FAMOUS BRITISH MASONS
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David Garrick
(1717 - 1779)
Edmund Kean
(1787 - 1833)
Sir Henry Irving
(1838 - 1905)
Sir Donald Wolfitt
(1902 - 1968)
Peter Sellers
(1925 - 1980)
English actor. Pink Panther, Goon Show, etc. Chelsea Lodge No.3098, London.
Bradley Walsh (Coronation St) - Westminster City Council Lodge number 2882
Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald from Coronation St) - Westminster City Council Lodge number 2882
Elias Ashmole
English antiquarian. Donated his remarkable collection to Oxford University in 1677 to found the Ashmolean Museum. Founder member of the Royal Society and became the first known English speculative Mason at Warrington, Lancashire, in 1646.
General
Sir John Moore
(1761 - 1809)
Field Marshal
1st Duke of Wellington
(1769 - 1852)
Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman.
Field Marshal
Earl Roberts of Kandahar
(1832 - 1914)
Field Marshal
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener
(1850 - 1916)
English soldier. As Secretary of State for War during World War One, his face became famous to generations through the 'Your Country Needs You' poster. British Union Lodge No. 114, Ipswich. District Grand Master of Egypt, Sudan and the Punjab. Junior Grand Warden of the UGLE in 1916.
Field Marshal
Sir John French
Earl of Ypres
(1852 - 1925)
Field Marshal
Earl Haig
(1861 - 1928)
Field Marshal during World War One. Elgin Lodge No. 91, Leven, Scotland.
General
Sir Francis Wingate
(1861 - 1953)
Field Marshal Sir
Claude Auchinleck
(1884 - 1981)
Field Marshal
Earl Alexander of Tunis
(1891 - 1969)
Admiral
Sir Sidney Smith
(1764 - 1840)
Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford
(1841 - 1919)
Admiral
Earl Jellicoe
(1859 - 1935)
Marshal of the RAF
Lord Newall
(1886 - 1963)
Sir James Thornhill
(1676 - 1734)
William Hogarth
(1697 - 1764)
English painter and engraver.
John Zoffany
(1733 - 1810)
Sir John Soane
(1753 - 1857)
Alexander Nasmyth
Scottish painter and inventor, friend of Robbie Burns. Canongate Kilwinning Lodge, Edinburgh.
Dr T. J. Barnardo
(1845 - 1905)
Sir William "Billy" Butlin
(1899 - 1980)
Keith Hall
Although Keith (at the time of writing Oct 2007) has lived in Finland for 17 years and was made a Mason there, he is still a UK citizen and visits regularly. He was founder member and drummer of the 70s pop group 'Pickettywitch' (1969-1973). He then played the drums with 'Gerry and the Pacemakers' (1973-1979) and 'Terry Lightfoot Band' from 1979-1984. He is still actively involved with music (mainly modern jazz)and performs around the world. He was Master of Union Lodge No. 134 in Helsinki (the only English speaking Craft Lodge in Finland) in 2004. He is also a member of the MMM Unification 95 Lodge in Helsinki and RA Chapter Unity 57 in Helsinki.
Cyril Fletcher
Geraldo
Nat Jackley
Sir Harry Lauder
Alfred Marks
David Nixon
Edmundo Ross
Cyril Stapleton
Tommy Trinder
Jimmy Wheeler
Carl Smith (Chas Smash from the band Madness)
Roger de Courcey (of Nookie Bear fame)
Joe Pasquale, (Comedian)
Jeremy Beadle ("You've Been Framed")
Jim Davidson
UK comic whose foul-mouthed routines brought him to celebrity status, resigned as Master of Chelsea Lodge in England in July, 2002 after telling a string of filthy jokes at a Ladies' night gala. Presented 'Big Break' and 'Generation Game', founder of the British Forces Foundation, set up to provide entertainment to British Forces worldwide, and also a Founder of the British Forces Foundation Lodge, 9725, which meets in South Croydon.
