Victoria Lodge No. IV
Past Masters Jewel 1939
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Obverse of Jewel
A beautiful quality silver Compass and Square
Past Master's neck Jewel.
Past Master's neck Jewel.
The jewel itself is suspended from a silver gilt pendant, the centre of which is white enamel with the number of the Lodge "4" in Roman numerals "IV" thereon, and on the circumference of the pendant is the name of the Lodge "Victoria Lodge " in blue enamel. |
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The pendant is "topped" with a Crown to represent the association with Queen Victoria. Victoria Lodge No. IV also displays the Crown symbol on their Aprons over the Lodge Number in Roman numerals "IV". |
The Jewel comprises of a normal silver Compass and Square, with a fixed silver "G". The Square is engraved with a Celtic scroll design, as is the top of each leg of the Compass. The engraving is of the highest quality. |
The reverse of the Jewel bears the inscription: "Presented to W.Bro. E.B. Gordon W.M. 1939" |
Short History of Warrant No. IV.
There is no record of the issue of Warrant No. 4 in the Grand Lodge Register but probably issued to brethren at "The Two Blue Posts" in Pembroke Court, Dublin on the 7th February, 1732 (Smith 1735). Warrant No. 4 was erased on the 5th November, 1801.
Warrant No. 4 was reissued to brethren in Dublin on the 2nd January, 1806.
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Warrant No. 4 was reissued to brethren in The 4th OR QUEEN'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS, later The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars on the 20th October, 1818, in lieu of Warrant No. 50. Warrant No. 4 was cancelled in December 1821. |
4th or Queen's Own Light Dragoons
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[The above represents the barest of facts relating to Warrant No. 4 before same reissued to Victoria Lodge No. IV - the IRISH MASONIC RECORDS cd-rom gives a very full account of the Lodges who held Warrant No. 4 for the years set out above]
History of Victoria Lodge No. IV
The Grand Lodge Minutes of the 6th February, 1823 show concerning Warrant No. 4 -
"Read a Memorial from Brs. Thos. E. Greene, Arthur Richd. Neville and John Davis of Lodge No. 9 praying for a Warrant to hold a Lodge in the City of Dublin. "Granted" [No number is shows in G.L. Minutes]
It was in some sort a revival as Bros. Atkinson and Irwan of the Old Lodge were present when the ceremony of Constitution was performed by the D.G.M. the Immortal John Fowler on a Warrant dated the 6th February, 1823.
One of the first acts of the New Lodge was to purchase from Bro. Irwan, for the sum of £6. 6s. 51/2d. [£6.32] the Jewels, etc., of the old one. Among these was a curious mallet. It was made of ivory, the head small and cube shaped, like those used by sculptors for their fine work in marble, and not at all like the heavy wooden headed mauls used in setting dressed stone. On the top of the head was an inscription, "Lodge 4, 1792," and on the four sides the names of the Master, Wardens, and Secretary.
From an early date the Membership of Lodge IV, was in a large measure drawn from commercial circles, and consisted mainly of those who carried on business for themselves. This unwritten law subsisted as far as practical although Doctors, Lawyers and Clergymen were welcomed from time to time making up in quality what they lacked in number. The Lodge was always a small one, limited at first to 40 Members, subsequently enlarged to 50.
When the Lodge was reconstituted, George IV was on the throne, and, as early as the June Meeting of 1823, a proposal was made to call it the George IV Lodge, but nothing further was done, and the idea of Royal Patronage lay dormant for 13 years.
About the time Lodge IV came into being, Grand Lodge passed a resolution affirming that the Ritual as exemplified by Bro. John Fowler was the only correct Irish working. It would seem that the D.G.M. realised the need of a recognised place where this standard working should be made known, and perhaps from friendship with our indefatigable Secretary, Dr. Thomas Wright, Lodge IV, was chosen for the purpose. Something of the kind was evidently needed. For instance, in those days, a lodge simply opened of whatever degree it had work to do, and closed thereon when it was done. The office of J.W. was no sinecure, he regularly called the Brethren off to refreshment, and on again to labour before the Lodge was closed.
