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Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically Quatuor Coronati L. No. 2076. 683 Queen’s Arms, Newgate Street. Unnamed L. No. 28, at Queen’s Head, Cheap Street, Bath. 684 Unnamed L. No. 14, at Queen’s Head, 60 Great Queen Street. 686 Unnumbered and unnamed L. at the Queen’s Head, Hollis Street, Oxford Square. 687 Unnamed L. No. 11, at the Queen’s Head, Knaves Acre, Wardour Street, now L. of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12. 688 Unnumbered L. at the Queen’s Head, Turnstile, Holborn, later No. 2. 689 L. No. 55, at the Red Lion, Red Lion Street, Richmond. 690 Unnamed L. No. 43, at the Rose, Marylebone. 691 Unnamed L. No. 64, at the Rose Tavern, without Temple Bar. 692 Royal No. 200, 694 now Royal Alpha L. No. 16. Royal Alpha No. 16. 695 L. No. 541 in Royal Regt of Cheshire Militia. 696 Unnamed L. No. 37, at the Rummer, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. 697 Sancta Maria No. 2682. 698 Savage Club No. 2190. 699 Shakespear [sic] No. 221, now No. 99. 700 Unnamed L. No. 22, at Ship in Fish Street Hill, which moved to Swan, Fish Street Hill, 1731. 701 Unnamed L. No. 84, at the Ship, behind Royal Exchange. 702 Solomon’s Temple, Hemming Row. 683 Warranted 28 Nov 1884; consecrated 12 Jan 1886 [Lane, 428]. 684 Warranted 1724, erased 1736 [Lane, 46]. 686 Warranted 30 Mar 1723 as No. 14, changing its meeting-place twice and no 3 times before becoming No. 21 in 1814, before being erased, as No. 21, on 3 Mar 1830 [Lane, 42]. 687 Lane, 30 (2). 688 Time Immemorial L., being No. 3 of the Four Old Ls. at the time of the formation on 24 Jun 1717 of what became the PGL; Warranted 27 Feb 1723 from the PGL 27 Feb 1723, by which it became No. 11 on the 1729 enumeration. Became No. 10 in 1740, No. 6 in 1755, 1770, 1870, 1781, 1792, No. 12 in 1814, 1832 and 1863, with 17 changes of meeting-place to 1894, named L. of Fortitude 1768 and its present name, 1818, after amalgamating with Old Cumberland L. [No. 225 of 24 Feb 1753] that year. The L. now meets at 10 Duke Street, St James’s [Lane, 38; DLC, 2009, 5]. 689 Time Immemorial, dating from 1712, as No. 2 from 1729, at Crown, Parker’s Lane (now Parker Street), then at Queen’s Head, Turnstile, Holborn 1723–25, with 4 other meeting-places before being crossed out of list, 1736 [Lane, 30, 34]. 690 Warranted 1728, as No. 55, at Red Lion, Red Lion Street, Richmond; named, 1734, Richmond L. and had 5 changes of no. and 11 other meetings places, and changed its name, 1781, to L. of Attention No. 23, before being erased, 12 Apr 1797 [Lane, 52]. 691 Warranted 25 May 1725, as No. 43, at Freemasons’ Coffee House, New Belton Street, near Long Acre, moving to Rose, Marylebone, in 1728, Cross Keys, Henrietta Street in 1731, King’s Arms, Strand in 1733, amalgamating with No. 95 [No. 107 of 12 Dec 1732], which surrendered its Warrant, on 24 Jun 1742, with 7 changes of no.s, becoming No. 28 in 1863 and 8 meeting-places until 1865 when the L. moved to Freemasons’ Hal, 60 Great Queen Street, where it still meets. It was named King’s Arms L. in 1742, having met at King’s Arms Strand from 1733 until that year when it moved to Cannon, Charing Cross and changed the name to Old King’s Arms L. No. 24 in 1779 [Lane, 49 & 62; DLC, 2009, 6]. 692 Warranted 6 Mar 1730 at Prince William, Charing Cross, moving to Rose Tavern, without Temple Bar in 1732, but erased in 1736 [Lane, 54]. 