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Inauguration of The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord 1

The Ancient and Masonic Order of the

Inauguration

Wednesday

21st July 2010

Freemasons’ Hall

Great Queen Street

London

WC2B 5AZ

Conferral of First Grade of the Scarlet Cord : 12 noon

Inauguration : 3:00pm

Dinner : 6:30pm

Scarlet Cord


page 4-5 : A Message from Most Distinguished Companion

Michael Guest, Grand Summus

page 6 : Most Distinguished Companion Peter Glyn Williams

page 7-12 : A History of the Order by Most Distinguished Companion Peter Glyn Williams

page 14-15 : Judge Augustus Adolphus Philbrick QC, Notable Scarlet Cord Mason -

a Biography

page 16-19 : Most Distinguished Companion Michael Guest - a Biography

page 20-21 : Grand Officers of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord -

Acting Rank

page 22-25 : Grand Rank Appointments to Past Rank

page 26-35 : Founders Roll of Honour

page 36 : Precedence of Provinces

page 37 : Qualifications for Membership

page 37 : The Scarlet Cord Website

page 38-39 : The Tzaddikim

page 40-45 : Inauguration Agenda

page 46 : The Festive Board Menu

page 47 : Toasts

page 48-51 : The Principal Officers

page 52 : The Six Grades of the Order

page 53-57 : Regalia

page 58-59 : List of Scarlet Cord Conclaves

page 60-61 : List of Scarlet Cord Consistories

page 62-63 : Charity - The Alzheimers Society

page 64-65 : Charity - Rainbow Trust

page 66-71 : The Way Forward Comittee

page 72-73 : The Work of the Inaguration Sub-Committees

page 74-76 : Appendices

Contents

A Message from M.Dist.Comp.

Michael Guest


Most Distinguished Companion

Michael William Guest

Grand Summus

4 Inauguration of The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord

Very Dear Brethren and Companions,

Firstly, may I welcome you all to this historic and unique Masonic occasion. The Inauguration of any Masonic

Order is by its nature very special and I trust that the warm recollection of today’s events will remain with you for

many years to come.

From a personal perspective, I feel immensely

proud to have been designated Grand Summus

and you may be sure that during my time in that

office I shall do everything possible to maximise

the enjoyment and satisfaction of every one of

our Scarlet Cord Companions.

As you may imagine, today’s Inauguration is

the result of many months of preparation and

hard work by a large number of people, building

on the previous initiative and inspiration of my

predecessor as Grand Supreme Ruler, Most

Worthy Brother Peter Glyn Williams, to whom

we will always be indebted.

I am most grateful to Brian Wareham and

Andrew Sweeney, who are to be my Deputy and

Assistant for their support and encouragement

and to all those on the various committees

and sub-committees whose industry and

dedication has been instrumental in bringing this

Inauguration to fruition. Their work is detailed

later in the brochure as a record for the future.

Thanks are due to the Provincial and District

Grand Supreme Rulers both at home and

abroad and their teams for their efforts in setting

up Scarlet Cord Conclaves throughout the

Constitution. You may be interested to know

that at the time of printing this brochure the

number of Scarlet Cord Conclaves stood at 64

with a membership in excess of 2,500.

I would also like to place on record my

grateful thanks to the Grand Recorder and his

team at Mark Masons’ Hall who have worked

tirelessly and patiently in the months leading

up to today’s Inauguration and of course our

thanks to Freemasons’ Hall for providing a

superb venue for such an historic Masonic

occasion.

Finally, my special thanks to all of you for your

wonderful support in making today possible. As

we begin this new Masonic journey together, it

is my most earnest hope that the Scarlet Cord

will continue to be synonymous with fraternal

union and Masonic excellence.

Michael W. Guest

July 2010


In response to the interest shown by Brethren, in their questions when visiting Conclaves in the

Provinces, I am going to talk to you about an Order developed in the British Isles in 1889 which

was founded upon ancient 18th Century documents from the Amsterdam Masonic archives.

The rituals and ceremonies were rewritten and enriched by one of the authors of the three

rituals currently used in our Secret Monitor ceremonies. I refer, of course, to His Honour Judge

Frederick Adolphus Philbrick, K.C., and the Royal Order of Knights of the Scarlet Cord.

Actively involved with Philbrick in the embryo stages of this appendant rite were several other

founders of our Grand Conclave, Dr Issachar Zacharie Colonel Shadwell Clerke, Grand Secretary of

the Craft, General Charles Randolph, PGW, Colonel Sir Francis Burdett, Charles Fitzgerald Matier,

Grand Secretary of the Mark, Richard Ede, W G Lemon, James Lewis Thomas and William Joseph

Spratling; also Japheth Tickle, the D.R. of the Order, the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Londesborough,

the Earl of Halsbury, Lord Methuen, Charles Edward Keyser, The Maharajah of Cooch Behar, H H

Nawab Waheed-ud-deen Khan Bahadur, H H Nawab Najib-ud-deen, J Waldie Pearson, Chancellor of

the Diocese of Pretoria; C J Higgs, Madras; Frank Chatterton, Kerala; and many other distinguished

Secret Monitors from Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Natal, Transvaal, Burma, and the British

Isles

Candidates for membership of The Royal Order of Knights of the Scarlet Cord were required

to be Princes of the Order, and holders of a special Badge showing membership of the Fund of

Benevolence of the Order of the Secret Monitor, a requirement I shall enlarge upon in due course.

Further than this there was no bar to admission, except the usual ballot. Members were of six

classes or Grades.

(1) The “Elected” (Companions) called Ostiarii, or Doorkeepers C.S.C.

(2) The “Chosen” (Readers) called Lectores or Readers R.S.C.

(3) The “Promoted” (Fellows) called Exorcists or Healers F.S.C.

(4) The “Preferred” (Court of Assistants) called Courtly Companion C.C.S.C.

(5) The “Dedicated” (Revered Companions) called High Priests H.P.S.C.

(6) The “Installed” (Knightly Companions) called Knights K.C.S.C.

The Knights of the Royal Order, the High Priests, and the Court of Assistants together formed

the “Court of the Confedarati”, and when attended by the officers appointed, the assembly was

denominated the “Senatus”. Presiding over all these Grades was the “Summus” in his office of Chief


A History of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the

Scarlet CordAddress to the Supreme Rulers’ Conclave No.123 at Mark Masons’ Hall on Friday, 8th June, 2001: A History of the

Royal Order of Masonic Knights of the Scarlet Cord delivered by Most Worthy Brother P. G. Williams, PGSR

Most Distinguished Brother

Peter Glyn Williams

Peter Glyn Williams has, over a period of many

years, made an immense contribution to almost

every order of Masonry and in particular those

administered from Mark Masons’ Hall.

He is particularly remembered for his nine

years as Grand Secretary at Mark Masons’

Hall from 1987 to 1996 and subsequently as

Grand Supreme Ruler of the Order of the Secret

Monitor from 1997 to 2009.

Under Peter Glyn Williams’ guidance and

due in no small measure to his astute and

charismatic leadership, the Order of the Secret

Monitor enjoyed significant growth both at

home and abroad during his term as Grand

Supreme Ruler.

The Inauguration of the Scarlet Cord has only

been made possible by virtue of Peter’s original

inspired vision of bringing the Order back into

mainstream Freemasonry and every member

of both the Order of the Secret Monitor and

the Scarlet Cord owes him an immense debt

of gratitude for all that he has done for both

Orders.

It is therefore with the very greatest pleasure

that we have printed the following History of the

Order of the Scarlet Cord, written and delivered

by Most Worthy Brother Peter Glyn Williams

at the meeting of Supreme Rulers’ Conclave

No.123 at Mark Masons’ Hall on Friday 8th

June 2001


or “Diaconus” was filled.

All the other Officers were selected from the “Court of Assistants” but there were Junior Officers

who were generally chosen from the Consistories. The High Officers all had to be within easy access of

London, and it was the same with the other working Officers, but it was the custom to appoint as Deputy

Officers five Companions who were domiciled overseas. All offices were yearly appointments, and for

so long as it pleased the “Summus” to re-appoint the same Companion. It was clearly understood,

however, that any Officer who was absent from two consecutive meetings, and had not attended the

annual assembly for rehearsal, would not be reappointed without the special recommendation of the

“Court of Assistants”. Which was very rarely exercised.

Philbrick and a group of enthusiasts, first worked the first meeting of the Royal Order of the Scarlet

Cord with its spectacular ceremonial, exotic regalia and dress requirements, in 1889, with all the panache

and pomp of an Indian Durbar or State occasion. It was a full dress assembly of the whole Senatus

and Confedarati, and as a foretaste of what was to follow it certainly whet the appetites of the Grand

Originals who were present. The working of the various Grades with its intricate structure, however, had

to take place in Consistories and their development in the British Isles and in Territories Overseas took

some time to come to fruition.

Let us now return to the Benevolent Fund Badge requirement. The Secret Monitor Benevolent

Fund was founded in 1901, and took its fund-raising activities to such a high level of sophistication

that, with virtually no donations to the fund for the past sixty years or so, its assets today still stand at

approximately £300,000. Scripture informs us that in the army of King David there were three bands of

Worthies over which Joab, Zadok and Banaiah presided respectively.

These three chiefs are represented in the Fund by the three wings of the original scheme, namely:

Joab, Chief of the Centre – department for Old Age

Zadok, Chief of the Right Wing – department for Sickness

Banaiah, Chief of the Left Wing – department for Education

Each Wing had its own special charity badge according to the donation made.

(1) Education Left Wing; White Badge – Design sloping to the left.

Membership – Any Brother or Lady donating one guinea became a member of this wing and was

entitled to wear the badge. Its funds were expended in furthering the education of children of Secret

Monitors either by grants in aid, prizes for excellent work and conduct, or by collecting votes for the

Masonic Schools in order to further the election of candidates whose fathers are or were members of the

Order. This wing was arranged in two columns, one dealing with boys and the other dealing with girls.

Progress in the wing – one guinea per step.

(2) Sickness Right Wing; Red Badge – Design sloping to the right.


of the “Senatus” in the Court of the “Confedarati”. It was to this body that all regulations were submitted,

(when approved by the Court of Assistants), and if there sanctioned, the “Ordinances” of the “Court of

the Confedarati” became “Statutes of the Order”, and, thus, binding upon the whole body of “Prince

Masons”. Each “Prince Mason” was styled a Companion, but he may become entitled to the appellation

“Courtly”. “Revered” or “Knightly” according to his Office or seniority.

Members of the Court of Assistants were either “Acolytes” of High Priests, or “Aides de Camp” of

Knights, and if the latter, they were appointed to a command, when qualified, and then wore the red

epaulettes. Should they attain to the Presidency of the “Court of Assistants” they were entitled to wear

“Golden Epaulettes”. All Members of the Court of Assistants wore a Garter of nobility and a handsome

Jewel, with a collarette of ribbon varying with their rank

The first three Grades of the Order met in a “Consistory” and such a Consistory was warranted for

any Province or District of the Order of the Secret Monitor. A Sub-Consistory was an offshoot from a full

Consistory, and in a large geographical area would usually be set up in a neighbourhood distant from the

main big city location for the convenience of its members, but could work only in Grades (1) and (2), and

was subject to all the rules and regulations prescribed by the Consistory of which it formed a part.

Consistories and Sub-Consistories were severely restricted in the number of subscribing members,

which could not, in any event, exceed Fifteen for Grade (1), Eleven for Grade (2) and Nine for Grade (3);

but there were certain arrangements for supernumerary and Honorary members subject to the assent

of the “Court of Assistants” of the Order, in every case. Members of a higher Grade were not precluded

from taking part in the ceremonies of Grades below their own Grade. Grades higher than the third were

not worked out of London, unless by command of the “Summus” it was desired to institute a moveable

“Court of Assistants” for any special purpose.

The Senatus met annually on the day before the meeting of the Grand Conclave of the Order, and

at that convocation new Knights were invested and installed. The Court of Assistants met twice a year

on the day afore-mentioned, and upon a day in November whose date varied with the Benevolent Fund

Festival of the Order of the Secret Monitor. At either of those meetings proposals for preferment were

received and dealt with. A Sanhedrim for dedicating a High Priest was called when desired under the

authority of the “Court”. All applications for the Higher Grades had to be made through the Registrar of

the “Court of the Senatus”.

All members of the Court or Senatus had to appear in Court dress or in the uniform of a commissioned

officer of His Majesty’s Forces. A Companion holding office as Lord Lieutenant, or Deputy Lieutenant,

could appear in the uniform belonging thereto, and permission was usually granted to members who

desired to wear other official uniform. Ordinary evening dress, however, was not sufficient for members

of either “Court” but it was de rigeur for Junior Officers. Companions from India were invited to appear

in the costume which they would wear at a function in the presence of Royalty in their own native State.

Diplomatic uniforms were also permissible.

All members of the Royal Order of the Scarlet Cord were admitted to the Senatus, but they had to be

in Court, or evening dress at least. At the Convocation of the “Senatus”, not only were Knights invested

and installed, but it was the pleasure of the “Summus” annually to “anoint” some Companion who had

attained to that rank, and it was from those so anointed that any vacancy in the office of “Episcopus”


Duties – To assist in demonstrations of the Prince’s Degree Ceremony.

To fill a vacancy in the Nine and be “Promoted” a Fellow of the Scarlet Cord (F.S.C.) it was necessary:

1. – You are recommended from a R.S.C.

2. – Wearing Jewel of Grade 2, and wearing Red or Blue B.F.Badge

3. – You are a Supreme Ruler or P.S.R. in the Order of the Secret Monitor

It was also desirable (but could be waived by the Consistory concerned)

1. – To be a Grand Officer in the Order of the Secret Monitor

2. – To be a Past Grand Steward and a Past B.F.Steward

Duties – To assist at Conclaves of Mourning when desired.

To fill a vacancy in the Seven and be “Preferred” a Courtly Companion of the Scarlet Cord (C.C.S.C.)

it was necessary:

1. – To be a Past S.R. who has installed a Supreme Ruler

2. – A Past Grand Steward in full regalia, with sash and sword.

3. – Wearing a F.S.C. Jewel

4. – Wearing prescribed dress and a Red or Blue B.F.Badge, and bearing garter (1)

It was also desirable:

1. – To be a Principal or Past Principal of a Consistory

2. – A Grand Officer in the O.S.M., in full regalia, with sash and sword.

Duties. – To conduct Installations in the O.S.M.

To fill a vacancy in the five and to be “Dedicated” a High Priest of the Scarlet Cord (H.P.S.C.) it was

necessary:

1. – To be a Principal or Past Principal of a Consistory

2. – Wearing full regalia of Court of Assistants, with garter and Blue B.F.Badge

3. – Bearing Hat with red cord, jewel, and garter with Two.


1. – To be a Past President of the “Court of Assistants”.

Duties. – To conduct Consecrations.

For Arch Priest (A.P.S.C.), after presenting a Scroll of your Masonic Titles, it was necessary and could

only be waived by a Dispensation from the “Court of Assistants”.

1. – To be a President or Past President of the “Court of Assistants”.


Membership - a personal contribution of ten guineas in a lump sum. or cumulative while a member

of the left wing, or a personal contribution of three guineas, and a collector’s list of twelve guineas at

least, while serving a stewardship. Its funds are devoted to the assistance of Brethren and their families

in Sickness or in Convalescence, including the support of special beds in Hospitals or in Convalescent

Homes.

Progress in the wing – two guineas (personal) or three guineas (collected) per step.

(3) The Aged Centre Wing; Blue Badge – Design upright.

Membership – Personal contribution of twenty guineas, in one sum, or Personal contributions of five

guineas, and collected list of twenty-five guineas while serving a stewardship, or, Personal contribution

of five guineas after reaching the highest rank of the right wing. The funds of the Centre Division are

devoted to the care of the aged – comforting them in their declining years, and especially in collecting

votes for the Masonic Charities for Aged Freemasons and their wives or widows.

Progress in the Division – five guineas personal, or ten guineas collected, per step

There were nine steps in each Division with each step entitling the donor to a specified number of votes

at meetings of the Secret Monitor Benevolent Fund.

