Mark Coleman Wallace PhD Thesis - University of St Andrews

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1773: Harry Erskine 1774-75: William Smith 1776-77: David Maxwell 1778-79: John Ramsay 1780-81: William Farquharson 1782-83: Thomas Hay 1784-85: William MacKillop 1786-87: James Home 1788-89: James Wolfe Murray 59 1790: Captain John Sett 1791: Col. William Douglas Clephan 1792-94: Viscount Francis Doune 1795: Andrew Houston 1796-98: Robert Moir 1799: A.E. Maitland Gibson 1800-01: Sir Charles Douglas, Bart. of Kilhead 1737-1800 1736-1752: John MacDougal 1753-1773: Alexander MacDougal 1774-1794: William Mason 1795-1798: Robert Meikle 60 1799-1811: William Guthrie (joint Secretary with Alexander Laurie, 1810-1811) 1736: Dr. John Moncrieff 1737-1754: Thomas Milne 1755-56: James Ewart 1757-1764: James Hunter 1765-1779: Baillie James Hunter 1780-1783: James Hunter Blair 61 1784-1800: John Hay 1759-1785: John McClure 1786-1794: James Wright 1795-1805: John Tough, D.D. 59 General James Wolfe 60 Grand Clerk, 1779-1794 61 Lord Provost of Edinburgh Grand Treasurers 1737-1800 Grand Chaplain: 1759-1800 Grand Clerk 1736-1800 333
1736-1751: Robert Alison (Archibald Kennedy, Assistant) 1752-1757: James Alison 1758-1765: George Beam 62 1766-1768: Archibald Megget 63 1769-1778: David Holt 1779-1794: Robert Meikle 1795-1798: Thomas Sommers (Suspended 5 August 1799) 1799-1836: James Bartram (1821-1836, John Maitland, Assistant) Grand Officer 1737-1800 1737-1740: Alexander Sinclair 1741-1759: Robert Miller (1757-1759, Thomas Cochran, Assistant) 1760-1767: Thomas Cochran 1768: David Malcolm Grand Officer renamed: Grand Tyler, 1769 1769-1778: John Bradford 1779-1787: William Henry 1788-1794: Robert Hamilton 1795-1807: William Reid 62 Writer in Edinburgh 63 Master of Edinburgh St Andrews Grand Tyler 1769-1800 334
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For Uncle Dennis
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Abstract Modern freemasonry emerged
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Acknowledgements This study would n
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conflict which severely damaged the
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ealm of historical inquiry. One has
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extensively with them, David Steven
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associations were often politically
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freemasonry. Chapter 3 focuses on t
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Chapter Two ‘Antient Lustre in Th
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it was consciously trying to ‘rem
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publication was delayed until 1723.
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operations, which were carried out
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cohesiveness between the lodges by
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Three separate incidents occurred d
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view ignores the fact that the lodg
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entertainment whether they be prese
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Consequently, Kilwinning resumed it
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the members of the Royal Arch and K
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Scottish freemasons were teaching a
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untrained as stonemasons. This entr
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them paying each one pound five shi
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gentlemen into their lodges, not li
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of gentlemen masons was a direct re
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opposed to operatives, which “wer
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made manifest in the mathematical a
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conjunction with the management and
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For Reformation of Manners &c. In E
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eighteenth-century Scotland reveals
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association as a device for further
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1756, for the Grand Lodge resolved
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Provisions were also established to
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Stonemasons, Shipmasters, and Shoem
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suggesting that classicism and the
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of 1.5 members over a fourteen year
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Newtonian Society, were also freema
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highly improbable that Scottish fre
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for inspecting…houses reported th
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Table 3.1. Number of Scottish Lodge
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that potential members who were sto
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than just a central governing body
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y the Grand Lodge They nominated an
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not been officially recognized by t
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promote a “more regular Correspon
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Kilbride were present in the initia
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with the overall development of fre
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late as 1760 “the majority of Mod
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Number of Lodges 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
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Comparing the numbers from 1736 to
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membership lists were mentioned in
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Number of Members 300 250 200 150 1
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The data need careful qualification
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and diverse population from which t
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2 highlights the patterns of masoni
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time and money.” 75 As the list i
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Freemasonry was popular for several
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freemasons is ambiguous. 88 And fin
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development. Necessary to the achie
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110 Grand and imposing as the whole
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when he hoped there would be a nume
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Upon entry to the lodge, new member
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Fellow Crafts, and a sum equal to b
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“did not incline to the trade he
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Similar to other Scottish lodges, t
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discourse of Hanoverian freemasonry
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124 hospitality and disinterested f
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The Bureaucratic Reformation Clark
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presumably charity and entertainmen
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Lodge of Scotland had instituted a
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in arrears. The Grand Lodge stipula
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significant consolidation of power
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eceipts for expenditures, purchase
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subsidiary societies, by the demand
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which temporarily coincided.” 5 F
