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CONTENTS Chapter1 Theearlyyearsof beginningsor theOrder page3 Chapter21887-1910 page11 Chapter3 TheOrderandMark Masonry page25 Chapter4.TheM W GrandSupremeRulerandtheyears1968-1987 page39 ChapterSTheCentenaryandthe future page53 1 Theearlyyearsor beginningsof theOrder 3 1 1887 — a notableyear the year in which QueenVictoria andher loyal subjectsin the United Kingdom andthe British Empire,indeed,in practically thewholeworld,celebratedfifty gloriousyears.thegoldenjubileeof herreign the year in which the new suspensionbndgeat Hammersmith,London, was openedas theeleventhbridgespanningtheRiver Thames. theyearin which Stainer’s “The Crucifixion” had its first public performanceat St. Marylebone Parish Church in London the year in which Marylebone Cricket Club celebratedits centenaryat Lord’s and theyear in which the English“Orderof theSecretMonitor” wasborn “The peoplethat walked in darknesshaveseena great light” not a strictly accuratequotationbut it will suffice, particularly for the men,for it signalled their admissioninto Freemasonry,the light of Freemasonry,that greatlight; and that greatlight shed its broadbeam,not aloneupon themain highwayof the Craft, butto light up myriad bywaysleadingto Mark andArk Mariner, to Rose Croix, Knights Templar, Royaland SelectMasters,Red Crossof Constantine,the Allied MasonicDegrees,and on the Orderof the SecretMonitor Not every MasonicDegreeisfoundedon Scripturalbases,but the legendof the Orderof the SecretMonitor is surelyone that is: our Order chosethat wonderfulstory told in theBookof Samuelof theendunngfriendshipbetween David andJonathan a briefresumecanbegivenhere,butthefull story is in theV S L forall to read The Jewsdecided to follow the fashion set by their neighboursand to dispensewith the Judgeswho had governedthem previously, and take to themselveskings whose military ability had impressedthem. They were convincedthat their futuresafetywould be greaterundera king than a judge Theswordis mightierthanthepenwastheir belief Samuellistenedto their demandsand he selectedSaulasthe first king. Saul was a stalwartfigure, impressiveindeedwhenarrayedfor battle Unhappily, Sauldid not live up to expectationsmighty though he wasin battle,he lacked the mental qualities so necessaryfor one who held power Samuel was convincedthatSaulhadfailed asa leaderand thatanothermustbe foundin his stead Samuelfoundin David thesonof Jessetheveryman hewaslooking for’ courageous,skilled in theuseof arms,yet sensitiveandartistic,a soldier,poet andmusician of exceptionalability Saulanticipatedthe coursewhich events would takeunlesshe acteddecisively,and he wasdeterminedto establishthe ~ supremacyof his family in Israel throughJonathanhis son.David and Jonathanwereclosefriendsandnothingwas permittedto comebetween them,not evenfuture fameandhonoursJonathandid notclaim successionto his fathei, acceptingthe decisionof the High Priestwithout resentmentSaul, however,plannedDavid’s death,but his plans failed David waspresented with many opportunitiesto slay the king, but Saulwas the annointedof God andhe held his hand.Finally, Jonathanand two of his brotherswereslain in battle whenthe Philistinesoverranthe Israelitisharmies,andSaul,seeingall his plansfail, took his own life in despair. David, now,was fully acceptedas King, but his immediatereaction was one of deepgnef for the deathof his fnend. Theunselfishdevotionof thesetwo fnendsisthebasisof our SecretMonitor ntualandpreceptsFnendshipfor one’sBrotheris the paramountbasisof our teachings..evenasBrotherly Loveis thefirst tenetof theCraft History tellsusthat “TheOrderof David andJonathan”wasbroughtto the New World in or about 1658by Dutch settlersof Jewishdescent;but we must go back to the Netherlandsfor its origins The nothernmostpart of the Netherlands(Holland) was essentiallyProtestantin its religiouspersuasionin the 16th century;but an unfortunatedynasticmarriagecausedfirst a strong Austnan and then Spanish influence. Both Austria and Spain were strongholdsof RomanCatholicismandconsequentlyabhorrentto the Dutch Lutherans.Inevitablythis led to theformationof undergroundsecretsocieties with theobjectof freeingthe mother-landfrom the fettersof their overlords JustasDavid waspersecutedby Saul,sowere theDutch Protestantsharassed by the Catholics A revolutionarybrotherhoodwas formed with modesof recognitionsuitedto the hoursof darknessaswell asin daylight,andsignsand symbolswerechosenfrom theDavid andJonathanstoryin theBible That was in the late 16th century and it occurredagaina hundredyearslaterwhen Louis XIV of Franceinvadcdthc Low Countriesagain in a Catholiccrusade againstthe Huguenots the samemodesof recognitionwereemployedto causeconfusionamongsttheinvaders Many Dutch Protestantsemigratedto theNew World to find a new life with greaterliberty than seemedpossiblein Holland Any oppositionto the way of life of the Dutch settlersimmediately drewforth a resurgenceof theDavid andJonathancult which has servedthe Netherlanderssowell in thepast For the ntual roots of our Orderwe mustlook backto a Dutch work of the Order of Jonathanand David and JesusChnst’ an Order having seven degrees:-I Squire or Friend of the Order; 2. Knight or Nephew, 3 Commanderor Brother; 4. GrandCommanderof Jonathanand David, 5. Commanderof the Order of JesusChnst; 6 Grand Knight, 7. Grand CommanderThe first threeseemto beclosely connectedto theFirst Degree of our Order,but the last four werereservedfor Freemasonsof eminence Fromthis Dutch Ordermayhavedenvedthe subsequent“SecretMonitor or TradingDegree”in which was incorporateda part of the earlierntual, but it wassolooselyrendered,that it becameoffensiveto any thinking Freemason. Its aim was,asstatedin earlierdocuments“to introducehim (thecandidate)to businessby sendinghim customor to supporthim in any other mannerby which a pennycouldbe thrown in his way” . not very goodmasonry,there wasnoceremonyandnowitnesseswererequiredwhenadmissiontook place 4 5 In the mid-l9th century,however,there is evidencethat a quasi-masonic degreeexisted in America closely allied to the O.S.M. First Degreeand practisedundervarioustitles: i TheOrderof BrotherlyLove, ii. TheOrderof JonathanandDavid; iii. TheOrderof the SecretMonitor An effort wasmade in 1890 to bring this Orderunderthe umbrellaof the SovereignCollege of Allied andMasonic andChristianDegrees’ the basicrequirementwas that a candidatemustbe anArk Mariner.That Orderbecamewell-establishedin the final two decadesof thenineteenthcenturyinAmerica. It is interestingheretoquotepartof the lectureusedat the inductionandthe presentationof the working toolsof the degrce:“Jonathanand l)avid typify the conscienceof man. Jonathanis emblematicalof God,who advisesand warnsthe human soul, andDavid of the soul. God anda man’sheartalone knowa secretmatter. . . thcworld without knows nothingof it”. Theworking toolsof thisdegreewerea Hackleand the130w andArrows; thecandidatewas taught:“Let the Hackleeverteachyou that no mancanescapesorrow, that it is asinevitableasdeath,that just assurcly asit is appointedfor usall to die, so surelymusta portionof the life of everymanbeover-shadowedby thecloudof grief Howeverwe try to avoid it sorrowwill crossthe thresholdof our home The world is no lovely palaceof pleasurewherethe inmateslive enchanted lives We neednot expectimmunity from suffering . . we might as well demandimmunity from death.Therefore,let sorrowbe our teacher,leading us away from sin, schoolingus in sympathy, directing us in the pathsof heroism,andremindingusthatwesufferbecausewe arenot, asthebeaststhat perish,butaschildrenof theLiving God.Receivethe Bow andArrows: they are emblematicalof manin his uncivilisedstate,relying on his own resources Let them ever remind you that manapartfrom God hasno understanding; that from God has comeall enlightenmentwhich has led on humanityin the roadof progress,that if manwould haveall thingsput underhis feethe must recognise his dependenceupon God, and that man will assumehis true position as headof createdthingswhen he acknowledges,notby his word only, but also by his will and resultantconductthat heis notonly Sonof Man butalsoSonof God How then did the Orderof the SecretMonitor developin England?The earliest history of the Order tells us that it was startedby Dr Issachar Zacharie,and it washe who brought it from America.We learnthat he was born in Chatham,Kent of Jewish parentswho had become convertsto Christianity Accordingtohis accounts,hewasbornin theyear 1827(but since his goldenweddingwascelebratedin 1894,hemusthavemarriedin his teens) The family emigratedto America in his earlyboyhood His initiation into Freemasonryin 1848,but thereis no sureknowledgewherethistookplace He obtained medical qualifications, probably through an apprenticeshipwith anotherphysician.In the AmericanCivil War,heofferedhisservicesasa foot specialist,provinga shrewdnessanddiscernmentcharacteristicof his race,for the foot soldier,marchinghundredsof miles on rough ground would surely needattentionby sucha practitioner Hewas appointedChiropodist’General to theUnited StatesArmy. Little is knownof his Masonicprogress,but onesourcequoteshim asbeing a PastGrandMasterof California. It is known,however,that hereturnedto this countryin 1875,settledat 80 Brook Street,London,where hebuilt up a busyandsuccessfulpracticeasan orthopaedicsurgeon.In London hebecame a memberof the Bon Accord Mark Lodge andtherehe met a numberof brethrenwho had becomeSecretMonitors dunng their Masonic progress. They were:- Col. Shadwell H Clerke, GrandSecretaryof the Craft (who becamea SecrelMonitor in Malta in 1845);JamesLewis Thomas,PAGDC, Craft (Si. Vincent, W.1., 1846); F. A. Philbrick, B.A., Q.C., G.Reg.,and Dep ProvG.Master,Essex,Craft; W. G. Lemon,B.A., LL.B. (Treas , Univ. of London Lodge);Gen. C. W Randolph,P.P.G.W.;W. I. Spratling,B.Sc. (Sec , Univ. of London Lodge); the Rev. J. Oxley Oxland, M.A. (Secret Monitor in Jerusalem,1848); and CharlesFitzgeraldMatier (G Sec , Mark, who receivedthe degreefrom an AmericanbrotherpassingthroughLondon in 1865) All of them were membersof Alfred MeadowsLodge (namedafter a distinguishedsurgeon)and,at the invitation of Dr. Zachanethey met at his houseon May 5, 1887 AlsopresentwereBros. C. Belton, H E. Francis,Dr. LennoxBrowne(alaryngologist),J P Godfrey,M. OhrenandT. Godfrey.It wasresolvedto form the Alfred MeadowsConclavewith Dr Zachaneas first SupremeRuler Thelegendof the Orderassetup was basedupon thescripturalstoryof the greatandenduringfriendshipbetweenDavid andJonathanwhich led to the secondary part of the Order’s title. “The Brotherhood of David and Jonathan”,and its practice and teachingshave ever led to care for one’s brotherand lastingfnendship Progresswasrapid on June17, 1887,GrandCouncil wasconstituted, with Dr IssacharZacharienominatedasfirst GrandSupremeRuler.Thefirst meetingof GrandCouncil took placeat 80 Brook Streeton July2, 1877, the minutesforwhich record - ORDER OF THE SECRET MONITOR At a meetingof the GrandCouncil for theUnited Kingdom of GreatBntain and Ireland,and the ColoniesandDependenciesof theBntish Crown,heldat 80Brook Street,London,W. on Saturday,2ndJuly1887,therewerepresent: Bro. I. Zacharie,M D Bro Col ShadwellH. Clerke,330 G.Sec.Craft. Bro J Lewis Thomas,180, PAGDC Craft. Bro F. A Philbrick, B A., OC., G.Reg.Craft, Dep.Prov.G.M for Essex Craft. Bro. W. G. Lemon,B.A., LL.B.,300,Treas.Univ.LondonCraftLo. Bro. Gen.C W Randolph,320,P.P.G.W.Craft. Bro. W J. Spratling,B Sc., 180, Secy.Univ.LondonCraftLo. 6 7 Thefirst membersof theGi andCouncilin 1887wereAll of the abovebeing membersof the Alfred MeadowsConclaveof the Order. It wasresolvedto form a Councilto bestyled— “TheGrandCouncilof the Orderof the SecretMonitor for the United Kingdom of Great Bntain and Ireland and the Coloniesand Dependenciesof the Bntish Crown” The Council being thus formed, Bro. Zacharie was elected, installed and proclaimedSupremeRuler of the GrandCouncil. Thereupon,he proceeded to appoint a numberof GrandCouncillorsincluding Bro Shadwell Clerke, G Sec.of theCraftandBro. C F Matier, G.Sec of the Mark, as PastRulers of the GrandCouncil As well, he appointedBro. F.A Philbrick as Grand ChancellorandBro. W J.SpratlingasGrandRecorder. A specialmeetingof the GrandCouncil wascalledfor July 11 at 80 Brook Street,at which Bro Philbncksubmitteddraft Constitutions,togetherwith all necessaryforms, certificates and other documents,all of which were approved. “TheFreemason”a Masonicperiodicalof thetime, reported Bro Bro Bro. Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro ColShadwellH Clerke,330, G S C F Matier. 