The Grand Lodge Minutes of the 1st August, 1833 show concerning Warrant No. 4 -
"Read the Memorial of Bro. T.J. Quintin, the only remaining Member of Lodge No. 4 Dublin, to be permitted to associate with him two brethren to preserve the number from becoming extinct and that Bro. Thos. Wright, late of 141 and William Gibbon, late of 55 be permitted to join said Lodge. "Granted"."
27th January, 1835 - This being the Anniversary of the Birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex Grand Master of England, it was observed by a numerous assembly of that respectable Metropolitan Lodge, No. 4, at Radley's Hotel, College Green, the W.M., J. Hyndman Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Dublin, on the Throne.
[The R.A.C. attached to that respectable Lodge, No. 4, assembled on this evening and raised several Master Masons. The D.G.S., Br. Fowler, officiated, going through the ceremonials with great accuracy.]
Dublin Lodges:-
List of the Masters and Wardens of all the Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons held in or near Dublin, from the 27th December, 1835 to the 24th June, 1836.
No. 4:- Master, William Deane, 72 Dame Street; John Watts, S.W.; J.W. King, J.W.; Fourth Tuesday in each month; Commercial Buildings. Meet at 4 o'clock, and dine.
The Victoria [IV] Lodge of Freemasons owes its designation to the kind condescension of Queen Victoria (when Princess Victoria and Heiress Apparent to the Throne), and to the "ready acquiescence" in the conceding of this honour which Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was pleased to express, in terms most complimentary to the Lodge.
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent.
The following brief summary of matters connected with this Title is compiled from the recorded Minutes of Transactions of the Lodge.
On the 26th of July, 1836, the Secretary, Brother Thomas Wright, reported that as a feeling prevailed in the Lodge in favour of soliciting the honour of being allowed to assume the title of The Victoria Lodge, he had communicated on the subject with Sir John Conroy, Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and had received the following reply:-
"Kensington Palace, 11th May, 1836.
Sir,
I have laid before the Duchess of Kent your letter of the 9th instant. Her Royal Highness has every disposition to consider favourably the request therein made; but Her Royal Highness observed that it should be laid before her by the Grand Master for Ireland.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
John Conroy."
Whereupon it was moved by Brother Parr, seconded by Brother Andrews, and Resolved -
"That the foregoing measure be carried into effect, and that the Secretary do take the necessary steps in the matter."
On the 23rd of August following, the Secretary reported that, in pursuance of his instructions of the last day's meeting with reference to the application to be made to the Princess Victoria, to allow this Lodge to be called after Her Royal Highness, he had forwarded the following Memorial -
"The Memorial of the Worshipful Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Lodge No. 4 on the Registry of Ireland, of Free and Accepted Masons.
To Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria.
May it please your Royal Highness.
We, the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Freemasons' Lodge No. 4, with all becoming respect and due deference, do approach your Royal Highness, to solicit as a mark of special favour that you would be graciously pleased to permit Lodge No. 4 to be styled and entitled either The Victoria or the Princess Victoria Lodge, in compliment to your Royal Highness, as Heiress Presumptive to the Throne of these three Realms, and as inheritress of the integrity and worth of our late Brother of the Craft, your Royal Highness's noble and much lamented father, and of the many virtues which adorn your Royal Highness's benevolent and amiable mother.
Which favour should your Royal Highness be pleased to grant,
They, as in duty bound, will pray.
J. Watt, Master.
J.W. King, S. Warden.
F. Brophy, J. Warden.
J.A. Berminghan, Clk., Chaplain.
T. Wright, Secretary and Treasurer.
Dublin, July 30th, 1836."
To which her Royal Highness sent the following reply, through her Enquerry, Sir John Conroy, addressed to the Right Worshipful the Grand Master (His Grace the Duke of Leinster), who had, in the most obliging manner, lent his assistance to procure the favour sought:
"Kensington Palace,
5th August, 1836.
My Dear Lord Duke,
I have had the honour to lay before the Duchess of Kent your Grace's letter of yesterday's date, and its accompanying Memorial from the Lodge of Freemasons, No. 4, held in Dublin.
