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Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically E Eardley, Sampson, 1 st and last Bt, MP, 1 st and last Baron Eardley, FRS [5 Nov 1789], FSA [26 Nov 1789] (10 Oct 1745–25 Dec 1824), of Lower Grosvenor Street, London, son of Sampson Gideon, of Stepney, stockbroker of Portuguese Sephardic extraction. Educ Tunbridge School and Eton 25 Apr 1761–63, created 21 May 1759 a Bt when only 13 years old; Student, 4 Mar 1762, Lincoln’s Inn; MP, Cambridgeshire, 1770–80, Midhurst, 1780–84, Coventry, 1784–96 and Wallingford, 1796–1802. 17 Jul 1789, by Royal Licence, took name of Eardley (one of his father-in-law’s names) instead of Gideon; on Pitt’s recommendation, created 24 Sep 1789, a Baron (I), as Baron Eardley, of Spalding. Married 6 Dec 1766, Maria Marowe Wilmot (1743–1794), dau of The Rt Hon Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Ch Justice, Common Pleas, 1766–71 and they had 2 sons, who preceased him and 3 daus, who became his coheirs of his extensive property. Died aged 79, when his honours became extinct. Initiated 26 Feb 1770, L. of Antiquity No. 1, now No. 2, London. First ProvGM, Cambridgeshire, 11 May 1796– 1824, though there is no record of his ever holding a ProvGL meeting, nor acting as such after 1813 Union; his DepProvGM, The Revd George Adam Browne (1774–1843), GChap and SGD 1814, acted 1812–24 and succeeded him as ProvGM, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, 1825–43. Earle, James, FRS [6 Mar 1794], later [1807] Sir James Earle (1755-1817), Surgeon, renowned for his skill in lithotomy. Born in London and after studying medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, he became the institution’s Asst surgeon in 1770. Due to the temporary incapacity of one of the hospital’s surgeons, Earle performed one-third of St Bartholomew’s operations between 1776 and 1784. At the end of this phenomenal feat, Earle was elected to be a surgeon, 22 May 1784 and remained until 1815. Just 2 years later, he was appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to George III. Married the daughter of Percivall Pott [qv], the hospital’s senior surgeon, and their 3 rd son, Henry Earle, also became a surgeon at St Bartholomew’s. Earle write a memoir of Pott that was subsequently attached to his complete works (1790) and a biography of William Austin. Earle was renowned for his surgery skills. Also published several medical works: A Treatise on the Hydrocele (1791, with additions in 1793, 1796, and 1805), Practical Observations on the Operation for Stone (1793), A New Method of Operation for Cataract (1801), and Letter on Fractures of the Lower Limbs (1807). Initiated, 22 Jun 1809, Shakespear L. No. 99, resigning 10 Jan 1776. Edward (Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David), Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, MC, PC, RFRS [15 May 1919; Patron 1936], later [1927] KP, then [1936] Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, afterwards [1937] Duke of Windsor (23 Jun 1894–28 May 1972), eldest son of HM King George V, was born 23 Jun 1894. Died 28 May 1972. Initiated 2 May 1919, Household Brigade L. No. 2614, WM, 1921. Joined 3 Ls.: 1923, St Mary Magdalen L. No. 1523, WM, 1925; 1924, L. of Friendship and Harmony No. 1616, Surrey, WM, 1935; and 1932, Royal Alpha L. No. 16, London. SGW, UGLE, 25 Oct 1922. ProvGM, Surrey, 22 Jul 1924–1936. Hon Member, GL, Scot, Dec 1923. PSGW, GL, Ire, 1924. Joined, 1 Nov 1933, The L. of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1 (SC), Edinburgh. PGMaster, UGLE, 3 Jun 1936. Exalted into RA Masonry, 15 Feb 1921, United Chapter No. 1629 (now United Studholme Chapter No. 1591), 1stPrin, 1928. Joining member, 1930, Grove Chapter No. 410, Surrey. GSupt, Surrey, 23 May 1930–Jan 1936. Perfected Rose Croix Mason 18°, A & A R, England and Wales; 33°, 1932. DepGM and Govr, ROS. Egerton, The Revd Canon Francis Henry, 8 th and last Earl of Bridgwater, 186 FRS [8 Nov 1781], FSA [31 Mar 1791] (11 Nov 1756–11 Feb 1829), only surviving brother of General John William Egerton, 7 th Earl of Bridgwater, FRS [28 Jan 1808], FSA [4 Feb 1808] (1753–1823), and youngest son of John Egerton, DCL, DD (1721–1787), 186 As spelt in GEC, Vol. II, 316, but as Bridgewater in the RS’s List of Fellows on its website. 38
Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically Bishop of Durham 1771–87, 187 eldest son of Henry Egerton (1689–1746), Bishop of Hereford 1724–46, himself the 6th son of John Egerton, 3 rd Earl of Bridgwater, KB, PC (1646–1701). 188 Matric, aged 16, 27 Mar 1773, Christ Church, Oxford, [BA, 1776], Fellow of All Souls and MA 1780; ordained 24 Sep 1780 by his father to diaconate and 12 Nov 1780 to priesthood, aged 24 years and 1 day; collated and installed 13 Nov 1780, Prebendary and Canon of the 4 th Stall of Durham Cathedral, 189 Rector, Middle, Shropshire, 1781–97 and Whitchurch in that co 1797–1829. Because of ill health, he apparently spent a great deal of time at his Paris home, Hôtel de Noailles, la rue St Honoré, leaving the cure of his 2 parishes in the care of paid curates, and although unmarried, he may well have had a mistress for is believed to have fathered no less than 5 illegitimate children. Succeeded 21 Oct 1823, to titles 190 on death of his elder brother, the 7 th Earl, together with a large fortune. Well known for his eccentricity, his house in Paris was ‘full of cats and dogs, who were dressed as ladies and gentlemen and taken out in his carriage and fed at his table’. 