32~ Dr I Zacharie J Lewis Thomas,180, P A G D.C F A Philbrick, B A ,O C ,G R ,32o Gen J StudholmeBrownrigg,CB ,330,PG.W Gen C W Randolph,320.PPG.W W G Lemon, LLB .300 W J Spratling,BSc ~18~ MagnusOhren,320, P A G D C C Belton,300 P P G D SirR Harley. K C M G EdgarBowyer, 180. PG Std Br LennoxBrowne, l8~ H D Sandeman.330 PD G M ,Bengal A M Broadley,32~. P P G W Rowe P 5 GrandRuler P 5 GrandRuler S GrandRuler Dep G Ruler GrandChancellor GrandChamberlain GrandGuide GrandTreasurer GrandRecorder GrandVisitor GrandVisitor GrandStandardBearer GrandBowBearer GiandGuarder GrandCouncillor GrandCouncillor GrandSentinel ThEORDEROFTHESECRETMONITOR At the recent meetingof the Grand Council of the Order for the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and IrelandandtheColoniesandDependenciesol the Bntish Crown, the Grand Chancellorbrought up a completeset of Constitutionsfor the Governmentof the Order, which were unanimously adopted A model set ot by-laws was discussedand tinallv recommendedto be adopted.subject to any(non-fundamental)alterationsdesiredby a conclave Theminutesalsostate “The numberof applicationsfor membershipot the Order is alreadyvery large,and it is contidentlybelievedthat assoon as it becomes~sell-known.a Conclaveof the Order will be as necessaryan acconipanimentot any Craft Lodgeas it is atpresentaRoyalArchChapter In theseConstitutionstheobjectof theOrderisset forthasfollows: “The specialfeatureof the Orderconsistsin this: Every Conclaveshall appointnotmore thanfour Visiting Deacons* whosedutyit shallbeto search outandcall upon anyBrotherwho may be in dangeror distress,or who may havefallen into ill health,or may be in needof fraternalmonition,sympathy consolation,or assistanceThisdutyshallbe recognisedin everysetof by-laws sanctionedfor any conclave,and the S R. of every conclaveat his installation mustbe duly warnedthat hewill be heldresponsibleto the GrandCouncil for theproperandeffectivecarryingoutof thisConstitution He will alsotakecare to impressthe importanceof this mattetupon thosewhom he mayappointas his visitingDeacons * Article 28 of the 1887 B C lays down “Visiting Deacons(not exceeding four)”. Theritual of thatyearseemsto indicatethat only two deaconsactually took anactivepartin the inductionceremony.Theby-lawsof ConclaveNo 14 provide fora seniorandjunior V.D only 8 9 2 1887-1910 11 The first Constitutionsof theOrder,draftedby JudgePhilbrickandadopted at thefirst meetingof GrandCouncilin 1887wereasfollows” The first Festival of the Order was held at the Hotel Victoria, NorthumberlandAvenue,London, S.W. on July 15, 1887. It was also the inauguration meeting of Alfred MeadowsConclave No.1 which having workedwithout a warrantuntil the following Novemberwasthen issuedwith its warrant. At the meetingof No 1 Conclave,no less than thirty new memberswere admitted,including Lord Halsbury,PG W Craft, a renownedscholar,Lord Chancellorof England(who, it is recorded,“left the woolsackto attendthe meeting”); the Rt.Hon the Earl of Warwick, Dep G M. of the Craft, Sir Francis Burdett, Prov G M Middlesex Craft, Sir Morell Mackenzie, a distinguishedlaryngologist;Rear-Admiral R C. Mayne,C B , M P ; Sir J. Monckton,P G W Craft; andmanyotherhigh-rankingFreemasons On the same day (July 15) University of London ConclaveNo 2 was founded,with His HonourJudgeF A. Philbrick as first S.R its warrant was datedSeptember15, 1887 At thesametime anapplicationwas madefor “True Friendship”Conclave,laternumbered4: No3 was reservedfor “Star in theEast”, a Conclaveto beformedat Penangin the MalayPeninsula,which was constitutedon September14 with Bro. Felix Gottlieb, District G M for Penang,as first S.R He died on November 13, 1893 and the Conclave’s warrant wascancelledin 1910 This numberwas subsequentlytakenoverby “SummusConclave”with a warrantdatedSeptember22, 1919,yet retaining theseniorityandprivilegesof its forerunnerBro CharlesEdwardKeyserwas its first S R The membershipof SummusConclave is restrictedto Grand Officersof the Order, the Craft, Mark and otherOrders,andby invitation only The GrandSupremeRulei is its perpetualS R and the Conclaveelects eachyeara DeputyS R to piesidc In 1887 Horatio Shirley ConclaveNo 5 wasfounded with Bro Horatio Shirleyasfirst S R ; thewarrantwasdatedSeptember14, 1887,but it wasnot consecrateduntil February22, 1888 by Bro CharlesFitzgeraldMatierat the MasonicHall, RedLion Square,London. October29,1887 markedtheadoptionof the ritual of the First Degreeand, in recognitionof their eminentservicesin producingit, Bros Col ShadwellH, Clerke and C F Matier were eachpresentedwith the jewel of the Order surmountedby a crown. Soonafterwards,Bro ShadwellClerkesubmittedthe design for a sealwith the motto “SemperFidelis”, and for GrandOfficers’ jewels which wereapprovedby GrandCouncil True FriendshipConclaveNo 4, with Bro Frank Richardsonas its first S R , was reporteddormant in 1893; but was reconstitutedas “Claro True Friendship”ConclaveNo 4 in Harrogatein 1895 andassumedtheseniorityof itspredecessor Reg I The supremegovernmentof the Orderof the SecretMonitor in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Colonies and Dependenciesof the Bntish Crown and the ultimate authority over all memberswithin that jurisdictionare vestedin theGrandSupremeRulerof the Order, with the assistanceof the other membersof the GrandCouncil in certaincasesandto theextentprovidedfor in theseConstitutions Reg 3 states:The numberof membersof the GrandCouncil. other thanthe GrandSupremeRulerof theOrderandPastGrandOfficers,shall not exceed fifteen andshallincludetheundermentionedGrandOfficerswhosetitles, rank and precedenceshall be as follows (here follows a list of eleven Grand Officers,beginningwith “DeputyRuler of theOrder” andendingwith Grand Guarder Reg 4 stipulatesthat all theseGrandOffices shallbe appointedby theG S R exceptfor the GrandTreasurerwho shall be electedby ballot by the Grand Council Reg 5 empowersthe G S R to appointannually, in addition to the Grand Officers, “any numbernot exceedingfour GrandCouncillors,who shall rank accordingto seniorityof appointmentaftertheGrandOfficers After providingfor thefrequencyof its meetingsandprocedurethereat,the 1887Constitutionsdefinedthepowersof Gi andCouncilas - (a) Superintendenceof Conclavesand their members (b) Initiation andprosecution01 all suchmattersas may beexpedientfor the welfareandextensionof theOrder (c) Counsellingandadvisingthe G S R of theOrder on all mattershe may submitfor their advice (d) Assistinghim asHeadof theOrderin all mattersin which hemay require their aid (e) Hearing and determining all appealsfrom brethren and Conclaves generally (f) Supervisingandregulatingtheaffairsandinterestsof theOrder The original Constitutionsof the Order madeno proxision foi a Grand Conclave; the first such meeting being held in June 1888 (but was not mentioneduntil publicationof the 1889edition,which indicated- TheGrandConclaveof theOrdershallconsistof (a) All membersof theGrandCouncil,PiesentandPast (b) All GrandStewards,PresentandPast (c) The SupremeRuler,Counsellor,Guide.TreasurerandSecretaryof every pnvate Conclave, together with such Past Supreme Rulers as are subscribingmembersof aConclave 2 12 13 It shallmeetin Londonannuallyon thethirdWednesdayinJuneandatsuch othertimesandplacesasthe GrandCouncil maydetermine.All Princesof the Ordershall beentitled to attendits meetingsand to votetherein. It shallbe wiihin thepowerof theG.S.R.toinvite thepresenceof suchothermembersof theOrderashemaydeterminebutsuchbrethrencannotspeakor voteon any matterunderdiscussion.GrandConclaveshall beentilled to discussandvote upon any matter brought before it after due notice and may make recommendationsto GrandCouncilonanymatterconnectedwith theOrder. Thus came mb being the bicameral system, though Grand Conclave appearedto be more a general assemblyof membersthan a body with executivepowers. As far backas July 20, 1887considerabledevelopmentof the Orderwas envisagedwhenGrandCouncilresolved“that theSupremeRulerof theOrder be empoweredto appoint brethrenof eminenceand distinction to Pastor Honorary Rank in the GrandCouncil, to grantandissuewarrantsfor new Conclavesand to appoint Provincial and D~trict Rulers. It was fui’ther resolvedthat the regularConvocationsof GrandCouncilbe held twice ayear in the monthsof Juneand December,and that the S R. of the Orderbe empoweredto call a specialconvocationat anytime whensuch a proceeding may to him appeardesirable.Anotherresolutionwas“that thefeeof honour to be paidby everybrotheron his appointmentto an office in GrandCouncil, to membershipof GrandCouncil or to a past rank therein, shall be one guinea Insofaras the design of jewels for GrandOfficers andmembersof Grand Council is concerned,it was decreedthat “the jewel is to be attachedto a ribbon — red shotwith goldoneinch broadandis to bewom roundtheneck”. Subsequently,it was reported that sixteen jewels of the Order had been obtainedfor the GrandOfficersof the year,but it hasbeenfoundimpossible to obtain “red ribbonshol with gold” andcollarsof yellow nbbonwith crimson borderare now beingmadeinsubstitution. On October29, 1887 it wasreportedthat an accountin the nameof the Orderof the SecretMonitor hadbeenopenedat the SouthEastemBranchof theLondonandSouthWestemBankwith abalanceof~33.Os. 6d. By the end of 1887 five Conclaveshad been warrantedand the Grand SupremeRulerhadapprovedtheappointmentof GrandStewards. It is recordedthat the first meetingof the Board of GrandStewardstook place at the FreemasonsTavern (now ConnaughtRooms) when it was resolvedthat: “Grand Stewardsshall be responsiblefor admissionof brethrenattending Grand Council and Grand Conclave; arrangementsfor seating at table; musical arrangements(for which the sum of 6gns. was available); and arrangementof themenuandyvines.”To celebratethe settingup of theBoard of GrandStewards,theyobtainedandpresentedfor useof GrandCounciland GrandConclaveabannerat acostof £18. During this period, the rituals of the Secondand Third Degreeswere approved,thelatterbeingconferreduponmembersof GrandCouncil. The year 1888 marked the warrantingof sevennew Conclaves:Anglo- American No.6, Earl of EustonNo.7, Cleve Fast No.8, ZacharieNo.9 (of which thefirst S.R.wasBro. BelgraveNinnis,M.D., R.N. Inspector-General of the Fleet), Royal SussexNo.10, George Andrews No.11 and Queen’s WestminsterNo.12 (founded for the benefitof brethrenof that Volunteer Regiment). On October17, 1888, Bro. Col GeorgeLambert,V D., F.S A. presented ConsecratingVesselsto GrandCouncil;sasheswereauthorisedto beworn by Grand Officers, and the Executive Committee of Grand Council was appointedof which two memberswere nominatedby the G.S.R.and three electedby GrandCouncil. Official robeswereauthorisedfor the useof the G.S.R.,G.Chancellor,andG.Chamberlamn,alsotherobeof a S.R. within the Order,the latterto be wom by the DeputyRuler of theOrderwhenfulfilling his functionsat GrandConclave.White surpliceswereauthorisedfor Grand VisitorswhentheGrandCouncilor GrandConclavewasopenedin dueform. Benevolencecameto the fore whenGrandCouncilauthonsedgrantof the sumof Ten Poundsto the widow of a brotherof Anglo-AmericanConclave No.6to “set herup in business”.Two membersof Horatio Shirley Conclave No.5 petitioned Grand Council to be admitted to the Secondand Third Degreesby dispensation...it wasrefused It is recordedthaton October30, 1888a massivesilver Epergne(164ozs.) representingCharity andBenevolencewaspresentedto Bro. W J. Sprathng, B.Sc., PastProv.GrandTreas.of Middlesex Craft, GrandRecorderof the Order. In 1889, the first District G.S R. was appointedin March . Bro Felix Gottlieb as Dist.G SR. for Eastern Archipelago; in the same month. KingstonConclaveNo 13 in Jamaica,takenthereby Bro William Andrews, its first S R.,andDamonandPythiasConclaveNo 15 in Madras Rulesand Constitutionsfor Provincesand Districts were approvedand issuedat the3rdGrandFestival,as werevotesof thanksonvellumtoBro. Col. G. Lambertfor his gift of consecratingvesselsand to Mrs Zacharieand her daughtersfor theirskill andability in prepanngtherobesof the GrandOfficers then worn for thefirst time. The revisedsecondedition of the Constitutionsand Regulationsof the Order,proposedby the Earlof Halsbury,wasapprovedandissued. 14 15 Jewelsof a specialdesignwerepresentedby the G.S.R.to Bros Shadwell Clerke, C. F. Matier, J. L. Thomas,Lord Brooke, the Earl of Halsbury,W. G. Lemon,JudgePhilbrick andW. J Spratling. During the year threemoreConclaveswerewarranted:PrudentBrethren No.15, Natal; Empressof India No.16 . . . It is recordedthat H.H the Maharajahof Cooch Beharjoined this Conclave (andfrom a non-Masonic sourcethat the gamenow known as “snooker” was inventedby the same Maharajahunderthe nameof “smash” since it was largely playedby young subalternsin themess);andAdullam No. 17,Singapore. At the Winter Convocation, a committee was formed to seek accommodationin thenew Mark Masons’Hall, GreatQueenStreet,to which GrandMark Lodge had recentlymoved from Red Lion Square Early the following year,theExecutiveCommitteemadeanofferof £60 per annumfor useof a roomasanoffice. ..theoffer wasdeclined. The 30 ritual was consideredandfinally adopted; it wasagreedthat any GrandOfficer or memberof GrandCouncil shouldhaveauthority to act as a CommissioningOfficerextendingtheauthontyof a S.R.of a Conclaveto that of a S.R.within theOrder; also,thata S.R notduly commissionedcannottake thechairof anyConclaveotherthan thatin which hewas installed Admission to the20 wasmademandatoryto commissioningasa S.R within the Orderor appointmentto a seat in GrandCouncil. Permissionto incorporatein its title thewords“Primusin India” wasgrantedtoConclaveNo.3 Theyear 1890saw two new ConclaveswarrantedSouthernCrossNo.18 in EastGriqueland,andNatalia No.19 in PietermaritzburgAt the 4th Grand Festival.Bro B Ninnis, M D ,R.N. presenteda swordfor useby the Grand Guarder Grand Council declined to sanction by-laws for any Conclave providing for a subscriptionlower than ten shillings per annum (This was rescindedin 1907) Meetingsfor instructionwere removedfrom the premises of Bro. GeorgeKenningandGrandCouncil authorisedthe “SupremeCon- daveof Instruction” to meetat Mark Masons’Hall everyFridayat 7 p m andConclavestobeaskedto inserton summonsesnoticeof timeandplace. The year 1891 heraldedchanges:Alfred MeadowsConclaveNo 1 changed its nameto PremierConclaveNo 1, the District GrandConclaveof Eastern Archipelagowasconstitutedwith R.W.Bro. Felix H Gottliebas first District G SR . the PenroseDunbarConclaveNo 20 was consecrated,and Grand Council approvedthe design of the 30 certificate. At the5th GrandFestival, music composedby Bro. W. Stephensof Perth, Western Australia, was performedupon the organ andadoptedfor use in Conclaves.Regulationsfor Provincial andDistrict GrandConclaveswererevised.. .R.W.Bro Gottlieb had indicatedhis wish to form his own District Grand Council and hadso arrangedin his District by-laws This wasnotpermittedas “there shouldbe only one GrandCouncil” He was advised to nameit “District Executive Committee”as authorisedby theConstitutions An application to form a District whereonly one Conclaveexistedwas refusedby GrandCouncil. GrandCouncil directedthata letterof congratulationbesenttoH.R H. the Princeol~ Waleson the occasionof themarriageof hiseldestson,H R.H. the Duke of Clarence.Tragiccircumstances,howevernecessitatedthe sendingof a letter of condolence,and,on January15, 1892, a reply from H.R.H. the Prince of Waleswas receivedacknowledgingthe letter of condolencesent upontheoccasionof thedeathof H R H. theEarlof ClarenceandAvondale. Finally, at the endof the year, the GrandRecorderreportedthat issued during theyearhadbeen— I Warrant., for ConclaveNo 20; 3 Dispensations; 75 j0 certificates(thelastbearingthe number504), 5620certificates; 730 certificates. Thedeathof M W Bro Col Shadwell H Clerke,P.G.SR. wasreported, with a noteof condolenceto his widow At the 6thGrandFestival(held in Mark Masons’Hall) in 1893 the rankof P.G S.R was conferred upon Bro. Edward Letchworth, the new Grand Secretaryof theCraft GrandCouncil notedthe deathsof Sir FrancisBurdett andSirRobertHarley,K.C.M G ,C B. The first visit of Dr. Carmichael.GrandMasterof the Allied Degreesof Virginia, U.SA. tookplaceon December12, and,at his request,hewasgiven copiesof the ritualsof thethreedegreesof the Order.A note in theminutesof GrandCouncilindicatedapprovalof a paymentof £12 lOs. in partpurchaseof thepropertyof a brotherwhosegoodshadbeenseizedfor rentby his landlord. Grand Visitors were added as ex officio membersof the Executive Committee.It was reported that two Conclaveswere in arrearswith their dues, namelyNo 13 (3 years)andNo 18 (2 years),and they wereorderedto make their returnsor returntheirwarrants. The year 1893 was uneventful . ChudderghatConclaveNo.21 of Hyderabadwas consecratedby Bro. W. T. Newitt of Conclave No 14, Madras Thedeathof Bro. Felix Gottlieb, Dist.G.SR , EasternArchipelago wasnoted.Bro. C. F. MatierreportedthatTrueFriendshipConclaveNo.4,of which hewassecretary,wasdormant A letter was orderedto be sent to M.W.Bro Dr Zachariesympathising with him on his illnesswhich wasincreasinglyserious 16 17 A It wasreportedthatnodueshadbeenreceivedfrom ConclavesNos.4, 6, 17 and20. . .Anglo-Americanwasorderedtopayits duesor returnitswarrant. 