Cecil Chubb: the Freemason who bought Stonehenge
Come full circle Stonehenge’s history has inspired many outlandish theories linking Freemasons and druids. John Hamill recounts the real life…
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The origins of Freemasons’ Hall as a memorial to the fallen
Perpetual memorial As Commonwealth nations mark the armistice signed to end the First World War, Diane Clements, Director of the Library and Museum of…
Robert Henderson-Bland: actor, soldier, poet and Freemason
Command performance Robert Henderson-Bland was an actor, soldier, poet and Freemason. Director of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry Diane…
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and Freemason
The eventful life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, was evenly apportioned between a triumphant military career and an equally successful political one. His…
Diversity and inclusivity has always been fundamental to Freemasonry says John Hamill
The happy means We hear a great deal about diversity and inclusivity these days but, as Director of Special Projects John Hamill explains, they are…
Past Master’s jewels reunited with their Leicestershire lodges
Jewels reunited A series of masonic jewels presented to Archibald Frank Tailby during his masonic career in Leicester were recently offered for sale on…
Sheffield Masonic Library
The Sheffield Masonic Library Scheme started life in 1876, and in 1910 all the books, property and funds of the library were handed over to the newly…
Masonic mystery of marble table in Leicester revealed at Lodge of Research
Lodge of Research No. 2429, which meets at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester, was the scene for a unique event: the first time it had been addressed by a…
Horatio Herbert Kitchener – 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome
Born near Ballylongford, Kerry, Ireland, in 1899 Kitchener was appointed Governer 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.
Tony Harrison opens Warrington Masonic Hall’s Museum and Library
Tony Harrison, PGM of West Lancashire, made his first visit to Warrington Masonic Hall to open the Museum and Library started by Vic Charlesworth in 2010…