The New Fast Grand Officers.

26 971 ' 89 8 . He was installed as AVorslnpfuI Master in the Albert Edward Lodge , in 188 4 ; the Downshire Lodge in 18 94 ; the St . Michael-le-Querne Lodge ( first Master ) in 18 9 8 and 1 903 , and the Wandsworth Lodge in 18 S 6 . Provincial Grand honours have also fallen to him—lirst , in 1886 , as Past Prov .

Grand Deacon for Surrey ; and again , in 18 95 , as Past Prov . Grand Warden for Berks . He is at present a member of the Board of General Purposes . In Roval Arch Masonry he was exalted in the Strawberry Hill Chapter , Xo . 945 , on Jul ) -nth , 188 3 , and was installed Principal Z . in that chapter in 188 9 ,

and into that of the St . Michael-le- Querne—of which he was a founder and first Z . —in 1903 . He was selected for Provincial Grand honours in 18 90 , being made Provincial Asst . Grand Sojourner in 18 90 for Middlesex . He has served five Stewardships for the Charities , and is Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ; two Stewardships

and is Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ; and one Stewardship and is Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

PAST ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . T . H . Openshaw , C . M . G ., F . R . C . S ., has , during an exceptionally active professional life found opportunities to devote considerable time to Masonry . He was initiated in the Hotspur Lodge , Xo . 1626 , in 1882 , whilst at the

University of Durham . Later he became a joining member of the following lodges : Old Concord , Xo . 172 , in 18 90 ; . Esculapius , Xo . 2410 , in 18 9 6 ; Lancastrian , Xo . 2528 ( a Founder and lirst Secretary ) , in 18 94 ; London Hospital , No . 28 45 a Founder and lirst Secretary , in 1901 ; University

, of Durham ( a Founder and first Junior Warden ) , in 1904 . He was installed W . M . of the Lancastrian Lodge , Xo . 2528 , in October , 1897-8 and 9 , and of the London Hospital Lodge , Xo . 28 45 , in 1904 . In Royal Arch Masonry , he was exalted

BRO . T . II . OPENSHAW , C . M . G ., F . H . C . S . in 1903 , in the Eyre Chapter , Xo . 2742 , and later was a Founder of the William Harvey Chapter , Xo . 28 45 . He served Stewardships for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys in 18 99 , and again in 1904 , and for the Royal Masonic

Institution for Girls in 1905 . PAST DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OE CEREMONIES . Bro . [ . Gordon Langton has for many years been a familiar figure in London Masonry , more especially in that part of the metropolis which includes a portion of the Masonic Province

of Middlesex . He was initiated in the Burlington Lodge , No . 9 6 in 1881 , was appointed Inner Guard in the following year , and has been continuously in office since that date , lillinu : - . JO the office of Secretary since 1887 . He afterwards became a joining member of the Eastes Lodge , Xo . 19 6 5 ; the Thames

Valley Lodge , No . i- ) 6 o ; the Union Lodge ( Reading ) , Xo . 414 , and , in 1 904 , the Lodge which bears his name , the Gordon Langton Lodge , Xo . 3069 . He has on occasions been installed as Worshi pful Master , viz ., in the Burlington Lodge in 1886 and 18 93 , in the Thames Valley Lodge in 1903 , and the Gordon Langton Lodge , in 1904 .

Wrfrrirjjfiiq BRO . . 1 . GORDON LANGTON . In the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex he was

elected Grand Treasurer in 1900 , and re-elected in 1901 , and appointed Provincial Grand Secretary in 1902—lie also received Past Provincial Grand rank , that of Senior Warden

in 1901 . Bro . Langton was exalted in the Royal Middlesex Chapter , Xo . 1194 in 1883 , and was elected to the First Principal ' s chair in 1891 . He is now Scribe E . of the province . Bro . Langton has served three Stewardships for the Girls ' School , two for the Boys' School , two for the Benevolent Institution , and is a Life Governor of each .

PAST ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OE CEREMONIES . Bro . George F . Marshall has completed his quarter of a century as a member of the Order , having been initialed in the Lodge of Unity , Xo . 6 9 in 1880 , of which lodge he became Worshipful Master in 1886 . He served as a member of the Board of General Purposes in 1886-7 . In the Royal

Arch Degree he was exalted in the Prince of Wales Chapter , Xo . 259 , afterwards joining the Grand Chapter , Xo . 410 , and becoming M . E . Z . in 18 94 . In the same year he was appointed Provincial Grand Sojourner of Surrey . Bro . Marshall is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and a Life Governor of both the Boys ' School and the Benevolent Institution , having served as Steward for all three .

PAST GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Lieut .-Col . William Henry Drage , D . S . O ., was initiated in October , 1878 , in the Hibernian Lodge , Xo . 95 , I . C ., while on service in Ireland , afterwards joining several other lodges in various parts of the world . In 18 92 be joincci the Grecia Lodge ( Cairo ) , Xo . 1105 ; m 18 9 8 , the Bulwer Lodge ( Cairo ) , Xo . 1 oOS ; in 18 99 ,