Her Royal Highness requests your Grace will, as Grand Master in Ireland, signify to this Lodge her ready acquiescence in their request, that it be called the Victoria Lodge, after the Princess; and the Duchess of Kent wishes the Lodge to be assured that it is most gratifying to her and the Princess Victoria to receive the expressions conveyed to them of the attachment of this Lodge to the memory of their late Brother, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
I have the honour to be,Always,
my dear Lord Duke,
Your Grace's most faithful, John Conroy.
To His Grace the Duke of Leinster."
Finally, on the 6th of September, the Secretary further reported the formal ratification of the Title by Minute of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, as follows:-
"Grand Lodge of Ireland, Dublin, September 1st, 1836. Read the application of Lodge No. 4, Dublin, to be permitted to take the Title of the Victoria Lodge. Ordered - That said application be agreed to, and granted accordingly.
J. Fowler, D.G.S.
To the Master, Wardens, and Brethrenof Lodge No. 4, and to all whom it may concern."
In 1837 the Lodge received permission to adopt the blue facings of the Vice-Regal Uniform Coat as its full dress and to have the Royal Crown as its badge. They were very jealous of the privilege of being called "Victoria" Lodge, and on two occasions appealed to Grand Lodge to prevent a Lodge meeting in Enniskillen, assuming the same title.
[Brethren of the Victoria Lodge No. IV continue to this day to wear the blue facings of the Vice-Regal Uniform Coat at its installation and other formal occasions
The first occasion on which the Lodge had an opportunity of availing itself of the privilege naturally connected with a Title so bestowed - namely, of presenting a special Address to the Sovereign, was that of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne of Great Britain and Ireland;
The next opportunity which presented itself to The Victoria Lodge of manifesting due fealty towards its illustrious Patroness, was on the memorable occurrence of Her Majesty's first visit to Ireland.
In anticipation of this happy event, the Worshipful Master, on the 12th July 1849, stated that as this Lodge was particularly honoured as regarded Her Majesty, who, when Princess Victoria, had named it "The Victoria Lodge," and had subsequently, on her accession to the throne, recognised it as bearing Her Majesty's honoured name, by Gazette dated 3rd August, 1837, on receiving an address therefrom, through the hands of a member of this Lodge - the late Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, Dep. Grand Master of Freemasons of England - and that as it was his (the Worshipful Master's) opinion that The Victoria Lodge was in duty bound to pay respectful homage to Her Majesty on her arrival in Dublin, he had directed the Secretary to make due enquiry as to whether an address from the Lodge would be in order, and, if so, how same should be forwarded: that the Secretary did make due inquiry, and that the result was the receipt of a communication from a friend of his in the following words -
"I have heard from Sir G. Grey that if the Lodge should think fit to transmit an address to the Secretary of State, it will be duly presented to the Queen."
The whole proceedings were then ordered to be duly recorded, stamped with the impress of Love and Loyalty, in the Transactions of the Victoria Lodge.
As is shown from the following it appears Victoria Lodge No. IV may have been the genesis of the idea of the Lodge of Instruction as we known it today.
Masonic Instruction was given in Lodge No. IV very soon after its constitution. We have no particulars of the instruction given, but in a Minute book of the Lodge of Instruction held under the Warrant of Lodge IV, from 14th December, 1847, to May, 1853, we have frequent mention of Lectures. These do not seem to have been like those afterwards delivered, about the time the present Grand Lodge of Instruction came into existence, which were published and sold for the benefit of the Masonic School. Perhaps a minute of the 28th December, 1825, may throw some light on the subject.
"Brothers Quinton and Meredith received a lecture from the Master."
This could hardly have been part of the ceremony of any degree, as, at the time, one was an E.A., and the other a F.C., but it might well have been the first lecture on the Tracing Board. If this surmise is correct we can understand entries like the following:-
"Lecture on the E.A. Degree (14th December, 1847), and 25th November, 1848), on the 2nd Degree (8th February, 1848, and 1st December, 1848), and on 3rd Degree (11th April, 1848, and 11th December, 1848)."
Other lectures are quite understandable as -"On the duties of Officers." "On opening and closing Lodge." "On the Initiation of E.A.." On March 9th 1849, there was a - "Lodge of Instruction on the Mark Master Mariners' Degree."
