Scottish Freemasonry In India.

was chartered for " the admission of natives , " by Dr . Burnes ' desire , which is still active happily . A very line medal by Wyon was struck in commemoration of the formation of this lodge , having a bust of the Prov . G . M . on the obverse , and on the reverse a Parsee and Mohammedan Masonically clothed on either side of a pedestal . Specimens of this rare

souvenir are in the Grand Lodge Museum ( London ) and Bro . G . L . Shackles' famous collection . It is Marvin ' s No . 4 81 ; and 395 , in the Vol . III . of the Medaillenwerk of the Hainburgisclie Zirkel-Corrcspondenz . Dr . Burnes' father was a Provost of Montrose , and his

great grandfather was elder brother of William Burnes ( or Burns ) , who was father of Scotia's immortal poet . Dr . James Burnes arrived at Bombay in the company ' s service with his brother , Sir Alexander Burnes , in 1821 . After professional duties with the artillery , and subsequently in connection

with several regiments , and in other capacities , his health suffered , and he returned to Europe on sick list ; and it was whilst in Scotland that the celebrated physician was admitted into the Craft ; his initiation occurring in the Lodge St . Peters , of Montrose , now No . 120 , in the year 18 34 , and his exaltation in the " Canongate Kilwinning" R . A . Chapter , No . 5 6 , Edinburgh , in the following year .

In 1836 , when Bro . Adam Burnes was the R . W . M ., Dr . Burnes , then the I . P . M ., presented to his mother lodge " an elegant and splendidly bound Bible , " which was gratefully accepted by the brethren , the gift being enhanced by " an inscription of best wishes and truly Masonic sentiments " in the handwriting of the Rt . Hon . Lord Ramsay , M . W . Grand

Master of Scotland ( afterwards 10 th Earl and 1 st Marquess of Dalhousie ) . A certificate was granted Dr . Burnes with these facts inscribed thereon , and likewise a vote of congratulation from " St . Peter ' s Lodge" on his appointment as " M . W . Grand Master for the Western Provinces of India , ' ,, signed by Adam Burnes , Master , and dated 27 th December , 18 3 6 .

Scottish Freemasonry In India.

In 1850 , Dr . Burnes resigned his Masonic appointment in India , and was succeeded immediately as Prov . G M . of Western Provinces of India by the R . W . Bro . Philip William Le Geyt , who , on resigning in I 8 KK , was followed bv the

R . W . Bro . Henry Durance Cartwright . On his retirement live years later , Bro . Le Geyt was reappointed , but died before being commissioned . In 186 3 the R . W . Bro . Richard Bolton Barton became the Prov . G . M ., but , in 1874 , Captain ( Sir ) Henry Morland was elected G . M . of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , resigning three years later ; the Hon .

Mackintosh Balfour succeeding for live years , when Sir Henry Morland was again the local Masonic Ruler . In 1891 James William Smith , C . E ., was elected , followed by H . E . the Rt . Hon . Lord Sandhurst in 18 97 , and by H . E . Lord Northcote , G . C . I . E ., in 1800 , who resigned in 1903 . No

successor has yet been selected . There are 45 lodges in India on the Scottish Register , and the position of Grand Master under the M . W . G . M . of Scotland is one of special honour and dignity . The remarkable quartette of Certificates will doubtless be much appreciated by all Masonic students . W . J . HUGHAN .

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