Mark Coleman Wallace PhD Thesis - University of St Andrews

suggesting that classicism and the elitist bias of some Edinburgh lodges were not
prevalent in Dundee. 185 Professional representation was negligible, and despite
the masonic penchant for conviviality and celebratory events and the role of
victuallers as “prime sponsors of lodge sociability,” 186 few if any are present.
Tradesmen, however, are well-represented, and given Dundee’s geographic
location as a port-city, by 1770 seafaring members – including mariners and
shipmasters – accounted for 31 per cent of lodge composition. In 1745, the
lodge recorded only one mason, and in 1770 no masons were listed.
13%
Figure 2.1. Dundee Recruitment Patterns, 1745
Dundee Recruitment Patterns, 1745
6%
81%
Tradesmen
Professional
Gentlemen
185 See Chapter 3 for a full discussion on occupational recruitment patterns among lodges, pages
91-98.
186 Clark, British Clubs, 321.
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