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warmly appreciated , and in whose memory his many sterling qualties will remain enshrined for the rest of their lives . As a Christian minister he long acted his part towards all his parishioners wherever they worshipped God ; and he was not only the divine , but the medical adviser , the arbitrator , and the legal adviser of the inhabitants of his village . In every object which affected the welfare of the community- his active sympathies v \ ere always enlisted . In him were happily
blended the characteristics of the ideal of " the Man of Ross , " and that of Herbert ' s * ¦ Country Parson . " Amongst the Fraternity he was a distinguished ornament and example of that most excellent gift of charity . He was D . Prov . G . M . for West Lancashire , and had endeared himself to the Brethren of that province by his unaffected kindness and urbanity in the performance of his official duties . The Brethren of that and the adjoining province of East Lancashire attended
his interment as Masons ( he having expressed a wish to that effect ) , and the Lodge No . 432 took the active management of the ceremonies on the mournful occasion , assisted by No . 336 . Nearly 100 Masons assembled , and they consisted of Bros . Sir W / H . Field en , Bart . ; Perrin , Prov . G . S . W ., West Lancashire ; Brock-Hollinshead , Prov . G . J . W . vEast Lancashire ; Lambert , Prov . G . S . D ., East Lancashire ; Wilding , Prov . G . S . B ., East Lancashire ; Chough , P . Prov . G ; Beg ., East Lancashire ; and Brethren from Lodges held at Blackburn , Liverpool )
Southport , Lancaster , Preston , over-Darwen , Mellor , Accrington , Ormskirk , & c . & c . The funeral rites of the Church of England , as well as those observed by the Brethren on such solemn occasions , were performed by Bro . the Bev . W . Hartley amidst great attention , and with the mournful regrets of all present . The attendance of the villagers and congregation was such as eyinced the esteem and love in which the deceased was held , and the bereavement his loss had occasioned . The
deceased Brother was incumbent of Tockholls for more than twenty-five years . He was previously at Kirkham . In early life he was an officer in the army , and was present at the battle of Waterloo , for which he received a medal . He was always present ( when not prevented ) at the anniversary of the battle , celebrated at Preston by the veterans resident in North Lancashire . Many are the wives , widows , and other relatives of soldiers he has advised and assisted , and many are the old soldiers he has aided on life ' s pilgrimage : —
"The broken soldier , kindly bade to stay , Sate by his fire , and talked the night away . " In the last disposition of his effects charity towards the poor was the crowning and characteristic feature , behaving left all to the poor of Tockholls , with the exception of some tokens of regard to intimate and dear friends . Long will the memory of the Rev . Gilmour Robinson he held in reverence and regret by the inhabitants of Tockholls and the Masonic Brethren of the two provinces of Lancashire .
The Prov . G . Sec . for West Lancashire has issued circulars to all the W . M . s , ordering them to have the Brethren put into Masonic mourning for six months , to show their respect for , and regret at the loss sustained by the Craft , by the death of their B . W . D . Prov . G . M . BRO . DR . JOHN H . FREER . On the 14 th November , 18 o (> , at Sutton Coldfield , Warwickshire , aged sixtysix years , Bro . John Horace Freer , M . D ., late S . D . of the Howe Lodge ,
Birmingham ; Prov . G . S . and P . M . of Nos . 40 and 207 . Bro . Freer was born at Calcutta , in the year 1790 , but was educated , and studied medicine , at Edinburgh . In 1813 , he entered the Bifle Brigade , and was present , as hospital assistant , at the battle of Waterloo , where he was wounded ., and for which he received the medal . He subsequently entered the 21 st North British Fusileers , with which regiment he
served for some time in the West Indies , where there occurred an untoward event , which served to mar his professional prospects , and cast a dark shade over his whole future life . Two soldiers belonging to the reodment ( then stationed at St . Vincents ) were sentenced to receive one thousand lashes each , which festrfui sentence was carried into effect on the 5 th February , ¦ 1824 . Bro . Freer , as assistant surgeon of the regiment , was present at the punishment , and his conduct
