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The Province Of Hertfordshire.

upon it rather as a Metropolitan conquest , than a county settlement . Bro . Francis Crew , the W . M . designate of the Hereford Lodge , No . 8 49 ( now 403 ) , with his seven co-founders , obtained a warrant from the M . W . G . Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , dated August 31 st , 182 c } , to found a lodge in

Hert-BRO . PETER CLUTTERBUCK , SECOND AV . M . WATFORD LODGE . No . 1 , DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER , 1 SWI . ford to meet at the Salisbury Arms Hotel on the first Tuesday in every month . No time seems to have been lost in carrying out the object of the warrant , for eight days

afterwards the lodge was consecrated by Bro . John Bott , P . G . D . of England , but appearently in the absence of the Provincial Grand Master , and not improbably without his knowledge . As soon as the W . M . was duly installed , he set to work in a most masterly fashion . On the same clay fifteen

candidates were proposed , balloted for , ejected , and straightway initiated in batches . We do not wonder at the record , that occasionally the lodge was called from labour to refreshment .

Thus , in the county capital , was inaugurated the first lodge of the new regime under more favourable auspices and with a greater promise of success than those previously established in the Masonic Mecca . The second meeting of the lodge in October was the scene of even more strenuous labour , for sixteen candidates for initiation were admitted to

the light of the Order , the most prominent being the second Marquis of Salisbury Bro . Henry Lytton Bulwer , the distinguished diplomatist , who subsequently became Baron Dalling , joined as an initiate , and completed his Masonic Degrees in the lodge .

When the W . M . surrendered his gavel to his successor , the membership had grown to fifty-five—forty initiates in one year . Truly a goodly record for the state of things more than two generations ago . Meanwhile , another part of the county had not been unmindful of the interests of the

Craft . The town of Watford possessed a number of Masons who desired to form themselves into a lodge , and so plant another colony in the province . These placed themselves under the ajgis of the Provincial Grand Master , who presented a petition to the Duke of" Sussex to grant a warrant

for the Bamborough Lodge to be held at the Spread Eagle Inn , in that town . The warrant was granted constituting the Lodge , No . 8 51 , on the Grand Register ( now the Watford Lodge , ^ o . 404 ) . But as the brethren were eager to get to work , and apparently the ways of officials in those days were dilatory , a dispensation or temporary warrant was granted by R . W . Bro .

Harvey , empowering the members to proceed at once to the consecration , which was performed on the 13 th November by Bro . Thomas Cant , the senior Past Master present , as he is described in the minutes . Bro . G . Beattie was duly installed as first Worshipful Master . The Grand Lodge Warrant is dated October 1829 , but it must have been issued later , as

, the place of meeting mentioned in it is tiie Assembly Rooms , whither the lodge moved in the following January . The da } - of consecration was one of hard work , for eleven candidates were balloted for , and initiated . Though this was not so severe a ordeal as that of the sister lodge the record

was longer , the lodge being adjourned to the following Tuesday , when five more candidates were admitted , and a further adjourned lodge was held on the Friday following , at which four more candidates became Free and Accepted Masons ; the lodge was then duly and formally closed

afterhaving been in operation for eight clays . Several lodges of emergency seem to have been necessary to get through the work . A regular meeting of the lodge was held on Good Friday , and the following probably unique entry was made in the minutes : — "To give the brethren an

opportunity of going to church , the lodge was adjourned until one p . m . " When they met again the Lectures in the three Degrees were delivered by some visiting brethren , evidently to the satisfaction of the members of the lodge , for the visitors were then and there made honorary members .

Before the close of Bro . Beattie ' s year a distinguished Mason had joined the lodge , Bro . Stewart Marjoribanks , M . P ., G . S . W . of England , a persona grata to the Most Worshipful Grand Master . In an interview with His Royal Highnessagain we quote the minutes— " he had represented to him how much pleased he had felt in joining so numerous and

respectable a lodge as ours , on which occasion His Royal Highness was most graciously pleased to say that he would become an honorary member , it not being customary to ballot for a member of the Royal Family . " That intention was carried into effect , for an intimation

from the Grand Secretary was received stating that the Duke of Sussex had allowed his name to be enrolled as a member of the Bamborough Lodge . On the occasion of the installation of Bro . Peter Clutterbuck , the second Master , the R . W .

THE SECOXll MAI !( , 1 UIS ( IV KALI 'SUCH V , H . SV . PROV . GRAND -MASTER , ]« : i : ) -ll . Bro . Harvey held his first and only Provincial Grand Lodge at Watford , when the newly-installed Master was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and the two lodges furnished an equal quota of Provincial Officers .

