VARIOUS MEETING PLACES
For Old Dundee to have held its meetings in so many different venues since 1723 may give the impression that we were hard to please.
“The Ship” in Bartholomew Lane had been in existence since 1648. Bartholomew Lane lies between Threadneedle Street and Throgmorton Street (it still does) but it’s a very different street today. It lies along the eastern wall of The Bank of England. The Bank moved from Grocers’ Hall in 1734 to its new site in Threadneedle Street, eventually expanding as far as Bartholomew Lane in 1788. Perhaps the acquisition of this site by the Bank of England caused some unease on the part of the proprietor of “The Ship”expecting to be swallowed up as the Bank expanded, but one year after the Bank opened its doors “The Ship” finally closed its doors in 1735.
The Lodge then moved to “The Crown “in Bow Lane in 1725, less than a quarter of a mile from “The Ship”. Where we stayed shortly, as we soon transferred that same year to Moorgate and ”The Globe Tavern” where we met for two further years.
Since 1723 and whilst we met at ‘The Globe’, this Lodge had no number and we were referred to as “The Brethren meeting at .................................. followed by the name of the appropriate Tavern.
After only two years we were again on the move to “The Three Tuns” in Swithins (or Sweetings) Alley, close by the Royal Exchange and near to our original meeting place “The Ship”. It was here that we received our first Lodge number, for we became Lodge number 12.
No sooner had we settled at “The Three Tuns” when, one supposes word went round that this Tavern was soon to close its doors, which it did in 1732 and once more we looked for an alternative venue.
Going about one mile westward, we left the City of London to move to “The Castle Tavern” in Drury Lane. What induced us to go to Drury Lane is unknown; it was a notoriously rowdy locality “well known for its scenes of drunkenness and brawls”, (as Gay, Pope & Goldsmith all testified) and Hogarth’s engraving “The Harlot’s Progress” is set in Drury Lane. Gay wrote:
“O may the vertue guard thee through the roads of drury’s mazy courts and dark abodes”.
The “Castle Tavern” ceased to exist in 1738 and we then took an historic decision to move eastwards to a site beside the River Thames at Wapping where, in 1739 we met at “The Crown” at New Crane. If the intention of our Brethren was to expand the membership of the Lodge, then the move to Wapping was inspired. This was no doubt influenced
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by the growth of commerce in the Pool of London and the hive of activity caused by the influx of seamen and the growing prosperity among the tradesmen who served the vast collection of ships. Daniel Defoe observed about “two thousand sail of all sorts, not reckoning barges, lighters, pleasure boats and yachts”. There existed three wet docks for laying up ships, some twenty two dry docks for repair work and no less than thirty three shipyards for building merchantmen. A few warehouses were alongside the river bank, mainly for storing tobacco in bond.
Old Dundee was not alone in deciding to move to Wapping, for during the 18th and 19th Centuries some twenty two Lodges had their meeting places in Wapping. New Crane was situated about midway between Pelican Stairs and King Edward Stairs and adjacent to the intriguingly named Frying Pan Stairs. There had been a “Crown Inn” at Wapping since 1690 (then spelt “Croune”) and here we stayed for some seventeen years when, once again, we were obliged to move as “The Crown” was closed in 1746. Whilst at “The Crown” the Lodge became number 11 and continued with this number after moving to the “Dundee Arms” by Wapping New Stairs (about 600 yards to the west of “The Crown” and situated in Wapping High Street).
There was more than one “Dundee Arms” tavern east of the Tower of London. There was certainly one in Nightingale Lane, Wapping from 1795 and also one in Bethnal Green. The use of the name “Dundee Arms” appears to have been because of the association with the City of Dundee and Wapping and the whalers that sailed from Dundee, down the east coast to Wapping, possibly for re-victualling, on their way to the whaling grounds in the South Pacific and Nova Scotia. The landlord of the “Dundee Arms’ displayed a sign showing the Arms of the Burgh of Dundee and around 1755 we adopted these arms for our own armorial bearing. The closure of “The Crown” coincided with the opening of the “Dundee Arms’ in the following year (1747) but, here, too came an early closure, for after sixteen years the “Dundee Arms’ at Wapping New Stairs ceased to exist (in 1763). We had been meeting fortnightly here and needed to establish the Lodge somewhere in the vicinity as its membership was expanding, due to the growth of the shipping trade.