1894 openedwell for the Orderwith SentinelConclaveNo.22, Transvaal warranted on January 14, and Cama Conclave No.23, Bombay consecratedby Bro. D. P. Cama(of ConclaveNo.5) while on a visit to his brother,KursetjeeK. Cama,whomhe inductedinto theOrder,installedand commissionedasS.R.of thenewConclave... all onthesameday In March a letter was receivedfrom Virginia announcingthat Bro Dr. Carmichael~GrandMasterof theAllied Degrees,wouldpaya furthervisit and enclosingacopyof thenewly-publishedritual of thatbody. PermissionwasgrantedtoPremierConclaveNo.1 to restrictits membership to GrandOfficersandto takeasa sub-name“Grand Officers Conclave” (It wasrescindedin 1947.whenSummusConclavewasgrantedthisprivilege). On September11 a presentationwasmadeto M.W.Bro. Dr. Zacharieand Mrs Zacharieon theoccasionof their goldenwedding. In Decemberthe District GrandConclaveof SouthAfrica, with Bro R. I. FinnemoreasDist.G.S.R.,was constituted.In the samemonthBro. C. F. Matier notified Grand Council that ConclaveNo.4 had “ceasedto exist”. GrandConclaveordereda patentto beissuedtoBro. ThomasCookof Natal upon his appointmentby the District G.S.R. as his Deputy Ruler of the District. A letter was readfrom M W.Bro. Dr. Zacharie,G.S.R.,statingthat his health wasso much impairedthat he could no longer continuein office as GrandSupremeRuler Thereupon,a committeewas appointedto approach the Rt.Hon the Earl of Warwick, Deputy Rulerof the Order,to ask him to acceptoffice asGrandSupremeRulerat thenextGrandFestival. 1895wasa notableyear for theOrder At itscommencement,anapplication wasreceivedfrom somefifty brethrenin Rocklands,Maine, U.S.A. seeking permissionto setup a Conclavetoconferthe20 and30 degreesof theOrder.A warrantwas granted,safeguardingthe interestsof the Richmond,Virginia brethren and restricting them from changingtheir allegianceat any time without theconsentof GrandCouncil.As a result,PioneerConclaveNo.24, Rocklandswasformedby thesebrethren,the warrantbeing datedMarch 28, 1895 In this country,the next newConclavewarrantedwasCockcroftNo.25 consecratednear Todmordenby JudgePhilbrick; and ChampionNo.26 at Manchester A homily given by Judge Philbrick at the consecrationof Champion ConclaveNo.26onApril 15 1895 concerningtheNatureandPrinciplesof the Ordercannotbebettered’ a Society framedupon the principlesof self-sacrifice,of mutual trust, watchful brotherly care, of compulsorywarning in time of danger,official solacein timeof sorrowandskilful andeffectiveihoughunostentatiousadvice inevery circumstancein life, is aSociety that meetsa greatandcryingneedin humanaffairs, andiscalculatedtobenefitthosewho actupto its tenets.Sucha Societyis that of the SecretMonitor. If a Brotherbe in sorrow the Conclave will afford him sympathy;if in dangerhisBrethrenwill give him assistance;if in distressthe Visiting Deaconswill bring him consolation;if in povertyhe will find aid. Moreover,at everyturn of life~ ateverycrisisof fate,hemaylook and he will not look in vain, to the experiencedamong his Brethrenwho have pledgedthemselvesto give him caution,to prompthim to good actions,to warnhim of doubtfulones,andgenerallyto watchoverhim, supporthim and cherishhim so longashemayneedtheircareandprovehimselfworthy of the confidencereposedin him. Such, my Brethren, are the principles of our Order. Tried they have been in times of peril, and true they have been found in timesof difficulty . . On May 13 a letter was receivedfrom Bro. C. F Matier statingthat “the bodyhe represents”had receiveda letter from Virginian brethrenprotesting againstGrandCouncil’s actionin permitting the foundationof a Conclavein the U SA. The GrandCouncil askedfor a copy of the letter but without effect. The resignationfrom the Orderof the Earl of EustonandBro. C. F. Matierwasreceiveda few days later, followedby surrenderof the warrantof Earl of Euston Conclave No.7. The Earl of Warwick was installedas GrandSupremeRuler and Judge PhilbrickappointedDeputyRulerof theOrderat the9th GrandFestivalin the presenceof the Earl of 1-lalsbury. A brother produceda transcript of a documentissuedby theEarlof Eustonclaiming theheadshipof theOrder.On December6, a letterwasreceivedfrom Bro C. F. Matier, GrandSecretary, Mark Masons’ Hall, cancellingthe agreementof October25, 1895 to permit letting of the GrandHall at Mark Masons’ Hall to the Order for its Grand Festivals. It was arrangedfor Bro. SpratlingandBro. Philbrick to preparea “case” for submissionto arbitrationby Lord Lathom,Pro GrandMasterof the Craft, in order to bring to an end the unpleasantfriction with the authorities of the Mark Degree. The “case” as drawn up was placed in the handsof LordLathomon March25, 1896. A monthlaterMoulmein ConclaveNo.28, Burmawasconsecrated.At the 10thGrandFestival..,heldat theFreemasonsTavern,alist of Conclaveswas issuedshowing:- 1. Premier 2. Universityof London 3. Felix Gottlieb 4 TrueFriendship 5. HoratioShirley 6 Anglo-American London London Penang Warrant cancelled London London 18 19 7. Earlof Euston 8. CleveFast 9. Zacharie 10. Royal Sussex Ii. GeorgeAndrews 12. Queen’sWestminster 13. Kingston 14. DamonandPythias 15. PrudentBrethren 16 Empressof India 17 Adullam Singapore 18 SouthernCross 19. Natalra 20. PenroseDunbar 21 Chudderghat 22. Sentinel 23 Cama 24 Pioneer 25 Cockcroft 26. Champion Consequentupon the lossof facilities at Mark Masons’Hall, it hadbecome necessaryto find new accbmmodationfor the Supreme Conclave of Instruction: this was found by using the Board Roomat the premises of Bro. JaphethTickle, C.C.,P.G Treas.,to whom a vote of thankswasaccordedat theGrandFestivalin 1897. TransvaalConclaveNo.30(for ScottishMasons) waswarrantedat Johannesburgat theendof theyear. Warrantretumed London London Brighton Kent London Jamaica Madras Natal Calcutta (?warrant returned) South Africa SouthAfrica Warrantcancelled Deccan Johannesburg Bombay U S A —cancelled Todmorden Manchester By theendof theyear4 moreConclaveswereadded: 27.SouthernCross Geelong.Victoria, Australia 28 Moulmein Burma 29 Earlof Warwick London 30 Transvaal Johannesburg In honour of the jubilee of Queen Victoria, brevet past ranks were conterredupon a numberof worthy PastS Rulers and others,Sir Thomas Wright was elected GrandTreasurer,and the office of Grand Director of Ceremonieswasintroduced all in theyear 1897 A letterfrom Bro W. I Newrttof Madrasstated ‘if the brethrenin Indiahaveto choosebetweenthe Orderof the SecretMonitor and the“Allied Degrees”,their mindshave long beenmadeup” On November11, 1897,a specialmeetingof the ExecutiveCommitteewas held to considera proposalfrom the Earl of Eustonthat the 20 and 30 of the Order should be abandonedand that the brethrenshould range themselves underhim in the Allied Degrees the offer wasrefusedon the groundthat the Allied Degreeshadnothing to offer the membersof the Orderand they preferredtheir own presentRulers The Rocklandsbrethrenhavingfailed to return their warrant for endorsementaccording to the wishes of Grand Council. the GrandRecorderwas instructedto senda copy of the “case” to ConclaveNo 24 and to the Richmondbrethrenwith a coveringletterin each case On May 9, 1989 an applicationfor a conclaveat Albany, New York was declined“until presentdifficulties in Americaaresettled”.At the12th Grand Festivalin that year,GrandCouncil favouredthe formation of a Benevolent Fundof the Orderandauthoriseda draftschemeto be drawnup.TheEarl of Warwick, G.S.R. announced his determination to “take the sense” of Mark GrandLodge uponthe attitudeof certain of its officials towardsthis Order. Later,on October7,it was reportedthat theG.S.R.hadplacedhis submission for arbitration in the handsof the GrandRegistrarof the Craft and,having intimatedthat hewas willing to do almostanythingratherthan perpetuatethe presentstrained relations betweenthe Order and the Mark Degree,he reportedthat he and the Earlof Eustonhad signed an award by Bro. John Strachan,Q.C.,wherebythisOrdergrantedrecognitionto thenew“Degree” of SecretMonitor as instituted by the Council of the Allied Degreesin England.Two monthslater, a cordial voteof thankswas passedto Bro John Strachan,Q C ,GrandRegistrarof theCraft, for the time andtrouble hehad takenin settling the Award: similarvoteswerepassedto the G.S R. and the Deputy Ruler of the Order (Bro. Philbrick). GrandCouncil referred the proposalto set up a BenevolentFundto the ExecutiveCommittee,whose reportreceivedtheapprovalof GrandCouncil atthe 13thGrandFestival(held at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London) in June1899. The proceedingsof the meetingwere reported in “The Daily Telegraph”. Later in the year, in November,the4th editionof the Constitutionswas issued,revision of the ]0 ritual ordered,and it wasreportedthat correspondencehadpassedbetween the GrandScribe E of Royal Arch Masonry in Scotlandand the O.S.M. authoritiesin Englandconcemingthecreationof a District of theOrderin that Constitution TheMasonicvirtueof Brotherly Lovebeingalwaysthepredominantdesire of the brethren,a fund wasraisedto assistFreemasonsand their dependants injured asa resultof the SouthAfrican War; moneyraisedwas transmittedto Bro Thomas Cook, District G.S.R., South Africa, to be distributed by him at his discretionto alleviate the suffering of membersof the Order and their families . . . it wasreportedthat five Conclavesin SouthAfrica wereaflected. A further donation of £20 was madeto The Daily TelegraphShilling Fund raisedforvictimsof theSouthAfrican War. The O.S.M. Benevolent Fund opened with promises of donations amountingto l7gns Bro. C. I. Nelsonwas first PresidentandTreasurerand GrandCouncilagreedthat this officer shouldbe an ex-officio memberof the Executive Committee. 21) 21 Thetumof thecentury,theyear1900,wasnotable.. . the Earl of Warwick, G S.R.,acceptedthe Presidencyof the BenevolentFund,with Bro. Charles Edward Keyser as Vice-President.At the 14th GrandFestival Bro. C. L. NelsonwaselectedGrandTreasurerof theOrder. Thedeathof Dr. IsacharZacharie,first GrandSupremeRulerof the Order, wasnotified on September16.TheExecutiveCommitteedrewup a resolution of sympathyand condolenceto be sent to the bereavedmembersof Dr Zacharie’sfamily and, at his funeral two days laterat HighgateCemetery, London(GraveNo.33925inSquare147),theOrder’sritualfor a “Conclaveof Sorrow” was used for the first time; and obituary notice with portrait was publishedin “TheFreemason”,andon October22in theMasonicTempleat Hotel Cecil, the “Ritual of Sorrow” wasperformedin the presenceof many Freemasonsand the membersof theZachariefamily: an accountappearedin the “Freemasons’Chronicle”. Early in 1901, it is recorded,a schemewas proposedtosetup amemorialon Dr. Zacharie’sgrave,and,laterin the year,a committeewas appointedto carry out the work: donationsreached£55 8s 6d., and the memorialduly erectedby Bro. RuthvenFinlayson,to whom a voteof thankswasaccordedby GrandCouncil. GrandCouncil compoundeda life subscriptionof £2 for any Conclaveat Oxford or CambridgeUniversities.At this time, CeresConclaveNo 31 was consecratedin Rangoon,and the District of Burma, with R.W Bro. James Copley Moore, M.A. as Dist.G.S.R. was set up. Bro J. L. Thomas was appointedImmediatePastG SR. in placeof the lateM.W.Bro.Dr Zacharie. The final organisation of the Benevolent Fund, with specimens of badges proposed,wasadopted;and the GrandTreasurerreporteda balancein the bank and in hand of £136. 6s 2d of which £43. 3s Od belongedto the BenevolentFund GrandCouncilorderedtherevisionof Ritual No.2 At the 16th GrandFestivalit was reportedthat H H Maharajahof Cooch Behar had accepted appointment of District G S.R. for India; that enquiries had been received from the Grand Lodge of the Argentine Republic;and Gand Council resolvedthat no Conclavecan omit or alter the day of its meetingexcept in accordancewith thepracticeof theCraft In January1903, a revision of the rules for managementof District Grand Conclaveswasordered.Later, at the 17thGrandFestival,a rulemodifyingthe chargefor dispensations“if notappliedfor in time” tobeoneor two guineas;it wasresolvedthat, in view of the distancesbetweenConclavesin India and from home,“Grand Guidesin charge”would be appointed Conclaveswere askedto makethe office of Secretaryas permanentas they canthus saving much troubleto the GrandRecorder,andSupremeRulerswerewarnedthat no brothermayholdtwo officesin thesameConclaveat thesametime. In January 1904, a handsomeJapaneseclock was presentedto Lady Marjorie Greville,daughterof the G S R ,to markherforthcomingmarriage toViscountHemsley In May 1904, Victoria Conclave No.33 was consecrated in Burma; R WBro. Thomas Cook, Dist.G.S.R., South Africa was reappointed for a further term of five years;and the 5th editionof the Constitutions,including the Constitutionsof the BenevolentFund, was issued The BenevolentFund wasdivided into threedivisionsor wingseachwith its distinguishingbadgeand eachundera General,a Treasureranda Scribe,who wereelectedannually. Each Division was to be financially autonomous:the Right Wing (white badge)wasto expendits fundsin furtheringtheeducationof childrenof Secret Monitors or in collecting votes for the Masonicschools thesevotesto be used in favour of candidateswhosefatherswere SecretMonitors The Left Wing (red badge)devotedits funds to the assistanceof SecretMonitors or theirfamilies in sicknessorconvalescenceTheCentreWing (bluebadge)was to spendits moneyon the careof agedSecretMonitorsand in collectingvotes for the Masonic charities for aged Freemasons.In 1905 GrandCouncil resolvedthat fees for dispensationsshould be credited to the Benevolent Fund. EachWing hadgradesor ranksaccordingto the amountdonatedby an individual brother: the more he donated,thehigher in rank he progressed(in the BenevolentFund) In January 1905, an arrangementwas sanctioned wherebya Conclavesecretarycouldbeadvancedastepin rankuponthebooks of theBenevolentFundup to acertainpointforeachyearof serviceassuch Everything has its origin the printed report forms now issuedto Grand Visitors, were introducedin May 1905 Also in 1905 the Order was further extendedby the consecrationof Ladysmith ConclaveNo 34 in Natal, andthe ClaroTrueFriendshipConclave,thenewNo.4, wasconsecratedatHarrogate by theGrand SupremeRuler. The first BenevolentFundFestivalwasheld at Hotel Cecil in December, whena sumof £275. 