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.
15/04/2025 3rd Time as Worshipful Master
16/04/2024 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
18/04/2023
19/04/2022 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
01/03/2022 End of Legal Restrictions: The period when the pandemic transitioned from a legal emergency was around early 2022. For example: February 2022: Restrictions were ended in Northern Ireland and England. March 2022: Restrictions were ended in Wales and Scotland.
30/01/2020 All Masonic Meetings were suspended by the United Grand Lodge of England. The COVID-19 pandemic in the UK began in January 2020 and, while there isn’t a single, universally accepted “end date,” most significant legal restrictions were lifted in early 2022.
16/04/2019 John became the Worshipful Master and served until the completion of the Covid 19 outbreak. 2022
17/04/2018 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
18/04/2017
19/04/2016
19/04/2016
21/04/2015 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
15/04/2014
16/04/2013
17/04/2012 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
19/04/2011
20/04/2010
21/04/2009 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
15/04/2008
17/04/2007
18/04/2006
19/04/2005 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
20/04/2004 2nd Time of being the Worshipful Master
15/04/2003 2nd Time as Worshipful Master
16/04/2002
17/04/2001
18/04/2000 2nd time as Worshipful Master
20/04/1999
21/04/1998
15/04/1997
16/04/1996
18/04/1995
19/04/1994
20/04/1993
21/04/1992
16/04/1991
17/04/1990
18/04/1989
19/04/1988
21/04/1987
15/04/1986
16/04/1985
17/04/1984
19/04/1983
20/04/1982
21/04/1981
15/04/1980
17/04/1979
18/04/1978
19/04/1977
20/04/1976
15/04/1975
16/04/1974
17/04/1973
18/04/1972
20/04/1971
21/04/1970
15/04/1969
16/04/1968
18/04/1967
19/04/1966
20/04/1965
21/04/1964
16/04/1963
17/04/1962
18/04/1961
19/04/1960
21/04/1959
15/04/1958
16/04/1957
17/04/1956
19/04/1955
20/04/1954
21/04/1953
15/04/1952
17/04/1951
18/04/1950
19/04/1949
20/04/1948
15/04/1947
16/04/1946
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.
17/04/1945
18/04/1944
20/04/1943
21/04/1942
22/04/1941
16/04/1940
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.
18/04/1939
19/04/1938
20/04/1937
21/04/1936
15/04/1935
16/04/1934
17/04/1933
18/04/1932
20/04/1931
21/04/1930
15/04/1929
16/04/1928
18/04/1927
19/04/1926
20/04/1925
21/04/1924
16/04/1923
17/04/1922
18/04/1921
19/04/1920
21/04/1919
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.
15/04/1918
16/04/1917
17/04/1916
20/04/1915
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.
21/04/1914
15/04/1913
16/04/1912
18/04/1911
19/04/1910
20/04/1909
21/04/1908
16/04/1907 birth 16th August 1869 Enlistment Royal Navy Royal Marines Depot 16th April 1888
17/04/1906
18/04/1905
19/04/1904
21/04/1903
15/04/1902
16/04/1901
17/04/1900
18/04/1899
19/04/1898
20/04/1897
21/04/1896
16/04/1895
17/04/1894
18/04/1893
19/04/1892
21/04/1891
15/04/1890
16/04/1889
23/04/1888
19/04/1887
20/04/1886
21/04/1885
21/04/1884
16/04/1883
17/04/1882
19/04/1881
20/04/1880
15/04/1879
16/04/1878
16/04/1877
18/04/1876
19/04/1875
21/04/1874
15/04/1873
16/04/1872
18/04/1871
19/04/1870
20/04/1869
20/04/1868
15/04/1867
17/04/1866
John Moran
David Howcroft
