Masons Of The Year.

P > ampfyldc , now Baron Poltimore ; Mr . T . Brassey , K . C . B . 1881 , now Baron Brassey ; Viscount Vaugiian , afterwards Earl of Lisburne ; the Rev . C . J . Martyn , among whose many honours may be mentioned Grand Chaplaincy in 1869 , D . P . G . M . of Suffolk 1 S 78 , G . Superintendent of Suffolk 1877 , & c , & c . ; and Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., G . Warden in 1 S 65 , Prov . G . M .

of Gloucestershire in 1880 , and G . Superintendent of Gloucestershire in 1884 . Mr . Pickard was soon remarkable for his zeal in the ceremonies of the Masonic Order , and in 1853 was appointed S . D . of his Lodge , succeeding in 1854 to the chair of J . W . In 1 S 55 he did a good deal of work for the S . W ., so that in 1856 he was elected W . M ., and re-elected in 1857 . The

number of members initiated or joining in 1856 was 44 , and in 1 S 57 , 51 , among them being Lord Skelmersdale ( now Earl of Lathom and D . G . M . ) , who was J . G . in 1 S 57 ; Mr . A . B . Mitford ( now Mr . Freeman Mitford ) ; the late Earl of Carnarvon , who joined from the \ yestminster and Keystone Lodge , and whose honours , like those of the Earl of Lathom , there is no need to

record ; Mr . T . M . Talbot , Prov . G . M . of the Eastern Division of South Wales in 1865 ; Sir J . Heron Maxwell , Bart . ; the Marquis of Hamilton ( now Duke of Abercorn ) , G . M . of Ireland in 1 SS 6 ; Mr . Victor A . Williamson , C . M . G ., J . G . W . in 1865 ; Mr . ( now Sir J . D . ) Llewellyn ; Mr . ( now Sir Baldwyn ) Leighton , M . P . for Shropshire , 1874 and 18 S 0 ; Mr . T . Cochrane , Grand Chaplain in 18 S 2 ; and many other gentlemen since distinguished

in various ranks of life . It is worthy of notice that J . H . Adair-Pickard's progress in Freemasonry was so rapid that before he had been a member of the Lodge for two years the Provincial Grand Master conferred upon him the office of Provincial Grand Steward , and after passing through another minor office he was appointed Provincial Grand Senior Warden in 1 S 57 , during

which year the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master of England , honoured the Province of Oxford with a visit . In 1859 , Comp . Pickard having passed through the subordinate offices , was installed M . E . Z . of the Alfred Chapter ( 425 ) , served as Steward for all the Masonic Charities , and in 1 S 64 accepted an appointment as H . M . Inspector of Schools . We hear no more of his

services to Freemasonry until his return to Oxford in 1872 . In 1873 he was requested to take the office of Chaplain in the Apollo University Lodge , when H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was W . M ., and shortly afterwards he was elected First Principal of the Apollo University Chapter . The great popularity which he enjoyed among the members of the Lodge was shown by the

fact that in 1875 he received the extraordinary honour of being elected , for the third lime , Worshipful Master , and among his first duties was the raising" of H . R . H . Prince Leopold to the second and third degrees of a Master Mason , after which His Royal Highness undertook the duties of S . W ., and in due time was installed by Mr . Pickard as his successor in the chair of K . S . In 1875 was held the memorable installation of H . R . H .

the Prince of Wales , in the Albert Hall , and Mr . Pickard , as Master of the Lodge , was appointed to represent the Province of Oxford as one of the Stewards of the occasion . On the 8 th of June , also , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught honoured the Apollo Lodge with his presence , and witnessed the ceremony of

the initiation of Mr . Little , afterwards Junior Proctor in the University . During his third Mastership , Mr . Pickard had the high honour of initiating , or receiving as joining members , 52 gentlemen—a number never yet equalled in the history of the Lodge . In 1 S 77 , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales-honoured Mr . Pickard by making him Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of

England , and in 1885 conferred upon him the still hi gher distinction of Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry in the Province of Oxford , in succession to H . R . H . the late

lamented Duke of Albany .