17s wasannounced. . .anda reportof this appearedin “The Freemason” four days later. Thefollowing year,1906,GiandCouncil expressedwillingnesstopaytravel expensesfor GrandOfficerswhile on duty for the Order At the 20th Grand Festival,againat theHotel Cecil,Bro C E KeyserwasappointedImmediate Past G.S.R in placeof the late Bro. J L Thomas OdersfeltConclaveNo 35 was consecrated at Huddersfield by Bro. Philbrick, who travelled from Bournemouth for the occasion The ceremony was reported in “The Freemason”. Skyrack Conclave No 32, with the Past Prov.GM M. as S.R., was consecratedat Leeds by Bro. JaphethTickle, C C , P.G S.R , Assistant D R 0 Ruler on July 27, 1903 Four months later, a new venuefor the SupremeConclaveof Instructionwasfoundat Hotel Cecil 22 23 3 TheOrderandMark Masonry 25 A copy of the portrait in oils of the late Bro. F. A. Philbrick, P G.W., P.G Reg., 330, offered by the Province of Essex, was accepted. Attah Gibor Leolam Adonai: Thou art strong in the eternal God. The 21st Grand Festival, held at Hotel Cecil, markedthe “coming-of-age” of the Order and, to mark the occasion,a handsome‘Coming-of-Age” jewel was presentedto theG SR. anda replicaorderedto be worn by all members at that time.A bookletrecordingthevariousmemorableeventswasprepared and issued at thepriceof oneshilling The 22nd and 23rd Grand Festivals were held at the Hotel Cecil and,at the latter, it was reported that Lord Methuen had acceptedappointmentas Dist.G.SR for South Africa Celebration of the 24th Grand Festival was marredby the deathof King EdwardVII andGrandConclavewasinvited to give expressionto its feelings. It wasreported that CharlesLittle Conclave No 36 had beenconsecratedin Burma In January1911 the Executive Committee reportedthe deathof Bro. F. A Philbrick on ChristmasDay 1910 in his 75th year: “To refer to our late esteemed Deputy Ruler is to think of him as ‘A grand old English gentleman’, in whose genial company,everyonewho enjoyedthatprivilege,tookpleasure anddelight,andwhosenamewill everremainin the loving memoryof all who knew him”~ and its furtherreporttoGrandCouncil in May’ “TheOrderhasto deplore the death of oneof its mosteminentFounders,the lateBro judge F A Philbrick.His hand,joinedwith thatof Bro. ShadwellClerke,did muchin shapingthedestiniesof the Order,andplacingit uponthesoundfoundationit now occupies His genialpresenceandsageadvicehavebeenmuch missedin the counselsof your Committee“ Two more Conclaveswere reportedas having beenconsecratedBellary No 37 in India and Cinque PortsNo.38, Hastings.but apetitionfrom Lagoshadbeenwithdrawn In 1912 the ExecutiveCommitteereportedthat a small remuneration(~50 per annum) had beenawardedto Bro Spratling, Grand Recorder Lord Methuen,Dist G S R ,SouthAfrica, returnedto this country,buta ‘Prayer” from the brethrenof his District that he be permittedto continue as their nominal head was to be considered by the Executive Committee Consecrationof RegentConclaveNo.39 in Barnsley,andWaheedConclave No 40 inHyderabadto work in Urdu, thatbeingthe linguafrancaof theIndian Peninsula The following year Gemini ConclaveNo.41, which would meet everyalternatemonthon the 4th Thursdayat the RandClub, Johannesburg (Thursday hasnow beenchangedto Friday) was consecrated In 1913 the United Grand Lodge of England afforded the Order unofficial help in acaseof benevolence to which the Grand Lodge rulesdid not apply, butwhich our Board of Benevolenceundertook When the 28th GrandFestival of the Order took placeat Hotel Cecil on June 17, 1914 few, if any, could haveforeseenthestormthatwassoonto break out and affect the lives of everyone present. The Executive Committee reportedprogressby all Conclaves,althoughVictoria No.33 in Rangoon was “in abeyance”War wasdeclaredon August4 and it was found inexpedient to hold the usual Benevolent Fund Festival in Novemberdue to the absenceof thechairman,Lord Methuen,who hadbeenappointedGovernorof Malta. In 1915 Grand Council resolved’“For the purposeof relievingdifficulties occasioned by the presentandlamentableand terrible war, in which so many membersof the Orderaretakingpart ..“followed by a resolutionarranging for the substitutionof a SR -elect absenton military duty,by a P.S.R.,but preservingtheformer’srankandoffice In 1917 the ExecutiveCommitteereporteda year of steady, if not rapid, progress,although many memberswere engagedon military service . . it continued “the knowledgethatmany youngermemberswould be unableto attendhascausedthe olderandmoreexperiencedmembersto increasetheir zeal in order that meetingsof Conclavesshouldnot lack spirit andsupport” The Winter Convocation of Grand Council placed on record the deep sympathyof the Order with theEarl of Warwick, G.S R.,his eldestdaughter and the rest of his family, by the death of his son-in-law, the Earl of Favershaminthecountry’scause The 31st GrandFestival was held at 10 Duke Street,and the Executive Committee reported “the activity which marked last year has been well maintainedand the Order is still gaining groundboth at homeand abroad, although no newConclaveshaveapplied for registration”;and the following year “the work of the Order hasgone on quietly and successfullyduring the year”.TheRoll of Conclavesendedwith MaymyoNo.43,UpperBurma The report of the ExecutiveCommitteeat the 33rd Grand Festival in 1919 began: “The first duty of your Executive Committee is to offer its congratulationsto the Orderupon the arrival of peaceconditions,which it is hoped will not only relieve the anxietyof manymembersand their families, with regard to their personal safety but will bring thevictorioussoldiersof the British Empire back to their Masonicandotherduties,readyto resumethem, and,wetrust,without too greatachangearisingfrom thewar The year 1920 saw further additionsto the Roll of Conclaves:Verney ClaytonNo 45 in Manchester,KhambattaNo 46in Poona,andHarte No.47, WestHartlepool AotearoaConclaveNo.44, thewarrantforwhichwassigned on April 9, 192(1, the first Conclaveof the Order for the Dominion of New Zealand,wasconsecratedin Londonon January1, andheraldedan auspicious 1921 The inception of the Order in New Zealandwas due mainly to the 27 3 26 efforts of Col. George Barclay, serving with the New ZealandExpeditionary Force, who wasinductedandadmittedin ZacharieConclaveNo.9. An ardent and enthusiasticworker for the Order, he eventuallybecameDist.G.S.R. (1930-1943).It is on record thatso enthusiastica Freemasonwashe that he belongedtoall theMasonicOrdersandheldGrandRankin each. Two moreConclaveswereconsecratedin 1921: Bishop Blaize No.48(the Martyr, St.Blasius,Bishopof Sebastein Cappadocia,wastorturedto deathin 316. Amongtheinstrumentsusedin hismartyrdomwasawoolcomb. hence hebecamethe woolcomberspatronsaint. In earlymedicalwritingshis aid was invoked to remove foreign bodies from the throat because,among his miracles,was saving the only son of a widow who was being chokedby a fishbone)andSuperaMorasNo.49 of Bolton. At the 36th GrandFestival in 1922, the ExecutiveCommitteereportedthat severalnew Conclaveswere in contemplation,particularly in New Zealand,due to the activities of Bro. GeorgeBarclay who askedby cable for permission to hold Emergency Conclavesin severaltownsin NewZealand Thenecessarypowertoissuesuch dispensationsasmightbenecessarywasgranted. Earlier in the year,the deathof the Earl of Halsburywho, since1877had heldhigh office in the Order,had helpedto guideit throughtroubloustimes andbeena tower of strengthin all its proceedings,passedto his rest . . a resolutionof sympathywaspassedwith everysignof sorrowfor his death At the end of the year Fidelity No.50, Stockportand Amity No.51 were warranted;but it wasnotuntil 1924that therush of applicationsfor Conclaves in New Zealandcame.After WaltairConclaveNo.52hadbeenconsecratedin India, came Otakous No.53 in Dunedin, Otakara No.54, Christchurch, and, soonafterwards,ArawaNo.55, Auckland. On January 17, 1924 occurredthe death of the GrandSupremeRuler, Francis Richard CharlesGuy Greville, thefifth Earlof Warwick. Hehadbeen in office for exactly29 years and had seenthe Ordergrow in stature, strength andauthority At the Order’s38th GrandFestival, M.W.Bro CharlesEdward Keyser, M.A., J.P. who had been Deputy Ruler of the Order for many years,was installed as the third Grand SupremeRuler,a greatMasonwhosebeneficence was well-known in the Craft andother areasof Masonic interest From the outset he was facedwith many far-reachingdecisions,up to this time, Bro. Spratlinghad carriedout the day-to-daybusinessof the Order at his private business premises in Holbom Viaduct, and added to his honorariumof £50 paid when funds permitted,he receivedroyaltieson the saleof rituals. His emolument of £50 was laterincreasedto £100 and later still to £120 . . . this arrangementcontinueduntil Bro. Spratfieldtold the ExecutiveCommittee that, in addition to his own duties,which werearduousenoughandwhich were doneat theexpenseandsometimesto thedetrimentof hisprivatebusiness,he also carried out the dutiesof GrandTreasurer,none of those who had occupiedthis office hadeverobservedthe termsof his appointment.Stating that he had reachedthelimit of hisendurance,hehadnow to considerhisown health and strength He mentioned that he also performedthe duties of Warden of Regalia, although a Brother wasappointedannuallyto thatoffice; “meanwhile”, he said, “the Order is sufferingfrom the sheerinability of the GrandRecorderto copewith itspresentdemands.”As a resultof this protest the office of Assistant Grand Recorder was created,the first Brother appointed thereto receiving an annual honorarium of five guineas. The Executive Committee also took up the question of acquiring separate headquarters for the Order. In due course and after prolonged negotiation, a propertyknownasBrownlow House,26 BettertonStreetoff Drury Lanewas purchasedfor £2,000;fundsfor thepurposewereraisedby meansof individual donationsand loansanda bankoverdraft . . . guaranteedpersonallyby the G.S R. and the Presidentsof the ExecutiveCommitteeand the Board of Benevolence.Apparentlythetransactiondid notmeetwith the approvalof all members of the Order’ the neighbourhood was unsavoury‘and the house dilapidated, while two rooms were occupiedby a personwhom it was difficult to evict. Two years after its acquisition “Brownlow House” was sold(atno loss to the Trustees)and a 14-year leasetakenof rooms in the upper part of premisesat 19/21 Great QueenStreet (leasedfrom Spencer& Co.) at an annual rent of £180 exclusive of rates. The Grand Recordermoved into the new premisesin April 1927, having relinquished his premises. By this time the financial position of the Order, which has been steadily deteriorating since the outbreakof World War I, had becomealarming.Therefolloweda searchingenquiryinto Spratling’smethods relationsbetweenthe GrandRecorderand the ExecutiveCommittee becamestrained, culminatingin November 1928 in his retirement after 40 years in that office He died in 1929 Before a new Grand Recorder was appointed,the next two monthswere spent in auditingthe accounts(therewasa multiplicity of bankaccounts)and takingoverbooks,documentsandkeys The audit showeda debitbalanceof £330 but of this amountapproximately£200 was due to Bro. Spratlingfor out-of-pocketexpenses,etc Finally, it was announced that Bro. Spratling’ssuccessorwould be Bro R F. B Cross,a charteredaccountant,who,beforehe wasappointedofficially had, at the requestof the G.S.R.,upon him conferredtheThird Degreeand commissioneda S.R. within the Order at the installation meetingof Earl of Warwick ConclaveNo.29(Bro. CanonC. H. MaIden was installedinto the Chair of that Conclave) This was oneof only a few recordedinstanceswhen sucha ceremonywascarriedout. The death of M.W.Bro C. E. Keyser, G.S.R. took place on March 23, 1929 and was a great loss to the Order: when he undertook the rulership the Order was in a parlous state, the financeslow., indeedsolow theywerealmostnon- existent,and,notwithstandingtheexcellentstart theOrderhadmadefrom its 28 29 inceptionin1887, the interestof the brethrenwaswaming, someConclaves werefading, and little progresswas evident.His munificenceandbeneficence werealmostillimitable. The fourth Grand SupremeRuler was Bro. Charles Warren Napier- Clavering (Grand Master of the Allied MasonicDegrees) . he was elected and installed at the Grand Hotel, Harrogate R.W.Bro. R. VerneyClaytonwas appointed Dep.G.S.R. At the 44th Grand Festival, held for the first time at Connaught Rooms, London on July 3, 1930 the Executive Committee reported a successful re-organisationof the Orderto which the responseof theBrethrenhadbeen mostenthusiasticand encouraging.During the year 170 new membershad been inducted, the rituals had been revised, simplified and improved in coherency;the Constitutionshad been reviewed and amended,and the accountshad beenindependentlyaudited.It was reportedthat full District statushadbeengrantedtotheConclavesin AustraliaandNewZealand. Upon the appointmentof Bro. R F. B Crossas GrandRecorder,he was grantedthe useof officesat the Order’snewpremisesfor his privatebusiness, but, thoughheheldtheoffice for 29 years,hereceivednosalary.Spratlingwas awardeda pensionof £130a year (debitableto theFundof Benevolence)and it wasresolvedthat upon his death his sister,Miss K E. Spratling, should receive£20a yearfor life (shelived tobe91). The tenure of office of M.W Bro. Napier-Clavering was lamentably short, but it was due to him, and in his time, that our Orderattainedfull maturity.. agreementwith theAllied MasonicDegreesaftera periodof 31 years’- ARTICLES OFAGREEMENT BETWEEN THEGRANDCOUNCILOFTHEORDER OFTHESECRE.TMONITORIN THE UNITED KINGDOMOFGREATBRITAIN ANDIRELAND, ANDThE DOMINIONS, COLONIESANDDEPENDENCIESOFTHE BRITISH CROWN AND THEGRANDCOUNCILOFTHEALLIED MASONICDEGREESIN ENGLAND,WALES THEDOMINIONSANDDEPENDENCIESOF THEBRITISH CROWN Article I. As from the datehereofthe GrandCouncilof theAllied MasonicDegreeswill recognisethe GrandCouncilof theOrderof theSecretMonitor asthesoleand supremeauthorityoverthe Degreeof SecretMonitor in theUnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, andthe Dominions,ColoniesandDependencies of the British Crown. Article II. Councils warranted by the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees shall not at any time hereafterpracticeorconfertheDegreeof SecretMonitor Article III. As from the datehereoftheGrandCouncilof theOrderof theSecretMonitor will recognise,andupon application,registerfreeof chargeasSecretMonitors of the First Degreeall Brethrenwho holdthecertificateof thatDegreeissued by the Grand Council of the Allied MasonicDegrees Article IV. The Grand Council of the Order of theSecretMonitor will grantfacilities for the formation of regularConclavesby SecretMonitor membersof existing Councilswarrantedby theGrandCouncil of theAllied MasonicDegrees;such Conclavesshallbe entitled to no specialprecedenceon the roll of the Order but shall receive aWarrantof Constitutionwithoutfee. Article V. A Brotherrecognisedasregularby virtue of Article III on becominga member of a regular Conclavein the Order of the Secret Monitor shall take an obligation of allegiancetotheGrandCouncilof that Order Article VI. Brethren granted a Warrant by virtue of Article IV shall prior to the constitutionof theConclavethusWarrantedbe requiredtotaketheobligation before mentioned. GIVEN UNDERSEALS OFTHE GRANDCOUNCILS this FIRST day of JULY 1931. The Grand Council of the Order of the Secret Monitor C. W. Napier-Clavering SupremeGrandRuler R VerneyClayton MilesJ. Stepylton Deputy Supreme Grand Ruler R F.B.Cross GrandRecorder. The Grand Council of the Allied MasonicDegrees C W Napier-Clavering Grand Master C. H. Perram Deputy Grand Master T. G L. Lumley-Smith GrandSecretary. 