You will recall that the membership of the first three Grades of the Order of the Scarlet Cord was

restricted to Fifteen, Eleven and Nine respectively: To fill a vacancy in the Fifteen and to be “Elected”

a Companion of the Scarlet Cord ( C.S.C.) it was necessary:

1. - Member of the OSM Benevolent Fund

2. - Prince of the Order, wearing full Prince’s regalia and a B.F.Badge


1. - To be a Past Benevolent Fund Steward.

2. - Installed Supreme Ruler of a Conclave.

To fill a vacancy in the Eleven and be “Chosen” a Reader of the Scarlet Cord (R.S.C.) it was

necessary:

1. – You are recommended from a C.S.C.

2. – Wearing Jewel of Grade 1 and a B.F.Badge


1. – You are a Past Grand Steward

2. – You are a Commissioned Supreme Ruler

3. – Also a Grand Officer in the Order of the Secret Monitor


2. – To be a High Priest, in full regalia, with Blue B.F.Badge, jewel, and garter

3. – To be wearing a white robe

4. – Bearing a “ring of power” and garter with Three.


1. – To be a Past 1st Principal of a Royal Arch Chapter.

To be Knight of the Royal Order of the Scarlet Cord, (K.S.C.) after presenting a Scroll of your Masonic

Titles and Coat of Arms, it was necessary:

1. – To be wearing the full regalia of the “Court of Assistants”.

2. – To be wearing the Blue B.F.Badge and O.S.M. Sash.

3. – Bearing garter with Three, sword, and Hat with feather.

4. – Bringing an Esquire bearing banneret with Coat of Arms and Jewel of a Knight.


1. – To provide a Knightly Robe and Scarlett Cord.

Meetings of the Court of Assistants, the Senatus and the Confedarati were convened on the day before

the meeting of the Grand Council and Grand Conclave Festival, and when these days coincided with a

Benevolent Fund Festival the whole three-day convention was designated a Grand Festival. I referred

earlier to the slow development of Consistories in which, you will recall, the first three Grades were

worked. During the relatively short life of the Order there was only one Consistory in the British Isles – the

Metropolitan Consistory – which met at10, Duke Street. Sub-Consistories, which could only work the first

two Grades, existed in the North of England, in South Africa, in Central India, in Madras and in Burma.

The rituals were based on incidents in the Wars of the Maccabees, and the ceremonies were elaborate

with high-sounding titles for the High Officers. The Metropolitan Consistory worked regularly until 1914,

went into abeyance for the period 1914-1918, was revived in 1919 but ceased operations in 1929. In that

year it was resolved that “All ceremonial work in connection with the Royal Order of Knights of the Scarlet

Cord should cease.

Chapter 2 in the Book of Joshua relates, in detail, the events on which the Order is based and, prior

to revision of the Princes Degree, most of the story was required to be read as a charge to the candidate

being Admitted. It is essentially one of mutual help and the Benevolent Fund, the particular interest of

Philbrick, was instituted to help those of the Order of the Secret Monitor in time of need. The Royal Order of

Knights of the Scarlet Cord was unquestionably designed to increase membership and, being inextricably

linked to the Benevolent Fund Badge system, the financial power of the Fund.

Peter Glyn WilliamsJune, 2001


At the meeting of No. 1 Conclave, no less than thirty new members were admitted, including Lord

Halsbury, P.G.W. Craft, a renowned scholar, Lord Chancellor of England (who, it is recorded, “left the

woolsack to attend the meeting”); the Rt.Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Dep.G.M. of the Craft; Sir Francis

Burdett, Prov.G.M., Middlesex Craft; Sir Morel’ Mackenzie, a distinguished laryngologist; Rear-Admiral

R. C. Mayne, C.B., M.P.; Sir J. Monckton, P.G.W. Craft; and many other high-ranking Freemasons.

On the same day (July 15) University of London Conclave No.2 was founded, with His Honour Judge

F. A. Philbrick as first Supreme Ruler, the warrant was dated September 15, 1887.

The first Constitutions of the Order, drafted by Judge Philbrick and adopted at the first meeting of

Grand Council in 1887.

Searching the Lodge Returns to the Clerk of the Peace at Chelmsford (required under the Geo.III

Sedicious Oaths Act.) we find that the returns for the 5th February 1895 show that F. A. Philbrick was

second in the list of members for two Lodges. Three Friends and the Lodge of Gooodfelowship No. 276

meeting at the White Hart Hotel Chelmsford. Unfortunately, the Secretary has recorded his second name

as Arthur. The first member listed for these two Lodges is The Right Honourable the Earl of Warwick.

It may be speculated that Philbrick and Warwick were well acquainted through the Mark and Secret

Monitor degrees, and maybe founders of both Lodges.

There is an interesting record of a document, signed by Queen Victoria, granting permission for

Frederick Adolphus Philbrick Esq., licence to plead on behalf of J. R. Nash in his trial for perjury.

(Obituary - Judge Frederick Philbrick - Philatelist - London Philatelic Society)

DEATH OF JUDGE PHILBRICK.

With the deepest regret we have to record the death of His Honour Judge Frederick Adolphus

Philbrick, K. C., which took place at Colchester on Dec. 25, [1912] at the age of seventy-five.

This sad news will be received throughout the entire philatelic world with the most profound sorrow and

appreciation of the great services rendered to philately by Judge Philbrick.

The sad intimation of his death having only reached us on the point of publication, we are compelled

to defer until our next issue a full appreciation of the important role played by Judge Philbrick in British

philately. As the first Vice President and second President of the London Philatelic Society, and as the

acknowledged leader of the pursuit for many years in this country, Judge Philbrick’s name will always be

honoured and remembered as one of the greatest in the history of philately. - London Philatelist. Judge

Philbrick was one of the veterans of our hobby. Born in 1836, the eldest son of Frederick B. Philbrick,

of Colchester, he was educated at London University, became a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1860,

and ‘took silk’ in 1874. He became Recorder of his native town of Colchester, and ultimately, after a busy

career at the Bar, he was appointed to a County Court judgeship in 1895.

As a philatelist, Judge Philbrick’s name will live in the annals of our hobby as that of the joint author of

“Philbrick & Westoby.” He made many fine collections, and he had had through his hands, at one time or

another, nearly all the great rarities known to the catalogue. By reason of his strong personality, his past

association with the London Philatelic Society, and his connection as a lawyer with more than one of the

causes celèbres of the stamp world, he will not readily be forgotten by the philatelic fraternity.


In the 1861 Census, our Frederick Philbrick was a Queens

Councillor and living at Oldfield Bickley Park, Kent. He was by

then a widower and living with his three daughters, Madeline,

Evelyn and Edith, together with a Governess and six servants,

two of whome were Swiss!

Grandparents of Frederick Adolphus were Samual Philbrick

and Mary Blomfield who had nine children and were based in

Colchester Essex (Mary’s father was Bazaleel Blomfield).

Frederick married Jemima Caroline Cockburn in 1870. They

raised two boys, Earnest and Arthur both of whom went to

school at Rugby, and three girls two of whom were unmarried

in 1901 and living with their father in Colchester. In 1881 the

Philbricks were living at Oldfield Bickley Park, Bromley, Kent. The Census of that year records:-

Frederick A. Philbrick Head W 44 Queens Councellor (in practice)

Madeline F. E. Dau 8 Scholar

Evelyn C.M. Dau 7 Scholar

Edith C.C. Dau 3

Eliza Thelwall Serv W 48 Housekeeper

Amy Taylor Gov 28 Governess

Constant Chapin Serv 25 Valet (Switzerland)

Mery Chapins Serv 27 Cook (Switzerland)

Jane Bailey Serv 21 Nurse

Beatrice Parkinson Serv 40 Housemaid

Eliza Batchelor Serv 17 Under housemaid

The two boys were away at boarding school and from the address and the number of servants

Frederick had, it is reasonable to assume that he was comparatively well off.

The first Festival of the Order [Secret Monitor] was held at the Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue,

London, S.W. on July 15, 1887. It was also the first meeting of Alfred Meadows Conclave No. 1, which

having worked without a warrant until the following November was then issued with its warrant.

Judge Augustus Adolphus Philbrick QC, a Notable Scarlet Cord Mason -

Frederick Adolphus Philbrick was born on the 20th June 1835 and Christened at Lion Walk Meeting-House

Colchester on the 6th August 1835. His father was Frederick Blomfield Philbrick (Born 7 Oct 1810, birthplace given

as Saint Mary At The Wall, Colchester) and his mother was Judith Sheldrake.

a Biography


interests have stayed with him throughout

the whole of his life and for the last ten years

he has maintained a good level of fitness by

way of regular visits to a health club where he

undertakes an exercise regime, backed up by

half-mile swims.

In 1959 Michael graduated with honours

from Birmingham University. He then took

professional Articles and qualified as a

Chartered Accountant in 1963. He served as

a Senior Manager in a large international firm

including brief periods overseas in France,

Germany and the Irish Republic. He then

became a partner in a medium sized firm

before setting up his own firm in 1985. Using

the experience gained in the earlier parts

of his career he specialised in insolvency /

corporate recovery, business strategy and

tax consultancy. Michael is now retired from

business and able to give even more time to

his many interests.

Michael met Ann (who was later to become

his wife) in 1961 at a dance; at the time Ann

was a young student nurse. He actually

proposed to Ann on the day that he received

the successful results of his final professional

examination in July 1963 which meant that

his salary had increased to £950 p.a.; they

married the following year on 29th February

1964 (a leap year) at St. Nicholas Church in

Newport, Shropshire. Their first son Simon

arrived two years later in 1966, Martin in 1968

and Andrew in 1970. All three have University

Degrees and are married with successful

careers. Ann returned to her nursing career

when family commitments made it possible,

and subsequently took a degree course

which qualified her for a new career as a

health visitor.

This year Michael and Ann have

celebrated 46 years of marriage. They

are now Grandparents to two wonderful

young Grandchildren and one teenage step-

grand child and whenever possible enjoy

spending quality time with their family and

grandchildren.


Michael Guest – A Biography

MICHAEL GUEST - THE MAN

Michael William Guest was born in Moseley,

Birmingham in May 1938 and was later elder

brother to triplets. His Paternal Grandfather

and forbears owned and managed a small

family Brewery (situated on top of one of the

artesian wells which fostered the Midlands

Brewing Trade). Unfortunately the Brewery

had to be sold in the early 1920’s when

both grandparents died suddenly, leaving 5

orphaned children to be brought up by their

grandmother. His mother’s side were an

artistic family with his grandfather originally

a professional actor whose career was

halted by the Great War and exposure to

mustard gas. One of his aunts was an

amateur painter who exhibited locally, his

grandmother enjoyed oil painting and one

uncle was a writer, novelist and poet.

Michael was educated at King Edward’s

School Birmingham. He enjoyed both the

academic, social and sporting elements of

school life including rugby, cricket, tennis,

swimming, eton fives, rifle shooting and the

school choral and amateur dramatic societies.

The strong sporting and social aspects

which formed an important part of Michael’s

early school days clearly did not impact too

seriously on his academic studies, as he

achieved ‘A’ and ‘S’ levels in History, English

and Geography. Preferring a career in business

rather than in teaching he opted for a practical

Degree Course in Commerce (Law, languages

and business studies) at Birmingham University,

rather than perhaps the more aesthetic delights

of reading English at Oxford.

Michael’s time at Birmingham University was

indeed a happy one but as an impoverished

student it was never easy making ends

meet and the University Territorial Army Unit

provided both enjoyment and stimulation and

a small additional income. Michael trained and

qualified as a parachutist, took his commission

and served (inter alia) with the T.A. unit of a

certain special services Regiment

One of the things which seems to have

been with Michael since his school days is the

ability to fit 28 hours into a 24 hour day, as

not content with undertaking the rigours of a

degree course at University, together with his

duties with the Territorial Army Unit, he also

managed to play some pretty serious Rugby

for the Old Edwardians as well as Tennis, Golf

and later Badminton. Clearly Michael’s sporting

the Man and the Mason...

Photos aboveand below left:

Mrs. Ann Guest


MICHAEL GUEST - THE MASON

Summary of Masonic Achievement

Masonic Ranks

United Grand Lodge of England:

Past Senior Grand Deacon

Supreme Grand Chapter:

Past Assistant Grand Sojourner

Mark:

Past Grand Senior Overseer

Past Deputy PGM of Warwickshire

A Member of the Mark General Board

Ancient & Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark

Mariners:

A Member of the Grand Masters’ Royal Ark

Council

Order of the Secret Monitor:

Grand Supreme Ruler

Scarlet Cord:

Grand Summus Designate

Knights Templar:

Past Great Registrar

Royal and Select Masters:

District Grand Master (Warwicks)

Allied Masonic Degrees:

Past Grand Registrar

Red Cross of Constantine:

Past Grand High Almoner

Knights Templar Priests:

Past Grand Third Pillar

Rose Croix 30°

S.R.I.A. VIII° and 9°

Also a member of Royal Order of Scotland,

Knights Beneficent of the Holy City and the

Operatives.

Michael is a subscribing member of 54 Masonic

Units and has achieved 29 Masonic Chairs. In

addition he is an Honorary member of 58

Masonic Units.

Over the years Michael has undertaken 16

overseas Masonic Tours / Visits of between 4

days and 4 weeks.

Brethren and Companions, in compiling this

Biography of our new Grand Summus, I have

been staggered by the sheer commitment

and industry that Michael has demonstrated

in a Masonic Career which to date spans

some 34 years, and let us not forget he was

not Initiated until he was 38 years of age. The

sheer breadth of Masonic involvement and the

work that involvement entails is breathtaking

and as someone who has been the recipient

of Michael’s ritual I can tell you it is always

superbly delivered.

He has managed in those 34 years in

Masonry to build a successful career and at the

same time care for and give time to the most

precious thing in his life – his family.

There is absolutely no doubt that we have

in Michael Guest a Grand Summus with the

very highest credentials, those of humility,

pragmatism, dedication and humanity.

Let us all wish him well in his new role as

well as the good health to lead our Order for

many years to come.

Keith Waters,

President of the Executive Committee


Michael somehow manages to squeeze in

a number of other hobbies, apart from his

Masonry, including the Times and Telegraph

Crossword puzzles (originally undertaken during

the less absorbing University lectures) and su-

doku. His languages although now quite rusty

include French, German and Portuguese.

His long term love of canals and other

inland waterways has included setting up and

managing a narrow boat hire company in the

1970’s. Country walking particularly in the Lake

District and Holiday Property Bond areas has

always been high on Michael’s Agenda.

Michael’s life would not be complete without

music and although his tastes are reasonably

catholic, he has a fondness for Classical

Music especially Mozart and a number of

Russian composers. An aspect of his life that is

perhaps not widely known is that Michael still

enjoys playing the piano occasionally, despite

insufficient time for practice.

Michael has always been an avid reader; this

together with his renowned memory probably

accounts for his ability to cope with most

Masonic ritual. However one suspects that

ritual books have usually taken precedence

over literature in recent years.

Michael’s application to join masonry was

deferred for a number of years to enable him to

devote time to family duties and to developing

his business career until in April 1976 he

was Initiated into Lodge of Truth No. 6606 in

Warwickshire. The full details of his Masonic

Career are shown in the Appendix at the end

of the article.

