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The New Grand Officers.

Forest Lodge ( 401 ) , Lymington . In fact , if we place his time of subscribing to various Lodges together , it would amount to upwards of eighty years . More than twenty years since he was appointed D . Prov . G . M . hy Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Bart , which office he holds to the present day . During

the many years that Sir Lucius ivas absent as Port Admiral of Malta , and second in command in the Mediterranean , and afterwards absent in India , Bro . Deacon conducted the business of the province and held Grand Lodges every year , keeping Masonry

together in the name of the gallant and illustrious chief , and Avinning the love and confidence of the brethren , to an extent no man in Hampshire ever

enjoyed either before , or noiv , except the Avorthy Admiral , who is , like his deputy , much beloved in Hampshire . Bro . Deacon Avas exalted in the Eoyal G-loster Chapter ( No . 152 ) , in September , 1829 , is a P . Z . of it ; and if Ave refer to the high grades , we find him P . E . Commander of the Eoyal

Gloucester Encampment ) . He has received jewels and honours from his admiring brethren in Hampshire , and is universally beloved in the South of England . He is an eminent member of the legal profession , and has been upwards of a quarter of century

Town Clerk of Southampton , where he has contributed largely to the prosperity of that rising ancl distinguished port . In charity Bro . Deacon has done much

locally , and served the office of Steivard to the Girls ' School , as well as twice qualifying as Life Governor . Bro . JAMES J . BI . AKE , J . G . D ., was initiated in the year 1838 , in the Saint Michael ' s Lodge ( 255 ) , of which Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson was then the Master , and by a diligent attendance on the Emulation Lodge

of Improvement , and several Loclges of Instruction , qualified himself for the office of Master of his lodge , to which he was elected in 1840 . He subsequently became Master of the following lodges , i'iz . : —The Grand Stewards' Lodge ; the Grand Masters' Lodge

( No . 1 ) ; the Temple Lodge ( No . 118 ) ; and the Grove Lodge ( No . 593 ) . Bro . Blake in 1 S 39 . served his first Stewardship for the Aged Freemasons' Asylum ,

and subsequently as Grand Steward , Steward for the Girls' School , for the Boys' School , and for the Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , ancl qualified as a vice-President of the three last-named Institutions . He has also served on the Board of General Purposes , and on all the Charity Committees . Bro . Blake ' s

labours in connection with the Province of Surrey are Avell known to all acquainted Avith that county , his association with the Grove Lodge , -at Eweii , having existed more than twenty years . He was appointed Junior Grand Warden of that Province in 1845 , and

in 1847 raised to the rank of Senior Graud Warden . In Eoyal Arch Masonry , Comp . Blake has been equally successful in his career , having been exalted in

The New Grand Officers.

the Eoyal York Chapter ( No . 7 ) in 1839 , and subsequently elected in due course M . E . Z . He is also P . Z . of the Chapter of Fidelity ( No . 3 ) , and of the Grove Chapter ( No . 593 ) . Comp . Blake is now Grand Standard Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter .

Bro . Capt . Sows C & EATOX , J . G . D ., a magistrate of the county of Bucks , was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge ( No . 202 ) on the 11 th Feb ., 1854 , and duly passed and raised in the folloiving months of March and April . He joined the Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 2 ) in 1857 , and was elected W . M . 1860 , and

reelected in 1861 , for the second year . He was exalted in the St . James's Chapter ( No . 2 ) on the 3 rd December , 1 S 57 , and now holds the office of H . He served the office of G . Steward 1860 ( when he Avas President of the Board ) the Stewardship

of Girls' Festival 1860 , ancl Boys' 1861 ( being again President of the Board ) , and Steward of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution , 1862 , making himself Life Governor of all the four funds , viz ., Boys , Girls , Aged Masons , and Widows . He is at present serving

