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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CRAFT FREEMASONRY IN THE MADRAS DISTRICT From 1752 till 1898 1752 Warrant for a Lodge at Madras in East Indies. Erased in 1790 1765 Warrant for Lodge No. 1, Madras, Broke in 1777. 1765 Warrant for Lodge No.2, Madras (Ellore) Erased in 1791. 1765 Warrant for Lodge No.3, Trichinopoly, Erased in 1791 1767 Warrant for a Lodge Fort St. George, Erased in 1791. 1767 Captain Edmund Pascal appointed Provincial Grand Master 1768 Warrant for Atholl Lodge No.1, Provincial, Fort St. George, Warrant surrendered, 1786. Nawab Umdut-ul-Umra initiated in Lodge No.3,Trichinopoly. Local Warrant for Atholl Lodge, A Lodge, Ist Battalion 2 Regiment. Not registered. 1779 Warrant for Atholl Lodge, St.Thomas Mount. Warrant surrendered, 1786. 1781 Warrant for Atholl Lodge, Provincial Grand Lodge, Fort St.George. 1786 Brigadier-General Mathew Home appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1786 Amalgamation of Atholl and Regular Lodges in Madras. 1786 Local Warrant for the Steward’s Lodge, Freemasons Hall, Madras.Extinct 1790. 1786 Grand Lodge Warrant for the Lodge of Perfect Unanimity, 1 (Local Number), Numbered 150 in 1863. 1786 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Carnatic Military, Arcot, Erased 1813. 1786 Grand Lodge Warrant for Perfect Harmony, St.Thomas Mount, Erased 1813. 1787 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge of Social Friendship, Madras, whose number was given to Lodge Rock, in 1820. 1787 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge No.V(Local Number). Coast of Coromandel. 1787 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge of Social Friendship. Coast of Coromandel. Erased 1862 1788 Brigadier-General Mathew Horne, Provincial Grand Master, Died at Woriyur, Trichinopoly. 1789 John Chamier appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1790 Warrant for Lodge of Social Friendship, Trichinopoly.Erased 1803. 1795 Local Warrant for Lodge Strength and Beauty, 1, Vellore Not recorded in Grand Lodge. 1798 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Unity, Peace and Concord, Not Stationary. Left Madras, District 1824. 1799 Local Warrant for Lodge St.Andrew Union. 19th regiment, foot, now the Green Howards, Madras. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1802. Erased 1813. 1801 Local Warrant for Lodge of Philathropists, Scotch Brigade. 94th Foot, Madras, Grand Lodge Warrant,1802. Erased 1813 1803 Local Warrant for Lodge of Unity and Friendship, 33rd Regiment Vellore. Not recorded in Grand Lodge. 1806 Local Warrant for Travancore Union, Quilon. Not recorded in Grand Lodge. 1806 Terence Gahagan appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1810 Local Warrant for Lodge St.Andrew’s Chepauk Not recorded in Grand Lodge. 1811 Warrant for Lodge-of Universal Charity, Madras. 1812 Herbert Compton appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1812 Local Warrant for Lodge of United Friendship, Madras. Not recorded in Grand Lodge. 1812 Local Warrant for Lodge St.Patricks. 1813 Local Warrant for Lodge of Fortitude and Perseverance, Cannanore. Grand Lodge Warrant 1820. Erased 1839. 1813 Local Warrant for St.Davids Lodge, Madras. Not recorded in Grand Lodge 1813 Provincial Grand Lodge presented an Address to the M.W. the Earl of Moira, Past Acting Grand Master, on arrival at Madras as Governor General. 1814 Richard Jebb appointed Provincial Grand Master. Lodge Carnatic Military United with Lodge St.Andrew’s becoming Lodge St.AndrewsUnion 1816 Local Warrant for the Lodge of Rock, Trichinopoly. Given Number of Social Friendship In 1820. No.260 in 1868. 1819 Local Warrant for Lodge of Social and Military Virtue, Madras, Grand Lodge Warrant, 1863. 1819 Local Warrant for Lodge of Honour and Humanity, Madras. Grand Lodge Warrant 1836. Erased before 1863. 1820 George Lys appointed Acting Provincial Grand Master. 1820 Local Warrant for Lodge St.John, Secunderabad. Not on Register Grand Lodge until 1836. Warrant of confirmation, 1868. 1822 Local Warrant for Lodge Hibernia and Union, Quilon. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1836. Erased before 1868 1823 Local Warrant for the Corinthian Lodge, Cannanore. Grand Lodge Warrant,1836. Erased 1862. 1823 Lodge St.Andrew’s Union, united with Lodge St.Patricks becoming Lodge St.Andrew’s and St.Patricks Union. Erased 1832. 1826 Herbert Compton appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1830 Local Warrant for Lodge Oriental Star. Grand Lodge Warrant,1845. Suspended by Provincial Grand Lodge, 1841. Erased 1832. 