Photo left: Michael’s three sons left to right Martin, Andrew and Simon


Province Title Forenames Surname Grand Rank

Middlesex Dist.Comp. John Victor Bluett Deputy Grand Organist

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Laurence Eric Bourne Grand Guarder

Kent Dist.Comp. Peter John McIntyre Assistant Grand Guarder

Kent Dist.Comp. Philip Charles Clare Grand Steward

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Colin Trevor Cooper Grand Steward

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Michael John Cunliffe Grand Steward

Dist.Comp. Anthony John Gilbert Grand Steward

Middlesex Dist.Comp. Julian James Greenwall Grand Steward

Cheshire & North Wales Dist.Comp. Iain Sinclair MacFarlane Grand Steward

Gloucestershire,

Herefordshire and Wiltshire Dist.Comp. Jeremy Paul Mead Grand Steward

Sussex Dist.Comp. William John Thomas Pratt Grand Steward

South Wales

& Monmouthshire Dist.Comp. Robert John Tanswell Grand Steward

West Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Christopher Norman Tindall Grand Steward

Essex Dist.Comp. Jonathan Peter Wallis Grand Steward

Dist.Comp. Thomas Thomson Grand Watchman


Grand Officers of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the


M.Dist.Comp. Michael William Guest Grand Summus

R.Dist.Comp. Brian Clifford Wareham Deputy Grand Summus

R.Dist.Comp. Andrew Christopher Sweeney Assistant Grand Summus

R.Dist.Comp. Paul Raymond Clement Grand Regent Vicarius

R.Dist.Comp. Roy William Leavers Grand Regent Vicarius

R.Dist.Comp. Ian Stanley Currans Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. James William Turner Grand Vice Chancellor

V.Dist.Comp. Barry Clarke Grand Episcopus

V.Dist.Comp. Keith Roger Duncan Waters President of the Executive Committee

V.Dist.Comp. Peter Hamilton Rollin Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Richard Ludwik Gan Grand Treasurer

V.Dist.Comp. John Brackley Grand Recorder

V.Dist.Comp. Francis Charles Spencer Grand Director of Ceremonies

V.Dist.Comp. Trevor David Currans Grand Lecturer

V.Dist.Comp. Noel Alfred Brian Grout Grand Lecturer

V.Dist.Comp. John Roger Paternoster Grand Lecturer

V.Dist.Comp. Peter John Wise Grand Lecturer

V.Dist.Comp. William Desmond Payne-Jeremiah Deputy Grand Episcopus

V.Dist.Comp. Seymour Martin Samuels Deputy Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Simon Andrew Mighall Deputy Grand Recorder

V.Dist.Comp. Stephen Michael Ayres Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies

V.Dist.Comp. Paul Anthony Norman Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies

North & East Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Eric Roy Gore-Browne Grand Herald

Norfolk Dist.Comp. Stewart Charles Lambert Middleton Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Angus Patrick Douglas Hannagan Assistant Grand Recorder

Dist.Comp. Jonathan Charles Roberts Assistant Grand Recorder

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Clifford Howard Bull Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dorset Dist.Comp. Ian Martin Campbell Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

West Wales Dist.Comp. Lyndon William Hughson Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

London Dist.Comp. Richard Brian Roberts Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dist.Comp. Roger Francis Richardson Grand Sword Bearer

Durham Dist.Comp. William Henry Carlyon Grand Standard Bearer

Dorset Dist.Comp. Bruce Swift Dyson Assistant Grand Sword Bearer

Oxfordshire, Berkshire

& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. William Herbert Winter Assistant Grand Standard Bearer

Dist.Comp. Alan Sears Grand Organist

Scarlet CordActing Rank



East Midlands Dist.Comp. John Raymond William Clements Past Grand Herald

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Barrie Norman Collinson Past Grand Herald

Durham Dist.Comp. James Peter Croft Past Grand Herald

Durham Dist.Comp. Peter Gordon Dunn Past Grand Herald

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Merrill Martin Elliott Past Grand Herald

South Wales

& Monmouthshire Dist.Comp. Gordon Davies Evans Past Grand Herald

North & East Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Graham Henry Fenwick Past Grand Herald

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Gordon George Green Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Anthony Greedy Past Grand Herald

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Peter Hawken Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Stepehen John Hindes Past Grand Herald

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. David Alan Holloway Past Grand Herald

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Geoffrey Carr Hooker Past Grand Herald

Middlesex Dist.Comp. Evan Glyn Hughes Past Grand Herald


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. David Kenneth Jesson Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Boo Khean Khoo Past Grand Herald

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. David Harold Liddington Past Grand Herald

West Wales Dist.Comp. John Benjamin Lloyd Past Grand Herald

Surrey Dist.Comp. Arnold Long Past Grand Herald


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. Howard Saul Markham Past Grand Herald

Gloucs., Hereford & Wilts. Dist.Comp. Ian Charles Mead Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Robert Anthony Henry Morrow Past Grand Herald

London Dist.Comp. Peter Ernst Ribi Past Grand Herald

Sussex Dist.Comp. Paul Norman Rose Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Martin Jeffrey Sale Past Grand Herald

West Wales Dist.Comp. David Brian Thomas Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Thomas Thomson Past Grand Herald

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Anthony David Vickery Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. John Von Hof Past Grand Herald

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Nidrel James Walsh Past Grand Herald

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Brian William Wood Past Grand Herald

Surrey Dist.Comp. Laurence James Young Past Grand Herald

South Wales

& Monmouthshire Dist.Comp. Desmond Barnett Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies


Grand Rank Appointments to


M.Dist.Comp. Peter Glyn Williams Past Grand Summus

R.Dist.Comp. Michael Edward Herbert Past Deputy Grand Summus

R.Dist.Comp. Arthur Craddock Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. Harold Gould Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. Roeinton Burjor Framji Khambatta Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. Timothy John Lewis Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. James Stuart Peters Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. Richard Victor Wallis Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. John Alan Wright Past Grand Chancellor

R.Dist.Comp. William Siu-Loong Wong Past Grand Chancellor

V.Dist.Comp. Peter Cecil John Cannon Past Grand Episcopus

V.Dist.Comp. Maurice Bendig Past Grand Registrar

West Lancashire V.Dist.Comp. John Alan Bibby Past Grand Registrar

Southern India V.Dist.Comp Madhavan Chellappa Past Grand Registrar

Durham V.Dist.Comp. Raymond Norman Dinning Past Grand Registrar

Staffordshire & Shropshire V.Dist.Comp. David George Hill Past Grand Registrar

Warwickshire V.Dist.Comp. David Carr Hooker Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Arjun Jhamatmal Hotwani Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Michael Edward Pearson Jump Past Grand Registrar

Devonshire V.Dist.Comp. Barry Best Kessell Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Michael Howard Lawson Past Grand Registrar

Devonshire V.Dist.Comp. John Massey Past Grand Registrar

Surrey V.Dist.Comp. Bryan Frank Page Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Kenneth John Pausey Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. William Arthur Ramsden Past Grand Registrar

Dorset V.Dist.Comp. Malcolm Ernest Slater Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Edward Laurence Joseph Smith Past Grand Registrar

V.Dist.Comp. Raymond John Smith Past Grand Registrar

Warwickshire V.Dist.Comp. John Stafford Stevens Past Grand Registrar

East Midlands V.Dist.Comp. Bryan Bernard Wills Past Grand Registrar

Kent Dist.Comp. Ralph Mannings Apperley Past Grand Herald

Suffolk Dist.Comp. Thomas Frederick Auber Past Grand Herald

Middlesex Dist.Comp. Brian Anthony Calcutt Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. John Craven Chambers Past Grand Herald

Dorset Dist.Comp. David Clare Past Grand Herald

Dist.Comp. Francis Clarembaux Past Grand Herald

Past Rank



Devonshire Dist.Comp. Eric William Jayne Past Grand Sword Bearer

Surrey Dist.Comp. Arthur Harold Johnson Past Grand Sword Bearer

Dist.Comp. Edward Herbert Last Past Grand Sword Bearer

Surrey Dist.Comp. Lionel Broadbent Mee Past Grand Sword Bearer

Dist.Comp. Brian Miles Past Grand Sword Bearer


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. Richard Byron Owen Past Grand Sword Bearer

North & East Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Gordon Frederick Setterfield Past Grand Sword Bearer

Dorset Dist.Comp. Alan Lee Thompson Past Grand Sword Bearer

Gloucs., Hereford and Wilts Dist.Comp. Stephen Nigel White Past Grand Sword Bearer

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Colin Williams Past Grand Sword Bearer

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. George Leonard Brown Past Grand Standard Bearer

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Charles Baden Dodge Past Grand Standard Bearer

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Christopher Charles Farrer Past Grand Standard Bearer

Dist.Comp. John Finlayson Past Grand Standard Bearer

North & East Yorkshire Dist.Comp. David George Fox Past Grand Standard Bearer

Durham Dist.Comp. Michael Allan Jacques Past Grand Standard Bearer

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Allan James Laidlaw Past Grand Standard Bearer

Norfolk Dist.Comp. James Dunlop McKee Past Grand Standard Bearer

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Walter David Porter Past Grand Standard Bearer

London Dist.Comp. Christopher Robert Radford Past Grand Standard Bearer

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dist.Comp. Gerald Walter Gillan Ridge Past Grand Standard Bearer

West Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Ian Shevill Past Grand Standard Bearer

London Dist.Comp. John Geoffrey Loveridge Past Assistant Grand Standard Bearer

East Midlands Dist.Comp. Brian Francis Richards Past Assistant Grand Standard Bearer

Essex Dist.Comp. Stanley Smith Past Assistant Grand Standard Bearer

Dist.Comp. Stanley Keith Aston Past Grand Guarder

West Wales Dist.Comp. Derek George Griffith Cousins Past Grand Guarder

Dist.Comp. Abraham Josep Obadiah Past Grand Guarder

Dist.Comp. Irwin Obadiah Past Grand Guarder

West Lancashire Dist.Comp. Ian Harold Scott Past Grand Guarder

Durham Dist.Comp. Lawrence Tinkler Past Grand Guarder

Dist.Comp. Wayne Buffett Warlow Past Grand Guarder


Grand Rank Appointments to


Dorset Dist.Comp. Richard Charles William Batchelor Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Kent Dist.Comp. Terence Albert Dennis Bowler Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dist.Comp. Ronald James Bridger Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Kent Dist.Comp. John Robert Bryant Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dist.Comp. Denis Frank Cutler Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Middlesex Dist.Comp. Trevor Dutt Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

London Dist.Comp. Vincent Driver Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

London Dist.Comp. Maurice John Dyer Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Eric Wallace Farleigh Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Gloucs., Hereford and Wilts Dist.Comp. Ian Terrence George Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Cheshire & North Wales Dist.Comp. Barry Howarth Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dist.Comp. Brian Howlett Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

West Yorkshire Dist.Comp. Gavin Paul Kaye Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Norfolk Dist.Comp. Peter Donald Miles Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. Richard Mussell Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Essex Dist.Comp. Raymond John Purkis Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

East Midlands Dist.Comp. Michael Henry Roalfe Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dist.Comp Peter John Roberson Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Dist.Comp. Nigel Scott-Moncrief Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

London Dist.Comp. Ronald Walter Shaw Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Surrey Dist.Comp. Eric Trodd Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Durham Dist.Comp. Clive Warham Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Gloucs., Hereford and Wilts Dist.Comp. Mervyn Samuel Western Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

Cheshire & North Wales Dist.Comp. Leslie Norman Baile Past Grand Sword Bearer

Durham Dist.Comp. Craig Alder Brown Past Grand Sword Bearer

Cheshire & North Wales Dist.Comp. Gerald Charles Colwell Past Grand Sword Bearer

Spain Dist.Comp. Stanley Crawford Past Grand Sword Bearer


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. David Spencer Enock Past Grand Sword Bearer

Warwickshire Dist.Comp. Spencer Thomas Edward Fenn Past Grand Sword Bearer


& Buckinghamshire Dist.Comp. Philip Freedman Past Grand Sword Bearer

Devonshire Dist.Comp. Roger Frank Guest Past Grand Sword Bearer

Kent Dist.Comp. Trevor John Harrison Past Grand Sword Bearer

West Wales Dist.Comp. Lionel Clark Hughes Past Grand Sword Bearer

Past Rank

INDIVIDUAL VICE PATRON FOUNDERInitials Surname Conclave Name Conclave No. ProvinceR P Agombar Scarlet Cord Conclave of Norfolk 524 NorfolkM A Anderson Jamaica 424 JamaicaD G Ashall Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cuerdley 564 L Ashok Southern IndiaJ Barrett North Glamorgan South WalesM P Belcher Faithful 350 NorfolkC R Bellis Stafffordshire & ShropshireJ C Bicknell 539 West LancsD F Bull Ernehale 220 East MidlandsM R Burt Southern Counties 450 DorsetM J Butterworth Scarlet Cord Conclave of the Midlands 513 WarwickshireA A Casserly Jubilee 150 Jamaica A C Chalkley Cloisters 204 HertfordshireM Chambers Cinque Ports 38 SussexY L Chew Eastern Archipelago 359 South East Asia S H Collins Stafffordshire & ShropshireC D Crocker Amity 51 LeicesterE Dangoor University of London 2 LondonD B Darby West Wales R F Day Good Shepherd 335 Devon A E P Dodd D W Dodkin Bed, Cambs & Herts Scarlet Cord 573 Bed, Camb & HertsI A Eaton Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexA B J Ferris Southampton 444 Hampshire & IOWP Gafsen Ravenscroft 108 Bed, Camb & Herts B D Giddings North Glos & Hfds Glos, Hfds & WiltsA F Golds M J Gray Lygetun 339 Bed, Camb & HertsT W Gray WorcestershireG M Greenhalgh Progress 236 West LancsC M Gunn Saetecopp 346 KentV S Hanumanthu Southern IndiaJ K Hicks University of London 2 LondonJ O Hoath Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexD Holden Danebury Scarlet Cord 583 Hampshire & IOWR S Howard Scarlet Cord Conclave of Norfolk 524 NorfolkP J Johnston Shakespeare 438 Warwickshire B C Jones West Wales G Jones Coffs Harbour 27 NSW AustraliaJ T Kershaw Cockcroft 25 East LancashireP Kuppuswamy Southern IndiaA J Laidlaw Midlands Conclave P M Lewis Oxford & Cambridge 536 Ox, Berks & BucksP L F Martin Valley of Rocks 558 DevonshireE Mitchell Northwick 441 MiddlesexS F MURIE Fidelis 19 Northern Aust. & P.N.V Nagarajan Northern IndiaJ F Neill East Riding Scarlet Cord 576 North & East YorkshireA S Parab 419 Western IndiaA R Parsons Hampshire & IOWD F Pascho Riverside 222 MiddlesexD K W Paterson Theocsbury 225 Glos, Hfds & WiltsE K Patnick M V Paul Tern 566 Stafffordshire & ShropshireR Poxon Scarlet Cord Conclave of Derbyshire 534 DerbyshireG Prasanna Southern IndiaK Ramadurai Southern India

The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord

Inauguration of The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord 2726 Inauguration of The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord

S M Reid Prestcote 375 West LancsP J Robertson Scarlet Cord of Worcestershire 552 WorcestershireF W Rosser The Scarlet Cord Conclave of kent 570 KentP W Shingler SpainD Spring Maderia 85 EssexM D Stevens Concalve of Kent 570 KentD B Sundararajan Southern IndiaL M Sunderland Horatio Shirley 5 LondonB S Tan University of London 2 LondonN Thomson Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562 SurreyI J Thorne Guilford Scarlet Cord Conclave 563 SurreyL Tinkler Prince Bishop 356 DurhamL M Venkatraman Southern IndiaP W Venn Scarlet Cord Conclave of the Three Shires 532 Glos, Hfds & WiltsB A Vickers Principis Londinii 546 London C Wareham Perfect Seven DurhamA T Watling Derbyshire 534 East MidlandsJ D Watts Friendship 241 DurhamB Wegerhott Oxford & Cambridge 536 Ox, Berks & BucksM W Wheaton North Essex Conclave 300 EssexC Williams Palatine 227 West LancsR A F Willsher Rahab Scarlet Cord 557 WarwickshireR B Woodhouse Scarlet Cord of Norfolk Conclave 524 NorfolkR C Wortley Alma Mater 74 Bed, Camb & Herts

INDIVIDUAL PATRON FOUNDERInitials Surname Conclave Name Conclave No. ProvinceT B Arkhurst Oxford 331 Ox, Berks & BucksV R S Babu Southern IndiaL A Bell-Wright Fraternal Union 589 L O Beng E J Bennett Wokingham 293 Oxon., Berks & BucksG E Bonham Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire 573 Beds, Cambs & HertsT H Bourne West Wales R J Bridger Wychwood 198 Oxon., Berks & BucksP W Clarke Oxford & Cambridge 536 Ox, Berks & Bucks B N Collinson Bold 187 West LancashireI Cook Peter Glyn Williams 456 MiddlesexJ L B Costa Tenerife 498 SpainL O T De Bouvere Scarlet Cord Conclave 500 S F Dordi 128 Western IndiaP G Dunn Dalton DurhamM M Eyres AustraliaG L Flight Sword Invictae 516 SussexP Fuchter LondonA J Gillespie KentI Glister L G Goodrum The Peter Racey 584 NorfolkE B Goodwin Principis Londinii 546 LondonA J Green Danebury 583 Hampshire & Isle of WightM G S K Guru Southern IndiaA M Hall Royal Sussex 10 SussexR J Hawes The Ronald Thompson 585 NorfolkL W Hughson West Wales C U Kamath Southern IndiaJ H Kontzle Cuerdley 564 West Lancashire G Lee Jacob Astley 499 Herts/ Glous & HertsM R M Lloyd Clauentum 135 Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Founders Roll of Honour