We therefore acquired the freehold of a warehouse at No 20 Red Lyon Street, Wapping in 1763 and set out converting the building for use as Lodge premises.
Money was needed to purchase the freehold and to furnish the Lodge and members subscribed sums of between 2 guineas to 10 guineas with a promise of 5% interest on their loans. (In today’s terms the pound was worth around £60 in 1763, which gives some idea of the magnitude of this undertaking). The Lodge now grew in Wapping for its membership which had grown from twenty two in 1723 and thirty in 1725 to show a steady increase until 1810, there was no less than 109 members and 267 “Using the Sea”, of whom some were Dutch, German, Swedish or Spanish.
During these 57 years in Red Lion Street the Lodge received the number 9 but in 1813, following the Union of the “Antients” and the ‘ Moderns’ under the United Grand Lodge of England it became necessary to re-number all Lodges and Old Dundee seems to have
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drawn “the short straw” and so had to accept the number 18 (our previous number of 9 went to the Albion Lodge).
In the early part of the 19th Century a change was to come over Wapping. The activity and the prosperity around the Pool of London began to alter course. The lively maritime characteristics of what had been a waterside village, (it had a population of around 6,000 in 1801) gave way to new docks and impressively large warehouses so that the individual tradesmen and skilled craftsmen gradually disappeared. Many of the small houses were destroyed to make way for the more solidly built commercial structures, destined for use as Bonded warehouses or Stores. After 1810, the then zenith of the Lodge’s success, numbers started to dwindle and our finances began to suffer, not least through the apparently wild extravagance of purchasing two pipes of port, (equal to about 1,300 bottles of wine) in 1807 and again in 1810, at a cost of £250 (in today’s terms the equivalent of around £7,000). We owed our Treasurer W Bro William Mountford over £300 (today about £8400). Accordingly we instructed a Brother Jonathan Docker of Burr Street, Wapping, to sell by public auction not only our freehold but also the furniture and jewels of the Lodge.
An advertisement in the Times on the 19th March 1821 advised that “particulars and catalogues of the sale could be obtained at the “Freemasons’ Tavern in Great Queen Street. A reserve was placed on the freehold however, which was not to be sold for less than £400 (for the sake of comparison today about £13,000)
So after paying off all our debts there was a balance of £111 which enabled us to leave Wapping and depart, once more, for the City of London where we met in that historic tavern “ The George and Vulture”. Destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt in 1669 in what was then called George Yard, “The George” and “ The Live Vulture” both stood at the Cornhill end of George Yard. In 1748, (whilst we were meeting at the “Dundee Arms”) there was a further serious fire and the two taverns were amalgamated to become “The George and Vulture” at the rebuilding. (Dickens refers to it in The Pickwick Papers as a hostelry during the trial of Bardell versus Pickwick) The “George and Vulture” still exists at no 3 Castle Court, just off Cornhill.
After six years we moved again to “Alders Coffee House” in Mark Lane, which being newly established must have held some attractions for our members but, yet again, this was to be a short-lived move for “Alders” was to close after only eight years. So once more we were obliged to move, and this time to retrace our steps to “The George and Vulture” where we spent a further eleven years.
The reputation of “The London Tavern” in Bishopsgate Street however enticed our Brethren away from “The George and Vulture” for it was renowned for its excellent meals and boasted a dining room that could accommodate 355 people. The famous East India Company used to give its dinners there. An amusing side light may be found in Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby which refers to a public meeting at “The London Tavern” to consider “the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the
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‘United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet baking and punctual Delivery Company”.
The Lodge was however again thwarted and had to move because “The London Tavern” was demolished in 1876. Then for a short spell of just two years we met at the “Bridge House Hotel” at London Bridge Station, built by the Hay’s Wharf Company, which was believed to be the first railway hotel in the world.
In 1878 we moved, yet again, back across the Thames to Cannon Street and the “City Terminus Hotel” which was built in 1867 and had acquired a reputation for its facilities for private functions. The hotel became widely known as “The Cannon Street Hotel”. It obviously seemed to suit our purposes for we met there for sixty two years and our 200th Anniversary was celebrated there in March 1923. (As a brief aside, we held our Lodge of Rehearsal across the road and opposite Cannon Street Station at “The London Stone” public house where for many years Old Dundee met in a first floor room. We first instituted a Lodge of Instruction in 1788 – but at some stage the word “Rehearsal” was substituted for “Instruction”).