as a member on the House Committees of Boys' and Girls' Schools , and on the Boai'd of General Purposes . Capt . Creaton is S . B . in Grand Chapter . Bro . NICHOLS BRADFORD . Asst . G . Dir . of Cers ., Avas initiated in the Old Union Lodge ( No . 54 ) in March , 1841 , of ivhich he is now a P . M . He ivas

exalted in St . John's Chapter ( No . 196 ) in 1843 , and is a P . Z ., being a subscribing member of both lodge and chapter to this time . He is a Past Grand Officer of Grand Chapter , having been appointed G . D . C . three or four years since . He is also a Past Grand Steward , having been the first sent from No . 54 , when

that lodge had the honour of a red apron conferred upon it . He has served the Steivardships of the Girls' and Boys' School , and also the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their WidoAVS . He Avas formerly ( about the time that the Girls ' School AA'as removed to Wandsworth ) elected on the House and Audit Committees of that school , to which

he devoted some attention . He was also , for a few years , on the Board of General Purposes , and is at present Yice-President of the Colonial Board . Bro . HEXRY Eiirsos , G . SAVOI-CI Bearer , wasinitiated in the Ionic Lodge ( No . 275 ) on the 4 th of November , 1852 , and ivas passed and raised at the two succeeding

meetings of the lodge , and , after serving all the subordinate offices in the lodge , was installed as W . M . on the 25 th of November , 1859 , ancl continues a member of the same lodge . He was exalted in the Eoyal York Chapter of Perseverance ( No . 7 ) on the 27 th of

December , 1853 , and is now serving for the second year ( in order to make room for a companion who had previously resigned ) the office of Principal Sojourner . On the 13 th of December , 1854 , he was advanced in

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THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY. Article 1
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS. Article 1
MASONIC FACTS. Article 3
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 6
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.. Article 6
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 8
GLASGOW KILWINNING LODGE. Article 8
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
ROYAL BENOVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS. Article 9
Untitled Article 10
GRAND LODGE. Article 10
METROPOLITAN. Article 12
PROVINCIAL. Article 12
SCOTLAND. Article 15
AUSTRALIA. Article 16
COLONIAL. Article 16
MARK MASONRY. Article 16
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 16
Obituary. Article 16
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Article 17
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The New Grand Officers.

Forest Lodge ( 401 ) , Lymington . In fact , if we place his time of subscribing to various Lodges together , it would amount to upwards of eighty years . More than twenty years since he was appointed D . Prov . G . M . hy Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Bart , which office he holds to the present day . During

the many years that Sir Lucius ivas absent as Port Admiral of Malta , and second in command in the Mediterranean , and afterwards absent in India , Bro . Deacon conducted the business of the province and held Grand Lodges every year , keeping Masonry

together in the name of the gallant and illustrious chief , and Avinning the love and confidence of the brethren , to an extent no man in Hampshire ever

enjoyed either before , or noiv , except the Avorthy Admiral , who is , like his deputy , much beloved in Hampshire . Bro . Deacon Avas exalted in the Eoyal G-loster Chapter ( No . 152 ) , in September , 1829 , is a P . Z . of it ; and if Ave refer to the high grades , we find him P . E . Commander of the Eoyal

Gloucester Encampment ) . He has received jewels and honours from his admiring brethren in Hampshire , and is universally beloved in the South of England . He is an eminent member of the legal profession , and has been upwards of a quarter of century

Town Clerk of Southampton , where he has contributed largely to the prosperity of that rising ancl distinguished port . In charity Bro . Deacon has done much

locally , and served the office of Steivard to the Girls ' School , as well as twice qualifying as Life Governor . Bro . JAMES J . BI . AKE , J . G . D ., was initiated in the year 1838 , in the Saint Michael ' s Lodge ( 255 ) , of which Bro . Stephen Barton Wilson was then the Master , and by a diligent attendance on the Emulation Lodge

of Improvement , and several Loclges of Instruction , qualified himself for the office of Master of his lodge , to which he was elected in 1840 . He subsequently became Master of the following lodges , i'iz . : —The Grand Stewards' Lodge ; the Grand Masters' Lodge

