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Sir Robert Moray (alternative spellings: Murrey, Murray) FRS (1608 or 1609 – 4 July 1673) was a Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy, and natural philosopher. He was well known to Charles I and Charles II , and to the French cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin .
The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution and defining events of the fraternal organisation known as Freemasonry.It covers three phases. Firstly, the emergence of organised lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" (a term reflecting the ceremonial "acception" process that made non-stone masons members of an operative ...
1913–1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun [6] 1916–1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet [ 7 ] 1920–1921: Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton
Dr. Robert Moray, Edinburgh [Lodge] 1641. RS founding member. First recorded RS inducted into Freemasonry. Source: Gerry Rose ,"The Venetian Takeover of England and Its Creation of Freemasonry" Grye 06:51, 9 January 2006 (UTC) Francis Bacon; He's pre-UGLE (et al) but there's endless support of his Masonic history... Grye 07:17, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Two of the first speculative Masons were Sir Robert Moray (1600-1675) and Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), of a Masonic lodge meeting in Warrington, Lancashire. There is no documented evidence for Chistopher McIntosh 's speculation that Robert Fludd (1574-1637) may have been a Mason.
M. William Ivison Macadam; Hugh MacDonald (Scottish politician) Henry Mackenzie; Walter Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie (1839–1888) Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont
With its rich history and abundance of activities, London is undoubtedly a city that's worth visiting. For history buffs, I recommend checking out Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham ...
A writer in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review in 1839 claimed Nelson and his servant, Tom Allen, were Freemasons, but gives no evidence to support his claim. Hamon Le Strange, in his History of Freemasonry in Norfolk, says that among the furniture of the Lodge of Friendship No. 100, at Yarmouth , there is a stone bearing an inscription to Nelson.