In the early part of the Second World War we took refuge at Freemasons’ Hall, moving there in 1940, perhaps by premonition, for the station and hotel at Cannon Street were hit by bombs on 29th December 1940 (as, too, was London Bridge Station that same night) and was destroyed by fire. Our last meeting was held at Freemasons’ Hall on 7th December 1954 when we once more moved on, now to Butchers’ Hall.
We remained at Butchers’ Hall for 15 years before a brief change to Mark Masons’ Hall for 3 years, a return trip to Butcher’s Hall for 2 years and then in 1962 to Colonial House in Mincing Lane where the Lodge celebrated its 200th on the 23rd March, 1923. Within the year we had moved back again to Butcher’s Hall where we spent 7 years. In 1981 we moved to the Tower Room in Tower Place, EC3 and then 2 years later to the Shaftesbury Hotel in Monmouth Street WC2.
Our last move in 1985 was to return to Mark Masons’ Hall where we have met for the past 38 years. We seem quite settled at the moment but our days of wandering may not be over.
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EARLY DAYS OF THE LODGE
Dr Stephen Hall is the first recorded Master of the Lodge, which he presided over from 1722 - 1725 and possibly later. An extract from the Roll of The Royal Collage of Physicians states that he was “the son of Henry Hall a Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London” and goes on to say, Stephen Hall MD practised for some years as a surgeon in London and was in 1708 admitted an Extra-Licentiate of The Collage of Physicians being subsequently appointed Physician to Greenwich Hospital. Dr Stephen Hall died in October 1731 at the age of 56 years and is buried in the Family Vault at the Parish Church of West Ham.
Members of the Medical Profession that had been Masters of Old Dundee Lodge (up until 1814 they were known as Right Worshipful Master) include: a Brother Hibbins MD in 1741; Ralph Schomberg MD in 1744; John Betson, Surgeon, in 1796 - 1800 and 1802.; Of considerable significance is George Robert Rowe MD. Dr Rowe was a surgeon at Chigwell and a Member of The Royal Naval Lodge No 70 (now No 59) which also met in Wapping, having there own private room, also in Red Lion Street. He was introduced to Old Dundee lodge in 1835 and quickly became aware of our dire financial plight as well as falling numbers (for in 1834 we had only five members). Dr Rowe, together with ten other members of The Royal Naval Lodge, all resigned voluntarily to join Old Dundee in 1833. His prompt action together with his apparent energy and industry speedily restored the fortunes of Old Dundee Lodge and without his intervention it seems extremely doubtful if the Lodge would have survived. Dr Rowe took the Mastership of the Lodge in 1836
In 1837 our minutes record “That the number of Members be limited to 25” and in 1841 this ceiling of numbers was increased to thirty, but a motion to increase the maximum numbers from thirty to thirty five was defeated with nine Ayes and twelve Noes recorded. Significantly during Dr Rowe’s year as our Master our daughter Lodge, (The Chigwell Lodge No 453) came into existence, originally intended as a Summer Lodge for Old Dundee.
Our links with the sea have continued over the years. Perhaps the most interesting tale of our connection with the sea concerns some intriguing detective work, carried out in 1969 by Masons living in Norfolk Island, that remote island in the Pacific some 900 miles east of Brisbane. The story concerns a grave with Masonic emblems of a Captain George Hales, who died aged 47 years and is buried, not at sea, but on Norfolk Island on 15th August 1801. The gravestone made of local stone, bears the Masonic signs showing the two columns of King Solomon’s Temple, The Square and Compasses and an open Volume of The Sacred Law. It was known that Captain Hales commanded a ship called “The General Boyd” thought to be an American Whaler, but in fact owned by an English company and registered in London. Two months before he died, Captain Hales’ ship was in Sydney. After checking records in America, the enquiry was referred to the United Grand Lodge in England, where the librarian and Curator was unable to trace Captain Hales who was made a Mason on 24th December 1789 in the Dundee Arms Lodge No
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9 and the entry describes him as a “Master Mariner”. A story of significance not only to Masons of Norfolk Island, whose perseverance and endeavours enabled Captain Hales to be traced, but also to the members of Old Dundee Lodge in establishing this intriguing link with our past.
The Lodge has “Sea Members” rather than Country Members and we still find ourselves with Sea Members spread throughout the World, Australia, The Bahamas, Thailand as well as some less exotic locations throughout the UK.