191 A good scholar and a great lover and patron of literature. He bequeathed £8,000 for the best work on the ‘Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation’; 8 different persons, authors of 8 different treatises shared this sum. 192 His valuable MSS he bequeathed to the Br Museum, with a sum of £12,000 of which the interest was partly for the Custodian and partly for the augmentation, &c. thereof. These are called ‘The Egerton MSS’ and relate chiefly to French and Italian literature. 193 Member of ? L.; 4th ProvGM, Shropshire, 1 May 1786, resigning 1819; first ProvGM, Staffordshire 13 Apr 1791– 1829; 5th ProvGM, North Wales, 13 Apr 1791, resigning 1811. Elliott, Charles, FRS [26 Nov 1835] (10 Dec 1778–4 May 1856), of Portland Place, Esquire. Initiated 30 Mar 1829, Prince of Wales’s L. No. 493, now No. 259, London, membership ceasing by 1836. Elliott, John, FRS [16 May 1811] (1767- 1829). Brewer Born in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire and educated at Winchester and New College Oxford (BA 1796), he resigned as a Fellow of New College when he married Eliza, the youngest daughter of John Coakley Lettsom FRS in 1804. He bought a share in the Stag Brewery in Pimlico and became a brewer. Initiated in Somerset House Lodge (now Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge No 4), London on 22 nd February 1802 and served as a Grand Steward at the Grand Feast in May 1805 Erskine, David Steuart [sic], styled Lord Cardross, later 11th Earl of Buchan, LLD (Glagow) [1763 and 1766], FRS [27 Jun 1765], FSA [15 Feb 1766] (1 Jun 1742–19 Apr 1829). Educ at Foulis Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow and Leyden Universities; served for a few years in 32 nd Foot and well known as an accomplished patron of literary men. Sec to the Br Embassy in Spain Nov 1766–67. Founder, SA, Scot, 1780, incorporated by Royal Charter 1783. 34th GMM, Scot, 1782–84. Erskine, Henry David, styled Lord Cardross, FRS [10 Jan 1734], later [14 Oct 1745] 10 th Earl of Buchan (17 Apr 1710–1 Dec 1767), married 31 Jan 1739 Agnes, 2 nd dau of Sir James Steuart, Bt, Scottish Solicitor-General, by Ann, dau of Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bt. They had 3 sons, the eldest of whom, David Erskine, styled Lord Cardross (1741– 1747), died at Edinburgh on 4 Oct 1747, in his 7th year. The 2 nd son, David Steuart Erskine [qv, above], succeeded him as 11 th Earl of Buchan, whilst the 3 rd son, Thomas Erskine (1750–1823), was created Baron Erskine on 10 Feb 1806. 194 10 th GMM, Scot, 1745–46. 187 Born in London, 30 Nov 1721, Educ at Eton and Oriel Coll, Oxford; ordained in 1745, immediately became Rector of Ross, adding, 1746, canonry in Hereford Cathedral. In 1749 he became a chaplain to the King [George II]; in 1750 Dean of Hereford; in 1756 Bishop of Bangor; being translated Lichfield and Coventry, 1768. It was only when he became Bishop of Durham 1771 that he resigned Rectory of Ross. Died, still Bishop, 1787 [Internet website: http://www.rtm.org.uk/rossrectors.html]. 188 Father of Scroop Egerton, 4 th Earl of Bridgwater (1681–1745), created 18 Jun 1720 Duke of Bridgwater and Marquess of Brackley and married 9 Feb 1703, as his first wife, Lady Elizabeth Churchill (1687–1714), then aged 15 years and 10 months, 4 th , but 3 rd surviving, dau and coheir of John Churchill, 1 st Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC (1650–1722). 189 Patrick Mussett, Dept of Palaeography and Diplomatic, Univ of Durham, Lists of Deans and Major Canons of Durham 1541–1900 (Durham: The Prior’s Kitchen, The Coll, 1974), 39. 190 The Earldom of Bridgwater, this being the correct spelling, ‘as the word does not mean bridge over the water, but the burg of Walter’ [GEC, Vol. II, 311, n. (a), written by The Hon Vicary Gibbs], created 27 May 1617 for John Egerton, 2 nd Viscount Brackley, KB, later PC (c.1579–1649). – The Viscountcy of Brackley was created 7 Nov 1616 for his father, Sir Thomas Egerton, PC (1540–1617), whose Barony of Ellesmere had been created for him 17 Jul 1603 on appointment 21 Jul 1603 as Ld Chan shortly after the accession of King James I on 24 Mar 1603. 191 Egerton was known for giving dinner parties for dogs, where the dogs were dressed in the finest fashions of the day, down to fancy miniature shoes. Each day Egerton wore a new pair of shoes and he arranged the worn shoes into rows, so that he could measure the passing time. An animal lover, Egerton kept partrridges and pigeons with clipped wings in his garden, allowing him to shoot them despite failing eyesight. Egerton never married, and upon his death, his title became extinct [Internet website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Egerton,_8t h_Earl_of_Bridgewater]. 192 GEC, Vol. II, pp.316–7, n. (a). 193 Idem, 317. 194 Not to be confused with Thomas Erskine, styled Lord Erskine, MP [Jacobite 2 nd Duke of Mar, with 6 lesser titles (Scottish, created 1715), KG, created 1716, 2 nd and last Earl of Mar (English, created 1717), and 2 nd and last Duke of Mar (I), created 1722)], (c.1705–1766). 39
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