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warmly appreciated , and in whose memory his many sterling qualties will remain enshrined for the rest of their lives . As a Christian minister he long acted his part towards all his parishioners wherever they worshipped God ; and he was not only the divine , but the medical adviser , the arbitrator , and the legal adviser of the inhabitants of his village . In every object which affected the welfare of the community- his active sympathies v \ ere always enlisted . In him were happily
blended the characteristics of the ideal of " the Man of Ross , " and that of Herbert ' s * ¦ Country Parson . " Amongst the Fraternity he was a distinguished ornament and example of that most excellent gift of charity . He was D . Prov . G . M . for West Lancashire , and had endeared himself to the Brethren of that province by his unaffected kindness and urbanity in the performance of his official duties . The Brethren of that and the adjoining province of East Lancashire attended
his interment as Masons ( he having expressed a wish to that effect ) , and the Lodge No . 432 took the active management of the ceremonies on the mournful occasion , assisted by No . 336 . Nearly 100 Masons assembled , and they consisted of Bros . Sir W / H . Field en , Bart . ; Perrin , Prov . G . S . W ., West Lancashire ; Brock-Hollinshead , Prov . G . J . W . vEast Lancashire ; Lambert , Prov . G . S . D ., East Lancashire ; Wilding , Prov . G . S . B ., East Lancashire ; Chough , P . Prov . G ; Beg ., East Lancashire ; and Brethren from Lodges held at Blackburn , Liverpool )
Southport , Lancaster , Preston , over-Darwen , Mellor , Accrington , Ormskirk , & c . & c . The funeral rites of the Church of England , as well as those observed by the Brethren on such solemn occasions , were performed by Bro . the Bev . W . Hartley amidst great attention , and with the mournful regrets of all present . The attendance of the villagers and congregation was such as eyinced the esteem and love in which the deceased was held , and the bereavement his loss had occasioned . The
deceased Brother was incumbent of Tockholls for more than twenty-five years . He was previously at Kirkham . In early life he was an officer in the army , and was present at the battle of Waterloo , for which he received a medal . He was always present ( when not prevented ) at the anniversary of the battle , celebrated at Preston by the veterans resident in North Lancashire . Many are the wives , widows , and other relatives of soldiers he has advised and assisted , and many are the old soldiers he has aided on life ' s pilgrimage : —
"The broken soldier , kindly bade to stay , Sate by his fire , and talked the night away . " In the last disposition of his effects charity towards the poor was the crowning and characteristic feature , behaving left all to the poor of Tockholls , with the exception of some tokens of regard to intimate and dear friends . Long will the memory of the Rev . Gilmour Robinson he held in reverence and regret by the inhabitants of Tockholls and the Masonic Brethren of the two provinces of Lancashire .
The Prov . G . Sec . for West Lancashire has issued circulars to all the W . M . s , ordering them to have the Brethren put into Masonic mourning for six months , to show their respect for , and regret at the loss sustained by the Craft , by the death of their B . W . D . Prov . G . M . BRO . DR . JOHN H . FREER . On the 14 th November , 18 o (> , at Sutton Coldfield , Warwickshire , aged sixtysix years , Bro . John Horace Freer , M . D ., late S . D . of the Howe Lodge ,
Birmingham ; Prov . G . S . and P . M . of Nos . 40 and 207 . Bro . Freer was born at Calcutta , in the year 1790 , but was educated , and studied medicine , at Edinburgh . In 1813 , he entered the Bifle Brigade , and was present , as hospital assistant , at the battle of Waterloo , where he was wounded ., and for which he received the medal . He subsequently entered the 21 st North British Fusileers , with which regiment he
served for some time in the West Indies , where there occurred an untoward event , which served to mar his professional prospects , and cast a dark shade over his whole future life . Two soldiers belonging to the reodment ( then stationed at St . Vincents ) were sentenced to receive one thousand lashes each , which festrfui sentence was carried into effect on the 5 th February , ¦ 1824 . Bro . Freer , as assistant surgeon of the regiment , was present at the punishment , and his conduct