30 31 During the rulership of M.W.Bro. Napier-Clavering,the custom was introducedof conveningSummerVocationsof GrandConclavealternatelyin London and in the Provinces. In 1931, Grand Conclave met at Manchester. Hitherto, it had been the customfor GrandCouncil andGrandConclaveto meet twice yearly: however,after1929, Winter Convocations were dropped After the death of M.W.Bro. Napier-Claveringin 1931, the Earl of Harewood, Prov. Grand Master for WestYorkshire,agreedto acceptoffice as Grand Supreme Ruler., as he was not then a member of the Order he was inducted, admitted, installed and commissioned in Claro True Friendship Conclave No.4 at Harrogateon December12, 1931, and in the following February was installed as Grand SupremeRuler at Mark Masons’ Hall, London . . . the first meetingof the Order to be heldat Mark Masons’ Hall since1895. The Order had now warranted Conclaves: Stewart No.62, London; Hallsworth No.63, Bombay; Concord No.64, Liverpool; Morning Star No.65; Stafford No.66, Stafford; Liverpool No.67, Prescot,Lancs; and a petition receivedfor a warrant from the MetropolitanCouncil ol~ the A.M.D. to be calledMetropolitanConclave., it waswarrantedwith theNo.68, London. The Earl of Harewood ruled until 1936, when he was appointed Pro Grand Master in the Craft and his increasing commitmentsmadeit impossiblefor him to continue as G.S.R. However, during his tenure of office, Rose and Lily Conclave No 69, London; Sohrab Bharoocha No 70, Bombay, Earl of Harewood No.71, Accrington; and Alma Mater No.72 which the G.S.R. himselfconsecratedat Cambridge...atwhich heunderlinednotonly howour Order put into practice the true principles of Freemasonry,but enabled Christiansand Brethrenof other faiths to meet on a fraternal footing and engagein fruitful masonicactivities The Earl of Courtown, Prov Grand Master for Berkshire, S G.W. in the Craft and G S W in the Mark Degree,waselected to be the 6th Grand SupremeRuler of the Order. In March 1936, he was inducted,admitted, installedandcommissionedin SummusConclaveNo.3 The Earl of Courtownheld the office of G.S.R.for 21 yearsduring which the number of Conclavesrose from 75 to 145, including the consecrationol~ CenturyConclaveNo.100 at Cheltenham. . the first S.R. was R.W Bro Sir Archibald Campbell, KCIE, CSI, CBE, VD, past District G.S.R, South India . . and the consecrationof SupremeRulersConclaveNo.123 with R W.Bro Sir George Boag, KCIE, CSI, MA, Dep G.S R. as first S.R During his years as G.S.R , the five senior Conclaves of the Order celebrated their Diamond Jubileeand fourof them,locatedin London,(Nos.1, 2, 3 and 5) marked the event with a joint meetingat AbercornRoomsin thepresence of the MWG.S R. The Grand Recorder R W.Bro R F B. Crossoccupied the chair. During the Earl of Courtown’s rulership,occurredthe outbreakof World War II. . . it led to a difficult timenotonly for our Orderbutfor Freemasonry in general Blackout restrictions, travelling difficulties, the absenceof membersin the forcesor on warwork, cateringtroublesdue to rationingand requisitioningof masonicpremisesall tendedto makemeetingsdifficult and attendancesuncertain.Alma MaterConclaveNo.74carriedon itsmeetingsin private residenceswhen the Masonic Hall at Cambridgewasrequisitioned. SeveralMasonicpremisesweredestroyedor damagedin air raids.Amongthe Conclaveswhich suffered in this way, losing regalia and furniture, were PremierNo I and University of London No.2. The offices of the Order in Green Queen Street also suffereddamage,though the Grand Recorder managedto carry on despiterestrictedaccommodationandstaffdepletedby the exigenciesof war. In December1942, it was decided to suspendmeetings of the Executive Committee except for mattersof urgency.With thecessation ol~ hostilites in 1945, strenuousefforts weremadeto resumenormalworking Recordswerebroughtup to date,duescollectedandadministrationgenerally restoredto normal.At the55thGrandFestivalon April 30, 1946,accountsfor five yearswerepresentedand adopted . . these showed a much improved financialposition. In the following year (1947) the Earl of Harewood, Past G.S R ,died althoughhiscommitmentsas ProGrandMasterin the Crafthadnecessitated his resignationfrom the office of G S.R , he had continuedto take a keen interest in our Order and had attendedmeetingswheneverpossibleThe M.W.G.S.R.told GrandCouncil thathe hadwritten a letter of condolenceto H.R H. the PrincessRoyal,who hadreplied her letter was handedto the Grand Recorder for placing in the Order’sarchives Post-warinflation necessitateda further increasein feesand dues,which came into effect on January1, 1956 thoughincreaseswereloyally accepted by brethrenin this country, the measurearousedprotestfrom Conclavesin Australia whose members demanded special treatment. A temporary compromisegave these Conclavesthe option of remitting in sterling or Australian currencyas their consciencesdictated. Lord Courtown died in tragic circumstancesin 1957, and his Deputy, Sir GeorgeTownsendBoag, KCIE, CSI, MA, Past District Grand Master in the Craft and Mark in Madras and Past District G.S R. of Southern India, was electedashis successor,and installedat the GrandFestivalin thesameyear;heappointedR W.Bro John R.Rylands,MSc ,J P ashisDeputy. Variousamendmentsto the Constitutionswere introducedduring the next few years: the summer and winter Convocationsof Grand Council were reducedto oneonly, stipulationthat the GrandFestivalbe held in Junewas deletedso that the G.S.R.could order it to be held whenmostsuitable and convenient(generallythis was in September);otheramendmentswereof an organisationalnature.By now theOrder’sfinancialstatewasgreatlyenhanced and stable . . . contributionshad been made to eachof the three Craft Institutions and the Royal MasonicHospital;andpartof thebalancehadbeen 3332 usefully invested.In so healthy a state was the Order in 1963 that it was reported180 Conclaveshadbeenwarranted,somewhich hadbeendormant hadbeenresuscitated,anda brightfuturewasenvisagedIt wasreportedthat a re-write of the Historyof theOrderhadbeenundertakenby W.Bro Col. R J L. Wilkinson, OBE, Librarian and Curatorof the Museumat Mark Masons’ Hall which would be published soonthereafter(it was published the following yearandbecameastandardwork). “The SupremeConclaveof Instruction” had now changedits nameto that which still obtains, “Premier Conclaveof Improvement”, and officers of Conclaves in and around London were recommended,on convenient occasions,to attendits meetings,underthe Preceptorshipof V W.Bro F. I. Crow, PAGDC, and brethren in the Manchesterdistrict wereadvisedof its own Conclaveof Instruction heldat the MasonicTemple,Manchesterunder thePreceptorshipof R.W Bro. C.T.Caffrey,PGG. R.W Bro. R. F. B. Cross, P G.C ,Grand Recorder for 30 years, died later in the year, as a result of which a thorough review of the Order’s affairs was undertaken,tenancyof theGreatQueenStreetofficeswas terminatedandthe Orderwas accommodatedat MarkMasons’Hall TheMark GrandSecretary, Lt.Col. J W Chitty, MBE, undertooksupervisionof the Order’s admini- stration,andwasappointedGrandRecorder The year 1959 was a notable one for the Order: Conclavesin the District GrandConclaveof New South Walessuccessfullypetitioned for their own Constitution and were duly launchedas the first of our daughter-Sovereign Grand Conclaveson June20, with M.W Bro S E.A. Holland as G S R R W Bro. I A. H Terrill, PGG as DepG.S R, and R.W Bro K.G Grimble, PGV., Grand Recorder.TwelveConclaves,namelySydneyNo 92, CanberraNo.93, St. GeorgeNo 113, NewcastleNo 120, Illawarra No.131, Lachlan Valley No 132, ParramattaNo 133, Strathfield No.141, Trundle No.147, LeichhardtNo.152,CourtownNo.153andBalgowlahNo.154, were transferred to the new Constitution Soon after the deathof the Earl of Courtowna memorial fund was setup which enabled the Order in 1959 to send a donation of £500 each to the R.M.I G. and the Royal Masonic Hospital In thesameyear,theOrder’sBoardof Benevolence,which hadoperatedas a separateentity, was abolished and its powers vested in the Executive Committee. Further amendmentsto the Constitutionsand Regulationsof the Order were made in 1960, which referred to the abolition of the Board of Benevolence and transfer of its powers to the Executive Committee, provisions for salutationsto Provincial and District G.S Rs and Grand Chancellors,deletionof theoffice of GrandChamberlain,theappointmentof a secondDeputy District GrandSupremeRuler in certain cases,and the anomalouspositionof GrandStewardclarified . . .thebrotherrecommended mustbe eitherS.R or P.S.R and,on appointment,becomesa full memberof GrandConclaveTheGrandRecorderto beappointedby theGrandSupeme Ruler and holdoffice during thepleasureof GrandConclave.Provisionwas madefor Prov/DistG S Rs to make appointmentsto past ranks in their ProvincesandDistrictsaccordingto the numberof Conclaves;all petitioners for a new Conclave to be Princes of the Order unless a dispensationwas grantedby the G.S.R.;the office of Oratorin the 20 abolished.A portrait in oils of Sir GeorgeBoag,in his regaliaof GrandSupremeRuler,by Arthur Fuller, presentedto Grand Council to hang in Mark Masons’ Hall was presentedby R.W.Bro. X. A. Murphy, G.D.C.Thelast Conclaveon the list of warrantedConclaveswas DevonNo.165 At the 74th annual convocation of Grand Conclave at Cheltenham, the death of R.W.Bro. William Appleyard,FRCS, Dep.G SR. was reported and, in his stead, the M.WG S.R appointedR.W.Bro. JohnR. Rylands, M Sc ,J.P.Amendmentof Rule64 of theConstitutionsprovidedfor payment to the fundsof GrandConclaveforeverysubscribingmember:- Conclaves in the U K 6s. per annum Conclavesoverseas 4s perannum Conclavesoverseasshall pay to the funds of District GrandConclavefor every subscribingmembersuch annual sum (not exceeding2s 6d) as the District Grand Conclave may decide Formation of the District Grand Conclave of New Zealand Central was announced At the 75th annualmeetingof the following yearandto mark the occasion,donationsof onehundredguineaseachweremadetothe threeCraft Institutionsand the SamaritanFundof the Royal MasonicHospital. Seven new Conclaveswere warrantedduring the year; and, in 1963, at the 76th annualmeetingatScarborough,it wasreportedeightnew Conclaveshadbeen warranted, the last was Weymouth Conclave No.180 in Dorset. The BenevolentFund of the Order wasregisteredas a Charit on the Central Registerof Charities The following year Rule72(f) of the ~lonstitutionswas alteredto provide that the ExecutiveCommitteeshouldmeet four times insteadol six times a year. After his re-appointmentof R.W Bro John Rylands as Dep G.S.R , the M.W.G.S R announcedthat, in view of the steady growth of the Orderin this country, hewould appointa secondDeputy G S R. and he now appointed to this high office R W.Bro. the Rev Canon G T Waldegrave,MBE, M.A., P.G ChancellorThe inaugurationof the new District of Otago and Southland was performed by the Grand Supreme Ruler who installedR W.Bro. R. N. ClelandasDistrict G SR At the 78th annualconvocationof GrandConclaveandGrandCouncil in London, it was reported that 3 newConclaveshadbeenwarrantedduring the year, one in South Australia and that the G.S R. would consecrateRosesin Concord (Oswaldtwistle) No 185 andWorcestershireNo 186 in the following 34 35 Octoberand November.Membershipof the Order was given as 7,641: at home 2,559, and Overseas5,082 The list of GrandOfficers for the year showed the name of Lt.Col. the Hon. M G. Edwardes,M.B.E as AssiGRecorder.Lt.Col. J. W. Chitty, MBE, GrandRecorder,told Grand Conclave:“In the last few daysI have,on behalfof all the Ordersat Mark Masons’Hall, beenableto arrangefor a non-residentaccountto beopenedin Calcuttainto which rupeeswhich are dueto usfrom variousbodiesin Indiacan be paid,so that no Conclaveor otherbody will havethe excusethat they are unableto remit moniesdue.They havepermissionto pay it into thataccount. To someextentwe havebeenable to makeuseof it alreadyby financingour visit overthere Whetherweshall everget anymoneybackto this country is a matterof doubt, but at leastwe shall havea nominalamountover there A greatmany rupeeswere lent to the GrandLodge of Mark MasterMasons whenthe deputationwentoutearlythis yearto start thenew GrandLodgeof Mark Master Masons for India Theequivalentof therupeesis beingrefunded by the Mark to this Order in sterling, so thatwe oughtto get in quitea nice sum Wewill in fact be ableto cashsomeof our rupeesin that way In future our rupees will accumulateandpossibly we shall be ableto use them when visits are made The finances as reported to the 79th annual convocation of Grand Conclave at Liverpool showeda remarkableturn of fortuneandhusbandry. anexcess of income overexpenditureof £1,243Os lid, ascomparedwith a deficit the previous year of £610 12s. Id Donationsfrom theBenevolentFundhadbeen made of £105 to each of the threeMasonic Institutions, to the Royal Masonic Hospital and to the Mark BenevolentFund. It wa resolvedthat similar donationsbemadeforthwith from currentfunds. Continuedexpansionof theOrderwasreported,ninenewConclaveshaving been warranted the last number was for Te Awa No 195 in NewZealand, SouthIsland,andmembership8,255(2,980at Homeand5,275overseas) .a welcomeincreaseof 614in theyear The sudden death of R WBro the Rev Canon G. T. Waldegrave, M.B E., M A., Dep G S R was reported and tributes paid to his memory. In his place the M W.GS.R.. who referred to the need of a Dep.G S R. in the south, appointedR W.Bro. Dr. Geoffrey Westgarth-Taylor,who was then admitted,invested,installedandproclaimed Approval wasgiven to the constitutionof theSovereignGrandConclaveof Southern Australia, for which Bro. George C Kingscott, formerly Dist G S.R for SouthernAustralia since 1942, was to be M.WG S R The new Sovereign Body comprised 15 Conclaves in the States of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia In 1967 threemore Conclaveswere warranted(Shieldof David, No 196, Swindon, Golwad No 197, Northern India; and Wychwood No.198. Cheltenham)thestrengthof theOrderwasgiven as7,491 (3,162 at Homeand 4,229 Overseas)the decreasefrom the previous year being due to the formation of the GrandConclaveof SouthernAustralia. Tributewas paid to the work of the GrandVisitors who, at this time, had to travel considerable distancesto visit Conclavesin all parts of the country At this meeting R.W.Bro Lt Col J W Chitty, M.B.E , GrandRecorder,waspromotedto PastGrandCounsellor,a rewardfor his valuableservicesto theOrder The MWG S R. said’ ‘1 amvery glad to havethisopportunityof recognising not only my own appreciationof his merit butthatof the Orderasa whole.Every Brother will agree that he has fully earnedthispromotion.