Sir David H. Wootton and John Lockley
A STONE garage owner has been installed as the Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire Freemasons.
John Lockley was installed by Sir David Hugh Wootton, the Assistant Grand Master, as the Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for the Province of Staffordshire on November 22 at Staffordshire County Showground.
Mr Lockley, who is a former Assistant Provincial Grand Master, now takes charge of the 96 Lodges who meet in Staffordshire with over 2,000 members. He lives in Stone with wife Jane and they have two grown up children; Emma and Paul, who is also a Freemason.
He said: “I am thrilled and very proud to be the Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire. My aim is to build on the excellent work of my predecessor, Dr Alexander Stewart, and continue the charity work of the Province and show to the wider public the good that Freemasonry is in society.”
The Provincial senior officers who assist John are John Renaudon, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, a Chartered Surveyor who works in Stoke-on-Trent and lives near Crewe, Mike Rawle, Assistant Provincial Grand Master, a retired General Medical Practitioner from Stafford and Kevin Parkes, a solicitor from Great Barr in Birmingham.