History Of The "Prince Of Wales Lodge."

Fenn the chief burden of . the arrangements in the Albert Hall had fallen , and nobly was the duty discharged . John Nelson , who died in 1872 , joined the Lodge June 20 th , 1823 , and was Treasurer for a period of thirty years . He Avas the S . G . Deacon of the Grand Lodge in 1849 ,

and Avell deserved the honour . Edwards Harper , Avho joined Jan . 16 th , 1824 , was joint Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge , with Bro . William Henry White . He also acted as Secretary of this Lodge , and formerly was connected Avith the

" Athol Grand Lodge . " His attention to his duties as Grand Secretary did not equal his partner , Bro . White . Sir William Rawlins , who was elected a joining member in 1825 ( Jan 21 st ) , was the S . Grand Warden in 1802 , and during

the same evening Augustus Bozzi Granville , M . D . ( P . G . D . of England ) , was also elected . The latter was the Physician in Ordinary to H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence , ( the W . M . from 1827 to 1830 ) , and only " departed in peace" in the year 1872 , though born at Milan in 1783 . After his death was published , " The Autobiography of A . B . Granville , M . D ., F . R . S . ; being 88

years of the life of a physician AVIIO practiced his profession in Italy , Greece , Turkey , Spain , Portugal , the West Indies , Russia , Germany , France , and England . " The former " Master in Chancery of the Supreme Court of Calcutta ' ' ( Edmund McNaghten ) joined April 15 th 1825 and

, , Lord Yarborough on May 20 th , when the number Avas limited to sixty-four members . At the reception of two members June 17 th , H . E . H . the Duke of York presided , and H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , M . W . G . M ., Avas presentand a similar

, attendance Avas registered a few month ' s later . John Williams , the oldest member at present of the Lodge , joined Jan . 20 th , 1826 . He was made an honorary member in 1839 , and now resides at Debden Hall , Essex . May he long " Avear his honours . "

At the next meeting Philip Joseph Salamons Avas elected a joining member . He was a Grand Sword Bearer of England , an office which has rarely fallen to any but the most zealous Masons . Godfrey Higgins , the celebrated author of the " Anacalypsis , " became a member Dec , 21 st , 1827 , and it was probably owing to his connection Avith this Lodge , and seeing

more than usual of the M . W . G . M ., that he was led to deliver certain MSS . into the care of H . R . H . the Dake of Sussex , which once belonged to the extinct " Grand Lodge of all England held at York . " Some of these MSS . have since been returned to York by the Earl of Zetland as the

M . W . G . M . During 1829 , Colonel C . S . Fagan , C . B ., and John P . Larkins , Prov . G . M . of Bengal , joined , aud on March 16 th , 1832 , Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill ( Junior Grand Warden ) was elected as a joining member . The Rt .

Hon . Lord Monson , Major Graham , and GeneralCaulfield , C . B ., were elected during the same year Avith several other brethren as joining members ; Lord Saltoun and Abernethy being elected to that honour the year afterwards . The Earl of

Yarborough , Deputy Grand Master 1846 to 1857 ( previously Lord Worsley ) , was initiated Feb . 17 th , 1837 , and was Prov . G . M . of the Isle of Wight . The Eev . John Vane was also similarly received at the following meeting , and subsequently served in Grand Lodge as Grand Chaplain .

The Grand Registrar of 1840 , William Harrison , Q . C ., joined as a member Jan . 19 th , 1838 ; one year later the Lord Charles Fitzroy , M . P ., was initiated , and on May 17 th , the Hon John Charles Dundas , M . P ., Avas likeAvise initiated . Frederick

Dundas , also was initiated June 21 st , 1844 ; Avas S . G . W . 1849 . The Rev . Josejjh Bowles , D . D ., Avas initiated June 21 st , 1844 , and subsequently was appointed Prov . Grand Master of Hereford . Two months before this the Rev . John

Charles Eidley joined the Lodge , who was Prov . Grand Alaster of Oxfordshire . Edward Hodges Bailey , R . A ., Avho joined April 18 th , 1845 , was a pupil of Flaxman ' s . " His Eve at the Fountain was produced at the age of twenty-five , and was considered a Avork of unrivalled grace and

beauty . The statue of the Duke of Sussex , in Freemasons' Hall , and the colossal statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square , are also his works . Lord Francis Egerton ( Earl of Ellesmere in 1846 , became connected with the Lodge during the same year . " His

lordship was Prov . G . M . of East Lancashire , Avas a Knight of the Garter , President of the Asiatic Society , and author of several works of merit . His gallery of pictures was considered the finest