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All Grand Lodges are governed by the following
officers : Grand Master Deputy Grand
Master, Senior and Junior Gtrand Wardens,
Grand Treasurer, and Grand Secretary .
These are usually termed the Grand Officers ;
in addition to them there are subordinate
officers appointed by the Grand Master and
the Grand Wardens, such as Grand Deacons,
Grand Stewards, Grand Marshal, Grand Pursuivant,
Grand Sword-Bearer, and Grand
Tiler ; but their number and titles vary in different
Grand Lodges .
Grand Lodge Manuscript, No .1 . A roll
of parchment, nine inches in length and five
in breadth, containing the Legend of the
Craft and the Old Charges . It is preserved
in the Archives of the Grand Lodge of England,
having been bought in 1839 for £25 .
It was dated by its writer 1583 . It has been
reproduced in Hughan's Old Charges, 1872 ;
in Sadler's Masonic Facts and Fictions, and
in facsimile by the Quatuor Coronati Lodge .
Grand Master . The presiding officer of
the Symbolic degrees in a jurisdiction . He
presides, of course, over the Grand Lodge, and
has the right not only to be present, but also
to preside in every Lodge, with the Master of
the Lodge on his left hand, and to order his
Grand Wardens to attend him, and act as
Wardens in that particular Lodge . He has the
right of visiting the Lodges and inspecting
their books and mode of work as often as he
pleases, or, if unable to do so, he may depute
his Grand Officers to act for him . He has the
power of granting dispensations for the formation
of new Lodges ; which dispensations are
of force until revoked by himself or the Grand
Lodge . He may also grant dispensations for
several other purposes, for which see the
article Dispensation . Formerly, the Grand
Master appointed his Grand Officers, but this
regulation has been repealed, and the Grand
Officers are now all elected by the Grand
Lodges . [Except in England, where the Grand
Master appoints all but the Grand Treasurer .]
When the Grand Master visits a Lodge, he
must be received with the greatest respect,
and the Master of the Lodge should always
offer him the chair, which the Grand Master
may or may not accept at his pleasure .
Should the Grand Master die, or be absent
from the jurisdiction during his term of office,
the Deputy Grand Master assumes his powers,
or, if there be no Deputy, then the Grand
Wardens according to seniority .
The following is a list of the Grand Masters
of the Grand Lodge of England, established
in 1717 and afterward known as the "Moderns"
:
1717 . Anthony Sayer .
1718 . George Payne .
1719 . J . T. Desaguliers, LL .D., F .R .S .
1720 . George Payne .
1721 . John, Duke of Montague .
1722 . Philip, Duke of Wharton .
1723 . Francis, Earl of Dalkeith .
1724 . Charles, Duke of Richmond .
1725 . James, Lord Paisley .
1726 . William, Earl of Inchiquin .
1727 . Henry, Lord Coleraine.
1728 . James, Lord Kingston .
1729-30 . Thomas, Duke of Norfolk .
1731 . Thomas, Lord Level .
1732 . Anthony, Viscount Montague .
1733 . James, Earl of Strathmore .
1734 . John, Earl of Crawford.
1735 . Thomas, Viscount Weymouth .
1736 . John, Earl of Londoun .
1737 . Edward, Earl of Darnley.
1738 . Henry, Marquess of Carnarvon .
1739 . Robert, Lord Raymond .
1740 . John, Earl of Kintore .
1741 . James, Earl of Morton .
1742-3 . John, Viscount Dudley and Ward .
1744 . Thomas, Earl of Strathmore .
1745-6 . James Lord Cranstoun .
1747-51 . Wm ., Lord Byron .
1752-3 . John, Lord Carysfort .
1754-6 . James, Marquess of Carnarvon .
1757-61 . Sholts, Lord Aberdour .
1762-3 . Washington, Earl Ferrers.
1764-6 . Cadwallader, Lord Blaney .
1767-71 . Henry, Duke of Beaufort .
1772-6 . Robert, Lord Petre.
1777-82 . George, Duke of Manchester.
2- . H . R . H. The Duke of Cumberland .
18~ } H . R . H. The Prince of Wales .
1813 . H. R . H . The Duke of Sussex .
The following is a list of the Grand Masters
of the Atholl or "Ancients" Grand Lodge :
1753 . Robert Turner .
1754-5 . Hon . Edward Vaughan .
1756-9 . Earl of Blessington .
1760-65 . Thomas, Earl of Kelly.
1766-70 . Hon . Thos . Mathew .
1771-4 . John, 3d Duke of Atholl .
1775-81 . John, 4th Duke of Atholl .
1782 . Vacant .
1783-90 . Randal, Earl of Antrim .
1791-
John, 4th Duke of Atholl.
1813 . }
1813 . H . R. H . The Duke of Kent .
The following is a list of the Grand Masters
of the United Grand Lodge of England from
the union of "Ancients" and "Moderns" in
1813 :
1813-43 . H . R . H. The Duke of Sussex .
1844-70 . Earl of Zetland .
1870-4 . Marquess of Ripon .
1874- ? H . R . H . The Prince of Wales .
1901 .
1901. H . R . H . The Duke of Connaught .
Grand Master Architect . (Grand Maitre
Architect.) The Twelfth Degree in the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite . This is strictly
a scientific degree, resembling in that respect
the degree of Fellow-Craft . In it the principles
of architecture and the connection of
the liberal arts with Masonry are unfolded .
Its officers are three-a Master, and two
Wardens . The Chapter is decorated with
white and red hangings, and furnished with