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fe obedience to the responsibility which as public Journalists we feel rests upon us to give the Brethren the utmost information relating to the Movements of the leMers of tbe C pains to answer the momentous ^
and if we have not been wholly successM ^ w brought sufficient materials together to guide other Brethren in the search . Taken as a whole ( though doubtless there are some who will take exceptions to one or more of them ) , the appointments appear to be good , and likely to give satisfaction to the great majority of the
Craft ; The E . W . B . G . M ., Bro . Pox Maule , Baron Panmure , of Brechin aud Navar /^ Lord Panmure , whom he succeeded in the title on the 13 th of April , 1852 , being then in the 41 st year of his age . Lord Pannfure , as the
Hon . Fox Maule ., was for twelve years in the 79 th Highlanders ; and it was whilst serving with his regiment in British North America that he was initiated into Preemasonry . The ceremony took place on the 9 th of April , 1828 , in the Quebec Lodge , No . 68 ( then No . 77 ) , the W . M ., Bro . Le Messurier , presiding . On his return to England , Lord Panmure joined the Lodge of Priendship , No . 6 , in 1837 , and
in the same year was appointed S . G / W . by the late respected G . M ., his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . For several years his lordship ceased to take any active part in Freemasonry , though always continuing his connection with it as a member of the Lodge of Friendship ( of which he is a P . M . ) , and the Alpha Lodge . His lordship , who is Lord Lieutenant of Forfar , a Privy Councillor , a Governor of the Charter-house , and a Commissioner of the Military
College , has held many distinguished offices under the Government , being at present Minister of War . He bears the highest character for honour , integrity , and business habits ; and his return to Freemasonry may be looked upon as a good omen for its prosperity ,
and the proper management of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge ; though with many of the views lately laid down by his lordship in that august assembly w e take leave to differ . The name of his lordship ' s father was originally Ramsey , but he exchanged it for that of Maule , having inherited through his grandmother ,
Jean , daughter of the Hon . Harry Maule , of Ivelhe , the estates of the Earl of Panmure , which title is under attainder for the adherence of the fourth Earl Maule to the fortunes of the Stuarts . With the exchange of name , the father of the present peer obtained his title by creation . The name of Maule is of French extraction , Gaurin de Maule , a younger son of that noble family 5
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The New Grand Officers - Who's Who?
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fe obedience to the responsibility which as public Journalists we feel rests upon us to give the Brethren the utmost information relating to the Movements of the leMers of tbe C pains to answer the momentous ^
and if we have not been wholly successM ^ w brought sufficient materials together to guide other Brethren in the search . Taken as a whole ( though doubtless there are some who will take exceptions to one or more of them ) , the appointments appear to be good , and likely to give satisfaction to the great majority of the
Craft ; The E . W . B . G . M ., Bro . Pox Maule , Baron Panmure , of Brechin aud Navar /^ Lord Panmure , whom he succeeded in the title on the 13 th of April , 1852 , being then in the 41 st year of his age . Lord Pannfure , as the
Hon . Fox Maule ., was for twelve years in the 79 th Highlanders ; and it was whilst serving with his regiment in British North America that he was initiated into Preemasonry . The ceremony took place on the 9 th of April , 1828 , in the Quebec Lodge , No . 68 ( then No . 77 ) , the W . M ., Bro . Le Messurier , presiding . On his return to England , Lord Panmure joined the Lodge of Priendship , No . 6 , in 1837 , and
in the same year was appointed S . G / W . by the late respected G . M ., his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . For several years his lordship ceased to take any active part in Freemasonry , though always continuing his connection with it as a member of the Lodge of Friendship ( of which he is a P . M . ) , and the Alpha Lodge . His lordship , who is Lord Lieutenant of Forfar , a Privy Councillor , a Governor of the Charter-house , and a Commissioner of the Military
College , has held many distinguished offices under the Government , being at present Minister of War . He bears the highest character for honour , integrity , and business habits ; and his return to Freemasonry may be looked upon as a good omen for its prosperity ,
and the proper management of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge ; though with many of the views lately laid down by his lordship in that august assembly w e take leave to differ . The name of his lordship ' s father was originally Ramsey , but he exchanged it for that of Maule , having inherited through his grandmother ,
Jean , daughter of the Hon . Harry Maule , of Ivelhe , the estates of the Earl of Panmure , which title is under attainder for the adherence of the fourth Earl Maule to the fortunes of the Stuarts . With the exchange of name , the father of the present peer obtained his title by creation . The name of Maule is of French extraction , Gaurin de Maule , a younger son of that noble family 5