Masons Of The Year.

MR . THOMAS W . TEW , J . P . MR . THOMAS WILLIAM TEW , the Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire , was initiated thirty-four years ago in the Scarsdale Lodge ( 681 ) of Chesterfield , and in 1862 was a founder and first W . M . of St . Oswald ' s Lodge at Pontefract , the

chair of which he again filled the following year . Two years later he obtained his first provincial honours by being made by the Marquis of Ripou a Past Senior Grand Warden of West Yorkshire . In 1 S 6 9 , for the third time , he became W . M . of St . Oswald ' s , and six years later was Deputy P . G . M . of his province , whilst in 1 SS 5 he succeeded Sir Henry Edwards , Bart ., in the

Provincial Grand Mastership ; and never has any provincial appointment been received with greater favour by the Brethren of any Province . He is a P . Z . of the Wakefield Chapter , Grand Superintendent of West Yorkshire , and Past Grand Principal Sojourner ( Eng . ) ; he is the very eminent Prior of the Knights Templars of West Yorks , a member of the Red Cross Knights

of Babylon , and of the Order of St . Laurence , meeting at Rochdale ; of the thirtieth degree holding their assemblies at 33 , Golden Square , London , and of the Talbot Rose Croix , whose home is at Sheffield . He is a J . P . for the West Riding of Yorks , and Chairman of the Petty Sessions of Osgoldcross ; a Founder of the United Northern Counties' Lodge ( 2126 ) , meeting at the

Inns of Court Hotel in the Old Lincoln ' s Inn , Holborn , and a member of the illustrious Ouatuor Coronati ; has founded a Masonic Library for West Yorks at Wakefield , and has contributed very largely in books and MSS . ( one of which bears his

name ) to its now valuable collection . A chairman and president of numberless local institutions for the welfare of the young , he reserves his club life for the solemn attractions of the Junior Carlton and the St . George ' s whenever his Masonic or social duties bring him down South , away from the delights of the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society , of which he is the earnest

working President . Mr . Tew is the sole survivor of the firm of Messrs . Leatham and Tew , Bankers and Government Treasurers of the West Riding . The head office of the bank is at Pontefract , two miles from which is the Grange , at Carleton , built by Thomas William Tew himself , and now his favourite seat . The zeal with which the Yorkshire banker enters into the minutest

Masonic details of his Province is little short of remarkable ; he has personally consecrated almost every Lodge and Chapter in West Yorkshire during his Mastership , and never , but onceon the death of his father—has he been absent from Provincial Grand Lodge , a record which no other Provincial Grand Master can show . Mr . Tew is , of course , a Patron and Vice-President

of the three Masonic institutions , and to him alone perhaps is due the inception of that unfortunate problem of the Boys ' Institution , which created so much stir in the Masonic world last year . The Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire is frequently to be seen occupying one of the Grand Wardens ' chairs at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . A steadfast disciple of the tenets of pure Freemasonry , William Thomas Tew is perhaps the most popular Mason in the provinces

MR . JAMES FERNANDEZ . MR . JAMES FERNANDEZ , who perhaps is the finest elocutionist living , was born at St . Petersburg , on the 28 th May , 1835 , and entered the dramatic profession when eighteen years of age , making his first appearance at the Queen's Theatre , Hull , in

1853 . He was initiated in the Royal Alfred Lodge ( 780 ) , fifteen years ago , and became a Royal Arch Mason in 1880 . An original member and officer of the Drury Lane Lodge , Mr . James Fernandez should have been , in the ordinary course of events , W . M . last year , but relinquished the honour , to which

the Lodge had invited him , by giving place to Sir Henry Isaacs , who could thus hold the position during his reign at the Mansion House . On the 10 th November last Sir Henry installed Mr . James Fernandez into the chair , and again took the opportunity of mentioning his gratitude to Mr . Fernandez for so generously standing aside in his favour . The veteran actor has performed in every one of the principal theatres of London , and has acted in all manner of dramatic pieces , from Lcs Cloches de Cornevillc

to Hamlet , and Louis XL He is now engaged at the Haymarket , under the management of Mr . Beerbohm Tree , and the success of the recent Haymarket productions and revivals is clue in no small measure to the fine dramatic powers of James Fernandez . His Jean Torquenie in The Village Priest was only second in intensity and force to his splendid portrayal of his

character in A Alan ' s Shadow , where his speech in the trial scene of the second act will perhaps remain one of the finest specimens of pure dramatic elocution stagegocrs have ever heard . DR . HARRY HEBB .

DR . HARRY HEBB , who was chosen this present year to succeed Dr . Richard Morris in the headmastership of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , was educated under Dr . Abbott , at the City of London School , where he was a prizeman , a medallist , and captain of the games . In the Sixth

Form with him were those distinguished scholars H . P . Gurney ( of Wren & Gurney ) , H . S . Asquith , O . C ., M . P ., Professor Garnet , and John Cox , Master of Cavendish , Cambridge . From the City of London School Dr . Hebb passed to Queen's College , Oxford , where he graduated with honours ,

captained his college boating club , and stroked the eight . He gained his first experience of teaching at the Whitgift School , Croydon , under Robert Brodie , the Senior Student of Christ Church , where he raised the cadet corps and became its captain . From thence he migrated to Exeter , where for thirteen years he was the senior assistant master and chaplain

of the Grammar School . He resided for some time in Touraine , for the express purpose of making himself proficient in the French language .

MR . HENRY LOVEGROVE . MR . HENRY LOVEGROVE was initiated in the Metropolitan Lodge and eventually passed the Chair . He was

founder of the Royal Hanover ( 1777 ) , and second W . M . ; founder of the Brixton Lodge ( 1949 ) and the Henry Levander Lodge ( 2048 ) , and served as first W . M . of both ; and is now Secretary of the former . He was one of the founders of the Cordwainers' Ward Lodge , and has since filled the office of Secretary . In 1 S 80 he was appointed Prov . Grand

Superintendent of Works for Middlesex . Mr . Lovegrove was exalted n the Jubilee Chapter ( 72 ) , served the various offices , and is now P . Z . and S . E . ; a founder of the Stanmore Chapter ( 1549 ) and third M . E . Z . ; has been Prov . Grand Standard Bearer , Prov . Grand Treasurer of Middlesex ; and has assisted in the consecration of three Craft Lodges and two Chapters . In

Mark Masonry Henry Lovegrove is a Past Grand Inspector of Works of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , Past Prov . Grand Inspector of Works and Past Senior Grand Warden of Middlesex and Surrey ; and P . M . of the Prince of Wales Lodge ( 4 ) and the Brixton Lodge ( 234 ) . In the Ancient and

Accepted Rite he is an officer of the Invicta Chapter ( 10 ) , and P . M . W . S . and Treasurer of the Shadwell Gierke Chapter ( 107 ) , and has been admitted to the 30 ° . In the Order of the Temple Mr . Lovegrove is a Past Preceptor and Past Grand Captain of the Guards in Great Priory , also a Past Prior of the Order of Malta ; a P . C . N , of the Order of

Ark Mariners ; a member of the Order of Rosicrucians and the Cryptic Degrees and the Order of Secret Monitor ; a member and the present Grand Standard Bearer of the Royal Order of Scotland for the Province of London . He is also a Life Governor , and has served as a Festival Steward of all the Charities , twice Steward of the Mark Benevolent Fund , and is

also a Life Subscriber . In the architectural world Henry Lovegrove is well known , having for many years taken an active interest in the Architectural Association , filling the office of Vice-President and Lecturer on Construction , besides serving for several years on the Committees . He is an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a Past Auditor ; a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution ; a qualified Surveyor