If you had followed Dr Samuel Johnson’s advice “to explore Wapping”, even in quite recent years you would have noticed the strong smell of spices that pervade the area. Cinnamon Street still exists, (as in the early 18th century) as well as Brewhouse Lane, and Green Bank, and although Red Lion Street has disappeared, in its place is Dundee Street. Alas, The Red Lion Brewery has disappeared! Today this area is all part of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, an historic name which was certainly in use in the 16th Century, but in the Middle Ages the area was known as Wapping-on-the Wose -”worse” meaning “mud”. In the early part of the 16th century the land was drained and became rich meadow land.
In 1720’s there were houses by the river but old maps show the open country side and gardens to the north. When in 1739, this Lodge first moved to Wapping, the Thames served as “The High Street” of London. London Bridge still had houses upon it which were not demolished until 1758 to 1762. It was at that time the only bridge across the river. The next bridge to be constructed was that at Westminster, which was opened in 1750, so depriving the many watermen and lightermen of a lucrative trade, for which they received £25,000 by way of compensation!
Blackfriars Toll Bridge came ten years later. One might imagine our members arriving at Wapping New Stairs by ferry, turning left into Wapping High Street and in a few paces past Queen’s Head alley arriving at Red Lion Street, where No 20 was situated about midway between Green Bank and the High Street. There, mounting the three stone steps they would pass under the brick archway and ascend the stairs to the meeting rooms. It was not an attractive building on the outside (it was built as a warehouse) but very ornate within with two splendid chandeliers and many wall sconces for candles. Our accounts show incidences when we paid for “Sea Coals” to burn in the open fireplaces and an old print of the area shows the considerable amount of black smoke ascending from the numerous chimneys in Wapping. (it cost 1/6d to have a chimney swept in 1784).
The dress in those days may well have included tunics and knee breeches, and possibly a Ramilles wig, plaited down the back finishing, with a bow and surmounted by a tricorn hat. Buckled shoes and hose were usual and some would have sported an ornate waistcoat and a cravat. In 1750 there were no less than 36 Taverns recorded as being in Wapping.
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ARMORIAL BEARINGS
The Dundee Arms Tavern displayed the Arms of the City of Dundee and our Lodge adopted these armorial bearings in 1755. They show two dragons supporting a pot of lilies under which is the Latin “Dei Donum” (The Gift Of God). Certificates issued to former members carried these arms printed from an etched copper plate. We paid a quarterly tax amounting to 1 Guinea per annum for the use of these Arms. The certificate issued by this Lodge to every new member carried the impressive Arms at its head under which were the words “Dundee Arms Lodge” and went on:
“To the most Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens and the rest of the Grand Officers of the Antient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. Greetings -
This is a certify that .......................... being well recommended to us and by us strictly examined has been initiated into the .......................... Degree of Masonry and as such was by us admitted as Member of our Lodge, Red Lyon Street, Wapping, we therefore recommend him (after due Examination) to your Friendship and Protection.
Given under our hands and seal of our lodge aforesaid this Day of ..........................
By order of the Master .......................... M Secy .......................... SW .......................... JW .......................... PM .......................... Treas
By Order of the Grand Lodge 24 July 1755 every Certificate granted to a Brother of his being a Mason, is to be Sealed with the Seal of Masonry, signed by the Grand Secretary for which five Shillings shall be paid to the use of the General Fund of Charity-”
After the union of The “Antient” and “Modern” Grand Lodges came into existence in 1813, Old Dundee was obliged to change its ways and the use of the Arms of Dundee were discontinued. From that time we adopted the Arms shown at the head of our present summonses. These Arms are the historic origin and are adopted from those granted to the London Company of Freemasons in 1472 by Edward IV.
Originally three castles were shown but in 1677 four castles were seen in an engraving at that time. The original motto “God is our Guide” was altered in 1677 and became “In the Lord is All our Trust”. An engraved plate of around 1750 shows a pictorial scene as used on a Summons of The Dundee Arms Lodge No 9 and illustrates three columns the one on the right bears the “Pot of Lilies” of the Burgh of Dundee and the column on the left carries the Arms similar to those used on the present summons, but only showing three castles.
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SOME ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
The oldest of our possessions still in existence are three mahogany “Hirams” purchased in 1739 for 20 Shillings but the oldest item still in use is the Bible. Presented to the Lodge in 1746 by Joseph Smith, a carpenter. It contains a special prayer for “the happy deliverance of King james1 on 5th November 1605 and a prayer commemorating “the Martyrdom of the Blessed King charles1” - as sanctioned by George Rex 1728. It was printed in Oxford by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University.
