History Of The "Prince Of Wales Lodge."

in consequence of his leaving for abroad . John Hunter , who joined during the same year ( 1810 ) , was S . G . W . in 1797 . George Cory became a member Feb . 17 th , 1797 , and Avas the J . G . W . two vears earlier .

Arthur Gore joined some six years later , and Avas S . G . W . the same year that Bro . Hunter received his Grand Lodge honours . In 1805 ( March 15 th ) , the Rev . Lucius Coghlan , D . D ., joined the Lodge , H . R . H . the Duke of SussexM . W . G . M . being in

, , the chair . Dr . Coghlan ' s name is never likely to die out in Freemasonry , as he was the acting Grand Chaplain at the Union of the " Moderns '' and " Ancients " ( or the Eegular aud Seceding Masons ) in Dec . 1813 having been Grand Chaplain

, in the Eegular Grand Lodge previously . At this period ( 1805 ) there Avere fortythree members on the lodge-roll ; sixtyfour was the maximum number alloAved by the By-LaAVS . Herbert Comptonelected a joining

, member , Jan . 17 th , 1806 , was a Grand Warden in 1809 , apparently in succession to one of the Grand Wardens Avho had died in office . " At this meeting the Prince of Wales Avas declared to bo ever presiding as Master , " In addition to a

Deputy Master , an Acting Master and acting Wardens were appointed , the S . W . ancl J . W . respectively being H . R . H . the Duke of York , and H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence ( King William IV . ) Prince Marsico , better known as the Prince of MoliternoAvas accepted a joining member

, Jan . 16 th , 1807 . Bro . Fenn states of him that " He fought in the Austrian army against the French Avith great distinction . " He failed to free his country from the French yoke , and died 1840 . Sir William Beechy , a portrait painter of celebrity ,

joined Nov . 20 th of the same year . " His first portrait exhibited at the Royal Academy , was that of the Chevalier Euspini . He painted the large portrait composition of George the Third , Avith the Prince , of Wales and the Duke of York ,

reviewing the 5 th and 10 th Dragoons , Avhich is now in Hampton Court Palace , and is esteemed one of bis best Avorks . He became E . A . in 1797 , and was kni ghted the same year . '' The Eev . George Henry Glasse was initiated in the Lodge May 20 th , 1808 . He was a classical scholar of repute ,

and Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge . " He died by his own hand in 1809 . " Charles Mathews was elected June 17 th , 1808 ( Hon . member Second Class ) . He was the son of a bookseller , and was educated at Merchant Tailors' School , subsequently apprenticed to his father's

business . The stage , however , proving more attractive , he joined a provincial company for a time , but the great versatility of his talent soon placed him at the head of his profession . For the last sixteen years of his life he entertained large

audiences by his single efforts in " Mathews ab Home . " Charles James MatheAVS joined Feb . 15 th , 1833 . He married Madame Vestris in 1838 , and became with her joint lessee of the Olympic Theatre He is the author of many successful pieces

chiefly adapted from the French . He can perform as fluently in the French language as in the English , and has appeared on many occasions in the theatres of Paris . On April 19 th , 1833 , Charles Mathews ( the elder ) ancl Charles James MatheAvs Avere present together in the Lodge . Lord Eoebeck and William Henry White , Avere elected members iu 1809 ( March

17 th ) , the former being initiated then . Bro . White was for many years Grand Secretary in succession to his father , William White , and officiated in that capacity at the "Union" of 1813 . Sir Alexander Johnstone ( Chief Justice of Ceylon ) was initiated April 13 th 1810 .

, There were but few initiations in the Lodge , the members accepted being in reality , in most cases , brethren well known aud respected in the Craft years prior to such election . The Chief Justice , in fact , making but the twenty-eighth initiate

since the constitution of the Lodge , although upwards of eighty joining members were received during the same period . George Canning , Prime Minister of England , 1827 ( Foreign Secretary under the Duke of Portland , 1807 , and Earl of

Liverpool , 1812 ) , was elected a joining member at the same meeting as the brother previously noticed . " He became a member of the Lodge the year after his duel Avith Lord Castlereagh , in which he was wounded in the thigh . " George Canning was initiated in the Somerset Lodge , according to Dr . Oliver , in 1810 , by the Earl of Mountnorris , W . M ., who had pro-