Founders Roll of HonourJ G Lucas West Wales E Lysons Semper Fidelis 261 Cheshire & North WalesJ V Maund Uxbridge 307 MiddlesexK B Maycock T Mehra 128 Western IndiaV S Moni Southern IndiaE W E Morris Morlais Consistory 530 Cheshire & North WalesA Moss Euclid 443 Beds, Cambs & HertsM J Murphy Essex C P Narayanan Southern IndiaR J E O’Brien Skilled Archer 284 KentA G Parry Scarlet Cord 530 Cheshire & North WalesM A Pasha Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexW D Patrick Scarlet Cord 500 V Periannan Southern IndiaK K Pillai Southern IndiaR R Porrua SpainD J R Poxon SpainR J Purkiss Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexR V Raghavan Southern IndiaK G Rajshekar 128 Western IndiaM S Ramesh Southern IndiaM H Roalfe The Scarlet Cord of Derbyshire 534 East MidlandsP J Ronan Dalton 257 DurhamT Shrivastava 128 Western IndiaH B Siddall West Wales G B Smith Laffan’s Plain 565 Hampshire & Isle of WightF J Steed Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 SuffolkJ Stott Wessex 246 Hampshire & Isle of WightG R Sudron Laffan’s Plain 565 Hampshire & Isle of WightG Sudron Wessex 246 Hampshire & Isle of WightG Surendran Southern IndiaD C Turner Hill of Sion Scarlet Cord Conclave 562 SurreyS Vasudev Southern IndiaT L Viswanathan Southern IndiaA R Waller Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cheshire & N. Wales 530 Cheshire & North Wales

INDIVIDUAL GRAND PATRON FOUNDERInitials Surname Conclave Name Conclave No. ProvinceDN Adams West Wales A S Aga 419 Western IndiaG Aiyer Northern IndiaG A Aldrich Loxley 262 WorcestershireR D Allard Scriba 451 EssexG G Allen Sth Wales & MonmouthshireP M Anand Southern IndiaP L Aranha 419 Western IndiaD L Armstrong Scarlet Cord of Northumberland Conclave 559 NorthumberlandC T Arndt-Snelling Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 SuffolkM D Arnold J S Arole 191 Western IndiaS G Arole 191 Western IndiaB C R Arthur Semper Fidelis 29 Southern AustraliaD F Ashbolt Virescamus 493 London C J Aspinell Fareham 258 Hampshire & IOWS Ayyadevara C.A.Ramakrishnan 244 India N Bafna 419 Western IndiaJ H E Baker Scarlet Cord Conclave of Glamorgan 550 S. WalesL N Bale Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cheshire & Wales 530 Cheshire & North Wales

Rev. W O Balmer Liverpool 67 West lancashireG A G Barker Yorkshire West RidingC N Barker Yorkshire Nth & East RidingsR J Barker Royal Sussex 10 SussexM F Barnes Surbiton 299 SurreyR C W Batchelor Danebury 583 Hampshire & IOWM N Bates Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexR N Bedells Scarlet Cord Conclave of Derbyshire 534 East MidlandsA G Beese Gwent 279 Sth Wales & MonmouthshireD Bell Scarlet Cord of Surrey 518 SurreyW G Benham David 2 Nth Aus. & Pap. N.GuineaD Berry Wayland 328 NorfolkC R Bettan Southern IndiaS S Bhalla Concordia 579 LondonN Bharathan Southern IndiaN G Bharati 419 Western IndiaS K Bhargava 128 Western IndiaV Bhatia 419 Western IndiaD D Black Northwick 441 MiddlesexM C Black Scarlet Cord 500 R H Bois Golden Arrow 358 KentP L Botfield Delyn 273 Sth Wales & MonmouthshireR Bowyer Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexR Bradley Centenary 347 North & East YorkshireD R Brand St George 2 NSW - ACTA R W Brazier Faithful 350 NorfolkA Brockwell Surrey 518 SurreyA W J Brown Iberia 512 SpainC A Brown DurhamA F Brunning Wokingham 293 Ox/Beds & BerksJ R Bryant 500 M B Budds Londinii Principis 546 LondonP R Budge Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexD G P Buist Kingscott 7 Southern AustraliaM Bunce Scarlet Cord Conlave of Yorkshire, W Ridings 538 West YorkshireJ D Burgess Essex Scarlet Cord Conclave 531 EssexA A Burn LondonW Burston AustraliaI M Campbell Fareham 258 Hampshire & IOWB C Carlyon DurhamD E Carter Scarlet Cord Conclave for Southern Counties 450 DorsetJ C Chambers Summus 3 V N Chandla Northern IndiaR W Chilvers 419 Western IndiaS M J Chimthanawala 128 Western IndiaA M J Chimthanawala 128 Western IndiaK Chinnaswamy Southern IndiaD M Christy Scarlet Cord 500 W Chrystal Dunelm 269 Durham F Clarembaux D Clarembaux P Clark Beds, Cambs & Hertfordshire 573 Beds, Cambs & HertsP C Clarke Saetecopp 346 KentL G Clement Maesyfed 374 Sth Wales & MonmouthshireP R Clement Summus 3 R M Cobb Soth Africa - Natal S B Cobham United Brothers 454 South CaribbeanP T Coles Norfolk Scarlet Cord 524 NorfolkJ L Conway Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 Essex



Founders Roll of HonourM E Coomer C Court Clausentum 135 Hampshire & IOWR L Cousins Clausentum 135 Hampshire & IOWA Craddock Summus 3 H A Crook M M Cross West Wales M J Cunliffe Scarlet Cord Conclave of West Lancashire 539 West lancashireT D Currans Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562 SurreyI S Currans Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562 SurreyJ A Dalley Medway Towns 333 KentR K Daruwalla 419 Western IndiaA G Davies Cheshire & North WalesC J Davis Wychwood 198 Oxford, Berks & BucksA Deitch Scarlet Cord of Surrey 518 SurreyG Devine Northumbria 559 Northumberland D P Dezentze 10 Nth Aus. & Pap. N.GuineaS R Dixit 128 Western IndiaR Dixon Heart of Glendale 239 NorthumberlandP R Dowling Golden Arrow 358 KentD P Downie Isle of Man 62 Isle of ManJ J D’Silva 419 Western IndiaR W Dunning Centenary Rose 575 North & East YorkshireB Dyson Hampshire & IOWR Eames Scarlet Cord Northumberland 599 NorthumberlandJ A Elmore Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 SuffolkH J Emms Irenic LondonD S Enock Cloisters 204 Beds, Cambs & HertsB V Epur Southern IndiaJ S Farley Hongkong 136 Far East C C Farrer Sabrina 486 WorcestershireT Fathehi 419 Western IndiaS Fenn MidlandsG M Fenton Seal of Solomon 13 Southern AustraliaT J Franks Bernard Miles Scarlet Cord 556 Hampshire & IOWJ M Frayne Lathom 286 W. LancsP Freedman Oxford & Cambridge 536 Oxford & CambridgeP Gajendran Southern IndiaS Gallacher Kentish man 553 KentN Ganesh Southern IndiaM G Gardner East Sussex Scarlet Cord 569 SussexP Garvey Southampton 444 Hampshire & IOWJ J Geelhoed K P George Southern IndiaG L Gill Hewanorra 473 Southern CaribbeanA J Gillespie Knole 98 West KentA Goedhals Fidelitas 494 Unattached ECA K Goel Northern IndiaW Goldsmith Ravenscroft 108 Beds, Cambs & HertsK Gopakumar Southern IndiaE R Gore-Browne East Riding Scarlet Cord 576 North & East YorkshireR V Gosavi 128 Western IndiaH S Gould Scarlet Cord 500 D Grant Skyrack 32 West YorkshireG N Graves DurhamT C Gray Concordia 503 LondonB A J Green The Hong Kong Conclave 136 Far EastJ J Greenwall Princpis Londinii 546 LondonA J Griffiths Vale of Sodbury 452 Glos, Herts & WiltsN A B Grout Summus 3

M W Guest G.S.R.R S Gupta Northern IndiaD Gupta Northern IndiaL Hajare 128 Western IndiaG F Hambidge Werham 111 DorsetP D Hammond A P D Hannagan Summus 3 L A Harding Westbrook 320 Hampshire & IOWW F J Hardy Hotham 22 Victoria - AustraliaA D G Harvey Scarlet Cord Conclave of Derbyshire 534 East MidlandsR M Henderson Dalton 257 DurhamP D Hickford Essex Quadrant 149 EssexA J Higham Little Bon Accord 7 France L H Hillier Scarlet Cord Conclave on Surrey 518 SurreyS J Hindes 419 Western IndiaP S Hollebone SussexA J Hotwani Hongkong 136 Far EastB Howarth Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cheshire & Wales 530 Cheshire & North WalesC K Huddlestone Alma Mater 74 Beds, Cambs & HertsK J Hughes Derek Mortimore 522 Western CountiesL C Hughes West Wales C Hume Wudcestre 390 NorthumberlandG Hutchinson West YorkshireV E W Hutchinson Southern Counties 450 Hampshire & IOWJ L Jarvis Thames Valley 240 Ox/Beds & BerksJ Jayakar Southern IndiaV N Jayaprakasam Southern IndiaD I Jenkins West Wales D K Jesson Oxford & Cambridge 536 Ox/Beds & BerksR C Johnson Scarlet Cord Conclave of Yorkshire, West Riding 538 West YorkshireK S Johnson Rose and Lily 69 LondonG Jordan South Africa - Natal A B Kaicker 191 Western IndiaL M Keats Scarlet Cord Conclave of Surrey 518 SurreyB E Kelland Irenic 121 LondonV S Kesavan Southern IndiaB B Kessell Rydar 395 CornwallB K Khoo Scarlet Cord in the East 526 South East AsiaC S Kochar Northern IndiaP W Koteshwar 128 Western IndiaA J Krzysica Clauentum 135 Hampshire & IOWS S Kumar Southern IndiaK S Kumar Southern IndiaJ Kumar Southern IndiaK B Lacey Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexP G Larner Princpis Londinii 546 LondonP Lathom Tern 566 Staffordshire & ShropshireB C Lawrence LondonM H Lawson Scarlet Cord 500 G E Lawson Shield of David 14 N/S/W & Aus. Cap. TerritoryR Leavers Hospes 580 J B Lloyd Rheidol 338 West WalesD S Lo Scarlet Cord in the East 526 South East AsiaA Long Waverley 381 SurreyJ Love SurreyR H F Luckett Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexT I Lundegard Kentish Men 553 West Kent J A Macritchie Hillo’Mormand 468 K Madhavan Chudderghat 21 Southern India



Founders Roll of HonourC Madhavan Southern IndiaN Manian Southern IndiaB R Mansell Vega Baja 581 SpainH S Markham Ravenscroft 108 Beds, Cambs & HertsA S Matharu 128 Western IndiaN H Matthews 500 D R W May The Scarlet Cord 500 K C McCully Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 SuffolkJ d McKee Scarlet Cord Conclave of norfolk 524 NorfolkD E McQueen Thames Valley 240 Ox/Beds & BerksL B Mee Scarlet Cord Conclave of Surrey 518 SurreyS Mehra Northern IndiaB Mehta 419 Western IndiaS E Merchant 419 Western IndiaS Mighall Scarlet Cord 500 B Miles Scarlet Cord 500 D H A Milne-Leith Guildford Scarlet Cord 563 Surrey G M Mitchell Temple Builders 250 KentW W Mitchell The Garioch 417 North ScotlandS G Modak 419 Western IndiaA Modi 419 Western IndiaD T Mooken Southern IndiaR Morris Gwent 279 Sth Wales & MonmouthshireR A H Morrow Summus 3 K Morzaria Southern IndiaR S Moss Devonshire Scarlet Cord Conclave 534 East MidlandsA Mossop The Scarlet Cord Conclave of West lancashire 539 West LancashireE F Mullan Isle of Man 62 Over SeasP K Muthukumaraswamy Southern IndiaD A G Nair Southern IndiaG K Nair Southern IndiaK N Nair Southern IndiaN J Nair Southern IndiaK A Nakhoda Southern IndiaM G Narang 419 Western IndiaE Niel Laffans Plain 565 Hampshire & IOWP J Oakley WarwickshireA J Obidiah Rose and Lily 69 LondonI Obidiah Rose and Lily 69 LondonG Owen West Wales R B Owen Oxford & Cambridge 536 Ox/Beds & BerksL A Parsons Laffans Plain 564 Hampshire & IOWR Patel 419 Western IndiaM N Patel 419 Western IndiaA K C Patel Southern IndiaS D Patel J R Paternoster Scarlet Cord Conclave 500 J R Paternoster Hospes C D Patini LondonC D Pattni Concordia 503 LondonM S Penrose Scarlet Cord Conclave of the three shires 532 Glos, Herts & WiltsM J Perchard Le Marchant 421 Channel IslandsD Persaud Company Path 325 South CaribbeanCapt. J Phillips West Wales J F Phillips Scarlet Cord of Pembroke 551 West WalesP B Pillai Southern IndiaM J Poole N S Porwal 419 Western IndiaF L Powell Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562 Surrey

A B R Prasad Southern IndiaW J T Pratt Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 540 SussexR Premnath Southern IndiaB W Price Earl of Euston 7 WarwickshireJ S Priestley North & East Yorkshire 535 North & East YorkshireD R Radford Hampshire & IOWR Raghaven Southern IndiaD Raja Southern IndiaK Ramachandran Southern IndiaW A Ramsden South Africa - Natal R E M Randall University of London 2 LondonG Ranganathan Southern IndiaW S Rao 419 Western IndiaT Ravindran Southern IndiaT S Rawal 128 Western IndiaD Rees Davies Sefarad 388 SpainS S Revadi Southern IndiaD Reynolds Scarlet Cord Conclave of Northumberland 559 NorthumberlandD K Rhodes Scarlet Cord 500 P E Ribi Charles Edward Keyser 105 LondonR E Rivett Suffolk Conclave 416 SuffolkD N Roberts South Africa - Natal M J Robinson North & East Yorkshire 535 North & East YorkshireB W Robinson P H Rollin I Ronson East Lancs Scarlet Cord Conclave 534 East LancashireR Rooke P N Rose SussexR K Saghal Southern IndiaB S Saini Northern IndiaJ S M I Sait Southern IndiaS M Samuels Ravenscroft 108 Beds, Cambs & HertsR A San Beds, Cambs & Hertfordshire 573 Beds, Cambs & HertsD D Sargunar Southern IndiaE J Sarti The Scarlet Cord Conclave of West lancashire 539 West lancashireA Sawant 419 Western IndiaW R Seitz M S Sethi 419 Western IndiaI Sethi Northern IndiaS K Shah 419 Western IndiaK Shankar Southern IndiaR Shaw Princpis Londinii 546 LondonM S Shearer Sidney Holland 21 N/S/W & Aus. Cap. TerritoryR M Sidey Scarlet Cord 500 J R Simons Scarlet Cord 500 J Simons Scarlet Cord 500 East LancashireM J J Singleton Scarlet Cord Conclave of essex 531 EssexM E Slater Perram 99 Hampshire & IOWA W L Sleath Landguard 348 SuffolkD Slights Stonebow 301 North & East YorkshireS Smith Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexR J Smith Scarlet Cord 500 E L J Smith The Scarlet Cord 500 V G Soane Laffans Plain 565 Hampshire & IOWF C Spencer Scarlet Cord of the Midlands 513 WarwickshireM B Squires Rahab 557 WarwickshireK V Srinivasan Southern IndiaR Stephenson Princpis Londinii 546 LondonA E Stewart East Midlands