1830 Local Warrant for Lodge Neilgherry, Ootacamund. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1835, Erased 1862. 1830 Lodge Universal Charity went into abeyance. 1836 Duplicate Warrant for Lodge Universal Charity, Madras. 1836 Local Warrant for Lodge Goodwill, Bellary. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1840. Number 445 in 1863. 1837 Local Warrant for Lodge Armenia, Armenian Street, Madras. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1840. Erased 1862. 1839 Government grant of a site near Cappers for the New Masonic Temple. 1839 Foundation-stone laid for the New Masonic Temple on the Beach near Cappers by Lord Elphinstone. 1840 Local Warrant for the Cantonment Lodge, Bangalore. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1842. Erased 1862. 1840 (John) Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Madras, appointed Provincial Grand Master, 1847 Warrant of Confirmation for Lodge Universal Charity, Numbered 273 in 1863. 1847 George and William Lodge No.328 S.C. was opened in Fort St.George. 1849 Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Pilgrims of Light, Madras Broke up 1851. Erased 1862 1852 Robert H.Williamson appointed Provincial Grand Master. 1856 Colonel Wm.Pitt Macdonald appointed Provincial Grand Mast afterwards styled District Grand Master. 1861 Local Warrant for Lodge Emulation. Nagapattinam, Grand Lodge Warrant, 1863, Erased 1868. 1862 Local Warrant for Lodge Mount, St.Thomas Mount, 1862, Number 926 in 1863. 1863 All the Lodges then existing re-numbered. 1863 Local Warrant for Lodge Bangalore, Primrose Road, Grand Lodge Warrant 1864, No.1043. 1863 Local Warrant for Lodge Western Star, Cannanore. Grand Lodge Warrant 1865, No.1049. Erased 1904. 1866 Local Warrant for Lodge Anchor of Hope, Wellington, Nilgiris. Gran( Lodge Warrant, 1865, No.1093. 1866 Provincial Grand Lodge Styled District Grand Lodge. 1867 Local and Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Pitt Macdonald, Madre:No.1198. 1867 A special meeting of the District Grand Lodge to help. His Excellency Lord Napier in laying the foundation-stone of the Presidency College Arthur MacDonald Ritchie appointed District Grand Master. His Excellency the Earl of Mayo elected as Honorary Member of the District Grand Lodge. 1869 Local and Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Faith, Hope and Chan Ootacamund, No.1285. 1869 Warrant of Confirmation for Lodge of Perfect Unanimity No.1 50. 1872 Local and Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Mayo, Secunderabad No. 1406. 1873 Local and Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Deccan, Chudderghat, No. 1444. 1874 Warrant of Confirmation for the Lodge of Rock, No.260 1875 John Miller appointed District Grand Master. 1875 District Grand Lodge presented an Address to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Most Worshipful Grand Master(Afterwards King Edward VI and protector of the Craft). 1877 Local Warrant for Lodge Southern Cross, Palayamcottai, Grand Lodge Warrant, 1878, No.1758. Warrant eaten by Whiteants,1886. Erased 1888. 1878 Local Warrant; for Lodge Coromandel, Kakinada. Grand Lodge Warrant February 1079. Erased 1908. 1878 Local Warrant for Lodge Mysore. Grand Lodge Warrant, August 1876. No. 184 1. 1879 Local Warrant for Lodge Prudentia, Nagapattinam. Grand Lodge Warrant 1880, No.1859. Erased 1908. 1879 Lieut. Col.Aubrey William Ogilvie Saunders appointed District Grand Master. 1879 Local Warrant for Lodge John Miller, Royapuram, Madras. Grand Lodge Warrant 1881, No.1906. 1879 Madras Masonic Institution started. 1883 Local Warrant for Lodge Carnatic, Mount Road. Grand Lodge Warrant,1884. No.2031 1884 Arthur Morell Saunders appointed District Grand Matter. 1886 Local and Grand Lodge Warrant for Lodge Kerala, Calicut No.2188. 1888 Local Warrant for Lodge Southern Cross, Palayamcottai. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1889. No.2298. 1888 Lord Connemara (Governor of Madras) appointed Distinct Grand Master 1888 Local Warrant for Lodge Pandyan, Madurai. Grand Lodge Warrant, 1890 No.2356. 1891 Lieut. Col. G.M.J.Moore appointed District Grand Master. 1894 Lodge St.George, Madras No.2532, Warranted. 1895 Lodges Coorg, No.2576, and Waltair, Visakhapatnam, No.2522 Warranted. 1896 Lodge Moore, No.2604, Warranted. Erased 1903. 1897 Lodge Minchin No.2710, Trivandrum, Warranted. 1897 Lodge St Andrew’s transferred to Bombay. 1898 Lodge United Service, Bangalore, No.2735, Warranted. |
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