structure . In 1719 , Desaguliers was elevated to the throne of Grand Lodge , succeeding George Payne as the third Grand Master since the revival ; during his tenure of this high office he did much to elevate the character of the Order , and to secure the