Founders Roll of HonourD G Stock Bernard Miles Scarlet Cord 556 Hampshire & IOWT B Strickland The Scarlet Cord Conclave of West lancashire 539 West lancashireW A Stringer Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cheshire & Wales 530 Cheshire & North WalesR P C Strutt S Sule 128 Western IndiaP Sumedho Enigma 472 Oxon,Bucks & BerksG Suresh Amity 51 East MidlandsK G Sutton Scarlet Cord Conclave of The Kentish Man 553 KentA C Sweeney Scarlet Cord Conclave of Worcestershire 552 WorcestershireR Tampi Northern IndiaV F L Tang Eastern Archipelago 359 South East Asia R J Tanswell Scarlet Cord 500 I H Taylor St David’s 247 West lancashireE Thangaswamy Southern IndiaS Thirugnanamurthy Southern IndiaA Thomas Wayland 328 NorfolkRev. D B Thomas West Wales A L Thompson Petersfield 412 Hampshire & IOWW A J Thompson Wyrebank 574 West lancashireT Thomson Supreme Rulers 123 M M Thomson Royal Kent 83 NorthumberlandJ R Tisshaw Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 EssexR H Toon WarwickshireI W Tough Temple Builders 250 KentA E Townsend Scarlet Cord Conclave of Surrey 518 SurreyB M Triffett David 2 Northern Aus. & Pap. N.Guinea G M Turner Heart of Glendale 239 Northumberland J W Turner North essex 300 EssexR V Umashankar Southern IndiaG Unnikrishnan Southern IndiaJ Vakil 419 Western IndiaA S Vakil 419 Western IndiaA Vara Kentish man 553 KentK Venkatachalm Southern IndiaV Vijayan Southern IndiaBaron Von Hoff M K Vyas 419 Western IndiaZ Wadia 419 Western IndiaJ P Wallis Upminster 263 EssexR V Wallis J Wareham Scarlet Cord 500 B Wareham K R D Waters Fraternal Union 589 MiddlesexD G Weston North Glamorgan 544 Sth Wales & MonmouthshireR J Wiggins Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 SuffolkW C R Williams David 2 Nth Aus. & Pap. N.GuineaW H Winter Oxford 331 Ox/Beds & BerksV A Wisden Cinque Ports 38 SussexP J Wise Scarlet cord 500 W S L Wong The Far eastD J Woodgate J A Wright Scarlet Cord Conclave of norfolk NorfolkI Wylde David 2 Nth Aus. & Pap. N.GuineaD J Wynne Murray Darling 23 Southern AustraliaR A Yeowell Farnborough Hampshire & IOWM Q A S Zain Scarlet Cord in the East 526 South East Asia

PROVINCE VICE PATRON FOUNDEREast Lancashire

MiddlesexSomerset

South Africa Northern

PROVINCE GRAND PATRON FOUNDERBedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire

District Grand Conclave of Northern IndiaDistrict Grand Conclave of Southern IndiaDistrict Grand Conclave of Western India

DurhamEssex

Grand Conclave of Northern ScotlandGrand Conclave of the Order of Secret Monitor of New Zealand

Hampshire & Isle of WightKent

Midland CountiesNorthumberland

Oxfordshire, Berkshire & BuckinghamshireSouth Wales

SuffolkSurreySussex

WarwickshireWest LancashireWest Yorkshire

West Wales

Conclave Name Conclave No.Aberystwyth Conclave of the Scarlet Cord 548Llanelli Conclave of the Scarlet Cord 547Pembroke Conclave of the Scarlet Cord 551

Conclave Name Conclave No.C. A. Ramakrishnan - (Southern India) 244Unanimity - (Southern India) 42

CONCLAVE PATRON FOUNDER

Conclave Name Conclave No.Arcadia 145Athelstan 502Bedfordshire, Cambridge & Hertfordshire 573Cama Conclave 23Clausentum Conclave 135Combined effort from all 3 Durham Conclaves Don Olleson 431Dr. Kaikushroo Sahiar 137Edinburgh Greyfriars Essex Scarlet Cord 531Fareham 258Fraternal Union Middlesex 589Gemini 41Geoffrey Dicker 393Godiva 485Guilford Consistory 563Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562Kent Laffan’s Plain Consistory 565London Scarlet Cord 586Merevale 549Merevale Scarlet Cord Conclave 549Millennium - (Southern India) 560

Conclave Name Conclave No.Oxford & Cambridge Palia Scarlet Cord Conclave 128Perram 99Principis Londonii 546Rahab Scarlet Cord Conclave 557Rustom Cama Conclave 60Scarlet Conclave of Kentish Man 553Scarlet Cord Conclave 500Scarlet Cord Conclave for the Sthn Counties 450Scarlet Cord Conclave of Northumberland 559Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541Scarlet Cord Conclave of the Midlands 513Scarlet Cord Conclave of Western India 419Scarlet Cord Conclave of Yorkshire West Ridings 538Scarlet Cord of Surrey 518Southampton 444Sree Padmanabha Conclave 490Summus 3Supreme Rulers Conclave 123Tern Conclave of the Scarlet Cord 566The Scarlet Cord Conclave of Worcestershire 552Thivandrum Conclave 127Scarlet Cord in the East 526

CONCLAVE GRAND PATRON FOUNDER

Conclave Name Conclave No.Andover 271Benoni 202Centenary Golden Harvest 389Eastern Transvaal 213

Conclave Name Conclave No.Sentinel 22Shield of David 104Transvaal 30

CONCLAVE VICE PATRON FOUNDER


The qualifications for membership are as follows:

Candidates for the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Secret Monitor must be Master Masons and

Princes (2nd. Degree) of the Order of the Secret Monitor.

Quailifications for membership of The Ancient and Masonic Order of the

the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord

WebsiteWe are proud to announce that the Website for the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord

has now been launched. We have endeavoured to include all relevant information regarding the Order

within the site, together with forthcoming events, a history of the Order, its Principle Officers and

details regarding the Inauguration. The web address is as follows:

www.thescarletcord.org.uk

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Precedence of

PRECEDENCE OF PROVINCES UNDER A PROVINCIAL GRAND SUMMUS

Province No. of Consistories Provincial Grand Summus

West Wales 3 R.Dist.Comp. David Nigel Adams

South Wales & Monmouthshire 3 R.Dist.Comp. Paul Leonard Botfield

Midland Counties 5 R.Dist.Comp. Brian William Price

Western India 3 R.Dist.Comp. Shums Ebrahim Merchant

Durham 3 R.Dist.Comp. Robert Muir Henderson

North & East Yorkshire 3 R.Dist.Comp. Dennis Slights

Kent 3 R.Dist.Comp. John Alfred Dalley

Cheshire & North Wales 3 R.Dist.Comp. Samuel James Keery

Hampshire & Isle of Wight 3 R.Dist.Comp. Charles Jonathan Aspinall

Spain 3 R.Dist.Comp. Barry Ashcroft

Norfolk 3 R.Dist.Comp. Peter Thomas Coles

Surrey 3 R.Dist.Comp. Michael Frederick Barnes

West Lancashire 3 R.Dist.Comp. Ian Hamilton Taylor

London 3 R.Dist.Comp. Percy George Larner

Sussex 3 R.Dist.Comp. Victor Alan Wisden

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Wiltshire 3 R.Dist.Comp. James Albert Green

PRECEDENCE OF PROVINCES UNDER A GRAND INSPECTOR

Province No. of Consistories Grand Inspector

Dorset 1 V.Dist.Comp. Gerald Frederick Hambridge

Western Counties 1 V.Dist.Comp. Brian Arthur Pepperell

South East Asia 1 V.Dist.Comp. Dato Vincent Tang

Essex 1 V.Dist.Comp. Raymond George Fretten

East Midlands 1 V.Dist.Comp. Richard Samuel Moss

Oxfordshire, Berkshire & Buckinghamshire 1 V.Dist.Comp. Alan Frederick Brunning

East Lancashire 1 V.Dist.Comp. Howard Stephen Nuttall

West Yorkshire 1 V.Dist.Comp. Stewart Glasgow Carley

Suffolk 1 V.Dist.Comp. Dr. John Anthony Elmore

Northumberland 1 V.Dist.Comp. John Warham

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire 1 V.Dist.Comp. Charles Keith Huddlestone

Middlesex 1 V.Dist.Comp. David Frederick Pascho

Provinces Scarlet Cord


The Tzaddikim is the personal ‘Body Guard’ of the Grand Summus, and discharges duties in a similar

manner to the Grand Supreme Ruler’s Arch of Steel. The oral tradition of Judaism in its written form is

the Talmud. The teachings of Abbaye and others stated that the world would need at least 36 righteous

people to exist. The word ‘Tzaddikim’ means righteous persons’; the singular of Tzaddikim being

Tzaddik.

The teachings of Abbaye discuss these 36 Righteous people and what would be the consequences

if at any one time the number 36 was not fulfilled, could the world be re-deemed? The Jewish religion

teaches us that there are always not less than 36 Tzaddikim or Righteous people in the world and they

receive the Shekinah. In simplistic terms they protect the Jewish people in time of trouble. The identity

of the ‘Tzaddikim’ always remains concealed.

In later Kabbalistic folklore the thirty six righteous ones, here being called hidden ones, have the

potential to save the world, they appear when they are needed, and one of them might be the Messiah.

They come at times of great peril, called out of their anonymity and humility by the necessity to save

the world.

The word Kabbalah comes from the Hebrew meaning ‘to receive or to accept’. The word is usually

translated as ‘tradition’. The English word “cabal” (a secret group of conspirators) is derived from the

Hebrew word Kabbalah; and it has a dark connection. This is not so in Judaism. Perhaps the best way

that I can describe Kabbalah is as ‘Esoteric Judaism, perhaps Jewish Mysticism, but using wisdom for

the seeking of fulfilment’. The Kabbalah asks us to imagine if there is a miraculous source of power so

profound, so powerful, it could totally heal and transform your life and change the world for good. It

argues it is the oldest and most influential wisdom in all of human history. Spiritual and physical laws

that govern the cosmos and human soul are revealed; providing solutions and unravelling puzzles;

creating order out of chaos. The source of the Kabbalah is the ancient book of Zohar. Some historians

claim that the Zohar is the authentic ‘Holy Grail’.

The qualities that make a ‘Tzaddik’ or Righteous Person are that he must be a just, faithful and upright

person; he must refrain from wrongdoing and make an effort to establish what is right. The marks of a

righteous man, according to Jewish thinking, are the sincerity of purpose and the strenuous endeavour

to accomplish it. The righteous man who has fallen into sin is distinguished by his repentance. Those

who are members of the Grand Summus’ Tzaddikim undertake much responsibility but in every way

fulfil the criteria laid down all those years ago.

The choice of the name of the Grand Summus’ bodyguard was the subject of much discussion

at Way Forward Committee meetings. After much debate Peter Rollin proposed that the bodyguard

should be called ‘The Tzaddikim’. How appropriate and what an inspired choice.

Roy LEAVERS

Grand Regent Vicarius


Members of the

TzaddikimThe Tzaddikim is the Scarlet Cord equivalent of the Grand Supreme Ruler’s Arch of Steel in the Order of the

Secret Monitor

Captain

Raymond Rooke

Deputy Captain

Richard Roberts

Members

Duncan Griffiths

David Butler

David Barden

Simon Blumsom

Stephen Scholes

Frank Powell

John Wickes

Ronald Sutton

Michael Squires

Reg Wilshire

Max Pipe

Paul Latham

Robert Tuthill

Ian T.D. Smith

David Ian Jenkins

Gareth Owen


The Most Worthy Grand Supreme Ruler

will enter Grand Conclave.

The Brethren will sing the Hymn ‘All

People That On Earth Do Dwell’ as The

Most Worthy Grand Supreme Ruler enters.

All people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;

Him serve with fear, his praise forth-tell,

Come ye before him and rejoice.

The Lord ye know is God indeed;

Without our aid he did us make;

We are his folk, he doth us feed,

And for his sheep he doth us take.

O enter then his gates with praise,

Approach with joy his courts unto;

Praise, laud, and bless his name always,

For it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good,

His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,

And shall from age to age endure

1. The Most Worthy Grand Supreme Ruler

will open an Extraordinary Meeting of

Grand Conclave.

2. The Grand Director of Ceremonies will

open the Volume of the Sacred Law at

Samuel 1 Chapter XX.


will be saluted.

THE ERASURE


will explain the purpose of the meeting.

5. The Grand Chaplain will offer Prayer.

6. The Grand Director of Ceremonies will

address the Most Worthy Grand

Supreme Ruler.

7. The Supreme Rulers and/or

Representatives of each Scarlet Cord

Conclave will stand in the body of

Grand Conclave.

8. The Charter of Constitution will be read.

9. The Most Worthy Grand Supreme

Ruler will strike the Designated Scarlet

Cord Conclaves from the Register of the

Order of the Secret Monitor.


will close Grand Conclave.


will invite a Constituting Officer to

occupy the throne.


will retire in procession.

OPENING OF A CONSISTORY

13. The Constituting Officer will open a

Consistory of the Scarlet Cord.


Order of Proceedings and Timings for the Inauguration of the Ancient and Masonic Orders of the Scarlet CordAgendas

AGENDA FOR CONFERRAL OF THE FIRST GRADE

The doors at Freemasons’ Hall will be open at 10am. The registration desk for all Candidates will be

open from 10:30am. All those taking the First Grade of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet

Cord must have completed registration and be seated in the designated Temple by 11:30am.

1. To open Scarlet Cord Conclave No. 500.

2. To ballot for the Brethren detailed in the Addendum to be Obligated, Entrusted and Invested as

Companions of the Scarlet Cord.

3. To adjourn the Conclave.

4. To open a Regular Consistory of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord.

5. To obligate, entrust and invest as Companions of the Scarlet Cord the candidates detailed in the

Addendum.

6. To close the Consistory.

7. To resume and then close the Conclave.

THE INAUGURATION OF THE ANCIENT AND MASONIC ORDER OF THE SCARLET CORD

All the Companions to be seated in the Main Temple by 2:30pm. Unless otherwise directed all will

be wearing the regalia of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord. This includes those

Companions who will be appointed to Active Rank and those receiving appoints to Past Rank.

The meeting will commence at 3:00pm.


Whence the healing streams do flow,

Let the fiery cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through.

Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,

Be though still my strength and shield.

Be though still my strength and shield

When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside;

Death of death, and hell’s destruction.

Land me safe on Canaan’s side;

Songs of praises, songs of praises,

I will ever give to thee,

I will ever give to thee.

29. As the Procession re-enters the Grand

Temple the following verse will be sung:

Alleluia as he leads us.

We shall gain the victory,

Lift your voices, shout the praises,

To his glorious majesty.

Alleluia, Alleluia,

Glory be to God on high,

Glory be to God on high.

30. The Dedicating Officer will be attended

by the Primus of Lectores and the

Primus of Ostiarii.

31. The Episcopus will read Psalm 72,

verse 16:

32. The Companions will sing:

When once of old in Israel

Our early brethren wrought with toil,

Jehovah’s blessing on them fell

In showers of corn and wine and oil

33. The Dedicating Officer will scatter corn.

34. The Torch Bearer will light the candle in

the south-east.


Glory be to God on High.

36. The Episcopus will read Nehemiah

Chapter 10, Verse 39:

37. The companions will sing:

When, there, a shrine to Him alone

They built with worship sin to foil,

On threshold and on corner stone

They poured out corn and wine and oil.

38. Dedicating Officer will pour wine.


the south-west.



41. The Episcopus will read Exodus

Chapter 30, Verses 25 and 26.


And we have come, fraternal bands

With joy and pride and prosperous spoil

To honour Him with votive hands

With streams of corn and wine and oil

43. The Dedicating Officer will sprinkle oil.


the north-west.



46. The Episcopus will read Leviticus

Chapter 2, verse 13.


14. The Director of Ceremonies will open

the Volume of the Sacred Law at

Genesis Chapter 1.

15. The opening Hymn ‘The God of Abraham

Praise’ will be sung:

The God of Abraham praise,

who reigns enthroned above

Ancient of everlasting days, and God of Love

Jehovah, great I AM!

by earth and Heav’n confessed

I bow and bless the sacred Name

forever blessed

The God Who reigns on high

the great archangels sing

And “Holy, holy, holy!” cry, “Almighty King”!