At these early meetings for Instruction a certain amount was collected from each Brother present, and the balance after paying the Tyler was handed to the Masonic School. It is interesting to see that frequently two future D.G.M's., viz:- Judge Townshend and R.W. Skekleton, KC., were present.
On the 26th of July, 1836, the Secretary, Brother Thomas Wright, reported that as a feeling prevailed in the Lodge in favour of soliciting the honour of being allowed to assume the title of The Victoria Lodge, he had communicated on the subject with Sir John Conroy, Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and had received the following reply:-
"Kensington Palace, 11th May, 1836.
Sir,
I have laid before the Duchess of Kent your letter of the 9th instant. Her Royal Highness has every disposition to consider favourably the request therein made; but Her Royal Highness observed that it should be laid before her by the Grand Master for Ireland.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
John Conroy."
Whereupon it was moved by Brother Parr, seconded by Brother Andrews, and Resolved -
"That the foregoing measure be carried into effect, and that the Secretary do take the necessary steps in the matter."
On the 23rd of August following, the Secretary reported that, in pursuance of his instructions of the last day's meeting with reference to the application to be made to the Princess Victoria, to allow this Lodge to be called after Her Royal Highness, he had forwarded the following Memorial -
"The Memorial of the Worshipful Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Lodge No. 4 on the Registry of Ireland, of Free and Accepted Masons.
To Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria.
May it please your Royal Highness.
We, the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Freemasons' Lodge No. 4, with all becoming respect and due deference, do approach your Royal Highness, to solicit as a mark of special favour that you would be graciously pleased to permit Lodge No. 4 to be styled and entitled either The Victoria or the Princess Victoria Lodge, in compliment to your Royal Highness, as Heiress Presumptive to the Throne of these three Realms, and as inheritress of the integrity and worth of our late Brother of the Craft, your Royal Highness's noble and much lamented father, and of the many virtues which adorn your Royal Highness's benevolent and amiable mother.
Which favour should your Royal Highness be pleased to grant,
They, as in duty bound, will pray.
J. Watt, Master.
J.W. King, S. Warden.
F. Brophy, J. Warden.
J.A. Berminghan, Clk., Chaplain.
T. Wright, Secretary and Treasurer.
Dublin, July 30th, 1836."
To which her Royal Highness sent the following reply, through her Enquerry, Sir John Conroy, addressed to the Right Worshipful the Grand Master (His Grace the Duke of Leinster), who had, in the most obliging manner, lent his assistance to procure the favour sought:
"Kensington Palace,
5th August, 1836.
My Dear Lord Duke,
I have had the honour to lay before the Duchess of Kent your Grace's letter of yesterday's date, and its accompanying Memorial from the Lodge of Freemasons, No. 4, held in Dublin.
Her Royal Highness requests your Grace will, as Grand Master in Ireland, signify to this Lodge her ready acquiescence in their request, that it be called the Victoria Lodge, after the Princess; and the Duchess of Kent wishes the Lodge to be assured that it is most gratifying to her and the Princess Victoria to receive the expressions conveyed to them of the attachment of this Lodge to the memory of their late Brother, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
I have the honour to be,Always,
my dear Lord Duke,
Your Grace's most faithful, John Conroy.
To His Grace the Duke of Leinster."
Finally, on the 6th of September, the Secretary further reported the formal ratification of the Title by Minute of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, as follows:-
"Grand Lodge of Ireland, Dublin, September 1st, 1836. Read the application of Lodge No. 4, Dublin, to be permitted to take the Title of the Victoria Lodge. Ordered - That said application be agreed to, and granted accordingly.
J. Fowler, D.G.S.
To the Master, Wardens, and Brethrenof Lodge No. 4, and to all whom it may concern."
In 1837 the Lodge received permission to adopt the blue facings of the Vice-Regal Uniform Coat as its full dress and to have the Royal Crown as its badge. They were very jealous of the privilege of being called "Victoria" Lodge, and on two occasions appealed to Grand Lodge to prevent a Lodge meeting in Enniskillen, assuming the same title.