The Bible was rebound in 1842 and again recently through the good offices of W Bro Bill Parker who tracked down a skilled book binder who did work for the British Museum. This book deserves our careful custody and reverence not least because of the many hundreds of vows of fidelity that have been made on its pages for the past 300 years.
No doubt our most impressive possession is the Sword of State which we have owned since 1761 (possibly earlier). Used as a Tyler’s Sword from 1821 - 1919 it was originally exhibited in the Lodge as an emblem of authority of the then R W Master to “Rule over his Lodge”. It bears the inscription on the blade near the hilt “Dundee Arms Lodge, Wapping No 9”. We have possessed several China Punch Bowls, the first given in 1754, another donated in 1788 and in 1802 a Bro John Campbell sent us no less than eleven china bowls from India. We still needed to buy four bowls in 1762 and a further twelve in 1767 and I can only leave you to guess why an entry in our old accounts reads:
“Paid 4/8d for meading 7 bowls
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3 “Hirams” or Ancient Mahogany Mauls
The Ancient Bible of the Lodge
“Ye Ancient Sword of State”
An example of one is on display this evening and you will have had the opportunity to sample the punch favoured by the Lodge, sometimes called Rumbo or Bumbo, as well as Negus. The later being made from claret, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon and served hot, whilst Rumbo (as the name implies) is Rum based and flavoured with oranges and lemons, nutmeg and sugar - and also served hot - no doubt ideal for keeping out the cold night air down there by the Thames and very popular with seafarers.
We would also draw to your attention the three mahogany chairs in use by the Worshipful Master and the Senior and Junior Wardens.
These were donated by Past Masters of Old Dundee in 1860, 61 and 62 and acted as replacements for the original and apparently splendid Chairs purchased in 1741 and sold to an unknown buyer in 1821. As they were adorned with carved gilt emblems of Masonry one can only hope that somewhere they still exist and are put to good Masonic use.
The chairs you see are now under the care of Mark Mason’s Hall and it is good to know they are in diligent and responsible hands.
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The Lodge’s Three Chairs
APPENDIX B
“WHO WAS WHO”
When Old Dundee Lodge was constituted in 1723
Some names of Contemporaries of our Founder Members
Thomas Arne (1710 -1778) - Wrote “Rule Britannia”
Jonathan Sebastian Bach (168 -1750) - German Composer
Antonio Canaletto (1697 - 1768) - Venetian artist who worked mainly in London from 1746 to 1756
Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779) - Yorkshire furniture designer
William Congreve (1670 - 1729) - Restoration dramatist
Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) - English writer who wrote “Robinson Crusoe”
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) - English Dramatist and Novelist (who wrote Tom Jones)
Frederick II (The Great) (1712 - 1786) - King of Prussia
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) - German Composer who spent most of his life in England
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) - Satirical painter and engraver who was also a Freemason Dr Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) - Man of letters who advised Boswell to “Explore Wapping” (was he a Freemason and did he join “Old Dundee” as Mr Samuel Johnson in 1767?)
Peter, The Great (1672 - 1725) - Emperor of Russia, who learnt shipbuilding on the Thames at Deptford
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 -1792) - English Portrait Painter
Antonio Stradivari (1644 - 1737) - Italian violin maker
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) - English satirist who wrote “ Gulliver’s Travels”
Antoni Vivaldi (1675 - 1743) - Venetian composer and violinist
Francois Voltaire (1694 - 1778) - French philosopher and writer
Sir Robert Walpole (1676 - 1745) - First Earl of Orford, England’s first Prime Minister, Whig Statesman
Sir Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723) - English architect who rebuilt St Pauls and built portions of Greenwich Hospital. Helped found the Royal Society. Died the year the Lodge was constituted.