Sir Richard Burton
(1821 - 1890)
Capt Robert Falcon Scott, RN
(1868 - 1912)
English polar explorer, perished in Antarctica. Drury Lane Lodge No. 2127, London also Naval Lodge No. 2612.
Sir Ernest Shackleton
(1874 - 1922)
English polar explorer.
Thomas Arne
(1710 - 1778)
English composer, best known for Rule Britannia and for his setting of the British National Anthem
Samuel Wesley
(1766 - 1837)
Sir Henry Bishop
(1786 - 1855)
(Home sweet home)
Sir Arthur Sullivan
(1842 - 1900)
English composer. Worked with fellow Mason W S Gilbert, but also composed much well known church music, such as Onward Christian Soldiers. Grand Organist of the UGLE.
Alexander Pope
(1688 - 1744)
English poet and satirist.
Robbie Burns
(1759 - 1796)
The National Poet of Scotland. His lyrics, written in dialect and infused with humor, celebrate love, patriotism, and rustic life. Freemasonry was more important to him than any other institution in Scotland! St. David's Lodge No. 174, Tarbolton, Scotland.
Sir William S. Gilbert
(1836 - 1911)
English poet and playwright, worked with fellow Mason Sir Arthur Sullivan. Was the librettis for 'Pirates of Penzance'. St. Machar Lodge No. 54, Aberdeen, Scotland
Lord William Byron
British poet.nbsp; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) 1747-1751.
Geoffrey Fisher
Archbishop of Canterbury
(1887 - 1972)
Sir Israel Brodie
(1895 - 1979)
King George IV
(1762 - 1830)
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) 1790-1813 while still Prince of Wales. More Info....
King William IV
(1765 - 1837)
Made a Mason at Plymouth, England, March 9, 1786.
King Edward VII
(1841 - 1910)
Grand Master of the UGLE 1875-1901. Also Provincial Grand Master for Lower Canada.
His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(1850 - 1942)
Field Marshal in 1902. Governor General of Canada in 1911. When his brother was obliged to resign the office upon his accession as Edward VII, Prince Arthur was elected Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, and was annually reelected 37 times until 1939, when he was nearly 90. More Info....
King Edward VIII
(1894 - 1972)
Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1936. Household Brigade Lodge No. 2614.
King George VI
(1895 - 1952)
Grand Master of Scotland and honorary Past Grand Master of the UGLE. Initiated in Naval Lodge No. 2612. Royal Arch First Principal, 33 degree AASR, Past Grand Master Mark Master Lodge.
His Royal Highness Prince Edward the Duke of Kent
Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.
Sir Joseph Banks
(1744 - 1820)
Dr Edward Jenner
(1749 - 1823)
English physician whose discovery of the principle of vaccination led ultimately to the complete eradication of smallpox. Faith and Friendship Lodge No. 270, Berkeley
Sir Alexander Fleming
(1881 - 1955)
Scottish bacteriologist, discovered penicillin. Held Grand Office in the UGLE
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
(1877 - 1947)
Sir Edward Appleton
English physicist whose work led to the discovery of the Ionosphere. Won the Nobel Prize in 1947
Harold Abrahams
Jackie Milburn
Sir Donald Campbell
Land speed record holder.
Malcolm Campbell
Donald's father.
Sir Leonard Hutton
Jock Stein
Sir Alec Rose
Sir Clive Lloyd
Geoff Capes
Edmund Burke
(1729 - 1797)
George Canning
(1770 - 1827)
Lord Randolph Churchill
(1849 - 1895)
Cecil Rhodes
(1852 - 1903)
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener
(1850 - 1916)
Born near Ballylongford, Kerry, Ireland, in 1899 Kitchener was appointed Governor General of Sudan and from 1902-09 he was Commander in Chief of India. Appointed Secretary of State for War in 1914, Lord Kitchener was lost at sea in the sinking of the British cruiser HMS Hampshire. 1899 - District Grand Master Egypt and Sudan. 1902 - Past Grand Warden, and District Grand Master, Punjab, India. 1903 - Joined Himalayan Brotherhood Lodge, No 459, Simla, India. 1903 - Senior Founder Member of Kitchener Lodge No 2998, Simla, India. 1907 - Assisted at the Initiation, Passing and Raising of H. M. Habibullah Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, in Lodge Concordia No 3102 in Calcutta More Info....