Who was, and is, the same,

and evermore shall be

Jehovah—Father—great I AM,

we worship Thee!

THE CONSTITUTION

16. The Constituting Officer will address the

assembled Companions.

17. The Episcopus will read the dedicatory

address.

18. The Organist will play from Haydn’s

Oratorio ‘The Creation’

19. The Episcopus will read from the sixth

Chapter of the book of Ecclesiasticus.

20. The Deputy Episcopus will offer Prayer.

21. The Recorder will call the roll of

Consistories forming part of the

Grand Senatus.

22. The Constituting Officer will constitute a

Grand Senatus.

23. The Director of Ceremonies will proclaim

the newly constituted Grand Senatus.

THE DEDICATION

24. The Companions will sing “God of Our

Fathers, God of Power”

Tune - Tallis’s Canon

God of our Fathers, God of power

Be with us in this solemn hour

Smile on our work, our plans approve

Fill every heart with joy and love

Let each discordant thought be gone

And love unite our hearts in one,

May we in union strong combine

In work and worship so divine

So mote it be

25. The Deputy Episcopus will offer Prayer.

26. The Consecrating Officer will offer the

Invocation Prayer.

27. An escort will be formed to bring the Ark

of the Covenant into Grand Senatus.

28. The companions will sing ‘Guide Me, O

Thou Great Jehovah’, as the Procession

retires from the Grand Temple:

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,

Pilgrim through this barren land;

I am weak, but though art mighty,

Hold me with thy powerful hand:

Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,

Feed me now and evermore,

Feed me now and evermore.

Open now the Crystal Fountain.


63. The Grand Summus Elect will kneel for

Prayer.

64. The Grand Summus Elect will be

obligated.

65. The Grand Summus Elect will be

anointed and receive the Sword and

Standard of the Order.

66. The Grand Summus will be clothed and

invested with the Robe and Regalia of

his office.

67. The Grand Summus will be enthroned.

68. The Most Distinguished Grand Summus

will be proclaimed and saluted.

69. The Constitutions and Regulations

of the Ancient and Masonic Order of the

Scarlet Cord as recommended by ‘The

Way Forward Committee’ will be

adopted.


will appoint a Deputy Grand Summus.

71. The Deputy Grand Summus will be

Obligated, Invested, Installed,

Proclaimed and Saluted.


will appoint an Assistant Grand

Summus.

73. The Assistant Grand Summus will be

Obligated, Invested, Installed,

Proclaimed and Saluted.


will appoint and invest a Past Grand

Summus.


will appoint and invest a Past Deputy

Grand Summus.


will appoint and invest Grand Regents

Vicarii.

77. The Recorder will read the names of the

Provincial and District Grand Summi,

who will then be invested


will appoint the Provincial and District

Grand Summi.

79. Those Companions appointed to active

Grand Rank will be invested.

80. Those Companions appointed to Past

Grand Rank will be appointed.


will appoint the Captain, Deputy to the

Captain and members of the Tzaddikim.

82. The members of the Executive

Committee will be appointed and

elected.

83. Professionally qualified and registered

Auditors will be elected.

84. The President of the Executive

Committee will propose donations to

Charities.


will address Grand Senatus.

86. Any other business will be transacted.

87. Grand Senatus will be closed.



To kindle in true friendship’s name,

A fire in this thrice sacred shrine,

Whose fervent warm, enduring flame,

Replaces corn, salt, oil and wine.

48. The Dedicating Officer will strew salt.


the north-east.



51. The Dedicating Officer will Dedicate the

Grand Senatus.

THE CONSECRATION


Praise my soul the King of heaven,

To His feet thy tribute bring;

Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,

Who like Thee His praise should sing?

Alleluia! alleluia!

Praise the everlasting King.

Praise Him for His grace and favour

To our fathers in distress;

Praise Him still the same for ever,

Slow to chide and swift to bless:

Alleluia! alleluia!

Glorious in His faithfulness.

Father like He tends and spares us,

Well our feeble frame He knows;

In His hands He gently bears us,

Rescues us from all our foes:

Alleluia! alleluia!

Widely as His mercy flows.

Angels help us to adore Him;

Ye behold Him face to face;

Sun and moon, bow down before Him,

Dwellers all in time and space.

Alleluia! alleluia!

Praise with us the God of grace.

53. The Episcopus will cense the Ark of the

Covenant, the Consecrating Officer and

the companions in the east, south, west

and north.

54. The Deputy Episcopus will offer the

Dedication Prayer.

55. The Consistory representatives will reform

columns in the south, all facing east.

56. The Consecrating Officer Consecrates

Grand Senatus.

THE INSTALLATION OF GRAND SUMMUS

57. The Companions will elect a Grand

Summus.

58. The Consecrating Officer will retire in

procession.

59. The Installing Officer will instruct the

Director of Ceremonies to form an escort

to introduce the Grand Summus Elect into

Grand Senatus.

60. The Organist will play Handel’s “Zadok

the Priest.”

61. The Grand Summus Elect is escorted into

Grand Senatus

62. The Installing Officer addresses the Grand

Summus Elect.


The Festive Board

Salad of tomato, avocado and fennel

with goat’s cheese

Grilled sirloin steak pepper sauce

Potato lyonnaise

Young spinach and carrots

Profiteroles

Chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream

Coffee with Mints

The Ancient and Masonic Orderof the Scarlet Cord

Grace before the meal

Grace after the meal

The Queen

The Grand Summus

Most Distinguished Companion Michael William Guest

The Visitors

Menu Toasts

The Principal

Officers


Right Distinguished CompanionRoy W. Leavers


Right Distinguished CompanionIan S. Currans

Grand Chancellor


Most Distinguished CompanionMichael Guest

The Grand Summus

Right Distinguished Companion Brian C. Wareham

Deputy Grand Summus

Right Distinguished Companion Andrew C. Sweeney

Assistant Grand Summus

Right Distinguished CompanionPaul R. Clement


Right Distinguished CompanionJames Turner

Grand Vice Chancellor

The Principal

Officers


Very Distinguished CompanionKeith Waters


Very Distinguished CompanionPeter H. RollinGrand Regsitrar

Very Distinguished CompanionBarry Clarke

Grand Episcopus

Very Distinguished CompanionJohn BrackleyGrand Recorder

Very Distinguished CompanionFrank C Spencer

Grand Director of Ceremonies

Distinguished CompanionAngus Hannagan

Assistant Grand Recorder

Very Distinguished CompanionRichard Gan

Grand Treasurer


Six Grades of the Order of the

1st Grade

Ostiarius or Doorkeeper

(Conferred in a Consistory)

2nd Grade

Lector


3rd Grade

Fellow or Healer & Exorcist


4th Grade

Councillor

(Conferred in a Council of Elders)

5th Grade

Keeper of the Hidden Secret

(Conferred in a Council of the Entrusted)

6th Grade

Prince of Jerusalem

(Conferred in a Council of Princes)

Scarlet CordJewel to commemorate the Inauguration of the Order

which can be worn by all Companions who were

members of the Order on 21st July 2010

Regalia


The red cord is worn by all Companions

of the Order to indicate membership.

By the way it is worn it can indicate

possession of any or all of the first four

grades. Grand Officers do not wear the

Scarlet Cord.

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The Scarlet Cord Tie to

be worn at all meetings

of the Order

Grand Officers Collarette, the rosette

signifies that the Officer holds a past

rank

The gold breast jewel of the Sixth Grade

of the Order; the fifth grade is a silver

version of the same jewel

The sash of a Grand Officer

The first Grade Jewel

The second Grade Jewel

which is worn suspended

from a scarlet cord around

the neck

The third grade breast jewel,

which when adorned with

the silver anointing horn

indicates that the wearer has

been installed as President

of a Consistory

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Right Distinguished Companion Roy

Leavers, wearing the regalia of Grand

Regent Vicarius

Right Distinguished Companion

Michael F Barnes, wearing the regalia

of a Provincial Grand Summus


Conclave Name Conclave Number Consistory Number

Pestonji Kapadia 191 33 T.I.

Littlehampton Scarlet Cord 555 34 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of The Kentish Man 553 35 T.I.

Man of Kent Scarlet Cord 554 36 T.I.

The Twelve Stones Scarlet Cord 571 37 T.I.

Perfect Seven Scarlet Cord 572 38 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Northumberland 559 39 T.I.

Centenary Rose Scarlet Cord 575 40 T.I.

East Riding Scarlet Cord 576 41 T.I.

Tern Conclave of the Scarlet Cord 566 42 T.I.

The Scarlet Cord Conclave of Kent 570 43 T.I.

Vega Baja Scarlet Cord 581 44 T.I.

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Scarlet Cord 573 45 T.I.

Concordia Scarlet Cord 579 46 T.I.

Laffan’s Plain Scarlet Cord 565 47 T.I.

Red Castle Scarlet Cord 577 48 T.I.

Morlais Scarlet Cord 578 49 T.I.

Andalucia Scarlet Cord 582 50 T.I.

Danebury Scarlet Cord 583 51 T.I.

Hill of Zion Scarlet Cord 562 52 T.I.

Guildford Scarlet Cord 563 53 T.I.

Peter Racey Scarlet Cord 584 54 T.I.

Ronald Thompson Scarlet Cord 585 55 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cuerdley 564 56 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Wyrebank 574 57 T.I.

London Scarlet Cord 586 58 T.I.

East Sussex Scarlet Cord 569 59 T.I.

Fraternal Union Scarlet Cord 589 60 T.I.

Leadon Scarlet Cord Conclave 587 61 T.I.

Edward Jenner Scarlet Cord Conclave 588 62 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of West Scotland 529


A List of Scarlet Cord

Conclave Name Conclave Number Consistory Number

The Scarlet Cord 500 T.I.

Hospes 580 T.I.

The Scarlet Cord Conclave of Iberia 512 1 T.I.

The Scarlet Cord Conclave of The Midlands 513 2 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave for the Southern Counties 450 3 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Surrey 518 4 T.I.

Derek Mortimore Scarlet Cord Conclave of the Western Counties 522 5 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Norfolk 524 6 T.I.

The Scarlet Cord Conclave of Durham 523 7 T.I.

Scarlet Cord in the East 526 8 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of the Three Shires 532 9 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Essex 531 10 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Derbyshire 534 11 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Cheshire & North Wales 530 12 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of North and East Yorkshire 535 13 T.I.

Oxford and Cambridge Scarlet Cord 536 14 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of West Lancashire 539 15 T.I.

Scarlet Cord of East Lancashire 542 16 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Sussex 540 17 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Western India 419 18 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Yorkshire, West Riding 538 19 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Suffolk 541 20 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of North Glamorgan 544 21 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of South Glamorgan 545 22 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave Principis Londinii 546 23 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Llanelli 547 24 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Aberstwyth 548 25 T.I.

Merevale Scarlet Cord 549 26 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Pembroke 551 27 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of West Glamorgan 550 28 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Conclave of Worcestershire 552 29 T.I.

Rahab Scarlet Cord 557 30 T.I.

Bernard Miles Scarlet Cord 556 31 T.I.

Palia 128 32 T.I.

ConclavesPrior to 21st July 2010


Consistory Name Consistory Number

Saraswati Consistory 33 T.I.

Littlehampton Consistory 34 T.I.

The Kentish Man Consistory 35 T.I.

Man of Kent Consistory 36 T.I.

The Twelve Stones Consistory 37 T.I.

Perfect Seven Consistory 38 T.I.

Northumberland Consistory 39 T.I.

Centenary Rose Consistory 40 T.I.

East Riding Consistory 41 T.I.

Tern Consistory 42 T.I.

Kent Consistory 43 T.I.

Vega Baja Scarlet Cord Consistory 44 T.I.

Beds. Cambs. and Herts. Consistory 45 T.I.

Concordia Consistory 46 T.I.

Laffan’s Plain Consistory 47 T.I.

Red Castle Consistory 48 T.I.

Morlais Consistory 49 T.I.

Andalucia Scarlet Cord Consistory 50 T.I.

Danebury Consistory 51 T.I.

Hill of Zion Consistory 52 T.I.

Guildford Consistory 53 T.I.

Peter Racey Consistory 54 T.I.

Ronald Thompson Consistory 55 T.I.

Cuerdley Consistory 56 T.I.

Wyrebank Consistory 57 T.I.

London Consistory 58 T.I.

East Sussex Consistory 59 T.I.

Fraternal Union Consistory 60 T.I.

Leadon Consistory 61 T.I.

Edward Jenner Consistory 62 T.I.


A List of Scarlet Cord

Consistory Name Consistory Number

The Scarlet Cord Consistory T.I.

Hospes Consistory T.I.

Levante Scarlet Cord Consistory 1 T.I.

The Midlands Consistory 2 T.I.

Dorset Consistory 3 T.I.

Surrey Consistory 4 T.I.

Derek Mortimore Consistory 5 T.I.

Ken Rager Consistory 6 T.I.

Keys of Jericho Consistory 7 T.I.

Scarlet Cord Consistory in the East 8 T.I.

Three Shires Consistory 9 T.I.

The Trinovantes Consistory 10 T.I.

Derbyshire Consistory 11 T.I.

Cheshire View Consistory 12 T.I.

Yorvik Consistory 13 T.I.

Oxford and Cambridge Consistory 14 T.I.

West Houghton Consistory 15 T.I.

Vale of Irwell Consistory 16 T.I.

Sussex Consistory 17 T.I.

Western India Consistory 18 T.I.

Calder Vale Consistory 19 T.I.

Suffolk Consistory 20 T.I.

North Glamorgan Consistory 21 T.I.

South Glamorgan Consistory 22 T.I.

Principis Londinii Consistory 23 T.I.

Llanelli Consistory 24 T.I.

Aberystwyth Consistory 25 T.I.

Merevale Consistory 26 T.I.

Pembroke Consistory 27 T.I.

West Glamorgan Consistory 28 T.I.

Worcestershire Consistory 29 T.I.

Rahab Consistory 30 T.I.

Bernard Miles Consistory 31 T.I.

Orange City Consistory 32 T.I.

ConsistoriesAs at 21st July 2010


OUR VALUES

Passion:

We are driven by a commitment to achieving the best quality of life for people with dementia.

Quality:

We have an absolute commitment to achieving excellence in everything we do.

Integrity:

We are honest, transparent and accountable in all our dealings both internally and externally.

Inclusion:

We work proactively to ensure that we reach out to and involve people from every group and

community.

Challenge:

We strive for innovation based on evidence and are prepared to question the status quo.

Mutual Respect:

We work together to create an environment in which people treat each other with respect.

OUR OPERATING PRINCIPLES

People with dementia will always be at the centre of everything we do.

We will work to ensure that their perspectives inform all our activities.

We can’t do it alone.

We seek to work collaboratively where there are clear benefits for people with dementia.

Being evidence based.

Our actions will be based on evidence and we will prioritise our work on the basis of demonstrable

need and effectiveness.

Involving volunteers as extensively as possible.

The continued development of volunteering is an essential means of achieving our objectives.

Enabling people to maximise their contribution.

We will create an environment that will enable volunteers and staff to carry out their roles

effectively.

Acting as one Society.

Operating within one strategic framework, we will respond locally to different cultural, legislative

and service needs.

If you would like to contact the team directly please use the details below.

Alzheimer’s Society, Telephone +44 (0) 20 7423 3500

Devon House Web www.alzheimers.org.uk

58 St Katharine’s Way Email [email protected]

London E1W 1LB Fax 020 7423 3501



ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY

Alzheimer’s Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of

people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Many of our 25,000 members have personal experience of dementia, as carers, health

professionals or people with dementia themselves, and their experiences help to inform our

work.

VISION, MISSION, VALUES AND PRINCIPLES:

OUR VISION

Our vision is of a radically improved world for people with dementia.

A world where they have their rights recognised, where they can fully contribute to family and

community life and where they can live with dignity, free from discrimination.

A world where they, and those who care for them, have their needs fully met. A world,

ultimately, where dementia can be defeated.

OUR MISSION

We exist to champion the rights of everyone with dementia and those who care for them.

