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Gordon Lodge No.1726 (EC)

The Gordon Lodge was constituted cated at Westminster and Trinity College, on 13th March 1878 in Bognor Dublin. Richmond (while Earl of March) Regis as a daughter of the Lodge served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular of Union No 38 which had been War amongst other battles affording him the granted the warrant Military General Service Medal. Richmond sat of constitution on as Member of Parliament for Chichester be8th Nov 1877. The tween 1812 and 1819. The latter year he sucGordon Lodge is ceeded his father in the dukedom and ennamed after Charles tered the House of Lords. Gordon-Lennox, 5th The first Gordon Lodge meetings were held in Duke of Richmond the Assembly Rooms close to where the Gor(3 August 1791 -21 don Centre now stands. The Assembly Rooms October 1860), are now called The Picture drome. The lodge whose main seat then moved to the Victoria Hotel. The Gordon was Goodwood Centre is the home of the Gordon Lodge and House in Sussex. He to three Gordon daughter lodges, one grand was the son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of daughter lodge and other side degrees. Richmond and Lady Charlotte, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. He The foundation stone was laid on 13th May enherited the title of Duke of Gordon from his 1929 in the presence of 27 provincial Officers maternal uncle, George Gordon, 5th Duke of who carried their banner and standard, and Gordon (2 February 1770 - 28 May 1836) over 150 Masons dressed in full Masonic rewho died with no male heir. This marked the galia. At the head of the procession there was end of the Scottish Gordon blood line, howev- an entered apprentice carrying the cement, er it was passed to Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Master of the Selsey Lodge carrying the 5th Duke of Richmond through his mother cornucopia with corn. The Masters of Midand has continued in England. At that time hurst and St. Richards Lodges were bearing Charles held four dukedoms, more than any the two ewers of wine and oil. other person in the realm. Charles Gordon-Lennox Richmond was edu-