Sir Winston Churchill
(1874 - 1965)
Wartime leader and statesman. Rosemary Lodge 2851 and Studholme Lodge No. 1591.
Leopold S. Amery
(1873 - 1955)
Henry Peter Brougham
Scottish statesman and reformer. Worked for the abolition of slavery, and by his famous speech ensured the passage of the Reform Bill in 1831.
Edward Gibbon
(1734 - 1794)
Historian, writer of the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', Initiated 19th December 1774, Lodge of Friendship No. 3, London.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(1751 - 1816)
Sir Walter Scott
(1771 - 1832)
Scottish writer and poet. Ivanhoe, The Talisman, etc. Saint David Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh.
Anthony Trollope
(1815 - 1882)
English novelist.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859 - 1930)
English novelist and creator of Sherlock Holmes. Phoenix Lodge No. 257, Portsmouth.
Rudyard Kipling
(1865 - 1936)
English writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.
James Boswell
Scottish writer whose biography of Dr Johnson is one of the great classics of English literature.
Raphael Sabatini
English novelist. Wrote Captain Blood, Scaramouche, etc. Jerusalem Lodge No. 197, London.
William Hesketh Lever
English industrialist and
philanthropist.
John Macadam
Scottish engineer. Developed the macadamising process for making roads waterproof. Think of Freemasonry every time you drive along a stretch of tarmac!
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
English colonist. Founder of Singapore and, on his return to London, of the Zoological Society.
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Anglo-Irish wit and dramatist, The importance of being Earnest. Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford.
John Paul Jones
Scottish born seaman, he became a naval hero and 'Father of the U. S. Navy'. He later commanded Russian naval ships in their war against the Ottoman empire. St. Bernard Lodge No. 122 (now St. Cuthbert No. 41), Kirkudbright, Scotland.
Sir Christopher Wren
Responsible for the design of St. Pauls Cathedral. Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, London (attributed)
Sir Joseph Banks
Responsible for the design of Kew Gardens, London.
Erasmus Darwin (1732-1802)
Physician and botonist. Initiated at St. David's Lodge No. 36, Edinburgh in 1754.
Sir Thomas Lipton
Scottish merchant famous for the tea he transported from Ceylon. Scotia Lodge No. 178, Glasgow.
Matthew Webb
First man to swim the English Channel (1875). Neptune Lodge No. 22. Born at Dawley, Shropshire on 19th January 1848, he was killed attempting to swim Niagara Falls in 1883.
John Boswell
Laird of Auchinleck
The earliest recorded non-operative Mason recorded anywhere.
1600 AD, Edinburgh.
Thomas Dunckerly
Illegitimate born son of George II, consolidated the Royal Arch and was the first Grand Master of the Masonic Knights Templar. Acted as Grand Master for the warranted lodges in Quebec.
Sir Banister Flight Fletcher
English architect and writer on the subject. Authors Lodge No. 3456, London England.
George Frederick Samuel Robinson Earl De Grey
Governor General of India 1880-1884. Grand Master UGLE 1870-1874. Most famous today for Earl Grey Tea.
Anthony Sayer
Gentleman. First Grand Master elected by the 'Four Old Lodges', London, 24th June 1717.
George Shillibeer
English inventor. Pioneered the omnibus. Etonian Lodge of St. John No. 209, Windsor.
Lord John Graves Simcoe
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada - now Ontario. Union Lodge No. 307, E.R. (Moderns), Exeter.
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