[Brethren of the Victoria Lodge No. IV continue to this day to wear the blue facings of the Vice-Regal Uniform Coat at its installation and other formal occasions
The first occasion on which the Lodge had an opportunity of availing itself of the privilege naturally connected with a Title so bestowed - namely, of presenting a special Address to the Sovereign, was that of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne of Great Britain and Ireland;
The next opportunity which presented itself to The Victoria Lodge of manifesting due fealty towards its illustrious Patroness, was on the memorable occurrence of Her Majesty's first visit to Ireland.
In anticipation of this happy event, the Worshipful Master, on the 12th July 1849, stated that as this Lodge was particularly honoured as regarded Her Majesty, who, when Princess Victoria, had named it "The Victoria Lodge," and had subsequently, on her accession to the throne, recognised it as bearing Her Majesty's honoured name, by Gazette dated 3rd August, 1837, on receiving an address therefrom, through the hands of a member of this Lodge - the late Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, Dep. Grand Master of Freemasons of England - and that as it was his (the Worshipful Master's) opinion that The Victoria Lodge was in duty bound to pay respectful homage to Her Majesty on her arrival in Dublin, he had directed the Secretary to make due enquiry as to whether an address from the Lodge would be in order, and, if so, how same should be forwarded: that the Secretary did make due inquiry, and that the result was the receipt of a communication from a friend of his in the following words -
"I have heard from Sir G. Grey that if the Lodge should think fit to transmit an address to the Secretary of State, it will be duly presented to the Queen."
The whole proceedings were then ordered to be duly recorded, stamped with the impress of Love and Loyalty, in the Transactions of the Victoria Lodge.
As is shown from the following it appears Victoria Lodge No. IV may have been the genesis of the idea of the Lodge of Instruction as we known it today.
Masonic Instruction was given in Lodge No. IV very soon after its constitution. We have no particulars of the instruction given, but in a Minute book of the Lodge of Instruction held under the Warrant of Lodge IV, from 14th December, 1847, to May, 1853, we have frequent mention of Lectures. These do not seem to have been like those afterwards delivered, about the time the present Grand Lodge of Instruction came into existence, which were published and sold for the benefit of the Masonic School. Perhaps a minute of the 28th December, 1825, may throw some light on the subject.
"Brothers Quinton and Meredith received a lecture from the Master."
This could hardly have been part of the ceremony of any degree, as, at the time, one was an E.A., and the other a F.C., but it might well have been the first lecture on the Tracing Board. If this surmise is correct we can understand entries like the following:-
"Lecture on the E.A. Degree (14th December, 1847), and 25th November, 1848), on the 2nd Degree (8th February, 1848, and 1st December, 1848), and on 3rd Degree (11th April, 1848, and 11th December, 1848)."
Other lectures are quite understandable as -"On the duties of Officers." "On opening and closing Lodge." "On the Initiation of E.A.." On March 9th 1849, there was a - "Lodge of Instruction on the Mark Master Mariners' Degree."
At these early meetings for Instruction a certain amount was collected from each Brother present, and the balance after paying the Tyler was handed to the Masonic School. It is interesting to see that frequently two future D.G.M's., viz:- Judge Townshend and R.W. Skekleton, KC., were present.
R.W.Bro. Henry DeBurgh Adams,
(1830 - 1869) |
R.W.Bro. Henry DeBurgh Adams was a member of and received the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Victoria Lodge No. IV in 1851. He was Canadian by birth and having joined the Army he was posted to New Zealand where he became the Provincial Grand Master of New Zealand, Irish Constitution, in 1865. A short biography can be accessed through the following Link - R.W.Bro. Henry DeBurgh Adams. |
The Minutes of the Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes dated the 29th September, 1856 show concerning Warrant No. IV -
"Read a Memorial from Victoria Lodge No. 4 Dublin viz:- “That your Memorialists for some years held a Lodge of Instruction in the Grand Lodge Room for their own benefit and that of such members of other Lodges as chose to attend, but having found the expenses so heavy for one Lodge to bear the meetings were discontinued about two years ago. That the want of a Lodge of Instruction has lately been much felt by the Members of the Order in Dublin generally and the Memorialists have been separately requested to resume their meetings. That Memorialists are willing to undertake the responsibility of undertaking a Lodge of Instruction for the advantage of the Dublin Lodges generally provided the Grand Lodge will give them the use of the rooms and the attendance of the Tyler for that purpose free of charge. Memorialists therefore pray that the Grand Lodge will make such order as to enable them to meet.
