Bro. William James Hughan, (1841-1911).
Bro. William James Hughan, was the author in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Born 1841, initiated in Lodge St. Aubyn, No. 954, Devonport, in 1863, joined the Phoenix Lodge, No. 331, Truro, in 1864, and Fortitude Lodge, No. 131, Truro, in 1866, serving as WM of the latter, in 1868, and again in 1878. He was exalted in Glasgow Chapter, No. 50 (SC), in 1865, and joined Kilwinning Chapter, No. 80 (SC), Ayr, in 1868, of which he became Z. in 1873. An Hon. Member of many Home and Foreign Lodges and Societies, such as the Penn'a Association of Masonic Veterans, etc., and was in 1880 made Hon. Senior GW of Grand Lodge of Quebec, an honour from which he withdrew in 1886. |
Bro. William James Hughan
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In 1876 he was granted the Rank of Past SGW of Grand Lodge of Egypt, and was Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania from 1872.
Besides holding Past Rank as Grand Secretary etc. in his own Province of Cornwall, he was, in acknowledgment of his Masonic researches, granted the rank of Past Senior Grand Deacon of England in 1874, declining at the same time the offered Past Rank in Grand Chapter, which he however accepted in 1883, as Past Assistant Grand Sojourner.
He was the editor of the Devon and Cornwall Masonic Calendar. 1865-8; originator and editor ofCornwall Masonic Directory, 1870-1887, and in addition to innumerable communications to the Masonic journals of both hemispheres, the author of the following works (all now out of print):Constitutions of the Freemasons, 1869, History of Freemasonry in York, (Kingston Masonic Annual, 1871), and Unpublished Records of the Craft, in one volume, as Masonic Sketches, 1871, Old Charges of the British Freemasons, 1872. Memorials of the Masonic Union of December, 1813, 1874,Numerical and Medallic Masonic Register, 1878, Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry, 1884, and numerous pamphlets. He was a frequent lecturer on Masonic History and Biblical Archaeology.
Henry Sadler, In Memoriam William James Hughan (1841-1911), AQC vol. 24 (1911), 148.
Keith Barry Jackson, William James Hughan - his contribution to Freemasonry & to Masonic History,AQCvol. 114 (2000) 83-111 and letters 115-122 and 267.
Besides holding Past Rank as Grand Secretary etc. in his own Province of Cornwall, he was, in acknowledgment of his Masonic researches, granted the rank of Past Senior Grand Deacon of England in 1874, declining at the same time the offered Past Rank in Grand Chapter, which he however accepted in 1883, as Past Assistant Grand Sojourner.
He was the editor of the Devon and Cornwall Masonic Calendar. 1865-8; originator and editor ofCornwall Masonic Directory, 1870-1887, and in addition to innumerable communications to the Masonic journals of both hemispheres, the author of the following works (all now out of print):Constitutions of the Freemasons, 1869, History of Freemasonry in York, (Kingston Masonic Annual, 1871), and Unpublished Records of the Craft, in one volume, as Masonic Sketches, 1871, Old Charges of the British Freemasons, 1872. Memorials of the Masonic Union of December, 1813, 1874,Numerical and Medallic Masonic Register, 1878, Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry, 1884, and numerous pamphlets. He was a frequent lecturer on Masonic History and Biblical Archaeology.
Henry Sadler, In Memoriam William James Hughan (1841-1911), AQC vol. 24 (1911), 148.
Keith Barry Jackson, William James Hughan - his contribution to Freemasonry & to Masonic History,AQCvol. 114 (2000) 83-111 and letters 115-122 and 267.