Past Masters and Founding Members of the Lodge

Below, you can see a timeline of the Past Masters of the Lodge, a timeline of history stretching back over 150 years.

FOUNDERS of the LODGE

 

Robert Douglas Worshipful Master

Timothy Morris Past Master

Thomas Marrable Senior Warden

Josiah Robinson Junior Warden

Carl Liebermann Treasurer

George Lennock Secretary

William Barlow Senior Deacon

Richard Moss junior Deacon

George Northover Inner Guard

Thomas James Usher Director of Cermonies

Edward Hammond Steward

John Smith Steward

Richard Cockings Steward

John Dooley Steward

From the list of Founders, it is interesting to note that certain offices are not listed. 

Chaplin, Chief Steward, and Tyler.

PAST MATERS OF THE LORD WARDEN LODGE 1866 to PRESENT DAY. 

Robert Douglas

17/04/1866

Timothy Morris

15/04/1867

Thomas James Usher

20/04/1868

John Smith

20/04/1869

Edward Allan

19/04/1870

William Fuller

18/04/1871

Charles Chamberlain

16/04/1872

John Branfill Harrison

15/04/1873

Benjamin Richard Eastes

21/04/1874

Thomas Eastes Cavell

19/04/1875

Thomas Ayling

18/04/1876

Alexander Hamilton Des Barres

16/04/1877

Edward Kirby

16/04/1878

John Laggett

15/04/1879

Henry Richard Leonard Botting

20/04/1880

William Carterfield

19/04/1881

George Band

17/04/1882

Richard Staines Davey

16/04/1883

Henry Chambers

21/04/1884

John Wyatt Court

21/04/1885

Frederick Hast

20/04/1886

Jesse Springett Huntley

19/04/1887

George Beale

23/04/1888

William Bowles

16/04/1889

Henry Gander Frost

15/04/1890

Allan McIntosh

21/04/1891

Henry Edward Stephen Drew

19/04/1892

Frederick Backhouse Hulke

18/04/1893

Alexander Bruce Payne

17/04/1894

Joseph Everett Turner

16/04/1895

Robert Brudenel Burton

21/04/1896

Robert William Hayman

20/04/1897

William John Woodham

19/04/1898

Charles Gladwell

18/04/1899

William Henry Peddie

17/04/1900

Thomas Ambrose Harding

16/04/1901

William Isaac Parish

15/04/1902

John Henry Weller

21/04/1903

Samuel Robinson Jefferson

19/04/1904

Thomas Morant

18/04/1905

John William Timms

17/04/1906

Wrightson Charles Gibson

16/04/1907

birth 16th August 1869 Enlistment  Royal Navy Royal Marines Depot 16th April 1888

Henry Grant

21/04/1908

Robert William Minter

20/04/1909

Robert John Carpenter

19/04/1910

John Franklin

18/04/1911

George Edward Goslet

16/04/1912

Henry Redsull

15/04/1913

Henry Redsull

21/04/1914

Outbreak of WW 1

04/08/1914

World War I began on August 4, 1914, when Great Britain declared war on Germany. This declaration came after weeks of tension and speculation. 

James Jefferson

20/04/1915

Charles Rubie

17/04/1916

John Young

16/04/1917

Henry Frederick William Broad

15/04/1918

End of World War 1

11/11/1918

World War One ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918.This became known as Armistice Day – the day Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace) which caused the fighting to stop. People in Britain, France and the countries that supported them celebrated.

Henry Frederick William Broad

21/04/1919

Ernie Neame Roff

19/04/1920

William Alfred Pinkerton

18/04/1921

Stephen Edward Brown

17/04/1922

James John Grist

16/04/1923

John Edward Hobday

21/04/1924

Matthew Edward Shrubb

20/04/1925

Thomas Hilson

19/04/1926

Ernest Edward Burton

18/04/1927

Herbert John Joyce

16/04/1928

Edward Fletcher Davidson

15/04/1929

George Michael May

21/04/1930

John Richard Tyer

20/04/1931

John Benjamin Trim

18/04/1932

John Henry Alick roberts

17/04/1933

Alfred Motley

16/04/1934

Henry Arthur Dryer

15/04/1935

John Henry Parnell

21/04/1936

Sidney John Southey

20/04/1937

Percy Reginald Comfort

19/04/1938

William Albert Ashworth

18/04/1939

Outbreak of WW2

01/09/1939

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Germany’s invasion of Poland. This act of aggression triggered declarations of war from France and the United Kingdom, marking the start of the global conflict. 

Frederick William Simmons

16/04/1940

Frederick William Simmons

22/04/1941

Harry Charles Harber

21/04/1942

Norman Victor Norman

20/04/1943

Herbert William Dorey

18/04/1944

Robert John Roger Glen

17/04/1945

End of World War 2

25/04/1945

The end of World War II in Europe occurred in May 1945. Following the suicide of Adolf Hitler on 30 April, leadership of Nazi Germany passed to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and the Flensburg Government. Soviet troops conquered Berlin on 2 May, and a number of German military forces surrendered over the next few days. On 8 May, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signed the German Instrument of Surrender, an unconditional surrender to the Allies, in Karlshorst, Berlin. This is celebrated as Victory in Europe Day, while in Russia, 9 May is celebrated as Victory Day.

James Rennie

16/04/1946

Cecil Charles Prime

15/04/1947

Robert William Marsh

20/04/1948

Jack Simeon Walter Willey

19/04/1949

Sidney Parker

18/04/1950

Thomas Marshall Gammage

17/04/1951

Elgar Henry Mount

15/04/1952

William John Manuel

21/04/1953

Arthur Reginald Hume

20/04/1954

Cyril Edgar Curling

19/04/1955

Cecil William Lamont Prime

17/04/1956

Ernest George Winter

16/04/1957

John Melville Vaughan

15/04/1958

Walter Frederick Atkins

21/04/1959

John Victor Martin

19/04/1960

Frederick Ernest Farrier

18/04/1961

Philip Arundel Bell

17/04/1962

Albert Taylor Webb

16/04/1963

William Henry Thomas Mount

21/04/1964

Frank Edwin Wyborn

20/04/1965

Sidney Edward State

19/04/1966

Robert Carrott

18/04/1967

Edwin Richard Borley

16/04/1968

Dennis Tapsfield

15/04/1969

Frederick Ernest Farrier

21/04/1970

Gerald Tharp

20/04/1971