Drawing on our unique knowledge:

• We will become a world-class authority on all aspects of living with dementia

• We will guarantee the availability of accurate and authoritative information

• We will strive for universal access to quality services

• We will galvanise investment for research into the causes, prevention, treatment and care

• of people • with dementia.

CharitiesThe Grand Summus, Most Distinguished Companion Michael Guest, being well aware of the strong charitable

aspects of the Scarlet Cord and in particular the very generous charitable contributions made by our Companions

in recent years, has decided to mark the Inauguration of the Order on 21st. July 2010 with two substantial

donations to non-Masonic Charities.

The Charities he has selected to receive these donations are Rainbow Trust and the Alzheimers Society. Representatives

of both Charities have been invited to join us at the Banquet following the Inauguration, at which time the Grand Summus

will make the presentations.

To highlight the work of the Charities concerned we are delighted to include a brief outline of their work, together with

their aims and objectives. I hope that you will all agree that both of these Charities are fully deserving of our support.

V.Dist.Comp. Keith Waters



WHAT IS GIFT AID?

Gift Aid is a government run scheme that allows us to reclaim the tax on your donation. This means

that for every £1 you donate, we get an extra 28p back, making your donation go further at no cost

to you.

WHO DO I MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO?

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity.

If you would like to contact The Rainbow Trust directly please use the details below.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

Head Office

6 Cleeve Court

Cleeve Road

Leatherhead

Surrey KT22 7UD

Telephone: 01372 363438

Web: www.rainbowtrust.org.uk

Email: [email protected]


WHAT WE DO

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides practical and emotional support to families when

their child has a life threatening or terminal illness. Our support lasts from diagnosis throughout

treatment, to bereavement or recovery and beyond. Immediate help is on hand through our eight

teams of Family Support Workers operating from bases across the country.

Rainbow Trust’s Family Support Workers join the family in their own home and are there to

provide whatever practical support is needed. They may attend hospital appointments with

parents, sit by the bedside of the sick child to give parents a break and take worried siblings

out for the day.

HOW YOUR FUNDRAISING MAKES A DIFFERENCE

The money you raise for Rainbow Trust will be spent where it is most needed; here are some

examples of how you will make a difference:

£10 creates an arts and craft session

£20 pays for a sick child and their family to attend a hospital appointment

£150 pays for a day trip for a worried and lonely sibling

£500 covers one month’s running costs of our 24 hour telephone helpline

£800 pays for 44 hours of care from a Family Support Worker

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

AT WHAT POINT IN A CHILD’S ILLNESS DOES RAINBOW TRUST BECOME INVOLVED?

We can be contacted for support at any stage of illness, from diagnosis, during treatment and

throughout bereavement. Very importantly, there is no time limit to the care we provide.

HOW DO FAMILIES APPLY FOR HELP?

You may apply by telephone or in writing. Once this application has been made, an assessment

visit will be arranged, where individual circumstances are discussed and paperwork is kept to

a minimum.

HOW DO FAMILIES GET INTRODUCED TO RAINBOW TRUST?

Families are referred to Rainbow Trust, this referral may come from any source, provided it is

with the knowledge and agreement of the family, or directly from the family itself.

HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE FAMILIES FOR CARE?

Rainbow Trust does not charge for its service. All care is given free of charge.


Charities


The Re-emergence of the Order

In 2004 I was appointed by the Grand Supreme Ruler, Most Worthy Brother Peter Glyn Williams

as President of the Executive Committee of the OSM and at one of the Executive Committee

Meetings a Provincial Grand Supreme Ruler submitted a request for the OSM Benevolent Fund

to make a donation to a local charity which the Province was supporting. The Grand Treasurer,

on being asked if we could afford to support this charity to the tune of say £1,000, informed us

that the OSM Benevolent Fund had just over £600,000 in the bank. He also informed us that,

although we regularly supported petitions from distressed OSM members, mainly from Districts

overseas, the interest on our capital always outweighed our outgoings. We of course supported

the application.

The question was then asked if we could fund-match other Provinces and Districts donations

to charity up to a maximum of £1,000 per annum.The Grand Treasurer then expressed his concern

that if every one of the then forty Provinces and Districts took up the idea, we would start eating

into our capital.

So it was then suggested that it might be an idea to revive the Order responsible for our healthy

bank balance. This was considered by the Executive Committee and the then Grand Supreme

Ruler and I were charged with investigating the feasibility of such a project. Many months were

spent searching through papers in Mark Masons’ Hall and Freemasons’ Hall until the Grand

Supreme Ruler decided that we should proceed with the idea.

In the course of our researches, we found that some of the rituals were out of date and would

not work in today’s Masonic environment. They had to be edited. Others had to be totally rewritten

as they were only found in part, or not at all. However documented evidence gave us some clues

as to the tenor and content of the original ritual.

By December 2006 we were able to consecrate Scarlet Cord Conclave No.500 and on the same

day the founders received the First Grade. An emergency meeting of No.500 was then held to

introduce the Provincial Grand Supreme Rulers and the Order then became open to other Secret

Monitors who were recommended by their Provincial Grand Supreme Rulers

Although the original idea was to have just one conclave, based at Mark Masons’ Hall, which

would be responsible for bringing brethren into the Order of the Scarlet Cord, it was soon realised

that this was not practicable. The Order grew at such a rate that it was decided to allow Provinces

to form a Scarlet Cord Conclave with a view to introducing brethren into the first three Grades of

the Order at a local level.

At the OSM Executive meeting in April 2009 I was asked to put together a small steering

committee to decide on how the Order should best progress as an Order appended to the OSM.


The re-emergence of the Order of the Scarlet Cord and the work of the

The Original Concept of the Order

Two years after the Inauguration of the Order of the Secret Monitor in 1887, a senior Secret Monitor,

His Honour Judge Philbrick, came up with an idea which was intended to protect the welfare of the

members and give the Order considerable charitable status.

It is thought that the writers of the Secret Monitor ritual had, in the early days, incorporated in

the second degree of the Order, several paragraphs relating the story of how Rahab, the Harlot, had

assisted Joshua’s spies in their endeavours to estimate the military defences of the city of Jericho

before the Israelite army proceeded to attack it. (The story was certainly included in the ritual in the

early days of the last century.)

Judge Philbrick’s idea was that an Order, based on this story, should be created where Secret

Monitors would be admitted to its various grades in accordance with how much money they had

contributed to the various elements of the OSM Benevolent Fund.

The various elements were as follows:

(1). Education of Orphans

On the donation of one guinea a brother would be entitled to wear a white badge and, if he was a

Prince of the OSM, he would be entitled to seek membership to the Order. To progress would cost

one guinea per step.

(2). Sickness and Convalescence

On the donation of ten guineas a brother would be entitled to wear a red badge and, be entitled to

seek membership to a higher grade in the Order. To progress would cost two guineas per step.

(3). Help the Aged.

On the donation of twenty guineas a brother would be entitled to wear a blue badge and, be entitled to

seek membership above the third grade in the Order. To progress would cost five guineas per step.

Let’s put these figures in perspective. In 1889 a coal miner earned an average wage of twenty

shillings a week, so you can imagine this Order of Freemasonry was only enjoyed by the very wealthy.

Hence the reason why most of the then Grand Officers were aristocrats and prominent members of

society.

In 1929 the Order of the Scarlet Cord ceased to function and the reference to Rahab disappeared

from the second degree ritual book. However the money collected continued to gain interest and offer

relief to distressed Secret Monitors.

Way Forward Committee


On the day of the Inauguration all Scarlet Cord Conclaves will become Consistories. The

Supreme Rulers of these Conclaves will become Presidents of the Consistories. (I will enlarge on

this later)

2. The Order will be ruled by a Grand Summus who will have a Deputy and Assistant and a

full structure of Grand Officers.

To maintain the connection with the OSM the committee recommended that the Grand Supreme

Ruler should hold the office of Grand Summus at least for the time being.

3. The Order will be divided into Provinces and Districts Overseas.

In the first instance the Provinces and Districts will mirror current Order of the Secret Monitor

Provinces and Districts. Two or more current Order of the Secret Monitor Provinces may

amalgamate to form one Scarlet Cord Province.

4. A Province or District with three or more consistories will be controlled by a Provincial or

District Grand Summus.

A Provincial or District Grand Summus will be entitled to a Deputy, an Assistant and a full officer

structure. He will represent the Grand Summus within his Province or District and be able to

appoint Provincial or District Grand Officers in accordance with the Constitutions and Regulations.

A Provincial or District Grand Summus will be designated as a Right Distinguished Companion.

5. A Province or District with one or two consistories will be controlled by an Inspector.

A Province/District with less than three Consistories will be under the direction of a Grand

Inspector, he will be assisted by a Provincial or District Grand Recorder and a Provincial or District

Grand Director of Ceremonies. A Grand Inspector will be designated as a Very Distinguished

Companion. As soon as an Inspectorate has three consistories the Grand Summus will then

appoint and invest a Provincial or District Grand Summus who will be entitled to appoint a Deputy,

Assistant and full officer structure.

6. Any Secret Monitor Province or District with no Scarlet Cord conclave on the day of the

Inauguration will be considered barren.

Any secret monitor in a barren Province or District is free to join a consistory in another Province

or District or indeed Scarlet Cord Consistory TI., which will be unattached. It is hoped that such

companions will then join together to form a consistory in that barren Province, this will then

immediately entitle them to a Grand Inspector.

7. Appointment of Provincial or District Grand Summi and Inspectors.

It is recommended that all Provincial Grand Supreme Rulers with three or more Scarlet Cord

Conclaves in their Province or District will be appointed to the office of Provincial or District Grand

Summus. Those with less than three Conclaves will become a Grand Inspector. However, if it is


The original steering committee consisted of:

R.Wy.Bro. Brian Wareham (Chairman).

M.Wy Bro. Peter Glyn Williams (Grand Supreme Ruler).

R.Wy.Bro. Andrew Sweeney (Prov. G.S.R.).

R.Wy.Bro. John Brackley (Grand Recorder).

R.Wy.Bro. Roy Leavers (Grand Director of Ceremonies).

V.Wy.Bro. Angus Hannagan (Grand Treasurer).

V.Wy.Bro. Peter Rollin (Grand Registrar).

The first couple of meetings were just brainstorming sessions when ideas were generated and

discussed with a view to deciding on a way forward. As we progressed some ideas were at first adopted

and then on second thoughts discarded.

The main thing we had to decide upon was, should the Order of the Scarlet Cord remain attached to

the Order of the Secret Monitor like the Appendent Orders in the Red Cross of Constantine, or should

it stand alone as does the Royal Ark Mariner from the Mark. We began to investigate the feasibility of

splitting the Order from the Order of the Secret Monitor and making it a separate Order in its own right.

This was considered by all to be, by far, the best option.

The committee by this time had been named the ‘Way Forward Committee’ and it realised that such

a mammoth undertaking would need additional help

V.Wy. Bro Ian Currans Past G.D.C. was co-opted onto the committee to assist with ritual, V.Wy. Bro.

Simon Mighall as Minute Secretary and R.Wy.Bro.Brian Price to liaise with Prov. GSR’s. A task which he

has carried out with tremendous success.

R.Wy.Bro. Michael Guest joined the committee following his appointment as G.S.R. and R.Wy.Bro.

Barry Clarke has more recently joined as the co-ordinator of the various sub-committees responsible

for the forthcoming Inauguration Ceremony, an enormous task which as always Barry has discharged

with distinction

Following his appointment as President of the Executive Committee of the Scarlet Cord, Keith Waters

has also attended the Committee along with Frank Spencer, Grand Director of Ceremonies Designate.

Since its formation, the Way Forward committee has met nearly every month and has worked

tirelessly to ensure that the OSC will be ready to “fly alone” by this July. Many important decisions and

recommendations had to be made. These recommendations were as follows:

1. The Grand Senatus will be inaugurated on 21st July 2010

The Grand Temple at Great Queen Street has been booked for what will be a ‘once in a lifetime’

spectacle.

All members of the Scarlet Cord will be allowed to view the proceedings. Those Secret Monitors

who are not members will be offered the option of being introduced into the First Grade of the Order

on the morning of the Inauguration. A special Commemorative Jewel is to be struck which can be

worn by all companions who are members of the Order prior to the Inauguration. This will, of course,

include those brethren joining on the morning of Grand Senatus.


allegiances from one Scarlet Cord Conclave or Consistory to another, without having to pay an

additional first annual subscription or founder’s fee.

Many Provinces and Districts are geographically huge and a brother who joins a Scarlet Cord

Conclave miles away from his home, just to help establish the Order in the Province or District,

would obviously wish to transfer his allegiance if it was considered to open one on his doorstep.

Also Scarlet Cord Conclave No. 500 has nearly 700 members who through weight of numbers

would be unlikely to assume the chair. Such members may find it appropriate to resign from No.

500 and join a consistory local to them. Their local consistory would not need to pay their first

capitation fee to MMH as it would have been paid through No. 500.

11. Alteration to Ritual.

Because of some of the alterations mentioned in this paper the ritual for the first three Grades has

had to be amended slightly, especially the openings and who actually does which part of the ritual.

The new Ritual is effective from 21st July 2010.

12. Fourth Grade.

The Fourth Grade will only be worked by Scarlet Cord Consistory TI, at venues so designated by

Grand Senatus. To receive the Fourth Grade a Companion must be an Installed President.

13. Fifth and Sixth Grades.

These Grades will only be conferred on those companions who have been personally chosen by

the Grand Summus.

The current situation:

From the Germ of an idea promulgated just six years ago we now have some 64 Consistories with

a membership in excess of 2,500 members which pays ample testament to the attractions of this

wonderful Order.

In closing I would like to pay special recognition to all the members of ‘The Way Forward

Committee’ who have worked so hard to get us to where we are today. I would not really want

to mention any one member in particular because to do so would lessen the appreciation and

respect I hold for the others. They have all given a lot of their personal time and effort both at the

committee meetings and between them. Their telephone bills, like mine, must be astronomical.

I would also like to thank the Provincial and District Grand Supreme Rulers for their tremendous

enthusiasm, encouragement and support for this new Order. Without them the Order would never

have achieved the spectacular growth it now enjoys.

Companions, this is our Order. It started from nothing, and we are all part of its success.

Brian C. Wareham

Deputy Grand Summus


apparent that another companion has taken the lead in the furtherance of the Order of the Scarlet

Cord in that Province or District the Grand Summus may decide to choose that companion.

Each Provincial Grand Summus will rank in order of when his Province first acquired three Scarlet

Cord Conclaves. After the Inauguration they will rank, as in other Orders, in order of appointment.

8. Consistories.

Consistories will be responsible for conferring the first three grades of the Order.

Consistories will have the usual permanent officers i.e. Episcopus (Chaplain), Treasurer, Recorder,

Director of Ceremonies, Registrar etc.

The progressive officers will be President, Primus of Lectores, Primus of Ostiarii, four Lecturers, a

Herald and a Guarder.

The officers will be appointed by the President for the time being who, as with other Orders, will be

elected and installed in open consistory and generally hold office for one year.

Prior to his installation the President Elect should be a third Grade companion and prepared at a

special ceremony arranged at Provincial level. A Provincial Grand Summus may prepare more than

one President at a time.

In an Inspectorate it is envisaged that the Grand Inspector will prepare the President elect in his

own consistory, just before his installation. There he may be assisted by consistory officers or visiting

companions, present for that purpose.

A companion may be prepared before he is elected to office, i.e. when he is Primus of Lectores or

Primus of Ostiarii. So long as he has been prepared, and is in possession of a patent proving the fact, he

may be installed at a later date. It is the possession of the patent which affords the authority. A companion

becomes a Distinguished Companion when he receives the preparation ceremony and not when he is

installed. However he must be an Installed President before he can be received into the Fourth Grade.

9. Grand Officers.

The Grand Summus as head of the Order will assume the prefix of Most Distinguished Companion.

Other Grand Officers will have the title of Right Distinguished Companion, Very Distinguished

Companion or Distinguished Companion depending on their Rank. (Please refer to the table of

Grand Ranks) An installed President within a Consistory will also assume the title of Distinguished

Companion. All others will carry the prefix of Companion.

