The New Past Grand Officers.—(London.)

Bro . Alderman Frederick P . Alhston is a well known and highly respected City Magnate . He was initiated in the Hervey Lodge , No . 1692 , in 1879 , and in 1884 , he took part in founding the Beckenham Lodge , No . 2047 , of which

BRO . ALDERMAN F . P . ALLISTON . he became Alaster in 1891 . He was also a founder of the London County Council Lodge , No . 2603 . He is a Life Governor of the Girls' School .

Bro . T . G . A . Burns , ALA ., was initiated in St . George ' s Lodge , No . 370 , in 188 3 . In 18 95 he took part in founding the Rahere Lodge , No . 2546 , which was consecrated at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , and of which His Majesty the King ( then

Prince of Wales ) was installed as first W . AI . In 1901 Bro . Burns founded the Middlesex Hospital Lodge , No . 28 43 , and was its first Alaster . He has also filled the Alaster ' s chair in both the St . George's and the Rahere Lodges , and is a Past Prow Grand Deacon of Surrey . He is a member and a P . Z .

of St . George ' s Royal Arch Chapter , and a Past Grand J . of Surrey . Bro . Burns is a Life Governor of each of the Charities , and has served two Stewardships .

Bro . Edmund R . Bartley Dennis , although a comparatively young Afason , has since his initiation in 188 S found time in the midst of his busy professional avocations to pile up an exceptionally good record of Alasonic work . Within four years of his initiation in the Thames Yale Lodge , No . 1460 , he was filling the chair of W . AI . In the following year

( 18 95 ) he took part in founding the Herga Lodge , No . 2548 , at Harrow , and was its first Alaster ; and during the next few years he joined , and in most instances founded , the Willesden Lodge , No . 248 9 ; the Yorick Lodge , No . 2771 ; the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 ; the Burlington Lodge , No . 96 ;

the Northern Bar Lodge , No . 1610 ; Christ ' s Hospital Lodge , No . 2650 ; and the Abercorn Lodge , No . 1549 . At present he is the I . P . M . of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge . In 18 9 6 he was appointed Prow J . G . W . of Middlesex . In Royal Arch Masonry , Bro . Bartley Dennis is a member of the Royal

Middlesex Chapter , No . 1194 , and filled the First Principal ' s chair in 18 99 , and again in 1900 . He is a Life Governor of the three Charitable Institutions , and has served four Stewardships . Bro . H . Hankey Dobree is a member of Friendship Lodge , No . 6 . His initiation took place in 186 3 , and he

became W . AI . in 1865 . Friendship Royal Arch Chapter claims him also as a member and P . Z . He has served three Stewardships , two for the Boys' School and one for the Girls ' School . Bro . Ernest Flower , ALP ., who represents the Western

Division of Bradford in Parliament , was initiated in the Friends in Council Lodge , No . 138 3 , London , and has twice filled the chair of W . AI . He was a founder and second W . AI . of the Eton Lodge , No . 2458 , of which the late Bro . Sir Alfred Bevan , Past Grand Treasurer , was the first Master ,

and he is also a member of the Drury Lane Lodge . Bro . Flowers was exalted in the Royal Arch in the Friends in Council Chapter in 1888 , of which he afterwards became P . Z ., and was one of the founders of the Bevan Chapter . He has served as Steward for each of the three Institutions .

Bro . Lieut .-Col . Arthur Clifton Hansard , R . A ., was initiated in 1887 in the Ubique Lodge , No . 1789 , which is recruited mainly from that distinguished corps , the Royal Artillery . In 18 93 he was elected to the Alaster ' s chair . He is a Royal Arch Alason , having been exalted in the chapter attached to the Ubique Lodge , and served as AI . E . Z . in 18 9 6 .

Bro . Charles Vincent Cotterell's introduction into Alasonry took place in the Lullingstone Lodge , No . 18 37 , in 1881 , and in 1885 he was elected W . AI . He joined the Prince of

Wales ' s Lodge , No . 259 , in 18 95 , and was one of the founders of the Aliddlesex Hospital Lodge in 1901 . In 1882 he was exalted in the Pentangle Chapter , No . 1174 , and in 1887 was one of the founders of the Lullingstone Chapter , No . 1837 , of which he was the first AI . E . Z . He is also a

BRO . CHARLES VINCENT COTTERELI ..

Past Assistant Grand Sojourner of Kent . Bro . Cotterell has served as Steward for each of the Institutions and is a Vice-President of the Boys' School . Bro . Wynn Westcott , M . D ., is the well-known Coroner

for the North-Eastern District of London , and has for many years been ranked amongst the most ardent students of Alasonic mysteries . His knowledge of the occult sciences having some affinity to Freemasonary is profound , and he is the author of many books and papers bearing on these