( No . 1 ) ; the Temple Lodge ( No . 118 ) ; and the Grove Lodge ( No . 593 ) . Bro . Blake in 1 S 39 . served his first Stewardship for the Aged Freemasons' Asylum ,

and subsequently as Grand Steward , Steward for the Girls' School , for the Boys' School , and for the Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , ancl qualified as a vice-President of the three last-named Institutions . He has also served on the Board of General Purposes , and on all the Charity Committees . Bro . Blake ' s

labours in connection with the Province of Surrey are Avell known to all acquainted Avith that county , his association with the Grove Lodge , -at Eweii , having existed more than twenty years . He was appointed Junior Grand Warden of that Province in 1845 , and

in 1847 raised to the rank of Senior Graud Warden . In Eoyal Arch Masonry , Comp . Blake has been equally successful in his career , having been exalted in

The New Grand Officers.

the Eoyal York Chapter ( No . 7 ) in 1839 , and subsequently elected in due course M . E . Z . He is also P . Z . of the Chapter of Fidelity ( No . 3 ) , and of the Grove Chapter ( No . 593 ) . Comp . Blake is now Grand Standard Bearer in the Supreme Grand Chapter .

Bro . Capt . Sows C & EATOX , J . G . D ., a magistrate of the county of Bucks , was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge ( No . 202 ) on the 11 th Feb ., 1854 , and duly passed and raised in the folloiving months of March and April . He joined the Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 2 ) in 1857 , and was elected W . M . 1860 , and

reelected in 1861 , for the second year . He was exalted in the St . James's Chapter ( No . 2 ) on the 3 rd December , 1 S 57 , and now holds the office of H . He served the office of G . Steward 1860 ( when he Avas President of the Board ) the Stewardship

of Girls' Festival 1860 , ancl Boys' 1861 ( being again President of the Board ) , and Steward of the Eoyal Benevolent Institution , 1862 , making himself Life Governor of all the four funds , viz ., Boys , Girls , Aged Masons , and Widows . He is at present serving

as a member on the House Committees of Boys' and Girls' Schools , and on the Boai'd of General Purposes . Capt . Creaton is S . B . in Grand Chapter . Bro . NICHOLS BRADFORD . Asst . G . Dir . of Cers ., Avas initiated in the Old Union Lodge ( No . 54 ) in March , 1841 , of ivhich he is now a P . M . He ivas

exalted in St . John's Chapter ( No . 196 ) in 1843 , and is a P . Z ., being a subscribing member of both lodge and chapter to this time . He is a Past Grand Officer of Grand Chapter , having been appointed G . D . C . three or four years since . He is also a Past Grand Steward , having been the first sent from No . 54 , when

that lodge had the honour of a red apron conferred upon it . He has served the Steivardships of the Girls' and Boys' School , and also the Eoyal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their WidoAVS . He Avas formerly ( about the time that the Girls ' School AA'as removed to Wandsworth ) elected on the House and Audit Committees of that school , to which

he devoted some attention . He was also , for a few years , on the Board of General Purposes , and is at present Yice-President of the Colonial Board . Bro . HEXRY Eiirsos , G . SAVOI-CI Bearer , wasinitiated in the Ionic Lodge ( No . 275 ) on the 4 th of November , 1852 , and ivas passed and raised at the two succeeding

meetings of the lodge , and , after serving all the subordinate offices in the lodge , was installed as W . M . on the 25 th of November , 1859 , ancl continues a member of the same lodge . He was exalted in the Eoyal York Chapter of Perseverance ( No . 7 ) on the 27 th of

December , 1853 , and is now serving for the second year ( in order to make room for a companion who had previously resigned ) the office of Principal Sojourner . On the 13 th of December , 1854 , he was advanced in

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