Past Masters of the Lodge
Over the many years of our history, some distinguished men and masons have served as Master of our Lodge. To choose a man to be their Worshipful Master is the greatest honour that the Lodge can bestow upon him. All those shown below have served with great diligence and distinction, and we proudly record their names for posterity. The list shows our historic Masters from our consecration in 1899 up to 2007. We have of course continued to appoint a Master annually since then, as well.
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1899 Louis Miéville
1900 Sydney Harold Hargrove 1901 Spyridion Alexander Mavrojani (later Captain S. Mavrojani, High Sheriff of Radnor) 1902 Major Wilfred George Howard Marshall 1903 Captain Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell 1904 Captain Harold Greenwood Henderson 1905 Captain William Harry Verelst Darell (for 15 months) (later Brigadier William H. V. Darell, CB, CMG, DSO) 1906 No Installation due to change from November to February 1907 Henry Martin Holman (first non-Founder in the Chair) 1908 Francis Arthur Walrond 1909 Arthur Lionel Fitzroy Cook 1910 Guy Pocklington Senhouse (by dispensation, a week early) 1911 Duncan Campbell Lloyd Fitzwilliams 1912 Thomas Hugh Conolly Blaikie 1913 Walter Foster 1914 The Hon. George Henry Edwards 1915 Robert Eyre Hale 1916 Thomas Frederick Dawkins 1917 Major Guy Moore Paget 1918 Major Thomas Vincent Smith 1919 Captain Peter Galsworthy (installed 10 months late due to war) 1920 Captain Edward Claude Bavistock Merriman 1921 Arthur David Hansell (founding Secretary) 1922 Major George Seton Briscoe, DSO 1923 Dr. Robert Maxwell Chance 1924 Henry Lennox Hopkinson (later Sir Henry Hopkinson, KCVO) 1925 Captain Eric Adrian Charles Deschamps Chamier 1926 Neville Martin Charles Howard 1927 Charles John Ritchie 1928 Major Cecil Dudley Woodgate Uniacke 1929 Major Lionel Berkeley Harbord, MC (later Lt.Col. Lionel B. Harbord, MC) 1930 Cecil Noel Charles Howard 1931 Surgeon Captain Montague Henry Knapp, RN, MRCS, LRCP 1932 Charles Hugh Cressy (later the Rev’d Hugh C. Crecy)(sic) 1933 Ronald Clifton Brooks 1934 Commander Charles Vaughan Powel, RN 1935 Lt.Cdr. Jean Louis Miéville, RNVR (son of 1st Master) 1936 Cyril Connor 1937 Lt.Cdr. Frederick William Fitzjohn Oldham, RNVR (later Commander Frederick W. F. Oldham, OBE, RNVR) 1938 Robert Campbell Lloyd Fitzwilliams (son of 1911’s Master) 1939 Theodore Hunter McArthur 1940 Theodore Hunter McArthur (2nd term) 1941 Theodore Hunter McArthur (3rd term) All Officers (except the DC) on active service. 1942 Theodore Hunter McArthur (4th term) Insufficient members in UK to form a quorum. 1943 Brigadier William Harry Verelst Darell, CB, CMG, DSO [Assistant Grand Master] (2nd term) 1944 Brigadier William H. V. Darell, CB, CMG, DSO (3rd term) 1945 Brigadier William H. V. Darell, CB, CMG, DSO (4th term) 1946 John Gibson Jarvie 1947 Everett Howard 1948 Lt.Col. Dudley Loraine Paterson 1949 Air Vice-Marshal D’Arcy Power, CBE, MC 1950 George H. E. Layton 1951 Alastair Urquhart, DSO 1952 Frank Whitaker 1953 Bernard D. Hawes 1954 Robert Henry Cary-Lyons 1955 Major Anthony (Tony) Harvey Aldridge, TD (son of 1929‘s Master) 1956 John Geoffrey Hudson 1957 A. James (Jim) Davis 1958 Peter Malden Studd (later Sir Peter Studd, GBE, KCVO, DL) (Lord Mayor of London, 1970) 1959 Albert Henry Newcombe 1960 Harvey Graham Mack 1961 Kenneth M. Stevenson 1962 Edwin Philip Balcombe |
1963 Dr. Richard G. Eager 1964 Horace D. Coker (donor of the Coker Charity Box) 1965 Sydney Charles Ellis 1966 Sir Charles Trinder (later Sir Charles Trinder,GBE) (Lord Mayor of London, 1968) 1967 Lt.Cdr. Peter Richard Buckley, RN, (later Sir Richard Buckley, KCVO) (Private Secretary to HRH the Duke of Kent, Grand Master) 1968 F. (Frank) S. Clodd 1969 Christopher P. C. Talbot, RD 1970 Rees L. Lloyd-Jones 1971 David Jeremy Worth 1972 The Rt.Hon. the Viscount Gough 1973 Peter Deaves 1974 Simon Anthony Aldridge (son of 1955’s Master; grandson of 1929's) 1975 Dermot Malden Studd (son of 1958’s Master) 1976 Henry Malden Studd (brother of 1958’s Master) 1977 Nicholas de Jongh 1978 Charles Luke Bain 1979 Major William (Willy) Hallam Wharfe, RM 1980 A. James (Jim) Davis (2nd term) 1981 Michael James Limb (later Michael James Limb,OBE) 1982 The Rt.Hon. the Viscount Gough (2nd term) 1983 The Rt.Hon. the Viscount Gough (3rd term) 1984 Nicholas Patrick Thurlow Cowley 1985 Eric Charles, OBE 1986 Alan Paul Wesely 1987 Alan Paul Wesely (2nd term) 1988 Donald Edward Arthur Ross 1989 William James Findlay Bryce (Earliest Past Master still a member) 1990 Kenneth Pitman 1991 John Edwin Green 1992 Alderman Clive Haydn Martin, OBE, TD 1993 Alderman Clive Haydn Martin, OBE, TD (2nd term) (later Sir Clive Martin,OBE, TD, DL) (Lord Mayor of London, 1999) 1994 The Reverend Canon John Walter Wilson 1995 The Right Reverend Dr. Douglas Henry Perkins 1996 Captain Paul Jeffrey Bootherstone, DSC, RN 1997 Captain Paul Jeffrey Bootherstone, DSC, RN (2nd term) 1998 The Reverend Timothy John Nicholas L’Estrange 1999 Brian Michael Aish 2000 Brian Michael Aish (2nd term) 2001 Brian Michael Aish (3rd term) 2002 Grant John Paul Scriven 2003 The Reverend Richard Charles de Villeval Martin 2004 The Reverend David Malcolm Newman 2005 The Reverend David Malcolm Newman (2nd term) 2006 Flt.Lt. Graham Frederick Jones, RAF VR(T) 2007 Flt.Lt. Graham Frederick Jones, RAF VR(T) (2nd term) 2008 William Robert Doughty 2009 Marc Alexander Nowell 2010 Andrew Mark Burgoyne 2011 Robert James Dougans We have continued to appoint a Master every year up to and including the present time. More recent names are available on application. |
About our Past Masters
Many of our Past Masters began their Masonic journey in the Apollo University Lodge, at Oxford University; this is true of members from our foundation, through to the present day, and is our most enduring link.
