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Who's Who at The United Grand Lodge of England


HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC
Grand Master

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, born in 1935. Educated at Eton and Le Rosey, Switzerland. He is a cousin both of the Queen and of the Duke of Edinburgh. His father, who was Grand Master 1939-42, was the fourth son of King George V, and his mother, Princess Marina, was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. He has been the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England since he was first elected in 1967.
  When the Grand Master is a member of the Royal Family he has powers to appoint a Pro Grand Master to act for him on those occasions when he is unable to be present and to be his principal adviser.

The Most Hon the Marquess of Northampton, DL
Pro Grand Master

Spencer Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton. Born 1946. Educated Eton. Landowner. Deputy Lieutenant, Northamptonshire. Previously held office in the United Grand Lodge of England as Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 1983-85; Grand Sword Bearer 1992; Senior Grand Warden 1994-95; Assistant Grand Master 1995-2001. Installed as Pro Grand Master March 2001.

Peter GeoffreyLowndes
Deputy Grand Master

Born 1948. Educated Eton. FRICS. Appointed Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 1984 - 86; Grand Director of Ceremonies 1995 - 2003; Past Junior Grand Warden 2000. Installed as Deputy Grand Master 10 March 2004.

David Williamson
Assistant Grand Master

Born 1943, in Bombay, India. Educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield; Queen Mary College, London; and King's College, Cambridge. Trained as a pilot, and was appointed as Training Captain and Assistant Flight Training Manager for British Airways until his retirement in 1998. Served as Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Province of Middlesex 1995. In 1995 he was appointed Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies and in 1998 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies, serving until his appointment as Assistant Grand Master in March 2001.

Nigel Brown
Grand Secretary

Born in 1948, in Lusaka in the then Northern Rhodesia and was educated in Southern Rhodesia. From the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, retiring as a Captain. He then spent 15 years in senior management, and for the past 12 years has been a business consultant specialising in advising clients on winning competitive global tenders.

Bro Brown is married with two adult children, has been a Freemason for 19 years and was appointed as a Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies in 2005, serving until his appointment as Grand Secretary in February 2007.




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