(applause)We hope he will live long to enjoy this promotion”. Redesignationof the District of SouthAfrica, Transavaalto South Africa North and thecreationof theDistrict of SouthAfrica South,thusendingavery lengthy discussion between two different parts of South Africa for a considerabletime At the same meeting, reference was made to the development of a third SovereignConstitutionin Australiain theimmediate tuture. At the 81st annual meeting (1968) of Grand Council in London, R.W Bro Dr Geoffrey Westgarth-Taylor, DeputyGrandSupremeRuler,presided.His innouncement that M.W Bro Sir George Boag was not seeking re’ election as GrandSupremeRuler after 11 yearsin thatoffice, causedconsternationand speculation.Sir George, it was known, was in failing health; his Deputy, R WBro John Rylands, a well-loved member of the Order, greatly loved and respected, particularly in the North, was crippled with arthritis and becoming less and less mobile, could not undertakethe onerousduty of headof the Order, and R WBro Dr Westgarth-Taylor, a young member of the medical pro cession, could not spare time from his growing practice in the south-west to offer himself as a candidate for election Dr. Westgarth-’Faylor did, however, consultSir GeorgeBoag andplaced the problem before him There is no doubtthat considerablethought was given to the matter . . Sir George’s choice was still at the helm in another capacity However, the Executive Committee were unanimousin their acceptance of Sir George’s nomination of Lt.Col. J W. Chitty, M.B E Though of shy and retiring disposition, Col. Chitty was a man of high intelligence, proven administrative ability, greatly respected, a man who loved this Order and had that inherent gift of friendshipparallelto thatof David and Jonathan, a man of wisdom, strength and understanding, a man who had endeared himself to the Brethren during ten years as Grand Recorder, a good Freemason, and one who would prove himselt a worthy successor of his illustrious predecessors 36 37 r 4 TheMostWorthyGrandSupremeRuler Lt.Col. JohnWalterChitty, M.B.E. andtheyears1968-1987 39 r 4 The year 1968markedthebeginningof a newerafor the Order R W Bro. Lt Col. JohnWalter Chitty, M.B E., was unanimouslyand enthusiastically electedGrandSupremeRuler, he was obligated,investedand installed as MostWorthy GrandSupremeRuler by R.W.Bro. Dr. G Westgarth-Taylor, DeputyG S R., ina memorableceremonyat theCafi~ Royalin London The M.W.G S.R appointedas his Deputy Grand SupremeRulers R W Bro A. A Murphy,who hadbeenG D C for 11 years,a Brotherwho had travelled widely in the interests of the Order, and Dr Geoffrey \Vestgarth-Taylor. It wasreportedthat four new Conclaveshad beenwarrantedduring the year:Nos 199,200 and 201 in the District of WesternandNorthernIndia and No.202in SouthAfrica, Northern No lessthan 632 new membershadjoined theOrder Among his appointmentsin GrandConclave,the M.W G SR included Lt Col M. G. Edwardes,M.B.E as GrandRecorderand Eric NormanLe FreasGrandDirectorof Ceremonies GrandConclavegave its approvalto a propositionfor a SovereignGrand Conclavesof Northern Australia, which would take under its wing all Conclavesin Northern Australia, Queensland,Papua and New Guinea (ConclavesNo. 56, 79. 84, 101,102,169.171, l74and 192) The death of M W Bro Sir George Boag, Past G S R a few months previouslywas announcedto GrandConclaveat the 82nd annualmeetingin Harrogate as well was announcedthe suddenand tragic death in a motoring accident only month previously ol R W Bro Dr Geotfrey Westgarth-Taylor,Dep G S R Both reportswere receivedwith greatsorrow A newrevisededitionot theConstitutionsandRegulationssubmittedby the ExecutiveCommitteewas adopted The recommendationof the Executive Committeeto changethe title of the Order from “The Orderof the Secret Monitor in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions, Coloniesand Dependenciesof the British Crown” being now out-dated,to ‘The Orderof theSecretMonitor, or the Brotherhoodof David andJonathan,in the British Isles and in TerritoriesOverseas”wassimilarly adopted Otheramendmentsconcernedsalutesand regalia for Provincialand District GrandOfficers ~l’hegeneralaccountsof theOrdershowedgoodhusbandry . an excess of income over expenditureof £2,187 14s. Od comparedwith only £402 the previous year. largely due to increasedreceipts from annual dues and fees-of-honour,and,of course,toa big dropin travellingexpenses The strengthof the Ordernow wassuch that the GrandSupremeRuler delegatedcertainareas,from which threeProvincesweretobeconstitutedand inaugurated: the first was to have been South West Counties, but circumstancesmadethis impracticableand the Provinceot Lancashireand Cheshire,with R,W.Bro. Arnold Moretonas first Prov G S R ,wasthe first to be set up; next came South West Counties, with the late R.W.Bro. Dr. G Westgarth-Taylor,Dep G.S.R at its head; followed by Yorkshire with R W.Bro the Rev Alex Ibbotsonasits leader. During the year,theOrderhadextendedinto thePrincipalityof Walesand the first Conclave, Cymru No 207. to meetat BridgendwasconsecratedIt was noted that thiswasoneof eightwarrantedduring theyear. The Year Book for 1969, for the first time included detailsof the new Provinces LancashireandCheshire . 19 Conclaves; SouthWest Counties 8 Conclaves;Yorkshire .6 Conclaves,in additionto thoseof the District Grand Conclaves The 83rd GrandFestival washeld at Bournemouth,thus continuing the practice of meeting in London and the Provinces in alternateyears. A proposition that £250 from the BenevolentFund be donatedto the Royal MasonicHospitalasatributeto theexcellentmannerin which theytendedthe MW.G SR. and the Dep.G.S.R when they were patients there . wascarried unanimously The MWG.S R announced he had on the previous day installed R W Bro Capt.OswaldAndersonas Prov G.S R. for SouthWestCounties “We can now say,” he said. that the policy of forming the Provincesin this countryhasprovedto bethe right one.Whereyou havea local organisation. like a Province, you get more local interest and it helps to spread,more particularly, an appreciationof our Orderwhoseprinciplesareso vital to this terribly modern society which consists of such unruly elements today In 1971, Grand Conclave approved donations to the Royal Masonic HospitalModernisationandRedevelopmentFundof £1,000from theOrder’s BenevolentFund,£1 ,500 from the GeneralFund,and enteredinto a 7-year covenantof £150grossto the RoyalMasonicHospitalfrom theGeneralFund; the approximatetotal of thesedonationswas£3,550 During the yearsixteen new Conclaveswere consecrated.It was reportedthat the introductionof Provincial GrandConclaveshadbecomea provensuccess:Provincial Grand Visitors keepin closercontactwith their Conclavesand leadsto theformation of otherConclaves.The M W G S R said “Our Order is progressingslowly and satisfactorily. It hasenormousscope,becauseit appealstoquitea number of Craft Masons, who aren’t terribly interested in the normal extension of Craft Masonry which comes more or less automatically in their view. Our Order has that merit of bringing hometo the Mason the practicalaspectsof our masonic ideas in other words, the practise of friendshipbetweenall our members” 40 41 Amendmentof certainregulations(Nos. 52(u),64,70,71,77(i),91,95, 103 and 114) wereapprovedby GrandConclave.A newDistrict of NewZealand, Waikato, comprising Conclaves Nos 80, 126, [43, 148, 172 and 231, was announced as was the warranting of four new Conclaves: No.233 in Fishguard, 234 in Merthyr Tydfil, 235 Westemand Northern India and 236 in the Province of Lancashire and Cheshire. Three Conclaves in India (Nos. 40,107 and130), having ceasedto work, wereerasedfrom the roll The Executive Committeerecommendedthatonly the AuthorisedVersionof the Holy Bible be used at any ceremonies of the Order; and clarification of Rules 64 and 71 that, to be eligible tor electionas S.R a Princeof the Ordermusthavebeen investedasCounsellororGuideat aninstallationmeeting.If for goodreasona Prince has been unable to be presentat an installation meeting but the Conclave neverthelessthink him worthy of becoming their S.R , a dispensationfor his election must be obtained from the M.W.G.S.R. The object of this amendmentor clarification was to ensure that, save in exceptional circumstancesa S.R on his installation shall have had the experienceof servingfor a full yearin at leastone,but of coursepreferably both,of theofficesof CounsellorandGuide Themoralhereis, aswaspointed out, that if a Brother hopes to attain the Chairof his Conclave,he mustbe regularin his attendances. The Grand Guide reported that in Wales particularly the Order was flourishing and two new Conclaves(Dyfed No.233, Fishguardand Morlais No.234,MerthyrTydfil) hadbeenconsecratedandanotherat Swanseawasin the pipe-line.The M.W.G S.R.conferredthepastrankof GrandChancellor upon R.W.Bro. B. Foskett,M.C., who, at this time, had servedas Grand Treasurerfor tenyears(hecontinuedandextendedthisserviceto 12 years). to my knowledgethis wasthehigh-light of Capt.Foskett’sMasoniccareer. In his addresstoGrandConclave,the M W.G S R. said: “We aredoingwell in Waleswith two new Conclaves Lancashireand Cheshireare progressing quietly under the auspicesof their new Provinical GrandConclave;they now have25 Conclavesin theProvince We are beginningtoexpandin thenorth;the Midlandsexpandquietlyandbeforelongshouldberipe for a Province I would ask you to impressin your Conclavesthatoneof themost importantaspectsof our Orderis thework of theVisiting Deacons ..you all realisethat the ideaof really lookingafterour sick andnecessitousbrethrenspringsfrom whatwehave alwaysthoughtin this Orderis theduty of our Visiting Deacons thereis no harm, if whilst you are talkingor discussingin yourCraft Lodges,you mention that importantaspectof our teachings. In the following year Grand Conclave and Grand Council adopted an amendmentof Rule64 of the Constitutionand Regulations:“A brothershall not be installed as Supreme Ruler of any Conclave unless he has been duly admitted to the Second Degree, nor, except by dispensation of the Grand SupremeRuler, unlessheeitherhasbeenpreviouslyinstalledas the Supeme Rulerof a regularConclaveor hasbeeninvestedas Counselloror Guide in a regular Conclaveat an installation meetingand has, or underRule 70 is deemed to have, served in that office for a full year Thereportof theExecutiveCommitteeshowedthat 502 brethrenhadbeen admitted to the Order in the precedingyear, that the Midland Counties Province,with 7 Conclaves,hadbeenconstituted;that 7 new Conclaveshad beenwarranted;and that one (No.193) having surrenderedits warranthad beenremovedfrom the Roll The M.W.G S R announcedpreparationsfor the formation of a Province in the North Eastfor whichR.W.Bro. I. MacMurraywould be Prov.G.SR He mentionedaswell a point putto him by the ExecutiveCommitteethat in someConclavestheSR.usesabaton aspartof hisregalia.Therulescovering the regaliafor the Officers and Degreeswereobscure . . . but in thepresent Regulationsand Constitutionsthere is no doubt as to what is the correct regalia. By implication, the fact that somethingis not mentioned in the ConstitutionsandRegulationsdoesnot meanthat it maybeworn. Onething that is definitely notmentionedis a batonfor a S.R.of a ConclaveThebaton is reservedfor the rather elevatedkind of rank, as they say, of myself, my Deputy, and of Provincial or District Grand SupremeRulers and their Deputies,and this item shouldnot be usedaspart of the regaliaby anyother memberof theOrder In proposingthe re-electionof the M W G.S.R.in 1974,R W.Bro. A. A. Murphy, Dep G.S.R.said that Col and Mrs Chitty had celebratedtheir GoldenWeddingearlierin theyearandaprivatedinnerpartyhad takenplace at which theM .W.G.S.R hadbeencongratulatedupon thismomentousevent andupon attaininghis80thbirthday Therewasonesmall itemconcerningthe Constitutions and Regulations . . the inclusion (Rule 21) of the Dep.G.Registrar as a member of the Executive Committee The reportof the ExecutiveCommitteeto GrandConclave(1974)showed theformationof a newProvincefor the North East(with five Conclaves)with R.W Bro. Capt John MacMurray as Prov.G.S.R., and the appointment of R W Bro. W. W Ballardie as Prov. G.S.R for Yorkshire (in place of R.W.Bro theRev.A. Ibbotsonwho hadresigned).Thereportincludedin the list of obituariesa recordnumberof 49 deathsof GrandOfficers. A donation of £100 from the BenevolentFundwas madeto the GrandCouncil of the Orderof theSecretMonitorof NorthernAustraliafor theFloodReliefFund. For the better government of the Order, the M W.G S R appointed