By Order,
Wm. Allen, W.M. Lodge No. 4”"
The Board recommend the above Memorial to the favourable consideration of the Grand Lodge and that the prayer of the Memorial be complied with. The Grand Lodge Minute of the 2nd October 1856 show "Agreed to."
The Memorial having been passed the Members of Victoria Lodge No. IV took on their responsibilities in regard to this Lodge of Instruction very seriously and would have held many Lectures on different aspects of the Craft. In fact the Lodge went so far as to publish certain Lectures, many from very esteemed Brethren, such as R.W.Bro. Judge John FitzHenry Townshend, Deputy Grand Master, 1855-1868, so that any Brethren, especially country Brethren, who could not attend the Lectures could still benefit from them by purchasing the books.
"Read a Memorial from Victoria Lodge No. 4 Dublin viz:- “That your Memorialists for some years held a Lodge of Instruction in the Grand Lodge Room for their own benefit and that of such members of other Lodges as chose to attend, but having found the expenses so heavy for one Lodge to bear the meetings were discontinued about two years ago. That the want of a Lodge of Instruction has lately been much felt by the Members of the Order in Dublin generally and the Memorialists have been separately requested to resume their meetings. That Memorialists are willing to undertake the responsibility of undertaking a Lodge of Instruction for the advantage of the Dublin Lodges generally provided the Grand Lodge will give them the use of the rooms and the attendance of the Tyler for that purpose free of charge. Memorialists therefore pray that the Grand Lodge will make such order as to enable them to meet.
By Order,
Wm. Allen, W.M. Lodge No. 4”"
The Board recommend the above Memorial to the favourable consideration of the Grand Lodge and that the prayer of the Memorial be complied with. The Grand Lodge Minute of the 2nd October 1856 show "Agreed to."
The Memorial having been passed the Members of Victoria Lodge No. IV took on their responsibilities in regard to this Lodge of Instruction very seriously and would have held many Lectures on different aspects of the Craft. In fact the Lodge went so far as to publish certain Lectures, many from very esteemed Brethren, such as R.W.Bro. Judge John FitzHenry Townshend, Deputy Grand Master, 1855-1868, so that any Brethren, especially country Brethren, who could not attend the Lectures could still benefit from them by purchasing the books.
You will find Links to three of these Lectures at the bottom of this webpage.
Vol. 5 of the extant Grand Lodge Register commence with Thomas Warsop Cooper of Lodge 841 on the 27th October, 1857. A total of 17 brethren registered here up to on the 27th October, 1859.
Series three Vol. 6 of the extant Grand Lodge Register commence with James Chas. North registered on the 22nd February, 1859. The register shows five brethren as registered prior to 25 September 1860 then a line across the page.
The next opportunity which presented itself for the Lodge to manifest its devotion to its Illustrious Patroness was on the occasion of the demise in December 1861, of Her Majesty's Illustrious Consort, His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Victoria Lodge No. IV meets in Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin, from October 1869 when Freemasons Hall opens.
On the 25th March 1873, Samuel B. Oldham, Past Master and Secretary of Victoria Lodge No. IV, Dublin, was, presented by the Lodge with a purse containing 175 Sovereigns, and a beautifully illuminated Address as -"a token of their respect and esteem for him individually, and of their appreciation of his services as their Secretary for the last 13 years."
In the year 1887 came the Jubilee of the Accession of Her Most Gracious Majesty to the Throne, and the Victoria Lodge, as in duty bound, resolved to present an Address of Congratulation. Again the full transcript is enclosed in the reference.
Queen Victoria on the ocassion of her Jubilee in 1887.
In February 1892, Brother John Sibthorpe, P.M., proposed that an Address of Condolence should be presented to Her Majesty and the Royal Family, on the sad demise of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, on the eve of his marriage. The reference contains the full transcript of the correspondence and the resolutions.
A total of 136 brethren registered up to the 16th January, 1900. In most cased the dates when the degrees were conferred and the issue of certificates is shown.
