Was The Duke Of Wellington A Freemason?

The prayer of this memorial havmS been granted by G . Loclge , this fine old lodge met for the first time iu Dublin , on the 12 th of June , 1838 , when our late esteemed Bro . Wm . Carleton became Secretary , and proposed as one of its first candidates our much esteemed Bro . Edward 0 . Carleton ( 30 th ) the present Clerk of the Peace for the comity of 1 iublin , who on his brother William ' s decease became

Secretary of the lodge , and winch post lie filled most efficiently until the year 1853 , when he Ceased to take an active part in Masonry , and to him we beg to tender our thanks for the foregoing information . During the period of our Brother

Edward Carleton ' s being Secretary , he proposed to the lodge that they should obtain the sanction of his Grace the Duke of Wellington to call the loclge "The Wellington Lodge , " Bro . Carleton having communicated this resolution to his Grace

, received a reply from him declining to allow the lodge to be called after him , "inasmuch as he never was inside any loclge since the clay he was made . " In the year 1856 this lodge having again ( owing to some unpleasantness among its

members ) got reduced to three members , the warrant was sent into Grand Lodge "in trust , on the 1 st of November , 1856 , " but was again taken out by our much esteemed Brother Wm . Allen ( 32 ° ) who thereupon became Secretary , and is still , we are glad to saynot only an honoured

, member of this lodge , but of every degree in Irish Masonry up to the 32 nd . The present officers of the loclge are , Bros . Joseph St . Clair Mayne , Master ; Rev . S . F . Cresswell , D . D ., S . Warden ; Wm . Kingsbury DruryJ . ' Warden ; Frederick

, Barlow , S . Deacon ; John Lopdel , J . Deacon ; Thomas I ) . Knox , Inner Guard ; John Morgan , M . D ., Director of Ceremonies ; John Hemsley , Organist ; Isaac Usher , Treasurer ; Archibald II . Jacob , M . D ., Secretary ; Rev . Dr . Cresswell , D . D .,

Chaplain . RULES AND ORDERS To he liept and observed by the several and respective Members of Lodge No . 494 in Trim . 21 st July , 1772 . 1 . liesolvcclthat we the Master , Wardens and rest of the Fraternity of Loclge No .

Was The Duke Of Wellington A Freemason?

494 , now iu Lodge assembled , considering that Concord and Unity is the foundation , whereon the Harmony , Tranquility , and happiness of any society do depend . Do therefore declare that the Glory of our God , the Honour of our King , the

wellbeing of our Brethren , the protection and advancement of our Ancient and Honourable Craft , are the sole motives for forming those rules which shall be binding on us and all others who may hereafter become members of this Loclge , and that these rules shall be read at the coming in of every new Brother , or as often as the . Master shall think fit .

II . Ordered , that each and every member of this Lodge so meet at the house or place appointed by the Master and majority of this Lodge , to hold a loclge on every second Tuesday at the hour of six until nine from the twenty-ninth day of September to the

twenty-fifth day of March , and from the twenty-fifth day of March to the twentyninth day of September at the hour of seven until ten in the afternoon , and if the Master absent himself on said lodge nights after the hour of meeting he shall pay one

British shilling to the box of this lodge , each Warden for the like offence ninepence , each deacon eightpence , and each member not attending on loclge nights sixpence over aud above the lodge dues , except he make a lawful excuse .

III . Ordered , that if any member of this lodge do presume to curse or swear or take God ' s name in vain while the loclge is open , each offending member shall pay two shillings and twopence to the Treasurer ' s box .

IV . Ordered , that every member of this lodge do pay to the Master for the time being seven shillings and one halfpenny each quarter day , as and for his quarterly dues of this lodge , out of which the master is not to spend each lodge night more than

tenpenee for each brother which shall be present on such ni ght , and the rest at the end of each quarter to be deposited by the Master in the box of this lodge to be distributed in charity , or as the Master and the majority of the brethren shall think

proper . V . Ordered , that one month before each of our Patron Saint ' s days new officers be chosen . The Master shall name three of the brethren , one of whom to be chosen Master by ballot , and the Wardens to name two