The New Grand Officers.

Durham , a member of the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , No . 1379 , Darlington , and a Life Governor of each of the three Charitable Institutions . Bro . Backhouse is the head of the Avell known banking firm at Darlington .

Bro . 1 homas \\ akley , junior , AVIIO , on his appointment to Grand Office , had just completed his quarter of a century of Masonic work , Avas initiated in the Weyside Lodge , ^ ° - J 395 ) Woking , and became its W . M . in 1882 ,

BRO . T . AVAKLKY , . ILX . to which office he Avas re-elected in 1888 . He was a founder and first J . W . of the Old Westminster Lodge , No . 2233 , which Avas formed in connection with Westminster School , and became W . M . in 1890 . Bro . Wakley took a leading part

in the formation of the Cheselden Lodge , No . 2870 , which Avas consecrated in the early part of last year at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and of which he was installed as the first W . M . As President of the Hospital , the M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , has taken considerable

interest in this lodge , and it bids fair to be one of the most actiAe and influential in the metropolis . Bro . Wakley is also a member of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 , Cambridge , and Avas one of the founders of the Seaford Lodge , No . 2907 , Sussex . He was appointed Provincial Grand Deacon of Surrey in 1885 . In the Royal Arch he AA-as

exalted in Weyside Chapter in 18 7 8 , and filled the chair of Z . in 1885 , and in the same year received the appointment of Provincial Assistant Grand Soj . Bro . Wakley has also taken much interest in Mark Masonry , having filled the chair of W . M . of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1372 , as deputy to Lord Halsbury , Lord High Chancellor . He is a Vice-President of each of the three Masonic charities .

Bro . Henry Grey was initiated in the Sir Thomas White Lodge , No . 1820 , in 1886 , became W . M . in 18 94 , and is IIOAV its Treasurer . He joined St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 222 , in 18 92 , was elected W . M . in 18 9 6 , and IIOAV fills the office of Secretary . Bro . Grey was a founder of the Captain Coram Lodge , which was established in connection with the

Foundling Hospital Institution ( of which his uncle , Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . W ., is the Treasurer ) , and is now its Secretary . He has served as SteAvard for the Girls' School , of which Institution he is a Vice-President , and is also a Life Subscriber of the Boys' School .

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . Edward Armitage completed his twentieth year of Masonic service early in the year , having been initiated in the Isaac Newton University Lodge , Cambridge , in February , 1882 , becoming W . M . in 1887 . He joined the Underley Lodge , No . 1 074 , Kirkb y Londsdale , in 188 3 , and was

installed W . M . in 1885 . He afterwards joined the Alma Mater Lodge , No . 1492 , Cambridge , and last year assisted in founding the Rosemary Lodge , No . 2861 , of which he is the present W . M . In the Royal Arch , Bro . Armitage was exalted in Euclid Chapter , No . 8 59 , Cambridge , and AA-as installed as

First Principal in 1888 . He is a Past Prov . G . Warden of Cumberland and Westmoreland in the Craft , and a Past Prov . G . J . of Cambridgeshire in the Royal Arch . He has served four SteAvardships for the Charities , and is a Vice-President of both the Girls' and Boys' Schools , and Life Governor of the Benevolent Institution .

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES . Bro . Charles O . Burgess was initiated in the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 2191 , in 1888 , and during the fourteen years of his connection with the Craft , has proved himself one of the most assiduous and active Masons in the Metropolis . He joined the Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , in 188 9 , and

has since joined and assisted in founding the following lodges : —The Holborn , No . 239 8 ; the Ascot , No . 24 60 , in Berkshire ; the Molesey , No . 2473 , in Surrey ; the Jubilee Masters , No . 2712 , in London ; and St . Alban ' s , No . 2786 , in Hertfordshire , in each of which he has filled the chair of W . M . As a Royal Arch Mason he has been equall y zealous .

Exalted in the Lebanon Chapter , No . 1326 , at Hampton Court , in 188 9 , he joined successively the Emblematic , No . 1321 ; the Bedford , No . 157 ; the Covent Garden , No . 1614 ; the George Price , No . 2096 ; and the Hermes , No . 77 ; and , as in the Craft lodges , he has filled the

position of principal officer in each . Provincial honours have also come to him . He is a Past Senior Grand Deacon of Surrey and Past Senior Grand Warden of Berkshire in the Craft . He is a P . Prov . G . Sojourner of Kent , P . Prov . G . Std . Bearer of Surrey , and is at present Prov . G . Treasurer of Middlesex , and his arduous lodge and chapter work is very

BRO . C . () . liUIUiKSS . characteristically supplemented by his excellent service to our Charities . He is a Vice-Patron of both the Benevolent Institution and the Boys' School , and a Vice-President of the Girls' School , and has served in all sixteen SteAvardships .