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LIST OF PAST MASTERS
1723 DR. STEPHEN HALL
TO WILLIAM CLUTTERBUCK
JOHN SMITH (WARDENS)
1737 JOHN SMITH
1738. WILLIAM PIKE
1739. ISAAC LANE
1740. HUGH EVANS
1741. SAMUELPARKER / WILLIAM SPURLE
1742. HIBBINS M.D / T SPROUTING
1743. EDWARD MORSE / GEORGE YOUNG
1744. RALPH SCHOMBERG M.D
1745. CHARLES GREGORY / RICHARD SMITH
1746. JAMES TURNER / JOSEPH SMITH
1747. JOHN HACON / ISAAC LANE P.M
1748. GILBERT CLARKE
1749. THOMAS DORMER
1750. EDWARD NEWTON
1751. BULKLEY BANSON
1752. GILBERT CLARKE P.M
1753. JAMES LONG
1754. WALTER PARTRIDGE
1755. THOMAS DORMA P.M
1756. THOMAS MATTHEWS MURTON
1757. BENJAMIN PRICE
1758. JOHN TRELAWNEY
1759. BENSON BECK
1760. HENRY GRETTON
1761. WILLIAM JONES
1762. ROBERT BATE
1763. BARNABAS CAMPBELL
1764. WILLIAM MADDOCK
1765. THOMAS NOY
1766. JOHN CLARKE
1767. NATHANIEL ALLEN
1768. NATHANIEL SERGEANT
1769. TIMOTHY CURTIS
1770. TIMOTHY CURTIS
1771. JOSHUA KITSON
1772. CHARLES MORGAN
1773. NATHANIEL SERGEANT
1774. JOHN ALLEN
1775. ROBERT MANLEY
1776. JOSHUA KITSON P.M
1777. RICHARD TEMPLER
1778. RICHARD TEMPLAR
1779. THOMAS MARTYN
1780. PETER TAYLOR
1781. JOHN SAUNDERS
1782. SAMPSON COYSGARNE
1783. SAMPSON COYSGARNE
1784. JOHN KITSON
1785. JEHU SHAVE (SENIOR)
1786. RICHARD FRANCIS
1787. JOHN EDWARDS
1788. RICHARD BARNETT
1789. JAMES HARRIS
1790. JAMES POWELL
1791. JOHN PARTRIDGE
1792. PETER BACON
1793. JOHN WILSON
1794. JAMES HERBERT
1795. DUNCAN MACDOUGALL
1796. JOHN BETSON
1797. BENJAMIN MESSER
1798. CLARK STANLEY
1799. JAMES POWELL
1800. JOHN BETSON P.M
1801. JAMES HERBERT P.M
1802. JOHN BETSON P.M
1803. JEHU SHAVE (SENIOR) P.M
1804. WILLIAM MOUNTFORD
1805. THOMAS SPENCE
1806. THOMAS SPENCE
1807. CLARK STANLEY P.M
1808. BENJAMIN STANLEY
1809. JOHN WALTON
1810. JOHN WALTON
1811. GEORGE BAYNE
1812. DAVID WALTON
1813. JEHU SHAVE (JUNIOR)
1814. JOHN PICKETT
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1815. ROBERT SELDON
1816. ROBERT SELDON
1817. ROBERT SELDON
1818. GEORGE BAYNE P.M
1819. GEORGE BAYNE P.M
1820. JEHU SHAVE (JUNIOR) P.M
1821. JEHU SHAVE (JUNIOR) P.M
1822. JEHU SHAVE (JUNIOR) P.M
1823. JEHU SHAVE (JUNIOR) P.M
1824. GEORGE BAYNE P.M
1825. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1826. JONATHAN DOCKER
1827. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1828. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1829. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1830. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1831. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1832. ROBERT SELDON P.M