694 Warranted 26 Jun 1740, as No. 139, at White Swan, Little St Andrew’s Street, Seven Dials, changing its no. 4 times before becoming No. 69 in 1792 and its meeting-place 4 times before amalgamating with St Peter’s L. No. 327 [No. 499 of 16 Dec 1776] in 1793, and 4 more times before amalgamating with Ionic L. No. 8 [No 9 of May 1722] in 1800, being named L. of Prudence No, 91 in 1774, United L. of Prudence and Peter No. 68 in 1793, and L. of Prudence and Peter No. 69 in 1794, described as a ‘Masters’ L.’ 1792–99 [Lane, 40, 85 & 134]; and see previous note. 695 Warranted May 1722, as No. 9, at a place unknown, moving to Fountain Tavern, Strand, changing its no. to No. 8 in 12740 and to No. 16 in 1814, and its meeting-place 22 times before moving to Hotel Metropole, Northumberland Avenue, in 1891. The L. was named Ionic L. No. 8 in 1768, United L. of Ionic and Prudence No. 8 in 1800 and Royal Alpha L. No. 16 in 1824, having amalgamated with L. of Prudence and Peter No. 69 [No. 183 of 26 Jun 1740] in 1800, and with Alpha L. No. 43 [No. 76 of 1730] in 1823, and with Royal L. No. 210 [No. 313 of 4 Apr 1764] in 1824, and now meets at FMH, 60 Great Queen Street [Lane, 40, 56, 85 & 134; DLC, 2009, 5]. 696 Warranted 16 Aug 1794, as No. 541, changing its no. in 1814 to No. 567, before being erased in 1818, the last payment 1800 [Lane, 232]. 697 Warranted Jul 1724, as No. 37, at Rummer, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, changing its no. to 33 in 1740 and its meeting-place to Cross Keys, Henrietta Street, 1727, to Three Tuns, Wood Street, 1729, to Three Kings, Spitalfields, 1731 and finally to Sash and Cocoa Tree, Upper Moorfields, 1732; the L. was erased 14 Apr 1746 [Lane, 47]. 698 Warranted 1897; in 2000 met at Prk Court Hotel, Lancaster Gate, but no longer extant [CLD, 2009, 62]. 699 Warranted 18 Dec 1886, consecrated 18 Jan 1887, meeting then, as now, at FMH, 60 Great Queen Street [Lane, 438; DLC, 51]. 700 Warranted 14 Feb 1757 as No. 221, at Parliament Coffee House, Parliament Street, London, changing its no. to 179 in 1770, to 145 in 1780 and another 4 times before becoming No. 99 in 1863. The L. moved to Castle Tavern, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1772–73, and at Shakespear’s Head 1773–1805 and 3 other meeting-places before 1895; it now meets at Mark Masons’ Hall, 86 St James’s Street [Lane, 114, DLC, 2009, 8]. 701 Warranted 11 Sep 1723 as No. 22, 1st unnumbered in 1729, with 5 subsequent changes of no., the last in 1792 being 13A; named Greenwich L., 1764 and Fraternal L., 1784, with 13 different meeting-places between 1723 and 1803 when the L. lapsed [Lane, 29, 30 (2) & 44]. 702 Warranted 23 Dec 1731 as No. 84 at Daniel’s Coffee House, Lombard Street, changing its no. twice and its meeting place 4 times before moving to the Ship, behind the Royal Exchange in 1743, with another 4 moves thereafter before being erased, as No. 45, in 1761 [Lane 57]. 134
Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically Somerset House No. 279, now Royal Somerset House and Inverness No. 4. 703 St Alban’s L. No. 32, now No. 29. 704 St Andrew’s L. No. 231. St George’s L. No. 178, now No. 112, Exeter. 705 L. of St George No. 1152, Singapore. 706 L. of St John No. 31, at the Swan, Chichester, Sussex. 707 St John’s No. 186, St John’s, Newfoundland. 708 L. No. 40, at St Paul’s Head, Ludgate Street. 710 St Rook’s [or St Roche’s or St Rocque’s] Hill No. 65, near Goodwood Park, Chichester, Sussex. 711 Star in the East No. 77, now No. 67, Calcutta. 