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having tried hi & fortunes in England with the Normans , The pre * sent peer is lineally descended fr ^ appearance of the noble lord as D . G . M ., could not have been more appreciable than as the advocate of the claims for support of one of our noble charities—the Girls' School . The geniality of his manner on that occasion , and the success with which he advocated
the claims of the society , at once secured to his lordship the goodwill and approbation of the coinpany , and we trust it will not be impaired by future proceedings . The noble lord is a Royal Arch Mason of Scotland , and therefore a member of the Mark Master ' s Degree ; His lordship further holds the distinguished position of Prov . G . M . ;^ oP : - -FoEfawhire , and representative of the G . Lodge of England in the G . Lodge of Scotland .
T ^ Yiscount Lambton , Baron Durham , of the city of Durham , and of Lambton Gastle a palatine of Durhainy is the only surviving son of John George , the first earl , a noble Brother , who was highly esteemed in the Crafty and who held the distinguished position of Pro-OrM . ( H . under HJl ,. the Duke of Sussex ) , until his de
age of forty-nine . The present earl , who is a deputy lieutenant of the county of Durham , was born in 1828 , arid was initiated in 1848 , in Cambridge . 3 Prom that time to the present , we do not find that his lordship has taken any active part in Freemasonry , though it has long been his ambition to be honoured with Grand Office . His lordship being yet only twenty-nine years of age , he may be destined to hold a yery influential position in the Craft , should he take that
interest m its prosperity which was upon every possible occasion evinced by his noble father . On the 17 th inst . his lordship will appropriately inaugurate his appointment by taking the chair at the festival of that most excellent institution , the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for aged Freemasons and their Widows ; and we trust the Brethren will cheer him on in his course by giving him a hearty welcome , and liberally supporting the charity whose claims he has undertaken to advocate .
We cannot conclude without referring to the testimony which was borne to the Masonic excellence of the noble father of the present G . S . W ., at the time of his decease—now seventeen years since , though it appears but as yesterday , —by a contemporary writer , the editor of the Freemasons' Review , in 1840 . Speaking of the noble Earl ( who , in addition to being Pro-G-. M ., was Pro-G . Z . of England , and Prov . G . M . of Durham and Northumberland ) , the writer
says : — " Freemasonry has to deplore the death of her worthiest Son—the Craft , the loss of a most honourable and devoted Brother . " But the remembrance of his Masonic virtues will live recorded in the hearts of the thousands who were inspirited by his example , and w ho acknowledged the quickening impulse of an honourable pride—of their association with him as Brother Masons . " For the great good he did while living , the lasting gratitude of the Craft will be as deep as their consciousness of his worth is sincere * Admirably adapted for
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having tried hi & fortunes in England with the Normans , The pre * sent peer is lineally descended fr ^ appearance of the noble lord as D . G . M ., could not have been more appreciable than as the advocate of the claims for support of one of our noble charities—the Girls' School . The geniality of his manner on that occasion , and the success with which he advocated
the claims of the society , at once secured to his lordship the goodwill and approbation of the coinpany , and we trust it will not be impaired by future proceedings . The noble lord is a Royal Arch Mason of Scotland , and therefore a member of the Mark Master ' s Degree ; His lordship further holds the distinguished position of Prov . G . M . ;^ oP : - -FoEfawhire , and representative of the G . Lodge of England in the G . Lodge of Scotland .
T ^ Yiscount Lambton , Baron Durham , of the city of Durham , and of Lambton Gastle a palatine of Durhainy is the only surviving son of John George , the first earl , a noble Brother , who was highly esteemed in the Crafty and who held the distinguished position of Pro-OrM . ( H . under HJl ,. the Duke of Sussex ) , until his de
age of forty-nine . The present earl , who is a deputy lieutenant of the county of Durham , was born in 1828 , arid was initiated in 1848 , in Cambridge . 3 Prom that time to the present , we do not find that his lordship has taken any active part in Freemasonry , though it has long been his ambition to be honoured with Grand Office . His lordship being yet only twenty-nine years of age , he may be destined to hold a yery influential position in the Craft , should he take that
interest m its prosperity which was upon every possible occasion evinced by his noble father . On the 17 th inst . his lordship will appropriately inaugurate his appointment by taking the chair at the festival of that most excellent institution , the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for aged Freemasons and their Widows ; and we trust the Brethren will cheer him on in his course by giving him a hearty welcome , and liberally supporting the charity whose claims he has undertaken to advocate .
We cannot conclude without referring to the testimony which was borne to the Masonic excellence of the noble father of the present G . S . W ., at the time of his decease—now seventeen years since , though it appears but as yesterday , —by a contemporary writer , the editor of the Freemasons' Review , in 1840 . Speaking of the noble Earl ( who , in addition to being Pro-G-. M ., was Pro-G . Z . of England , and Prov . G . M . of Durham and Northumberland ) , the writer
says : — " Freemasonry has to deplore the death of her worthiest Son—the Craft , the loss of a most honourable and devoted Brother . " But the remembrance of his Masonic virtues will live recorded in the hearts of the thousands who were inspirited by his example , and w ho acknowledged the quickening impulse of an honourable pride—of their association with him as Brother Masons . " For the great good he did while living , the lasting gratitude of the Craft will be as deep as their consciousness of his worth is sincere * Admirably adapted for