1833. GEORGE PETER PHILIPE (P.M 70)
1834. GEORGE PETER PHILIPE (P.M 70)
1835. WM. FRED MICHIN
1836. GEORGE ROBERT ROWE M.D (S.G.D 1846)
1837. GEORGE ROBERT ROWE M.D (S.G.D 1846)
1838. DR.. SAMUEL BAYFIELD
1839. JOHN YATES
1840. FREDK. BLOW BIRKETT
1841. HENRY BROWSE (J.G.D 1868)
1842. GEORGE STEPHEN
1843. THOMAS VENTOM
1844. GEORGE BIGGS
1845. GEORGE ROBERT ROWE M.D (P.M) (S.G.D 1846)
1846. GEORGE ROBERT ROWE M.D (P.M) (S.G.D 1846)
1847. GEORGE COX
1848. THOMAS GOLE
1849. JOSEPH BEAUMONT
1850. JOHN PICKETT MARKS
1851. THOMAS KAY SHILLITO
1852. HENRY K- SMITHERS
1853. JAMES COOPER
1854. C WILSON STEEL
1855. CORNELIUS CARTER
1856. J-C- HILLMAN
1857. SAMUEL MASON M.D.
1858. WILLIAM LANCE
1859. GEORGE BERT (SHERIFF OF LONDON) (A.G.D.C. 1879)
1860. JOSEPH FREEMAN
1861. JOSEPH TAYLOR
1862. ALFRED TURNER
1863. WILLIAM SAGON PAGE
1864. HUMPHREY CARPENTER WARD (P.M 580)
1865. ROBERT HENDRIE
1866. JOHN HUGGINS
1867. ROBERT PERCIVAL EVANS
1868. JOHN ROBERT STEVENS
1869. FREDERICK REYNOLDS
1870. HENRY ROBINSON FRICKER
1871. FREDERICK ADOLPHUS
PHILBRICK Q.C (AFTERWARDS HIS HONOR JUDGE) (GRAND REGISTRAR 1884-1897)
1872. JOHN FREDERICK HUGGINS
1873. ROBERT WALROND
1874. HENRY BROWSE (JUNIOR)
1875. HERBERT GEORGE HUGGINS
1876. JAMES CHARLES CHAPLIN
1877. SIR JOHN MOWLEM BURT
1878. WILLIAM LOVIE BREMNER
1879. HENRY RAWLINS
1880. JOHN ABBOTT (MASTER OF THE GLASS SELLERS CO)
1881. LT-COL CLIFFORD PROBYN
D.L J.P (SHERIFF OF LONDON) (GRAND TREASURER 1898) MAYOR OF WESTMINSTER 1901-2)
1882. GEORGE BURT (P.G.D.)
1883. WILLIAM ROBERT FREEMAN
1884. THEODORE UZIELLI
1885. JOHN EUSTACE ANDERSON
1886. SAMUEL SHEPARD HASLUCK
1887. JOHN HENRY CHAMPNESS L.R
1888. FREDERICK HENRY WILLIAMS
1889. WALTER EDWARD WILLIAMS
1890. JAMES DUNBAR WILLIS
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1891. WILLIAM BETHELL HERVEY
1892. JAMES BORWICK DAVISON
1893. GEORGE BRASH WHEELER
1894. ARTHUR VICKERS LINLEY
1895. ALFRED ERNEST SKINNER
1896. EZRA TOMKINS WILKS C.C. L.R
1897. HERBERT FRANCIS
1898. JAMES EDWARD JARVIS
1899. HENRY REDMAYNE ROMNEY
1900. EDWARD WHITE
1901. ARTHUR HEIRON L.R.
1902. JOSIAH GUNTON C.C
1903. ARTHUR DYSON STURLEY
1904. DAVID LEGAT FULTON
1905. ERNEST RUNCHMAN
1906. ALFRED WILLIAM BERRY L.R
1907. ARTHUR ALLAN WALLET L.R
1908. BORTON LORD MAY
1909. HENRY WALTER BILBY
1910. MATTHEW S RUNCHMAN L.R (P.DIST. G.D.C. GRIQUALAND)
1911. HARRY WALLIS PACKHAM (P.P.G.J.D SURRY)
1912. GEORGE MOWLEM BURT
1913. JOHN EUSTACE ANDERSON P.M
1914. ARTHUR ALLAN WALLET L.R P.M
1915. ALFRED DODS
1916. NORMAN PERKS VOLCKMAN
1917. ARTHUR HEIRON L.R P.M
1918. BREVET LT-COL GEORGE INGLETON PHILLIPS CBE J.P M.A B.LITT OXON (P.P. GRAND REGISTRAR OF BERKS)
1919. WILLIAM CHARLES SAINSBURY G.STD
1920. EDWIN CECIL MULGRUE L.G.R
1921. JOHN JAMES REID L.G.R.
1922. ALFRED DODS P.A.G. REG
1923. SIR JOHN MOWLEM BURT L.G.R
1924. SIDNEY JOSHUA TUNGAY L.G.R
1925. ALBERT CHARLES NICHOLLS L.G.R.
1926. ERIC BURT
1927. JOHN BRYAN HALL
1928. DR. JAMES GORDON PARKER L.G.R
1929. HENRI ROBERT BOOTH L.G.R
1930. GEORGE STUART LITTLEJOHN
1931. HERBERT NIND HAMPTON
1932. SYDNEY ROBERT LITTLEJOHN
1933. DUNCAN LORNE WALLET
1934. REGINALD OSWALD CHILD
1935. SYDNEY JOSHUA TUNGAY L.G.R.
1936. WILLIAM HERBERT WALKER L.G.R.
1937. FREDERICK BARRON WINSHIP MORLEY
1938. CEDRIC BRABY
1939. ROBERT HOWARD GOODMAN L.G.R.
1940. FREDERICK WILLIAM SKIRROW
1941. NORMAN PERKS VOLCKMAN
1942. ARTHUR WILLIAM ODGERS
1943. ALBERT CHARLES NICHOLLS L.G.R
1944. WILLIAM HERBERT WALKER
L.G.R.