712 L. No. 23, at Sun, South Side, St Paul’s Churchyard. 713 L. No. 25, at Swan, East Street, Greenwich. 714 L. No. 4, at Swan, Hampstead, now L. of Friendship No. 6. 715 Unnamed and unnumbered L. at Swan, Ludgate Street. 716 L. No. 38, at Swan, Tottenham High Cross, Ware Road. 717 L. No. 39, at Swan and Rummer, Finch Lane. 718 Unnamed L. No. 5, at Three Cranes, Poultry. 719 Unnamed L. No. 63, at Three Kings, Spitalfields, London, now St George’s and Corner Stone L. No. 5. 720 Uunnamed L. No. 60, at Three Tuns, Billingsgate. 721 703 Warranted 1766, as No. 279 by PGL, named Somerset House L., 1767, reviving the Warrant of L. No. 279, dated 22 May 1762, on board HMS Prince at Plymouth, 1762, and on board HMS Guadaloupe at Plymouth, 1764, which lapsed about 1765, meeting in a private room, Somerset House, arranged by Thomas Dunckerley, moving to King’s Arms, New Bond Street, 1767, and amalgamating with Old Horn L. No. 2, formerly No. 3 (Time Immemorial), 10 Jan 1774, which combined L. retained the name Somerset House L., amalgamated with Royal Inverness L. No. 648, of 1814, 25 Nov 1828, thereupon becoming Royal Somerset House and Inverness L. No. 4. The L. had many meeting-places, but moved to Freemasons’ Tavern, 1778, and to FMH, 1865, both 60 Great Queen Street, where the L. still meets [Lane, 35 & 125; DLC, 2009, 5]. 704 Warranted 31 Jan 1728 as No. 49, at Castle and Leg Tavern, Holborn, London, named, 1771, St Alban’s L., changing its no. 7 times before becoming No. 29 in 1863 and its meeting-place 13 times before moving to The Albion Tavern, Aldersgate Street, 1867; the L. now meets at FMH, 60 Great Queen Street [Lane, 50; DLC, 6]. 705 Warranted 20 Jan 1762 as No. 269, maeeting at Half Mon Inn, High Street, Exeter, changing its number 7 times and its meeting-place 7 times before 1896, the L. now meeting at FMH, Gandy Street, Exeter [ane, 124, DLC, 2009, 8]. 706 Warranted 26 Feb 1845 as Zetland L. No. 748, at Masonic Rooms, North Bridge Road, Singapore, Malay Peninsula, East Indies, being renamed Zetland in the East in 1848, changing its number in 1863 to No. 508 and its meeting-place twice before 1895. The L. now meets at FMH, Coleman Stret, Singapore [Lane, 284; DLC, 2009, 19]. 707 Warranted 17 Jul 1724, said to have been certainly in existence in 1695, as No. 31, meeting at Swan, East Street, Chichester, Sussex, changing its no. twice and its meeting-place thrice before being erased in 1769, not having met there for 20 years [Lane, 30 (2), 46]. 708 Warranted by the AGL, 24 Mar 1774, as No. 186, moving to London Tavern, St John’s, 1796 and after two changes of no., continued there until 1859 when it was erased [Lane, 140. Recorded by The Earl of Annandale and Hartfell on 25 Jun 2009 in a biography of his ancestor, complete with photographs of the two certificates, and posted on internet website: http://www.clanjohnstone.org/pdf/VICE-ADMIRAL_SIR_WILLIAM_ JOHNSTONE_HOPE_GCB.pdf]. 710 Warranted Apr 1725, as No. 40 at Mitre Tavern, Covent Garden, London, movoing to Rummer, Paternoster Row, 1728 and to St Paul’s Head, Ludgate Street, 1729, the no. being changed, 1740, to 6, with 5 others changes and 7 other meeting-places, having been named, 1796, L. of Cordiality No. 20, before the L. was erased, as No. 32, on 3 Mar 1830 [Lane, 49]. 