David Howcroft
Anthony Lewis
End of Covid 19 Restictions
Outbreak of the Covid 19 Virus
John Saunders
John Moran
John Moran
Raymond Horton
150th Anniversary of the Lord Warden Lodge No 1096
Paul Frederick Gear
Paul Frederick Gear
Richard Arthur John Appleford
Alfred Murphy Borg
Alfred Murphy Borg
Harry William Prescott
Alexander Craigen
Stephen Evans
Kenneth William Saggs
Brian Kenneth Stevens
Peter Donald Stevens
John Jude Boscoe Toomey
Paul Alexander Watkins
Malcolm Livingstone Cowie
Douglas Stephen Watts
John Charles Trickey
Paul Raymond McDonald
William Gorman Ferrier
Peter Donald Stevens
David Neilson
Richard Peter Wentworth Child
Anthony Brian Lees
Keith George Lee
Alexander Craigen
Leonard Charles Whitehead
Tony Anthony Lewis
Marcus Gidman
John Keith Dixon
John Charles Trickey
Peter John Ebden
Raymond Frederick Allan
John Jude Boscoe Toomey
Alan Stanley Bugden
Edward Walter Atkins
Paul Alexander Watkins
John Anthony Heath
John Richard Barlow
Albert Henry Harrison
Kenneth Burton
John Colquitt
William Bill Hastie
Percy Alfred George Brown
James William Flower
Alexander Kennedy Harrison
Gerald Tharp
Frederick Ernest Farrier
Dennis Tapsfield
Edwin Richard Borley
Robert Carrott
Sidney Edward State
Frank Edwin Wyborn
William Henry Thomas Mount
Albert Taylor Webb
Philip Arundel Bell
Frederick Ernest Farrier
John Victor Martin
Walter Frederick Atkins
John Melville Vaughan
Ernest George Winter
Cecil William Lamont Prime
Cyril Edgar Curling
Arthur Reginald Hume
William John Manuel
Elgar Henry Mount
Thomas Marshall Gammage
Sidney Parker
Jack Simeon Walter Willey
Robert William Marsh
Cecil Charles Prime
James Rennie
End of World War 2
Robert John Roger Glen
Herbert William Dorey
Norman Victor Norman
Harry Charles Harber
Frederick William Simmons
Frederick William Simmons
Outbreak of WW2
William Albert Ashworth
Percy Reginald Comfort
Sidney John Southey
John Henry Parnell
Henry Arthur Dryer
Alfred Motley
John Henry Alick roberts
John Benjamin Trim
John Richard Tyer
George Michael May
Edward Fletcher Davidson
Herbert John Joyce
Ernest Edward Burton
Thomas Hilson
Matthew Edward Shrubb
John Edward Hobday
James John Grist
Stephen Edward Brown
William Alfred Pinkerton
Ernie Neame Roff
Henry Frederick William Broad
End of World War 1
Henry Frederick William Broad
John Young
Charles Rubie
James Jefferson
Outbreak of WW 1
Henry Redsull
Henry Redsull
George Edward Goslet
John Franklin
Robert John Carpenter
Robert William Minter
Henry Grant
Wrightson Charles Gibson
John William Timms
Thomas Morant
Samuel Robinson Jefferson
John Henry Weller
William Isaac Parish
Thomas Ambrose Harding
William Henry Peddie
Charles Gladwell
William John Woodham
Robert William Hayman
Robert Brudenel Burton
Joseph Everett Turner
Alexander Bruce Payne
Frederick Backhouse Hulke
Henry Edward Stephen Drew
Allan McIntosh
Henry Gander Frost
William Bowles
George Beale
Jesse Springett Huntley
Frederick Hast
John Wyatt Court
Henry Chambers
Richard Staines Davey
George Band
William Carterfield
Henry Richard Leonard Botting
John Laggett
Edward Kirby
Alexander Hamilton Des Barres
Thomas Ayling
Thomas Eastes Cavell
Benjamin Richard Eastes
John Branfill Harrison
Charles Chamberlain
William Fuller
Edward Allan
John Smith
Thomas James Usher
Timothy Morris
Robert Douglas