H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT . H . R . H . PRINCE ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT , DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , was initiated by

his brother , H . R . H . the Grand Master , in the Prince of Wales' Lodge sixteen years ago , and in April , 1875 , was passed and raised by Mr . Robert Grey in the same Lodge . He was appointed Senior ( hand Warden in 1877 , and was

installed Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Sussex in 18 S 4 . H . R . H . —born at Buckingham Palace on May 1 st , 1850—possesses a brilliantly successful military record , and now occupies one of the most important positions in the British Army , being generally understood to be the presumptive successor of the Commandership-in-Chicf . Prince

Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathcarn , and Earl of Sussex on May 26 th , 1874 , and took his seat in the Ilouse of Lords on the Sth of the following month . In 1679 H . R . H . was married to Princess Marguerite Louise , of Prussia , third daughter of Prince Frederick Charles . In 1 SS 6 the Duke and Duchess of Connaught left England for Bombay ,

where H . R . H . assumed the command of the military forces in India , was installed Grand Master of the Province of Bombay , and on his return to England received his highest honour in the English Craft , by being appointed to the honourable rank of a Past Grand Master of England .

MR . WILLIAM JAMES HUGITAN . THERE is a friendship of thirty years' between the editor of our contemporary , the Freemason , and the distinguished

Torquay Mason who for many years has devoted his time to the study of Masonry ; and it is but a compliment to our contemporary , and this distinguished man , to use William Lake ' s remarks as they were published some time back : —• " Bro . Hughan ' s first connection with Masonry dates from 1863 , when he was initiated in St . Aubyn Lodge , No . 954 , Devonport , and

on his removal to Truro he became Secretary of No . 331 , subsequently joining the Fortitude Lodge , No . 131 , of which he quickly became S . W . and W . M . in 186 S , filling the chair again after an interval of ten years in 1 S 7 S . As early as 1864 he joined the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and later on also identified himself with the sister Lodges , Stability and

Confidence . But we must perforce bridge over a wide gap in this connection by simply saying that not even Bro . Hughan ' s tenacious memory and grip of facts and figures could present a fairly accurate and complete list of the many lodges , chapters , and organisations with which he has been from time to time associated . Room , however , must be found to record the fact ( hat in

conjunction with Bro . Gould , the late Rev . Bro . A . F . A . Woodford , Bro . Sir Charles Warren , Bro . Walter Besant , and others , he became the founder of the now famous Quatuor Coronati Lodge , which , with its vigorous offspring , the Correspondence Circle , is now exercising such an influence in all parts of the world . As misd . it be expected , the compliment of honorary membership

has fallen on his shoulders thick and fast , and , as these spontaneous tokens of esteem and appreciation are perhaps the best indication of the value of Bro . Hughan ' s services , we may mention that his name is on the roll of scores of lodges , chapters , and conclaves , & c , throughout the world , while special honorary membership has been conferred for aid

rendered to the Charities and other reasons by the following Lodges : St . John's , No . 279 , and John of Gaunt , No . 523 , Leicester ; Nos . 245 and 590 , Jersey ; Mother Kilwinning , No . o , and St . Mary ' s , No . I , Scotland ; 39 , Exeter ; 41 , Bath ; 70 , Plymouth ; 250 , Hull ; 47 , Dundalk , and 350 , Omagh ,

Ireland ; Kilwinning , Cincinnati , Ohio ; Franklin , Philadephia , P'a ; Fortitude , No . 47 , La Grange , Kentucky ; and 417 , 432 , and 477 , New Zealand . Chapters—Lafayette , No . 5 ,

Washington , D . C ; Jerusalem , No . 3 , Philadelphia , P ' a ; and 41 , Bath ( the first centenary celebrated in England , at which W . J . Hughan gave the address on R . A . Masonry ) . The 30 " , 31 ' , and 32 ° were also conferred , Honoris Causa , by Supreme Council 33 , " because of his literary services to the Craft . " Nor must we omit to mention the very special distinction implied

in his appointment , by the Prince of Wales , M . W . Grand Master , to the past rank of Senior Grand Deacon of Englandan honour rarely conferred ; as also that of Past Assistant Grand Sojourner in Grand Chapter . Very few of the many Lodge histories have been published during the last twenty years without his assistance and an introduction from his pen , while the great number of works that have been dedicated to