R.W.Bro. Arnold Moreton, Prov.G S.R., Lancashire and Cheshire, as a secondDep.G.S.R.,whereuponBro. Moreton was obligated,investedand installed. In regard to the Province of Lancashire and Cheshire, the M.W.G S R. announcedhis intentionof dividing that Province,in view of its expansionand to createtwo newProvincesto cover that area.Additionally, with thecoming intobeingof anew Conclave,a newProvinceof SouthWales and Monmouthshirewould be constituted The only part of the country excludingthe Londonperipherywhich that leavesuntouchediswhatwe might call the East Midlands— Leicestershire,Derbyshire,Lincoln. To brethren there I would say let the example of the other Provinces put them on 42 43 their mettle to seewhethertheycanexpandandjustify forming a Provinceof the East Midlands Sadly, in 1975,R.W.Bro. Capt.B. Foskett,M C ,P G.Chanc felt that on approaching90 yearsof age,hecouldno longercarryon asGrandTreasurer In his place,the ExecutiveCommitteenominatedR W Bro JohnMakower, M.B.E.,M C whowasdulyelected. TheReportof the ExecutiveCommitteeshowedthat706 brethrenhadbeen admittedto the Orderduring the precedingyear;that the M.W G S.R.had appointedR.W.Bro.W. H Cartwright, J P as Prov G S R for the new Provinceof West Lancashire,R.W.Bro F. A White as Prov.G.S.R for the new Province of Cheshire and North Wales, R W.Bro J. V West as Prov.G.SR. for the new Province of East Lancashire,R W Bro. 0 1 Lloyd-Owen as ProvG.S R. for the new Province of South Wales and Monmouthshire,and R.W Bro M Ismail to be Dist.G.S.R. for Eastern India The new Provinceshad WestLancashire10 Conclaves,Cheshireand NorthWales4 Conclaves,EastLancashire14 Conclaves,andSouthWalesand Monmouthshire4 Conclaves,and11 newConclaveshadbeenwarranted.One Conclave,Sind No. 78, Karachi, having ceasedto work and returnedits warrantwas removedfrom theRoll. It was announcedthat SummusConclaveNo 3 and John Walter Chitty ConclaveNo 215 hadqualified as KeystoneConclaves on thatmatterthe M.W G SR. said “there has alwaysbeena fund andan intention, led by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, to find a permanenthome and headquarters.EventssincetheWar havemadethatextremelydifficult, butthe matterhasalwaysbeenin themindsof thosewho haveto administertheOrder and,asmattersprogress,the prospectol a honicmay be nearerthanwethink, it obviously is right that all thc Ordcrs that arc administeredtrom that headquarters(40 UpperBrook Sticct, London,W I ) shoulddo their bestin subscribingtowardsit Hitherto, the KeystoneCollarettesandJewelswerepracticallyconfinedto the Mark andRoyalArk Mariner,but I think it hasbeenverywisely decided by the executivecommitteesof the other Orders that they ought to do somethingabout it, in the case of our Order you haveseenthe startof what I hopewill be a flood of contributionscoming from our Conclavesto provide further sums,wherebywe canhavea permanenthome in the not toodistant future In 1976 it was announced that the M.W G.S R. had constituted the new Provinceof the SouthEasternCountiesandhadappointedR.W Bro Eric Le Fre as Prov G.SR and R W.Bro. H A Thorpeas Dist.G SR. for New Zealand— Waikato, in theplaceof R.W.Bro. G Brierly who hadresigned The ExecutiveCommitteehadconsideredrepresentationsfrom the District GrandSupremeRulers of New Zealand,North, New Zealand,Central and New Zealand,Waikato for the formation of a SovereignGrandCouncil and Conclavein New Zealand,and decided that a ballot shouldbe held of all membersof the Orderin New Zealandon thismatter.Theresultof theballot would be consideredby the ExecutiveCommitteeat its meetingin October 1976. The progressin the size of Provinces and Districts is slow but cncouraging.OnenewConclavewas consecratedin West Lancashire,one in the Midland Counties,one in New Zealand,Central and one in Southern India. Two new Conclaveswere consecratedin Essex,thus enablingthe formationof a newProvince.Theleadgiven by theProvincial GrandSupreme Rulersand their Officers haddonemuchto engenderprogressiveenthusiasm for theOrder. At the end of 1975, Lt Col. the Hon. M. G. Edwardes,P G.G.,GRec. retiredand in his placeV W.Bro. William JohnstonLeakewas appointed:he wasinvestedin that rankat the 89thannualmeetingof GrandConclave.The M W G.S.R expectedto inauguratetwo newProvinces:oneto bedesignated South Midlands and the othercomprisingthe County of Essex.Col. Chitty informed GrandConclaveof the deathof R W Bro. BartholomewFoskett, who served the Orderas GrandTreasurerfrom 1962 to 1974 . it is to brethrensuchashim thattheOrderowesa greatdebtof gratitude Proposingtheelectionof GrandSupremeRulerat the90th annualmeeting otGrandCouncil,R.W.Bro A. A Murphy, Dep.G.S.R.said At thedateof Col. Chitty’s first electionandinstallation in 1968, themost recentConclave wasnumbered203 . the most recentnumbernow is 280: thus77 Conclaves havebeenwarrantedduring the period; an increaseof approximately38% overnine years . this is a greaterproportionateincreasethan in anyother Orderin Masonry.Col.Chitty waselectedM.W .G.S R for theensuingyear. The reportof theExecutiveCommitteeshowedthat 545 newmembershad beenadmittedto the Orderduring theyear,thetotalsubscribingmembership at 31stOctober,1976being8,220.TheM W.G.S.R.hadappointedR.W Bro. S McEwan to be Dist,G,S.R. for New Zealand,North; R W.Bro J. G. Windridgeto be Dist.G S R., for SouthAfrica, Southern;RW.Bro. E. G. Gregory White, ProvG.S.R. for Essex; R.W.Bro Lt.Col. E. Cole to be Prov.G.S.R.for South N4idlands; and R W.Bro. C. E. Townsend to be Dist.G.S.R.for NewZealand,Central.Thetwo newProvincescomprisedfive Conclaveseach: EssexNos 29, 85, 149, 263 and267; SouthMidlandsNos 100, 196, 198, 225 and240 Since the last meetingof GrandConclave8 new Conclaveshadbeenwarranted. On the matter of a Sovereign Grand Conclave in New Zealand the ExecutiveCommitteeconsideredthat the ballot had not indicatedsufficient demandfor the establishmentof aSovereignGrandConclaveandCouncil; the M W.G.SR concurred in this view and no further action was taken. AddressingGrandConclave, the M W G.S.R.quoted the GrandGuide’s (Dr G L C. Colenso-Jones)remarksindicativeof the growth of the Order saying:“We areincreasingin numbersvery rapidly In fact,moresothanmost Ordersin FreemasonyAn approximateincreaseof 10% in numbersoverthe 44 45 past year is somethingthat we canbe reasonablyproudof; not for our own particular virtues but becausethe teachings,preceptsand practiceof this Orderof David andJonathanaremuchwantedin thecountryat largeandyou are all takersof that light in your various spheresof influence . . . it is the influence of the membersthat has increasedthe numberof Conclaves:no fewer than 10 Conclaveshavebeenconsecratedduring the pastyear.” The M.W.G.S.R. intimated that in the very near future there would be new headquarterswhich would besharedwith Mark andotherassociatedOrders TheM W.G.SR. continued:“You haveseenenoughof our GrandRecorder in thepast two yearsto know that theadministrationof our Orderis instrong andcapablehandsand hehasvery loyal andefficient supportfrom hisstaffat Mark Masons’ Hall At the 91st annual meeting of Grand Council (1978) amendmentsto Regulations21 and 22 were proposed,theseconcernedmembershipof the Executive Committee (a) that the number ot~ elected membersto the CommitteerepresentingConclavesin London bereducedfrom six to four, (b) that the numberof electedmembersrepresentingConclavesoutsideLondon beincreasedfrom six to eight, (c) that the GrandVisitorsshouldceasetobeex officio membersof the ExecutiveCommittee.The next amendmentwasto Regulation52(i): After “Provincial or District GrandBow Bearer” insert “AssistantProvincialor District GrandRecorder”..,thiswasin responsetoa requestfrom the District of SouthernIndia and the ExecutiveCommittee thought it was a good ideato havetheadditionalProvincial or District Grand Office. Regulation62(iii) wasdeletedandreplacedby a newregulation: “The Sentinelmustbeabrotherwho hasbeenregularlyinductedin theFirst Degree of the Order; he may act as a Sentinelin anyConclaveand,by dispensation from theGrandSupremeRuler,he may bea servingbrother” The Reportof the ExecutiveCommitteeshowedthat634 newmembershad beenadi’nitted during the precedingyear, and the total subscribing membershipat 31st October,1977 was8,060. The M W G.S.R hadappointedR.W Bro H J Overton as Dist.G.SR , Ncw Zealand, South; Capt. 0 Anderson, Prov G.S.R ,SouthWestCountiesto beProvG S.R for thenewProvinceof SouthernCounties; R W.Bro. W J. Gann as Prov.G SR. for the new Provinceof Western Counties,and R.W.Bro. J F. Shroff as Dist.G.S.R WesternandNorthernIndia. ThenewSouthernCountiesProvincecomprised 7 Conclaves,andWesternCounties5 ConclavesSince the previousmeeting of GrandConclave12 new Conclaveshad beenwarranted It wasreported that the M.W.G.S.R.accompaniedby the GrandRecorderhadvisited India earlier in the year whenthe GrandSupremeRuler installedthe new District G S R on the 50th anniversaryof the formation of the District Grand ConclaveAswell, hehadconsecratedI V. M KrishnaRayConclaveNo. 285 in Madras Thebrethrenstoodin memoryof 41 brethrenwho haddiedduring theyear During the investitureof GrandOfficersin 1978, the M.W G S R having investedthe GrandRecorder,said: “The next appointmentis one which is oftena matter of confirmation in office of the sitting tenant.This year, however,R.W Bro Major G. E C McAllen is handingoverhis wandof olfice asG.D C. to a successor.I dowant toexpressto him our thanksfor the loyal servicewhich he as given to the Orderduringhis tenureof thatoffice. I am sure you would like the opportunity of showing your appreciation. (Applause) Appointed as G.D.C. was R.W.Bro. Peter Glyn Williams. JohnWalter Chitty ConclaveNo 215, which had qualified as a Keystone Conclavein 1985,now qualified as a DoubleQuota KeystoneConclaveand theS.R wasinvestedwith theCollaretteandJewel. The92ndannualmeetingof GrandCouncil andGrandConclavewasheld in thenewMark Masons’Hall at86 St.James’sStreet,London. In its reportthe ExecutiveCommitteesubmittedan appendixdealingwith the proposalsaffectingnewfinancialarrangementswith GrandMark Lodge The matter had been carefully considered by the Committee who recommendedit for approval andadoption.The M.W.G S.R. pointed out that the relationshipbetweenGrandN4ark LodgeandotherOrdersunderthe umbrellaof GrandMark Lodgeformattersof administrationisnota newone It has beenin existencefor many years and, from time to time, as things develop,circumstanceschangeandadjustmentsarenecessaryin the detailsof that relationship Thathasbeenbroughtverymuchtoour noticein thelastfew monthsarising from the move from Upper Brook Street to this building, which, as you will appreciate,hasincurred quite a lot of adjustmentin the generaloutlinesof the organisationand administrationof all the Orders.The proposalswhich are beforeyou set outquiteclearly the revisedarrangements for thewayour financesareorganisedandadministered;they havebeenvery carefully goneinto by the HeadsandTreasurersof all the Ordersconcerned and they form a soundbasisfor our working in the future. Onething I would makequiteclear: it appliesonly to the GeneralFundsof the Orderandnotto the BenevolentFund, which will remaincompletelyunderour own control. Thereportof theExecutiveCommitteewasadopted The Grand Registrar submitted amendmentswhich the Executive Committeerecommendedfor the ConstitutionsandRegulationsReg. 102(i) dealt with the prefixes to be accordedto Grand Officers and applied to brethrenappointedto the respectiveofficeson or after20thSeptember,1979; brethrenappointedto office beforethat dateretainedtheir right to theprefix authorisedfor their rankunderpreviousRegulationsRegulations109 and 110 referred to fees-of-honour and Regulation 11 IA deleted the previous Regulationand substituted a new paragraph “The amountsspecified in Regulations109, 110 and Ill shall be reviewedannually by the Executive Committee and any amended amounts, if approvedby the GrandSupreme Ruler,shallbeannouncedat thenextAnnualConvocationof GrandConclave andthereuponbecomeeffectivefrom 1stJanuaryof thefollowingyear.” TheGrandTreasurerproposedon behalfof the ExecutiveCommitteethat the Ordershouldmakea contributiontowardsthecostof thenew building,of 46 47 the sumot £2.5t)0 to the New PremisesFund of the GrandLodgeot Mark MasterMasons The propositionwas duly secondedandcarried Before the Presidentof the ExecutiveCommitteepresentedhis report, theM W G SR. drewattentionto the deathsof two Prov.GS Rs R W Bro, C W C. Hinitt. MidlandCounties,andR W Bro E. N Le Fre,SouthEasternCounties,both of whom had proveda towerof strengthto the Orderduring the periodfor which they served The Brethrenstoodin silenceas a tribute of respectfor departedmerit The report of the Executive Committee indicatedthat 570 new members had been admitted during the previous year and the total subscribing membershipat 31stOctober.1978 was8,030, the M W G SR hasappointed R WBro Dr A G Arnold as Prov G S R for MidlandCounties;R W Bio Dr A H Briggs as Prov GS R for the new Province of East Midlands. R W Bro Maj D G Brink, Dist G SR , SouthAfrica, Northern,the new Provinceof EastMidlandshad6 Conclaves(Nos 51. 166, 168. 220, 287 and 289 ), 5 new Conclaveshadbeenwarranted,and3 Conclavesin Westernand Northern India. having ceased to work, wereerasedfrom theRoll After his investiture of R.W Bro A A Murphy whomhe hadre-appointed as Dep G S R the MWG S R announced that R WBro Arnold Moreton,Dep G.S R hadnotbeenin goodhealthfor sometime pastandhad expresseda wish not to be re-appointedThe M W G S R paidtribute to the greatwork he haddonein thepastwhenhe wasa fitter man,becausehe was largely instrumentalin helping to establishthoseProvincesin the North West which were a prelude to our forming Provincespractically throughQutthe whole of the United Kingdom “The whole of Lancashireoweshim a great debt for his services to Masonry in many Degrees,he has only recently resignedthe positionof ProvincialGrandMasterin theMark, andhe hasalso beenvery activein theOrderol theTemple It is with regret.therefore,that I havenot been ableto ic-appoint him I havedecidedto appoint in his place R W Bro JohnMoritz Makowcr,who until a few minutesagowas seatedin thechairof GraiidTreasurer R W Bro J M Makower. M B F . M C was obligated, investedand installed as Deputy Grand SupremeRuler by the M W G S R . and was proclaimedandsaluted W Bro D A Redston.havingbeenelectedasGrand Treasurer,was investedin that office by the M W.G S R It was announced that Unity Conclave No 294 in the Province of Western Countieshad qualified asa KeystoneConclaveand the S R wasinvestedwith theCollarette andJewel In 979. for the first time the Constitutions and Regulations were incorporated with the Year Book (14th edition with all approved amendments) In thatyear.the M W G SR appointedtwo newProv G SRs R W Bro T J Hancock. South Eastern Counties (vice R W Bro F N Le Fre, 48 deceased)and R W Bro B H Burwood-Taylor.OBE., South Midlands (vice R.W Bro. Lt.Col. Eric Cole.deceased).No less than 16 newConclaves were warranted,of which 10 were in the U K and 6 overseas.R.W.Bro. Arthur Craddock,P G V. waspromotedto the newly-createdappointmentof DeputyGrandRecorderTheS R of WarlinghamConclaveNo. 