711 Warranted 1730 [No date in lists] as No. 65; the L. was held about 5 miles north of Chichester on the western border of Goodwood Park, the seat of the Dukes of Richmond. It is the site of an ancient hill settlement and is better known as ‘The Trundle’, its eastern slope providing an excellent view of Goodwood racecourse. “[The members] meet only one a year—Tuesday in Easter Week.” The L. was erased, as No. 57 (the no. having been changed in 1740), on 29 Nov 1754, but was continued in Lists as No. 35, until 1756. “Constitution vacated”, List 1757 [Lane, 54]. 712 Warranted 16 Apr 1740 as No. 185, Calcutta [place unknown], changing its no. 6 times before becoming No. 67 in 1863. The L. was 1st named The 3 rd L. in 1740, The 1 st L. of Bengal, 1773, and L. Star in the East, 1790. In 1835 it met in Hare Street Calcutta, moving to FMH, 55 Bentinck Street, Calcutta, in 1862 and now meets at FMH, 19 Park Street, Calcutta [Lane, 85; DLC, 2009, 7]. 713 Warranted 18 Sep 1723 as No. 23, at the Half Moon, Cheapside, changing its no. six times, again becoming No. 23 in 1832 and retaining the same in 1863 at the last closing-up of nos., and its meeting place 10 times before moving to FMH, Great Queen Street, in 1865, which is where the L. still meets [Lane, 44; DLC, 6]. 714 Warranted 24 Dec 1723 as No. 25, at a place unknown, moving later that year to Swan, East Street, Greenwich, changing its no. 4 times and its meeting-place 14 times before uniting with United City L. No. 68 (No. 180, of 16 Jan 1740), 9 Feb 1791, having been named United Traders’ L. in 1768, and moving in 1795 to Bolt and Tun, Silvr Street, Fleet Street, before being erased, as No. 15, 12 Feb 1800 [Lane, 30 (2), 45]. 715 Warranted 17 Jan 1721 as No. 4, becoming No. 3 in 1755 and No. 6 in 1814, meeting at King’s Head, Ivy Lane, changing its meeting-place 9 times before moving to Criterion, Piccadilly, in 1890. The L. now meets at FMH, 60 Great Queen Street [Lane, 35; DLC, 2009, 5] 716 Included in the lists of Ls. 1723–24, copied from the Engraved List in the Library of UGLE [Lane, 29]. 717 Warranted 22 Jan 1725 as No. 38, at Blue Posts, Devereux Court, without Temple Bar, changing its no. 7 times before becoming No. 26 in 1863 and its meeting-place 12 times, being named Castle L. in 1770, before uniting with L. of Harmony No. 389 (No. 453 of 27 Oct 1769), in 1776, when it was named Castle L. of Harmony, with 6 further meeting-places before 1895. The L. now meets at 10 Duke Street, St James’s [Lane, 48; DLC, 6]. 718 Warranted 2 Feb 1726 as No. 39, at Swan and Rummer, Finch Lane, changing its no. twice and its meeting place thrice before uniting with No. 47 (No. 53 of 1728), in 1743, with 2 further moves until, as No. 23A, the L. lapsed after 1751, its last recorded move to Pope’s Head, Pope’s Head Alley, Cornhill [Lane, 48]. 719 Warranted 11 Jul 1721 as No. 5, at Three Cranes, Poultry, changing its meeting-place 4 times, lastly, 1739, to the Crown behind the Royal Exchange, and its number once, to 3 in 1740, before being erased, 25 Mar 1745 [Lane, 29 & 25]. 720 Warranted or constituted 26 Feb or 25 Mar 1730, named 1773 Corner Stone L.; after amalgamation, 6 Dec 1843, with St George’s L. No. 5 (No. 3, AGL, of 2 Aug 1756) [Lane, 35]. 721 Warranted 22 Jan 1729, as No. 60, becoming No. 53 in 1740 and No. 32 in 1755, moving to St George and Dragon, St Mary Axe, 1737, erased 21 Nov 1745, restored 4 Sep 1751, meeting at the same venue, before being omitted from List by request 5 Feb 1759 (Constitutions, 1784), but retained in Engrossed Lists to 1762 (1 st Edn) [Lane, 53]. 135
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