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
04/01/1866
First Worshipful Master and Founder of the Lodge
Timothy Morris
02/04/1867
The Founding Past Mater of the Lodge
Thomas James Usher
14/04/1868
Worshipful Master and the Founding Director of Ceremonies
John Smith
20/04/1869
One of the Founding Stewards of the Lodge
Edward Allen
19/04/1870
The First Worshipful Master of the Lodge who was not a founding member
William Fuller
18/04/1871
Worshipful Master
Charles Chamberlain
16/04/1872
Worshipful Master
John Branfill Harrison
15/04/1873
Worshipful Master
Benjamin Richard Eastes
21/04/1874
Worshipful Master
Thomas Eastes Cavell
20/04/1875
Worshipful Master
Thomas Ayling
18/04/1876
Worshipful Master
Alexander Hamilton Des Barres
17/04/1877
Worshipful Master
Edward Kirby
16/04/1878
Worshipful Master
John Laggett
15/04/1879
Worshipful Master
Henry Richard Leonard Botting
20/04/1880
Worshipful Master
William Carterfield
19/04/1881
Worshipful Master
George Band
18/04/1882
Worshipful Master
Richard Staines Davey
17/04/1883
Worshipful Master
Henry Chambers
15/04/1884
Worshipful Master
John Wyatt Court
21/04/1885
Worshipful Master
Frederick Hast
20/04/1886
Worshipful Master
Jesse Springett Huntly
19/04/1887
Worshipful Master
George Beale
17/04/1888
Worshipful Master
William Bowles
16/04/1889
Worshipful Master
Henry Gandar Frost
15/04/1890
Worshipful Master
Alan McIntosh
14/04/1891
Worshipful Master
Henry Edward Stephen Drew
19/04/1892
Worshipful Master
Frederick Backhouse Hulke
18/04/1893
Worshipful Master
Alexander Bruce Payne
17/04/1894
Worshipful Master
Joseph Everett Turner
16/04/1895
Worshipful Master
Robert Brudenel Burton
14/04/1896
Worshipful Master
Robert William Hayman
13/04/1897
Worshipful Master
William John Woodham
12/04/1898
Worshipful Master
Charles Gladwell
18/04/1899
Worshipful Master
William Henry Peddie
17/04/1900
Worshipful Master
Thomas Ambrose Harding
16/04/1901
Worshipful Master
William Isaac Parish
16/04/1902
Worshipful Master
John Henry Weller
14/04/1903
Worshipful Master
Samuel Robinson Jefferson
12/04/1904
Worshipful Master
Thomas Morant
18/04/1905
Worshipful Master
John William Timms
17/04/1906
Worshipful Master
Wrightson Charles Gibson
16/04/1907
Worshipful Master
Henry Grant
14/04/1908
Worshipful Master
Robert William Minter
20/04/1909
Worshipful Master
Robert John Carpenter
19/04/1910
Worshipful Master
John Franklin
18/04/1911
Worshipful Master
World War 1 Begins
04/08/1911
WW1
George Edward Goslett
16/04/1912
Worshipful Master
Harry Redsull
15/04/1913
Worshipful Master
Harry Redsull
14/04/1914
Worshipful Master
James Jefferson
13/04/1915
Worshipful Master
Charles Rubie
18/04/1916
Worshipful Master
John Young
17/04/1917
Worshipful Master
Henry Frederick William Broad
16/04/1918
Worshipful Master
World War 1 Ends
11/11/1918
End of World War 1
Henry Frederick William Broad
15/04/1919
Worshipful Master
Edward Neame Roff
20/04/1920
Worshipful Master
William Alfred Pinkerton
19/04/1921
Worshipful Master
Stephen Edward Brown
18/04/1922
Worshipful Master
James John Grist
17/04/1923
Worshipful Master
John Edward Hobday
15/04/1924
Worshipful Master
Matthew Edwin Shrubb
21/04/1925
Worshipful Master
John Hilson
20/04/1926
Worshipful Master
Ernest Edward Burton
19/04/1927
Worshipful Master
Herbert John Joyce
17/04/1928
Worshipful Master
Edward Fletcher Davidson
16/04/1929
Worshipful Master
George Michael May
15/04/1930
Worshipful Master
John Richard Tyler
21/04/1931
Worshipful Master
George Benjamin Trim
19/04/1932
Worshipful Master
Frederick Henry Alick Roberts
18/04/1933
Worshipful Master
Alfred Motley
17/04/1934
Worshipful Master
Henry Arthur Dryer
16/04/1935
Worshipful Master
John Henry Parnell
21/04/1936
Worshipful Master
Sidney John Southey
20/04/1937
Worshipful Master
Percy Reginald Comfort
19/04/1938
Worshipful Master
William Albert Ashworth
18/04/1939
Worshipful Master
Outbreak of World War 2
01/09/1939
World War 2 begins
Frederick William Simmons
16/04/1940
Worshipful Master
Frederick William Simmons
15/04/1941
Worshipful Master
Harry Charles Harber
21/04/1942
Worshipful Master
Norman Victor Norman
20/04/1943
Worshipful Master
Herbert William Dorey
18/04/1944
Worshipful Master
Robert John Roger Glen
17/04/1945
Worshipful Master
End of World War 2
02/09/1945
End of World War 2 in Europe
James Rennie
16/04/1946
Worshipful Master
Cecil Charles Prime
15/04/1947
Worshipful Master
Robert William Marsh
20/04/1948
Worshipful Master
Jack Simeon Walter Willey
