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METROPOLITAN
GRAND LODGE AND GRAND CHAPTER OF LONDON
The inaugurations
of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropoltian Grand Chapter of
London brought the largest gathering of Masons in London since the
celebration of the 275th anniversary of Grand Lodge in 1992.
On the morning
of Wednesday 1 October nearly 4,000 Royal Arch Companions welcomed
the First Grand Principal, HRH The Duke of Kent,KG, who inaugurated
the Metropolitan Grand Chapter and installed Rt Hon Lord Millett
as the first Metropolitan Grand Superintendent. He, in turn, installed
R.J. Race as Deputy Metropolitan Grand Superintendent, B.A. de Neut
as 2nd Metropolitan Grand Principal and R. Cox as 3rd Metropolitan
Grand Principal before appointing and investing 10 Metropolitan
Group Chairmen, their Deputies and 39 Metropolitan Grand Officers.
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lunch, at which the MW The Grand Master proposed the health of the
Metropolitan Grand Lodge and the Metropolitan Grand Master Designate
(click here for text), nearly
5,000 brethren took part in the inaugruation of the Metropolitan Grand
Lodge and Lord Millett's installation as the first Metropolitan Grand
Master. Lord Millett then installed R.J. Race as Deputy Metropolitan
Grand Master and appointed and invested 10 Metropolitan Group Chairmen,
their Deputies and 71 Metropolitan Grand Officers.
Amongst those
given a special welcome to the proceedings were Rt Hon Lord Cornwallis
Pro Grand Master and Pro First Grand Principal 1982 - 91; Rt Hon
Earl of Eglinton and Winton Assistant Grand Master 1989 - 95; Rev
Prebendary Leighton Thompson 3rd Grand Principal 1985 - 90 and Rev
Peter Hemingway 3rd Grand Principal 1991 2002.
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Back
row left to right: Iain Ross Bryce, Deputy Grand Master; David
Williamson, Assistant Grand Master; Lord Cornwallis, Past
Pro Grand Master; Earl of Eglington and Winton, Past Assistant
Grand Master; R.A.H. Morrow, Grand Secretary.
Seated: Lord Millett, Metropolitan Grand Master for London;
HRH The Duke of Kent, Grand Master; Marquess of Northampton,
Pro Grand Master.
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