FREEMASONS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY Alphabetical List of ...

Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically
Lt-Gen Lieutenant-General
MA Master of Arts
Maj-Gen Major-General
matric matriculated [entered University]
MB Bachelor of Medicine
MC Master of Ceremonies [equivalent to
Director of Ceremonies in, e.g., L.
of Antiquity No. 1, now No. 2]
MC Military Cross
MD Doctor of Medicine
MECS Member, Edinburgh College of Surgeons
Mem Member
Mil Militia
MM Master Mason [having taken the 3rd
degree in Freemasonry]
MMM Mark Master Mason
MP Member of Parliament
MR Master of the Rolls
MRCS Member, Royal College of Surgeons
MYBHS Masonic Year Book Historical
Supplement (UGLE, 2 nd Edn, 1969),
with Supplement 1969–1976 (UGLE,
1977)
Natl National
No. number, following by the correct digits
for the lodge in question
no. number
NMJ Northern Masonic Jurisdiction [of the A
& A S R]
OM Member, Order of Merit
pa per annum = each year
PDepGM Past Deputy Grand Master
PGL Premier Grand Lodge [nicknamed ‘the
Moderns’, founded 24 Jun 1717]
PGM Past Grand Master [not Provincial Grand
Master, for which office it is often and
popularly so abbreviated]
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
PIMechE Pres, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers
PM Past Master
PMG Postmaster-General
PRAS President, Royal Astronomical Socy
PRCP President, Royal Coll of Physicians
PRCS President, Royal Coll of Surgeons
Preb Prebendary
Prin Principal
Pres President
Prof Professor
ProvGM Provincial Grand Master
PProvGM Past Provincial Grand Master
PRS President, Royal Socy
PSA President, Socy of Antiquaries
PSA, S cot President, Socy of Antiquaries,
Scotland
QC Quarterly Communication [meeting held
by GLs every 3 months]
142
QC Queen’s Counsel
QM Quarter Master
qv quod vide = which see
RA Royal Arch
RA Royal Academician
R-Adml Rear Admiral
RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps
RAS Royal Astronomical Socy
Reg Registrar
Regt Regiment
Reps Representatives
RFRS Royal Fellow, Royal Society
RMBI Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution
RMIB Royal Masonic Institution for Boys
RMIB Royal Masonic Institution for Girls
RMH Royal Masonic Hospital
RMTGB Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys
RN Royal Navy
Cus Rot Custos Rotulorum
RSO Royal Order of Scotland [Masonic body]
RSA Republic of South Africa
RWM Right Worshipful Master [usually pre-
1813 and in Scotland]
SA South Africa
SC Scottish Constitution
Scot Scotland
SD Senior Deacon
Sec Secretary
SecRS Secretary, Royal Society
SGCE Supreme Grand Chapter of England
SGRACS Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
Scotland
Socy(ies) Society(ies)
Solr Solicitor
SovGCdr Sovereign Grand Commander (A & A R)
SStwd Senior Steward [L. of Antiquity No.
1, now No. 2]
Stwd Steward
SubGM Substitute Grand Master
SW Senior Warden
Treas Treasurer
TRH Their Royal Highnesses
UCL University College, London
UGLE United Grand Lodge of England [created
by the Union (amalgamation) of PLG
and AGL, 27 Dec 1813]
Univ University
unm Unmarried
US(A) United States (of America)
V-Adml Vice-Admiral
V-Chan Vice-Chancellor
VD Volunteer Officers’ Decoration
V Ld-Lt Vice Lord-Lieutenant
V-Pres Vice-President
Vol(s) Volume(s)
WM Worshipful Master
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