1945. EDWIN HERBERT GOODMAN
1946. HENRY CHARLES PLATER
1947. ARTHUR LOFTUS BRYANT
1948. CYRIL LEONARD PEARSON
1949. DANIEL A DAVEY
1950. JOHN E N RUSSELL
1951. RUPERT N SAUNDERS
1952. FREDRICK A GRANT
1953. ROBERT H GOODMAN L.G.R WM 1939
1954. JOHN ALCOE
1955. ARTHUR H COOPER
1956. EDWARD N BRISCOMB
1957. REGINALD E EDWARDS
1958. D W BANKS
1959. T F NEWTON
1960. R E STUART
1961. ARTHUR L BRYANT L.G.R WM
1947 PPJGW (SURREY)
1962. S W BRIDGER
1963. R E WHITE
1964. GEORGE JOHNSON
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1965. D A WILLIAMS
1966. G H JOHNSON
1967. R E STEWART
1968. J G BROUGHTON
1969. E J TOWNSEND
1970. M J M J WHATMOUTH
1971. E T H JESSOP
1972. F S CASSERLEY
1973. T R SMITH
1974. H JOHNSON
1975. R W LONG
1976. J TYE
1977. W J PARKER
1978. A E HARRIS
1979. W WHITE
1980. A SOUTHWELL
1981. A G WHEELER
1982. R N ARCHER
1983. D L MORGAN
1984. I D WILLIAM
1985. D H ROBERTSON
1986. E VOGEL PGSTB
1987. E J W SMYTH
1988. W G STEELE
1989. D L MORGAN WM 1983
1990. J B P BAILEY
1991. E J W SMYTH WM 1987
1992. D D MAKWANA
1993. J W MATTHEWS
1994. E G NIBLOCK
1995. L CUMMINGS
1996. T DAVIES
1997. J M MATTHEWS WM 1993
1998. B T PROCTOR
1999. C E LEA
2000. PAUL GOVEWALLA
2001. G F FORBES
2002. I M GILBY
2003. P J CLOWES
2004. I D WILLIAMS WM 1984
2005. S P BANISTER
2006. A D RATAJCWAK
2007. D H C L FOSTER
2008. S D WRIGHT
2009. A J MCARTHUR
2010. P ADAMS-HOWELL
2011. C E LEA WM 1999
2012. C A E WILSON
2013. S P BANISTER WM 2005
2014. J W SMYTH
2015. D G SPELLER
2016. G F FORBES WM 2001
2017. C DOUGLAS
2018. L RUSSIGNAN
2019. A J MCARTHUR WM 2009
2020. D H C L FOSTER WM 2007*
2021. D H C L FOSTER*
2022. C D WHITAKER
2023. D G SPELLER WM 2015
MEMBERS 2023
W.Bro MIKE WHATMOUGH
W.Bro BILL WHITE
W.Bro “MAK” MAKWANAI
W.Bro COLIN LEA
W.Bro PAUL GOVEWALLA
W.Bro GARY FORBES
W.Bro PHIL CLOWES
W.Bro SIMON BANISTER
W.Bro ANDREW RATAJCZAK
W.Bro DAVID FOSTER
W.Bro TONY MCARTHUR
W.Bro MATT MCCUTCHEON
W.Bro CHRIS WILSON
W.Bro ANDREW MATHER
W.Bro JONATHAN SMYTH
W.Bro DOM SPELLER
Bro TONY PANTON
W.Bro CRAIG DOUGLAS
W.Bro LUCA RUSSIGNAN
Bro DAVID MORRIS
Bro ANDY LEE
Bro JOSHUA LEA
Bro IEUAN MCARTHUR
W.Bro KEVIN ALDERMAN
W.Bro JOHN EVANS
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TYLER Bro PAUL WALSH
VO W.Bro JOHN ASHFORD
SVO W.Bro GARRY GILBY
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* Covid Years – No Meetings Held
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