Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No.23, And Of The "Red Apron."

He joined the Globe Lodge in 1787 , was Master in 1793 , and served as Grand Steward in 179 6 . The truth of the proverb , "A man cannot serve two masters" was forcibly exemplified in the case of our distinguished old brother , who seems to have been highly respected by both sides and to have devoted much of his time and attention to the service

of the Craft generally , irrespective of party , but who , nevertheless , met with expulsion from the " Modern" Grand Lodge in 1803 , ostensibly on account of his refusal to sever his connection with the opposition body with which he had been so long associated and of which he was then Deputy

Grand Master , but really because he had failed in his promised endeavours to bring about the important event which happened ten years later , and which he probably more than any other single individual was then instrumental in consummating . He was one of the signatories to the Articles of

Union , and , of course , retained his rank of Deputy Grand Master in the United Grand Lodge , at which he was a most regular attendant , and notwithstanding his great ' age and increasing infirmities his zeal for Masonry never slackened . He scarcely ever missed a meeting of the Grand Lodge , and

frequently presided over the Lodge of Benevolence until within about a year of his death , which occurred on the very day of the Grand Festival , 25 th April , 1832 . I am glad to say that many of the best specimens of Masonic jewellery in the Grand Lodge Museum bear the initials of your old brother , Thomas Harper .

The next of the " Antient" regime to join the Globe Lodge was Robert Leslie , who had formerly been their Grand Secretary . According to the Grand Lodge Register he was initiated in this lodge in November , 1787 . This was evidently a case of remaking , as he had already been initiated in No . 5 of the

"Antients "in 1779 , and was appointed Grand Secretary in 1783 , but retired in 1785 , being re-appointed in 1790 , and remaining in office until 1813 , with Thomas Harper as his assistant from 1792 to 1795 . In the capacity of Grand Secretary his signature is appended to the Articles of Union .

It is evident that Bro . Harper was not unmindful of his former friends , although he did not resume membership of the Globe Lodge after his expulsion , for we find that James Alexander Frampton who was initiated in this Lodge in 1810 was appointed Senior Grand Deacon in 1818 , and William D .

Cummins who joined in 1811 was appointed Grand Sword Bearer in 1818 , and continued in that office until 1821 , when he was promoted to that of Junior Grand Deacon . In 178 9 this Lodge was joined by William Comerford Clarkson , who was Grand Treasurer for the " Antients" from

179 8 to 1813 , the last , longest and best Grand Treasurer they ever had . He was Grand Steward for the Globe Lodge in 1791 . The next of the " Antient" fraternity to become a member of this Lodge was James Agar , who joined in 1790 , he being at that time Senior Grand Warden of the rival Grand Lodge , from which post he was promoted to the office of Deputy Grand Master , filling that chair for a term of font

years . He also was one who signed the Articles of Union , and for many years sat as Deputy Grand Master in the United Grand Lodge , occasionally presiding , in the absence of the Duke of Sussex , as Grand Master . He was the first to hold the office of President of the Board of General Purposes . In 1791 , John Bunn , a prominent member of the

" Antients , " joined this Lodge while he was Junior Grand Warden of the opposition body . He served the office of Senior Grand Warden from 1793 to 1795 . ( To be Continued ) .

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