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consequences brought all political
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more broadly the patriotic mood tha
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was sick of the sight of them, and
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Two verses follow which reiterate t
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eform clubs.” 39 The objectives o
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members ultimately resolved “That
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egularly published pamphlets agitat
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century. In the politically volatil
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The first piece of legislation desi
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epression.” 76 Unlike Pitt, who d
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state.” 89 Wells asserts that of
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given for raising a tumult or noise
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Although arguably masonic oaths fel
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The Scottish Grand Lodge’s inclus
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170 suppression of Societies Establ
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By 23 January 1801, despite numerou
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government’s ban on issuing new c
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idea of setting aside the exempting
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expelled lodges for much less; thus
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ights, privileges, and powers, in l
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houses. Government action against s
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status and they had no intention of
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deemed a lodge which did not sit by
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hierarchical authority.” 12 In Eu
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French model, Robison claimed that
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they were much more prominent in Co
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Questioning the integrity of the so
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196 this Order is engaged in the Sc
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allusions in turn may well relate t
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was essentially “a reaction again
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anks, a great many Masons must have
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ideology of the society, Smyth main
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and 1790s, the population of Ulster
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mass membership it sought to attrac
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On 6 February 1797, Lodge Royal Arc
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contravene the regulation which sta
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inadmissible, as No. 264 was then n
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and regulations arising from the Ac
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218 descriptions of Masons under va
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Unlike the earlier allegations made
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two primary witnesses from the Gran
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include a fantastic story which imp
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1790s. 145 Ultimately, financial di
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the Masonic Secession of 1808. Alth
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Chapter Six ‘The Scotch Diable Bo
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freemasons, where political discuss
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Notably, there were several Whig le
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Political Exploitation and Masonic
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een elected Substitute Grand Master
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was more cordial and deferential du
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suffered a crushing defeat, confirm
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laid in Grand Lodge that required s
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Despite strong objections from Ingl
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Under this statute, Gibson’s acti
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of Edinburgh.” 69 Mitchell’s al
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the Grand Lodge, had been art and p
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of this masonic conspiracy contrive
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Might set the tamest lodge on earth
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Power.” 91 Clearly, the Moderns v
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“to the exclusion of all else.”
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its members Not surprisingly, in a
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the Maybole Trial, the Grand Lodge
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Societies Act and the laws of the G
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letter was removed from the Court.
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spurned the ignoble bondage…[and]
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Chapter Seven: Conclusion ‘A Will
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1736, Scottish lodges were an impor
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By 1799, the Grand Lodge of Scotlan
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masonic privileges after several of
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Roman Eagle Lodge No. 160 Minute Bo
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Page 291 and 292: Dickinson, H.T. “Popular Loyalism
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Page 297 and 298: S.N. Smith, “The So-Called ‘Exp
Page 299 and 300: Williams, T. Desmond, ed. Secret So
Page 301 and 302: Appendix 1: Occupational Returns fo
Page 303 and 304: 1748 Mason (3) Wright Writer Baxter
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Page 307 and 308: Squarewright (2) Wright Surgeon Shi
Page 309 and 310: 1739 Gentleman Students of Physics
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Page 321 and 322: 41 Occupations Represented 17 Mason
Page 323 and 324: Appendix 2: Freemasons and Multiple
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Page 327 and 328: Patrick Duff 35 (CK): MS, ES, SS Da
Page 329 and 330: Alexander Kincaid 69 (CK): CTB Alex
Page 331 and 332: Dr. Alexander Stevenson 103 (HH/G):
Page 333 and 334: Appendix 3: List of Suspended Lodge
Page 335 and 336: Appendix 4: Grand Lodge of Scotland
Page 337 and 338: 1754: David Dalrymple 1755-60: Geor
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Page 343 and 344: application to Parliament or otherw
Page 345 and 346: 338 As Several of the Lodges in the
Page 347 and 348: [Signed] Dalkeith, addressed to Sir
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Page 353 and 354: 346 They also produced a Certificat
Page 355 and 356: Appendix 7: Lodge Royal Arch Maybol
Page 357 and 358: 350 Lodge of Scotland therefor we d
Page 359 and 360: Appendix 8: National Archives of Sc
Page 361 and 362: All which he declares to be truth
Page 363 and 364: 356 Our will is Herefore and we cha
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Page 367 and 368: of all facts and circumstances that
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Page 371 and 372: Kilwinning Lodge stating the powers
Page 373 and 374: 366 The above letters having been r
Page 375 and 376: usurpation of the fourth Friday but
Page 377 and 378: Ancient Grand Lodge of England: 1 J
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