Series four Vol. 12 of the extant Grand Lodge Registers shows a considerable number of brethren transcribed from the previous Volume commencing with Arthur Andrews, registered in1855. The first candidate shown as registered here was Frederick Healy registered on the 24th February 1903.
Four members of Victoria Lodge No. IV served in the Great War, 1914 - 18 and all returned.
The Centenary Celebrations of Victoria Lodge No. IV were held in January 1923, and was a high day in the history of the Lodge.
In February 1892, Brother John Sibthorpe, P.M., proposed that an Address of Condolence should be presented to Her Majesty and the Royal Family, on the sad demise of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, on the eve of his marriage. The reference contains the full transcript of the correspondence and the resolutions.
A total of 136 brethren registered up to the 16th January, 1900. In most cased the dates when the degrees were conferred and the issue of certificates is shown.
Series four Vol. 12 of the extant Grand Lodge Registers shows a considerable number of brethren transcribed from the previous Volume commencing with Arthur Andrews, registered in1855. The first candidate shown as registered here was Frederick Healy registered on the 24th February 1903.
Four members of Victoria Lodge No. IV served in the Great War, 1914 - 18 and all returned.
The Centenary Celebrations of Victoria Lodge No. IV were held in January 1923, and was a high day in the history of the Lodge.
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The Most Worshipful the Grand Master wrote as follows:-
"Dear Bro. Sherriff, I have delayed answering your letter in the hopes that I might have been able to say that there is a likelihood of my being over in Dublin at the end of January and thus being able to accept the invitation you are so good as to send me. Unfortunately I can already see ahead far enough to feel sure that I shall have to be at work on this side of the Channel then, so I can only ask you to thank the Brethren for the opportunity they have given me for attending Lodge IV on the very interesting occasion of their Centenary. I am of course aware of the splendid work the Lodge does and beg to assure you and all the Brethren of my good wishes. Yours faithfully and fraternally, Donoughmore." |
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Richard Hely-Hutchinson
6th Earl of Donoughmore |
His place was taken by the R.W. Deputy Grand Master, Col. Claude Cane, and he was supported by a goodly array of Grand Officers. The Hall was taxed to its fullest capacity by a number of Brethren and guests, who thoroughly enjoyed the material good things provided, and those more aesthetic, consisting of brief speeches and an excellent musical programme. The former including some interesting scraps of the history of old Lodge IV. furnished by R.W. Bro. Edward Byrne dealing with meetings two hundred years ago held at a hostel called the Two Blue Posts, and later in the Mastership of Smollet Holden, when he, in sympathy with the Schism of Ulster tried to establish a masonry independent of Grand Lodge. Bro. Wesley Guard kindly undertook to see after the music, thus taking at short notice the place of our lamented Organist, Bro. E. Broadberry, and right well it went under his management.
[A list of Masters of the Lodge from 1823, together with the names of the Treasurers and Secretaries are included in the reference]
A total of 87 brethren registered up to the 28th December 1923. In most cases the dates when the issue of certificates is shown, together with the occupation of the brother.
Series five Vol. 17 shown as Vol. 1 of the extant Grand Lodge Register commences with the registration of H. Kenneth Campbell, Merchant, registered on the 25th November 1924.
A total of 63 brethren registered up to the 22nd April 1952. In most cases the dates when the issue of certificates is shown, together with the occupation of the brother.
Series six Vol. 21 of the extant Grand Lodge Register commences with the registration on affiliation of Walter Bottomley, Merchant (Lodge No. 5154 EC) registered here on the 24th February 1953.
A total of 41 brethren registered up to the 27th November 1984. In most cases the dates when the issue of certificates is shown, together with the occupation of the brother.
From 1984 the registration of members of Victoria Lodge No. IV is held, in alphabetical order, in a computerised register by Grand Lodge, Freemasons’ Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2. The Registration of the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Secretary of Lodges are held in separate Registers, the first Volume covering the period 1983 to 1994 inclusive and the second Volume covering from 1995 to date.
Three Masonic Lectures published by Victoria Lodge No. IV
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To access the above lectures "click" on the images of the above Title pages of the Lectures.
Stated Communications of Victoria Lodge No. IV
Victoria Lodge No. IV Meets on the 3rd Tues. at 7.30p.m. (Except 6, 7 & 8) at Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
