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The very first Provincial Grand Master was appointed for Cheshire in 1725. [3] There are now Provinces (with Provincial Grand Masters) under the Grand Lodge of Ireland, [4] the National Grand Lodge of France, [5] and the Grand Lodge of Scotland, [6] for example. However, not all Masonic jurisdictions have Provinces or Provincial Grand Masters.
Two years later he was installed as master. Subsequent masonic accolades followed when in 1895 he was appointed Provincial Senior Grand Warden for the Province of Durham [3] and in the same year appointed Junior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England. He joined Lambton Lodge No. 375 and was installed as Master shortly afterwards.
Like his father, Sir Hedworth Williamson (7th Bart), he was a prominent Freemason. He was initiated into Palatine Lodge No 97 , Sunderland, England, on 14 January 1847, at the age of 19 years. At that time the normal entry age into Freemasonry was 21 years old so a special dispensation was granted by the then Grand Master of the United Grand ...
Sir Hedworth was a prominent Freemason. He was initiated into the Lambton Lodge No 375, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham, England, 9 December 1824. He joined Palatine Lodge No 97 , Sunderland, on 18 December 1834 and was the Worshipful Master on three occasions, 1835, 1836 and 1840 and subsequently appointed Grand Warden of the United Grand ...
Prince Michael of Kent (Prince Michael George Charles Franklin), member of the British royal family, Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex (United Grand Lodge of England), and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England & Wales [204] [205] Jerome Kern, composer. Gramatan Lodge No. 927, Bronxville, New York. [206]
With the building at full capacity from members of both Grand Lodges, other masons waited outside the building. Grand Master David Cash, of the A.F. & A.M. Grand Lodge, and Grand Master Toby Fitch, of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, signed the compact on the same desk that North Carolina's secession from the United States was signed when it joined ...
Lambton was a Freemason, and in 1788 was installed as the first Provincial Grand Master of Durham. The Durham cathedral organist, Thomas Ebdon , composed a march for the occasion. [ 1 ]
In the United Grand Lodge of England, if the Grand Master is traditionally a Prince of the Blood Royal (ie: a member of the Royal Family), he may appoint a 'Pro Grand Master' ('Pro' is from the Latin for 'for') to be "his principal adviser, and to act for him on those occasions when, due to royal engagements, he is unable to be present". [5]