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Article The Province of Durham.—(Continued.) ← Page 3 of 7 →
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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
ANOTHER ROOM IX FREEMASONS' HALL , DURHAM .
in 188 4 , and the Right Hon . Lord Barnard , Past Master of No . 1650 , Staindrop , the esteemed Provincial Grand Master of Durham . The meetings are held in Freemasons' Hall of Durham ; as with those of the Universities Lodge , No . 2352 , founded in 1890 , for the alumni of the Northern seat of Learning , who belong to the Mystic Tie ; the Secretary from
its inauguration to now of No . 2352 , being Dr . C . D . Hill Drury , and having the Worshipful Master , Wardens , and Past Masters of the other lodges of a similar character at Oxford , Cambridge , & c , as honorary members . The Lodge No . 375 was formed by order of the Most
Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , K . G ., " as an especial testimony of his favour , " after the visit of H . R . H . in 1822 , and " his unqualilied approbation of the state of Masonry in the province . " The first Worshipful Master was Bro . J . G . Lambton ( subsequently Earl of Durham ) , one of
the earliest initiates being the Right Hon . Viscount Howick . The Lodge assembled in the old hostelry , the " Lambton Arms , " Chester-le-Street , from 1824 to 1900 , when the house was pulled down and a new one erected . Another indication of the Grand Master ' s approval , was
the appointment of Bro . William Loraine , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , as Past Junior Grand Warden of England , "to mark his public approbation of the zeal and attention which that brother evinced in the cause of Masonry on the Grand Master ' s visit to the Province of Durham . "
Still another favour was bestowed on the lodge , His Royal Highness having instituted a special badge or mark of distinction for Master Masons , members of the Lambton Lodge , which medal can only be conferred by the Master . On the demise of a member or withdrawal from the lodge , the medal has to be returned and its cost refunded .
It is locket-shaped , made of gold , excepting that the coat-of-arms rests on a garter of blue enamel , enclosed by the garter and motto . The only portion that is engraved is the inscription on the reverse , viz . : — Celsifs Princeps , Aug . Fred SUSSEXLE DUX
Totius , apud Anglos , Sodal , Archit . Curio , Max , Prov . Dunelm , Adiit A . D . 1822 , ^ ER , £ ARCHIT , 1-82 O
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The Province Of Durham.—(Continued.)
ANOTHER ROOM IX FREEMASONS' HALL , DURHAM .
in 188 4 , and the Right Hon . Lord Barnard , Past Master of No . 1650 , Staindrop , the esteemed Provincial Grand Master of Durham . The meetings are held in Freemasons' Hall of Durham ; as with those of the Universities Lodge , No . 2352 , founded in 1890 , for the alumni of the Northern seat of Learning , who belong to the Mystic Tie ; the Secretary from
its inauguration to now of No . 2352 , being Dr . C . D . Hill Drury , and having the Worshipful Master , Wardens , and Past Masters of the other lodges of a similar character at Oxford , Cambridge , & c , as honorary members . The Lodge No . 375 was formed by order of the Most
Worshipful Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , K . G ., " as an especial testimony of his favour , " after the visit of H . R . H . in 1822 , and " his unqualilied approbation of the state of Masonry in the province . " The first Worshipful Master was Bro . J . G . Lambton ( subsequently Earl of Durham ) , one of
the earliest initiates being the Right Hon . Viscount Howick . The Lodge assembled in the old hostelry , the " Lambton Arms , " Chester-le-Street , from 1824 to 1900 , when the house was pulled down and a new one erected . Another indication of the Grand Master ' s approval , was
the appointment of Bro . William Loraine , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , as Past Junior Grand Warden of England , "to mark his public approbation of the zeal and attention which that brother evinced in the cause of Masonry on the Grand Master ' s visit to the Province of Durham . "
Still another favour was bestowed on the lodge , His Royal Highness having instituted a special badge or mark of distinction for Master Masons , members of the Lambton Lodge , which medal can only be conferred by the Master . On the demise of a member or withdrawal from the lodge , the medal has to be returned and its cost refunded .
It is locket-shaped , made of gold , excepting that the coat-of-arms rests on a garter of blue enamel , enclosed by the garter and motto . The only portion that is engraved is the inscription on the reverse , viz . : — Celsifs Princeps , Aug . Fred SUSSEXLE DUX
Totius , apud Anglos , Sodal , Archit . Curio , Max , Prov . Dunelm , Adiit A . D . 1822 , ^ ER , £ ARCHIT , 1-82 O
' [ 'III-: LAMISTON LOIKiE MEDAL .