291, which hadqualified as a KeystoneConclave,was investedwith the KeystoneJewel andCollarette Membersreceivedwith regrettheannouncementat the94thannualmeeting in September1981 the resignationasa Trusteeof the Orderof R W.Bro. W. R Hornby Steer, P.G.Coun , a capacity in which he had served since becomingPresidentof the ExecutiveCommittee 13 yearspreviously; in his place R W.Bro F J Crow GrandGuide, was elected.The report of the Executive Committee showed that during the preceding year 586 new membershad been admitted, and that total subscribingmembershipwas 9,170 It was announcedthat the M W G S R had appointedV Thomas to be Dist G.S R., New Zealand,Waikato; W Bro Olleson, Prov G.SR , Southern Counties and R W Bro Dist.G.SR., SouthernIndia W.Bro R H. Maj I D. S. S S Koder, In accordancewith the agreementbetweenG.L MM M and Grand Council on financialmatters,it wasnecessaryfor GrandCouncil to adjustits financialyearto run from 1stSeptemberto31stAugust The deathsof a numberof distinguishedmembersof the Order, among whomwasR W Bro Arnold Moreton,P Dep G S R .wasreported An amendmentto Regulation35 of the Constitutionsaddeda paragraph: “A nomineecompanyof oneof the clearingbanksmay be appointedby the Trusteesto acton their behalffor thepurchaseandsaleof the investmentsof theOrder Thiswas introducedto expeditethesale,transferandpurchaseof stocksandsharesof theGeneralFund;a similaradditionto Regulation38 was in regardto theBenevolentFund. The death of R W.Bro. Arthur A. Murphy. Dep G SR, appointed DeputyGrandSupremeRuler in 1968 tookplace earlierin the year He had travelledwidely in the interestsof thisOrder His first appointmentin Grand Council wasAsstG D.C. in 1952,Dep G.D.C 1954and 1955,GD C 1956 to 1967 whenhe was promotedstill further His memorialservicein London wasattendedby a largenumberof brethren. In place of R W Bro A A Murphy. the M W G S.R. appointed R W.Bro Col G S H Dicker as secondDep G S R in 1982 V W Bro D. A Redston,G Treas waselecteda Trusteeof the Orderin placeof the late R W Bro A A Murphy 49 It wasreportedthatR.W.Bro.W 1. Leake,P.G.Coun.,G.Recorderwent to New Zealandand constitutedthe new SovereignGrandCouncil of New Zealand in August. In wishing them every prosperity and success,the M.W.G.S.R.thankedthem for theirsupportandco-operationin thepast.“It isa quitenormalform of growth,” hesaid,“it happenedin Australiasomefew yearsago, where we havethreedaughterGrandCouncils,and now it has happenedin New Zealand.I think it speakswell for the healthof our Order that it shouldhappen.”ThenewSovereignGrandCounciltookawayfrom the Roll of Conclavesof theparentbody38Conclaves During theprecedingtwelvemonths570new membershadbeenadmitted, bringing total subscribingmembershipto 9,538.The M.W.G.S.R appointed R.W.Bro. Leslie Hudson as Dist G S R, South Africa, Natal, V.W.Bro. Maurice Bendig, Prov.GS.R , Yorkshire and W.Bro. Dr. J. E. Glover, Prov.G.S.R, East Lancashire;S new Conclaveswere warranted,and the redesignationof the Districtsof South Africa, Northern to South Africa — Northern andCapeProvince,and South Africa, Southernto SouthAfrica — Natal. In 1983 the M.W.G.SR appointedV.W.Bro. T. B Small as Prov.G.S.R for North East Provincewhere he succeededthe late R.W Bro. Capt. J. MacMurray.During the previousyear 330 new membershad beenadmitted bringingtotal membershipto 8,980.The reductionin membershipwas due to thosebrethrennow membersof the new GrandConclaveof New Zealand;3 newConclaveswerewarrantedduring theyear,2 Conclaveswereerasedfrom the Roll, the Provinceof Essexwas redesignated“Esse~ and Suffolk”. The deathsof anumberof memberswasnoted,amongwhomwas R W.Bio. John Rylands,J.P, P.Dep.G.S.R.who hadbeenDeputyGrandSupremeRuler from 1961 to 1967 and had renderedinvaluable service to the Order particularlyin theNorth wherehelived. In 1984 Regulation106 of the Constitutionswas amendedto providethat Provincial and District GrandOfficers wearthe jewel of the Ordersimilar to that of a GrandOfficer but bearingthe title of the Provinceor District only suspendedfrom a collaretteof EmpireBlueribbon 2 incheswide. (Provincial or District Grand Officers appointedprior to 20th September,1984 were permitted to wear a collarette of Indian Yellow and Medici Crimson as authorisedby thepreviousReg.106(a)) The M.W.G.S.R. drew attention to a strangesituation. He said, “Our proceedingstodayhaveconsistedof a veryshortand formalmeetingof Grand Council, followed by the fuller meetingof GrandConclave If you studyour Constitutions,these two meetings are held under two regulations which contradicteachother RegulationI saysthatultimateauthorityovertheOrder is vestedin the GrandCouncil but, whenyou look at Regulation14, you see that practically everythingGrandCouncil does is subjectto the approvalof GrandConclave I cannotexplainhow this occurred,except that the people who originally draftedthe regulationsmusthave liked to makethingsmore complicatedthan they needto be. I suggestthat thoseinterestedand if they haveanything to suggestlet the GrandRecorderknow, and I am sure the ExecutiveCommitteewill be happytogo into thepros andconsandpossibly simplify thewaywecarryon this annualmeeting. During the year 401 new membershadbeenadmitted,bringing the total subscribingmembershipto 9,034 The M.W.G.SR appointedV.W Bro G. H. Stafford, Dep ProvG S R. to the Prov.G.SR., Western Counties,and had constituted the new Province of Norfolk, Cambridgeshireand Hertfordshire,with 4 Conclaves,andhadinstalledR.W.Bro. theRev. Ronald Thompson,D.F.C.asProvG.S.R FivenewConclaveswarrantedduring the yearincludedthefirst in Scotland(ScotiaPrimaNo. 323,Glasgow). In 1985,the M W.G.S.R. prior to investingtheGrandRecorderannounced that, for healthreasons,R.W.Bro. Leakeconsideredit necessaryto retire in Juneof the following year “This will be a verygreatloss to meand to all of you . we owe him a verygreatdealfor thework he hasdoneoverthepast ten years. The fact that we are meeting in this building isvery largelydue to his foresightand for that aloneyou owe him a greatdeal. As well as the other things he hasdone,in the Mark hewas instrumentalin securingthe consent of H.R H. Prince Michael of Kent to assumetheoffice of GrandMaster.. and, in order to show my appreciationof the work he hasdoneand of his personalfriendship,I am promotinghim to therankof PastGrandChancellor. Thereupon,the M W G.S.R. invested R.W Bro. W. J Leake, Grand Recorder,with thenameof P.G.Chancellor During the year (1985) the M W G S.R appointedW Bro H W. Cohen to be Dist.G.S.R.,South Africa — Northern and CapeProvince,R.W Bro. Prof. A. M. Cook, Prov.G.SR . South Wales and Monmouthshire,and R.W Bro. E R Ellam, Prov.G SR., Cheshireand North Wales New Conclaves warranted (4) included Edinburgh Greyfriars, in February R.W.Bro. Col G. S H Dicker, Dep.G.S.R.consecratedCompanyPath ConclaveNo. 325 inGeorgetown,Guyana. At the99thannualmeetingof GrandConclavethosepresentweredelighted to seeR.W.Bro. W. I. Leake,P.G.Chan.actingas SecondDeputy G S.R. in placeof R.W.Bro. Col. G. S. H. Dicker who wasabsent R.W Bro. B. H Burwood-Taylor,Prov.G.S.R ,SouthMidlands,was appointeda Trusteeof thefundsof theOrderviceR W Bro. Dr. G White-Phillips,deceased The M.W.G.S.R. expressedhis delight at so well-attendeda meeting indicativethatmemberswereappreciativeof thenewtimeof daywhenGrand Conclavemet: “I hopethis is an auguryfor betterthingsstill in the future”, he said. “1 do hope we shall continueto seebrethrencoming here in these numbers;I think it is attributedto the factthat we havechangedthe time of this meetingfrom eveningto midday andalso arrangedit sothat brethrendo not have to spenda night in what is aboutthe mostexpensivetown in the UnitedKingdom 50 51 Includedin the obituary list wereR.W.Bro. GeraintWhite-Phillips. . . he was a greathelp when the M.W.G.S.R.took over as GrandRecorder;also R.W.Bro. Rev. Basil Carver,who wasoneof our outstandingprelates . he wasa very good parsonand a very good N4ason;thirdly, V.W.Bro. Eric Smith who was the movingspirit behindthe expansionof the Orderwhich we havemaintainedoverthebordertoScotland. In this report, the ExecutiveCommitteeconfirmedthat the M.W.G.S.R. and the membersof the ExecutiveCommitteehad agreedto recommendto Grand Council and GrandConclavethat the presentbicameralsystemof governmentof the Ordershouldbe discontinuedat the CentenaryMeeting of GrandCouncilin 1987andbe replacedby a singlebody, designatedGrand Conclave.A revision of the ConstitutionsandRegulationsrequisiteto effect this change,wasundertakenby theGrandRecorderandwould be submitted to Grand Council and GrandConclave for approval on Thursday, 17th September1987. The M.W,G.S.R.decidedto divide theProvinceof SouthEasternCounties into two Provinces R W Bro T J. Hancockwould continuein office as Prov.G.S.R. for the new Province of South Eastern Counties, with 7 Conclaves(Nos 10, 38, 118, 150, 270, 291 and 299) and he appointed R.W.Bro. S. C. Upton to be Prov.G.S.R.for thenewProvinceof Kent, with 7 Conclaves(Nos. 98, 188, 250, 272, 284, 304 and316). He also appointed W Bro. D G. Williams to be Prov.G.S.R. for South Wales and Monmouthshirevice R W Bro. Prof. A. M. Cook, resigned) Since the previousmeetingof GrandConclave,3 new Conclaveshadbeenwarranted, oneof which (Claverhouseof DundeeNo 334, Dundee)wasin Scotland. Three more Conclaveshavenow been addedto the Roll’ The Good ShepherdNo 335 in Western CountiesProvincewas consecratedon 24th March 1987,andBroadstoneNo. 336 in EastMidlandsProvinceon 13th July 1987andCraigIsla No. 337 in Scotlandon 11thJuly 1987. 52 5 TheCentenaryandthefuture 53 5 The Order of the SecretMonitor, the brightest star in the firmamentof Masonry;this wonderful fraternalOrder foundedon the greatfriendshipof David and Jonathan:its lessonsbear out the fatherhoodof God and the brotherhoodof man, In the6th sectionof the 1stCraftLectureoccurthe words: ‘~By our exercise of BrotherlyLove, we are taught to regardthe whole humanspeciesas one family, the high and the low, the rich and the pure,all createdby the same Almightly parent,and sent into the world for the mutual aid, support andprotectionof eachother. On thisgrandprincipleMasonryunited menof every country, sectandopinion, and therebycultivatesa trueandsincerefriendship amongthosewhootherwisemight haveremainedat aperpetualdistance Surely this epitomisesthe whole teachingof the Order of the Secret Monitor. Sometimesin the exerciseof somesimple actionwe comefaceto face with one of the greatestthings in the world the fact of human friendship And sowe facethe future. A new GrandRecorder,R.W Bro. PeterGlyn Williams, guidesour administration,asweenterinto thesecondcenturyof our existenceasa Brotherhoodof menpledgedtofriendship But, for the present,the Celebrationof our Centenary.The date ‘the time...., the place.....!!! All hasbeenarrangedby the ExecutiveCommittee and the splendidstaffat Mark Masons’ Hall with the approvalof our Most WorthyGrandSupremeRuler Thedate2 Thursday,September17th, 1987 TheUme? GrandCouncil2.30p m GrandConclave3 p m Theplace? TheMasonicHall, ClarendonRoad,Edgbaston,Birmingham. Thereception?M.W.Bro Lt Col. J W. Chitty, M?B E., GrandSupreme Ruler, to receiveall membersof the Orderaccompaniedby theladiesandfriendsat 5 30 p.m Thedinner? TheCentenaryDinnerat 6 for6.30p.m To mark the occasionof one hundredyearsof the Orderof the Secret Monitor, the M W GrandSupremeRuler decidedto makea donation from the Order’sfundsto the Mark BenevolentFundof £25,000in appreciationof the administrationand nurtureof the Order by the GrandLodge of Mark MasterMasons. Additionally, the M.W. GrandSupremeRuler decidedto makea contribution to the maintenanceandsupportof Hospicesproviding terminal care throughout the country; to accomplish which all United Kingdom Conclaves in Provinces, including London and Unattached Conclavesare to receivethe sumof £200 to be donatedto Hospicesof their choicein their respectiveareas. All Conclavesin the United Kingdom Provinces,including London and UnattachedConclaves,were invited by the M W. GrandSupremeRuler to contribute a minimum £20 donation per Conclave to a SpecialCentenary CelebrationFundto facilitate the wishesof the M.W GrandSupremeRuler for celebratingthe 1987Centenary Since its foundation in 1887, the Order of the SecretMonitor or the Brotherhoodof David andJonathanhashadeightGrandSupremeRulers, N4.W.Bro Dr IssacharZacharie M.W.Bro TheEarl of Warwick M W Bro. CharlesE Keyser,M.A. M.W.Bro CharlesW Napier-Clavering M.W.Bro.TheEarlof Harewood,K.G M W Bro TheEarlof Courtown M W Bro Sir GeorgeBoag,K.C.I.E.,C.S.I.,M .A. M W Bro Lt Col. I. W. Chitty, M.B E. 1887to1894 1895to 1924 1924to 1929 1929to 1931 1932to 1936 1936to 1957 1957to 1968 PresentG.S.R. OurpresentGrandSupremeRulerM .W.Bro.JohnWalterChitty, M.B.E., who was inductedinto the Order in India, is a man of infinite charm,wit, humourandkindliness— facetsof characterwhichendearhim toall. He hasservedthis Order faithfully, first asGrandRecorderfor ten years andsince1968asMostWorthyGrandSupremeRuler He hasbroughtto the Orderhisgreatwisdomandawealthof N4asonieknowledge,whichhasproved of inestimablevalueto the successof the Order . . . an Orderwhich he loves andwhich,underhisguidance,its memberslove too;heis tirelessinhisefforts for its goodandthegood of its members. The fervent prayer of all the Brethren is ~‘thatthe God of David and Jonathanwill granthim health,strengthandwisdomlongto ruleoverus What doesthefuture holdfor this greatOrder?Well, somefew Conclaves havebeenconsecratedin the 100thyear;some,perhapsNos 1, 2, 4, and5, will haveweatheredonehundredyearscontinuousworking; possiblyanother daughterSovereignGrandConclavein the notvery distantfuture, another new Province,more new Conclaves,and many more new membersseeking the light of ourOrder TheI 0,000totalsubscribingmembershiphasyetto beattained,may it come soon! 54 55
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