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The Province of Hertfordshire. Article 2
Consecration of the Somersetshire Lodge, No. 2925. Article 7
Consecration of the Tamesis Lod ge, No. 29 26. Article 9
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Th e Irregular Officers. Article 10
At the Sign of the Perfect Ashlar Article 11
Installation of the Provincial Grand Master of Essex. Article 14
The Scottish Masonic Club, Edinburgh. Article 14
Dedication of a New Masonic Hall at Oswestry. Article 16
Provincial Grand Lodge of Bucks. Article 17
Presentation to Bro. Brazier. Article 17
Rising Star Lodge, Bloemfontein. Article 17
History of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement, No. 256.——(Continued). Article 18
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The Province Of Hertfordshire.

upon it rather as a Metropolitan conquest , than a county settlement . Bro . Francis Crew , the W . M . designate of the Hereford Lodge , No . 8 49 ( now 403 ) , with his seven co-founders , obtained a warrant from the M . W . G . Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , dated August 31 st , 182 c } , to found a lodge in

Hert-BRO . PETER CLUTTERBUCK , SECOND AV . M . WATFORD LODGE . No . 1 , DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER , 1 SWI . ford to meet at the Salisbury Arms Hotel on the first Tuesday in every month . No time seems to have been lost in carrying out the object of the warrant , for eight days

afterwards the lodge was consecrated by Bro . John Bott , P . G . D . of England , but appearently in the absence of the Provincial Grand Master , and not improbably without his knowledge . As soon as the W . M . was duly installed , he set to work in a most masterly fashion . On the same clay fifteen

candidates were proposed , balloted for , ejected , and straightway initiated in batches . We do not wonder at the record , that occasionally the lodge was called from labour to refreshment .

Thus , in the county capital , was inaugurated the first lodge of the new regime under more favourable auspices and with a greater promise of success than those previously established in the Masonic Mecca . The second meeting of the lodge in October was the scene of even more strenuous labour , for sixteen candidates for initiation were admitted to

the light of the Order , the most prominent being the second Marquis of Salisbury Bro . Henry Lytton Bulwer , the distinguished diplomatist , who subsequently became Baron Dalling , joined as an initiate , and completed his Masonic Degrees in the lodge .

When the W . M . surrendered his gavel to his successor , the membership had grown to fifty-five—forty initiates in one year . Truly a goodly record for the state of things more than two generations ago . Meanwhile , another part of the county had not been unmindful of the interests of the

Craft . The town of Watford possessed a number of Masons who desired to form themselves into a lodge , and so plant another colony in the province . These placed themselves under the ajgis of the Provincial Grand Master , who presented a petition to the Duke of" Sussex to grant a warrant

for the Bamborough Lodge to be held at the Spread Eagle Inn , in that town . The warrant was granted constituting the Lodge , No . 8 51 , on the Grand Register ( now the Watford Lodge , ^ o . 404 ) . But as the brethren were eager to get to work , and apparently the ways of officials in those days were dilatory , a dispensation or temporary warrant was granted by R . W . Bro .

Harvey , empowering the members to proceed at once to the consecration , which was performed on the 13 th November by Bro . Thomas Cant , the senior Past Master present , as he is described in the minutes . Bro . G . Beattie was duly installed as first Worshipful Master . The Grand Lodge Warrant is dated October 1829 , but it must have been issued later , as

, the place of meeting mentioned in it is tiie Assembly Rooms , whither the lodge moved in the following January . The da } - of consecration was one of hard work , for eleven candidates were balloted for , and initiated . Though this was not so severe a ordeal as that of the sister lodge the record

was longer , the lodge being adjourned to the following Tuesday , when five more candidates were admitted , and a further adjourned lodge was held on the Friday following , at which four more candidates became Free and Accepted Masons ; the lodge was then duly and formally closed

afterhaving been in operation for eight clays . Several lodges of emergency seem to have been necessary to get through the work . A regular meeting of the lodge was held on Good Friday , and the following probably unique entry was made in the minutes : — "To give the brethren an

opportunity of going to church , the lodge was adjourned until one p . m . " When they met again the Lectures in the three Degrees were delivered by some visiting brethren , evidently to the satisfaction of the members of the lodge , for the visitors were then and there made honorary members .

Before the close of Bro . Beattie ' s year a distinguished Mason had joined the lodge , Bro . Stewart Marjoribanks , M . P ., G . S . W . of England , a persona grata to the Most Worshipful Grand Master . In an interview with His Royal Highnessagain we quote the minutes— " he had represented to him how much pleased he had felt in joining so numerous and

respectable a lodge as ours , on which occasion His Royal Highness was most graciously pleased to say that he would become an honorary member , it not being customary to ballot for a member of the Royal Family . " That intention was carried into effect , for an intimation

from the Grand Secretary was received stating that the Duke of Sussex had allowed his name to be enrolled as a member of the Bamborough Lodge . On the occasion of the installation of Bro . Peter Clutterbuck , the second Master , the R . W .

THE SECOXll MAI !( , 1 UIS ( IV KALI 'SUCH V , H . SV . PROV . GRAND -MASTER , ]« : i : ) -ll . Bro . Harvey held his first and only Provincial Grand Lodge at Watford , when the newly-installed Master was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and the two lodges furnished an equal quota of Provincial Officers .

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