We have counted a very large number of Army officers amongst our Past Masters, with occasional representation by the other armed services too, including a distinguished Royal Navy ship's Captain, and an RAF Air Vice-Marshal.
There are quite a few senior Freemasons on the list - the very first (ever) Assistant Grand Master of England, several Grand Wardens of the Grand Lodge, an Assistant Grand Master of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London, members of the Supreme Council (including a Sovereign Grand Commander), a Deputy Grand Superintendent of London's Holy Royal Arch, and multiple Provincial Grand Masters, in the Craft and other Orders.
We have a good number from the classical (clerical, medical, & legal) professions - lawyers, doctors, and clergymen.
The clerics range from 1932's Master, through to more recent times. In the twelve years from 1994 to 2005 we had a clergyman as Master for 50% of the time - five different priests, serving together for six years - one a Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, another a Canon of Norwich Cathedral. Four of those five Clerics worked in East Anglia, and came (in one way or another) under the influence of Bishop John Dennis (Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich from 1986 to 1996) who was not a member of our Lodge, but was a Freemason, and a member of Rutlish Lodge No 4416.
There have been quite a few Knights of the Realm over the years, and no fewer than three Lord Mayors of London.
Past Masters of this Lodge were awarded gallantry medals (including the prestigious Military Cross) in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Falklands War of 1982.
Our Past Masters include at least two personal ADCs to members of the British Royal Family, as well as an innumerable body who have given service to the Crown in assorted other ways, including through Government or the Armed Forces.
Finally, our Lodge has had a number of Peers of the Realm amongst its members, but only one has been Worshipful Master - the 5th Viscount Gough, who was Master on no fewer than three occasions during his magnificent membership of almost 55 years. He was a dedicated and beloved member of our lodge, and we were greatly diminished by his death in 2023.
We believe our Past Masters, like our members, represent a broad spectrum of London Society, and we are proud that for over 120 years we have been a meeting place for such diverse and interesting characters, meeting together in such blissful harmony and common purpose.
Many of our Past Masters began their Masonic journey in the Apollo University Lodge, at Oxford University; this is true of members from our foundation, through to the present day, and is our most enduring link.
We have counted a very large number of Army officers amongst our Past Masters, with occasional representation by the other armed services too, including a distinguished Royal Navy ship's Captain, and an RAF Air Vice-Marshal.
There are quite a few senior Freemasons on the list - the very first (ever) Assistant Grand Master of England, several Grand Wardens of the Grand Lodge, an Assistant Grand Master of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London, members of the Supreme Council (including a Sovereign Grand Commander), a Deputy Grand Superintendent of London's Holy Royal Arch, and multiple Provincial Grand Masters, in the Craft and other Orders.
We have a good number from the classical (clerical, medical, & legal) professions - lawyers, doctors, and clergymen.
The clerics range from 1932's Master, through to more recent times. In the twelve years from 1994 to 2005 we had a clergyman as Master for 50% of the time - five different priests, serving together for six years - one a Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, another a Canon of Norwich Cathedral. Four of those five Clerics worked in East Anglia, and came (in one way or another) under the influence of Bishop John Dennis (Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich from 1986 to 1996) who was not a member of our Lodge, but was a Freemason, and a member of Rutlish Lodge No 4416.
There have been quite a few Knights of the Realm over the years, and no fewer than three Lord Mayors of London.
Past Masters of this Lodge were awarded gallantry medals (including the prestigious Military Cross) in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Falklands War of 1982.
Our Past Masters include at least two personal ADCs to members of the British Royal Family, as well as an innumerable body who have given service to the Crown in assorted other ways, including through Government or the Armed Forces.
Finally, our Lodge has had a number of Peers of the Realm amongst its members, but only one has been Worshipful Master - the 5th Viscount Gough, who was Master on no fewer than three occasions during his magnificent membership of almost 55 years. He was a dedicated and beloved member of our lodge, and we were greatly diminished by his death in 2023.
We believe our Past Masters, like our members, represent a broad spectrum of London Society, and we are proud that for over 120 years we have been a meeting place for such diverse and interesting characters, meeting together in such blissful harmony and common purpose.