19/04/1949
Worshipful Master
William Parker
18/04/1950
Worshipful Master
Thomas Marshall Gammage
17/04/1951
Worshipful Master
Elgar Henry Mount
15/04/1952
Worshipful Master
William John Manuel
21/04/1953
Worshipful Master
Arthur Reginald Hume
20/04/1954
Worshipful Master
Cyril Edgar Curling
19/04/1955
Worshipful Master
Cecil William Lamont Prime
17/04/1956
Worshipful Master
Ernest George Winter
16/04/1957
Worshipful Master
John Melville Vaughan
15/04/1958
Worshipful Master
Walter Frederick Atkins
21/04/1959
Worshipful Master
John Victor Martin
19/04/1960
Worshipful Master
Frederick Ernest Farrier
18/04/1961
Worshipful Master
Philip Arundel Bell
17/04/1962
Worshipful Master
Albert Taylor Webb
16/04/1963
Worshipful Master
William Henry Thomas Mount
21/04/1964
Worshipful Master
Frank Edwin Wyborn
20/04/1965
Worshipful Master
The Lodge Celebrates 100 Years
19/04/1966
Sydney Edward State
19/04/1966
Worshipful Master
Robert Carrott
18/04/1967
Worshipful Master
Edwin Richard Borley
16/04/1968
Worshipful Master
Dennis Tapsfield
15/04/1969
Worshipful Master
Frederick Ernest Farrier
21/04/1970
Worshipful Master
Gerald Tharp
20/04/1971
Worshipful Master
Alexander Kennedy Harrison
18/04/1972
Worshipful Master
James William Flower
17/04/1973
Worshipful Master
Percy Alfred George Brown
16/04/1974
Worshipful Master
William Watson Hastie
15/04/1975
Worshipful Master
John Colquitt
20/04/1976
Worshipful Master
Kenneth Burton
19/04/1977
Worshipful Master
Albert Henry Harrison
18/04/1978
Worshipful Master
John Richard Barlow
17/04/1979
Worshipful Master
John Anthony Heath
15/04/1980
Worshipful Master
Paul Alexander Watkins
21/04/1981
Worshipful Master
Edward Walter Atkins
20/04/1982
Worshipful Master
Alan Stanley Bugden
19/04/1983
Worshipful Master
John Jude Boscoe Toomey
17/04/1984
Worshipful Master
Raymond Frederick Allan
16/04/1985
Worshipful Master
Peter John Ebden
15/04/1986
Worshipful Master
John Charles Trickey
21/04/1987
Worshipful Master
John Keith Dixon
19/04/1988
Worshipful Master
Marcus Gidman
18/04/1989
Worshipful Master
Tony Anthony Lewis
17/04/1990
Worshipful Master
Leonard Charles Whitehead
16/04/1991
Worshipful Master
Alexander Craigen
21/04/1992
Worshipful Master
Keith George Lee
20/04/1993
Worshipful Master
Anthony Brian Lees
19/04/1994
Worshipful Master
Richard Charles Wentworth Child
18/04/1995
Worshipful Master
David Neilson
16/04/1996
Worshipful Master
Peter Donald Stevens
15/04/1997
Worshipful Master
William Gorman Ferrier
21/04/1998
Worshipful Master
Paul Raymond McDonald
20/04/1999
Worshipful Master
John Charles Trickey
18/04/2000
Worshipful Master
Douglas Stephen Watts
17/04/2001
Worshipful Master
Malcolm Livingston Cowie
16/04/2002
Worshipful Master
Paul Alexander Watkins
15/04/2003
Worshipful Master
John Jude Boscoe Toomey
20/04/2004
Worshipful Master
Peter Donald Stevens
19/04/2005
Worshipful Master
Brian Kenneth Stevens
18/04/2006
Worshipful Master
Kenneth William Saggs
17/04/2007
Worshipful Master
Stephen Evans
15/04/2008
Worshipful Master
Alexander Craigen
21/04/2009
Worshipful Master
Harry William Prescott
20/04/2010
Worshipful Master
Alfred Murphy Borg
19/04/2011
Worshipful Master
Alfred Murphy Borg
17/04/2012
Worshipful Master
Richard John Appleford
16/04/2013
Worshipful Master
Paul Frederick Gear
15/04/2014
Worshipful Master
Paul Frederick Gear
21/04/2015
Worshipful Master
The Lodge Celebrates 150 Years
19/04/2016
Raymond Horton
19/04/2016
Worshipful Master
John Moran
18/04/2017
Worshipful Master
John Moran
17/04/2018
Worshipful Master
John Saunders
16/04/2019
Worshipful Master
First national lockdown (March to June 2020)
16/03/2020
England was in national lockdown between late March and June 2020. Intitally, all “non-essential” high street businesses were closed and people were ordered to stay at home, permitted to leave for essential purposes only, such as buying food or for medical reasons. Starting in May 2020, the laws were slowly
John Saunders
21/04/2020
Worshipful Master
Leaving lockdown (March to July 2021)
08/03/2021
On 8 March 2021, England began a phased exit from lockdown. A four-step plan, known as the roadmap out of lockdown, intended to “cautiously but irreversibly” ease lockdown restrictions. Instead of a return to the tiered system, the Government said it planned to lift restrictions in all areas at the same
John Saunders
20/04/2021
John Saunders
Thomas Anthony Lewis
19/04/2022
Worshipful Master
David Howcroft
18/04/2023
Worshipful Master