A Most Distinguished Companion will receive a salutation of 11 times (** **).

A Deputy or Assistant Grand Summus, Present or Past will receive a salutation of (9 times (** **).

All other Right Distinguished Companion will receive a salutation of 7 times (** **).

A Very Distinguished Companion will receive a salutation of 5 times (** **).

A Distinguished Companion will receive a salutation of 3 times (** **).

10. Free Transfers between consistories.

It has been agreed that for a short period of time, brethren and companions may transfer their


arrangements with Great Queen Street for the First Grade conferral, the Inauguration ceremony and

the Festival Banquet to follow.

(vi) PUBLICITY & ADVERTISING – Chaired by Keith WATERS assisted by Bob TUTHILL, David

ASHBOLT and Ian FERGUSON. This sub-committee has undertaken all aspects of the advertising,

the dissemination of information for the Inauguration, as well as taking full responsibility for the

design and production of the Inauguration Brochure. This sub-committee has also devised and

organised the Scarlet Cord Roll of Honour scheme. Bob TUTHILL has also undertaken all the stills

photography for the Brochure and will also be the ‘Official Photographer’ for the Inauguration itself.

(vii) AUDIOVISUAL & LIGHTING – Chaired by Peter LOCKE assisted by Geoff WHITELEY and

has the responsibility for all the preparations for a video of the proceedings on the day to be made

together with its subsequent sale.

(viii) STEWARDS/HELPERS – Chaired by Jon WALLIS assisted by Jeremy MEAD and Brian

HOWLETT will be ensuring that all companions on arrival will be directed to the appropriate areas

with respect to not only regalia collection and the changing facilities but also the seating in the Grand

Temple.

(ix) CONSTITUTIONS & REGULATIONS – Chaired by Peter ROLLIN assisted by David PASCHO

has produced the complete set of Regulations for the government of the Order.

(x) MUSIC - Chaired by Paul CLEMENT assisted by John CHAMBERS, Wayne WARLOW and Alan

SEARS have arranged and organised the co-ordination of all the music for the whole Inauguration

Ceremony.

(xi) HOTELS & TRAVEL - Dan LENO has supplied a comprehensive list of hotels etc. in Central and

Outer London and the Home Counties for visitors from abroad and others travelling long distances.

(xii) SHOP/REGALIA SALES - Martin SALE assisted by Lisa CORCORAN has organised on the day

for the pre-ordered regalia to be collected at convenient pick-up points - and the setting up of a

“Shop” for the sale of regalia, ties, rituals etc.

(xiii) FINANCE – Chaired by Angus HANNAGAN assisted by Lionel MEE and Charles ASPINALL has

undertaken the preparation and conduct of the financial plan projecting all the costs involved leading

up to the Inauguration, together with a forecast of the expected outcome.

(xiv) FIRST GRADE - Andrew SWEENEY has made all the arrangements for those brethren who

wish to take the First Grade prior to the Inauguration on the day - together with the organisation

of the team of officers for this ceremony. He has also co-ordinated dates for the conferral of other

Grades throughout the Constitution.


The Work of the

Before detailing the structure and duties of the various sub-committees, it is important to know the

‘chain of command’.

The Chairman of the Way Forward Committee is Right Distinguished Companion Brian Wareham, Deputy

Grand Summus. Distinguished Companion Angus Hannagan, the President of the Executive Committee

for the Order of the Secret Monitor, was the central point of contact. All information to and from the Way

Forward Committee was channelled through Angus, thus enabling him to keep all Committee members

fully informed of all developments.

Right Distinguished Companion Barry Clarke undertook a similar role for the various sub- committees,

with the added caveat that all information emanating from the sub-committees would in turn be passed

to Angus Hannagan. This simple, but very important arrangement, ensured that at every stage the Way

Forward Committee controlled the pace and development of the Scarlet Cord. The work of Distinguished

Companion Angus has been instrumental in the ’birth’ of our wonderful Order.

Having established a date and broad profile for the Inauguration of the Scarlet Cord, the ‘Way Forward

Committee’ decided that due to the scope and complexity of the Inauguration, it would be advisable to

form a number of specialist sub-committees to deal with specific areas of the event. Barry Clarke was

charged with co-ordinating the work of the sub-committees and reporting back to the ‘Way Forward

Committee’. Keith Waters was appointed as Barry’s Deputy. The structure and duties of the sub-

committees is outlined as follows:

(i) RITUAL - This was the first sub-committee and was originally set up under the direction of Most

Worthy Brother, Peter Glyn WILLIAMS, Past Grand Supreme Ruler. The Ritual sub-committee consists

of Roy LEAVERS, Brian WAREHAM and Ian CURRANS. This committee have produced the Ritual for

all six Grades of the Order and have done a quite superb job.

(ii) REGALIA - This was the second sub-committee formed and consists of Roy LEAVERS, Peter

ROLLIN and Ian CURRANS. All elements of the newly designed Regalia have been originated and

designed by this sub-committee.

(iii) INAUGURATION RITUAL COMMITTEE – The final part of the trio of original sub-committees is the

Inauguration Ritual Committee. The sub-committee consists of Roy LEAVERS, Brian WAREHAM and Ian

CURRANS. This sub-committee have been responsible for conceiving and documenting all the various

elements of the Ritual which together comprise the Inauguration of the Order.

(iv) CEREMONIAL - The conception and implementation of the ceremonial of the Ancient and Masonic

Order of the Scarlet Cord has been the responsibility of the Grand Director Ceremonies of the Order of

the Secret Monitor Roy LEAVERS. He has been ably assisted by Brian WAREHAM and Ian CURRANS

(v) VENUE LIAISON – Chaired by Simon MIGHALL has been organising and dealing with all the booking

Inauguration Sub-Committees


Supreme Ruler in 1999. He joined Summus Conclave No.3 in

2002 and was a founder and first Supreme Ruler of the Lewis

Conclave No.487 in 2005.

Michael was honoured by the Province of the Midland Counties

on no less than five occasions starting in 1987 including Provincial

Visitor in 1989 and Provincial Grand Recorder from 1992. In 1993

Michael’s work was recognised by the Grand Supreme Ruler when

he was awarded the Rank of PAGDC. In 1995 he was appointed

Provincial Grand Supreme Ruler and held that office for six very

happy years until 2001 when he was appointed as Deputy Grand

Supreme Ruler, an office he was to hold until 2005. Since 2001 he

has been a member of the Executive Committee.

In 2009 Michael was elected to the most senior office in our

constitution that of Grand Supreme Ruler”.

A measure of his commitment to the order may be evinced

when you learn that he has been a member of the consecration

team for no less than nineteen Conclaves both at home and

abroad. He is an Honorary member of a further 12 Conclaves.

The Ancient and Masonic Order of the Scarlet Cord: Michael

became a member of the Scarlet Cord in November 2006 as part

of the team working the newly developed grade ceremonies of

the Order at venues in the UK and abroad. He became a Founder

of Scarlet Cord Conclave No.500 in December of that year. He

was a Founder and First Supreme Ruler of Scarlet Cord Conclave

of the Midland Counties No. 513 in 2008 and has been the

Consecrating Officer of other Scarlet Cord Conclaves.

He is of course to receive the signal honour of being the

primus Grand Summus of the Order following its Inauguration in

July 2010.

Royal and Select Masters: Michael was received and

acknowledged into the Royal and Select Masters in Warwickshire

Council No 148 in January 1996 becoming Thrice Illustrious

Master in 2004. He joined the Council of the Ninth Arch No 238 in

2004 and became its Thrice Illustrious Master in 2008.

On a masonic visit to New York in August 2008, he was one of

the UK team which received the Silver Trowel Degree. This was

worked by the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of New York

which also made him an Honorary Member.

In January 2009 Michael became a Founder and first Thrice

Illustrious Master of Grafton Council of Anointed Kings No.16. As

King David he led the first team which conferred the Silver Trowel

Degree in this country.

He joined Euston Council No. 4 in 2009 and Keith Hind Council

No. 260 in January 2010.

In addition to Councils of which he is a full member, Michael

has been a member of the Consecration Team for no less than

nine Councils throughout the Constitution, seven of them as

Grand Chaplain. He received a number of acting offices at District

level and was appointed in Grand Council to the rank of PAGDC in

2008 and District Grand Master for Warwickshire in April 2009.

Allied Masonic Degrees: Michael was received and admitted into

Grand Masters Council No. 166 in July 2003, becoming its first

Deputy Master in 2006.

He joined Alvechurch Council No. 174 in May 2005 and

Stewart Council No. 16 in 2009.

He has been District Grand Chaplain for West Midlands District

since January 2008.

Michael has been involved in eleven Allied Consecrations,

most of them acting as Grand Chaplain. The venues for these

Consecrations include the West Indies, India, Portugal and Spain.

Michael’s efforts were recognised by the Grand Council of the

Allied Masonic Degrees with a field appointment to PGStB in 2009

and a promotion to PGReg in 2010.

In the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the

U.S.A. he was admitted in Washington to the Masonic Order of

the Bath and inducted and received into Ye Antiente Order of

Corks in 2009 and Installed as a Knight Mason of the U.S.A. in the

Great Chiefs Council No.0 in 2010.

Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine:

He was admitted to Morning Star Conclave No.249 in March 1999

and a Founder of Knowle Conclave No. 484 in September 2006,

becoming Most Puissant Sovereign in 2008.

Michael was a member of the Consecration Team for the

consecration of Malaysia Council No.476 in Kuala Lumpur in

October 2003 and received Honorary Membership.

He joined St. Andrews Conclave in 2009.

In 2010 he received the ranks of District Grand Chamberlain

in the West Midlands Division and P.G.H.Alm. in Grand Imperial

Conclave.


APPENDIX I - MICHAEL GUEST,

DETAILED MASONIC RECORD:

Craft Masonry: In 1976 Michael was Initiated as previously

mentioned into Lodge of Truth No. 6606 in Warwickshire

becoming Master just seven years later in 1983. Michael clearly

loved his masonry from day one and took on the job of Founding

Secretary of the Lodge of Justice and Equity No.8807 just a year

after his Initiation. He became Master in 1980. Membership of

the Worcestershire and Warwickshire Installed Masters Lodges

followed in 1981 and 1984 respectively. Michael was asked to be

a Founder of the Stanley Lates Lodge No. 9683, the Warwickshire

Executive Lodge, in 1998 and was appointed Master in 2006.

After a number of appointments to Craft Provincial Rank in

both Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Michael was honoured

by the Most Worshipful Grand Master in 2003 with appointment

to the rank of Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies and

in April 2010 was promoted to the rank of Past Senior Grand

Deacon.

Royal Arch Masonry: Michael was Exalted into the Royal

Arch by way of Red Rose Chapter No.7600 in the Province of

Worcestershire in October 1977 and became its MEZ in 1983. He

was a founder member of Ex Cathedra Chapter in Warwickshire

in 1989. After provincial ranks in both Worcestershire and

Warwickshire, Michael was further honoured by Supreme Grand

Chapter with the rank of PGStB in 2003 and promoted to PAGSoj

in 2010.

Mark & Royal Ark Mariner: Advancement into Mark Masonry

came in 1978 by way of Temperance Lodge of MMM No.629

with the Mastership following in 1983 and again in 1997. Michael

joined Warwickshire Installed Mark Masters Lodge No.1400 in

1984, becoming its Master in 2002. Membership of the prestigious

Grand Master’s Lodge of MMM followed in 2006 and Milestone

Lodge No. 1000 in 2010.

Michael held various offices in the Provincial Grand Lodge of

Warwickshire culminating in a spell of duty as Deputy Provincial

Grand Master from 1999 – 2002.

He was honoured by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons

in 2000 with the rank of Past Grand Senior Deacon, and was

promoted in 2005 to the rank of Past Grand Senior Overseer. He

became a member of the Mark General Board in June 2010.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity

of Royal Ark Mariners followed a very similar pattern to Michael’s

Mark activities, with Elevation into Temperance Lodge of MMM

No. 629 in 1979 becoming its Commander in 1985 and again in

1986. Membership of Warwickshire Installed Commanders No.

1400 followed in 1998 becoming its Commander in 2004. Michael

was invited to join Grand Master’s Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners

in 2006 and Milestone Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1000 in

2010. Michael’s efforts in Warwickshire were recognised in 1997

with the award of Provincial Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank and in

2000 he was awarded Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank.

In July 2010 Michael was appointed a member of the Grand

Masters’ Royal Ark Council.

The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the

Temple: Knights Templar is another Masonic Order which Michael

has very much enjoyed. He was installed as a Knight in Temple

Preceptory No. 278 in 1979, becoming its Eminent Preceptor

in 1989. He was a Founder of King John Preceptory No. 519 in

1983 and Eminent Preceptor five years later. Also a member of

Worcestershire Installed Preceptors, he was its Eminent Preceptor

in 2007. A founder of Varangian Preceptory No 585 in 1993 he

became its Preceptor in 1997. He has held high office in the

Provincial Priory of Worcestershire including Deputy Marshal or

Marshal from 1994-2003.

Michael’s service was recognised by Great Priory in 1997 when

he was appointed to the acting rank of Gt.A.de.C., with a further

promotion to Great Herald in 2004 and PGtReg in 2010, with

equivalent ranks in the Great Priory of Malta.

Order of the Secret Monitor: The Order of the Secret Monitor

has always featured prominently in Michael’s Masonic life since

he was inducted into the Earl of Euston Conclave No.7 in

February 1979, becoming its Supreme Ruler in 1987. In 1990

he was founding Secretary of Dr. Alan George Arnold Conclave

No.357 and became its Supreme Ruler in 2000. In 1995 he joined

Bromsgrove Conclave No.224 and served as Supreme Ruler in

2003.

In 1995 he joined Supreme Ruler’s Conclave No. 123 and was

invited to be its Deputy Supreme Ruler in 2003. He consecrated

the Ted Meredith Conclave No. 428 in 1997 and served as its

Appendices


Grand Ranks

Craft Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies (2007)

Royal Arch Past Grand Standard Bearer (2008)

Mark Provincial Grand Master for Sussex (2007 - date)

Royal Ark Mariner Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank (1996)

Knights Templar Past Great Registrar (2003)

Ancient & Accepted Rite 30th Degree (1990)

Red Cross Knight Grand Cross of Constantine (2002)

Royal & Select Masters Past Grand Lecturer (2004)

Allied Masonic Degrees District Grand Prefect (2000 – 2005)

Order of the Secret Monitor Deputy Grand Supreme Ruler (2005 - date)

Knights Templar Priest Past Grand Third Pillar (2008)

The Royal Order of Scotland Substitute Provincial Grand Master (2005)

The Scarlet Cord Deputy Grand Summus (2010)


Ancient and Accepted Rite (Rose Croix): Perfected in St.

Francis of Assisi Chapter Rose Croix No. 711 in April 1979, he

joined St Martin Chapter Rose Croix No. 286 in September 2003

being enthroned as Most Wise Sovereign in 2005

He also joined the Warwickshire Chapter Rose Croix No. 483

in June 2007.

Michael was honoured by Supreme Council in 2006 by being

elected to the 30°

Royal Order of Scotland: Michael was advanced and promoted

in Edinburgh in the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order in 2005 and

is an Honorary Member of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the

U.S.A.

The Knights Beneficent of the Holy City: Admitted in November

2007, Michael joined the Marches Lodge No.5 in the Prefecture of

Avalon and is its Treasurer. He joined the Prefectory of St. George

No.1 in 2010.

Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests: Installed into Mercia

Tabernacle No.10 in November 1995, Michael became its Very

Eminent High Priest in 2007. In 2009 he joined Premier Tabernacle

No.1 and in 2010 was appointed PGIIIP in Grand College.

Grand Council of Knight Masons of Ireland: In 2010 Michael

was admitted in Dublin into Babylon Council, became An Installed

Chief and is a Founder of Grafton Council No.100 in London.

Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.): Admitted to the

Birmingham and Midland College in September 1999, Michael

achieved Grade VII by 2007 and became Celebrant in that year. In

2010 he was admitted to the VIII° and 9°

The Operatives: Admitted to Weoley Castle Assemblage in July

2007, he joined King Solomon’s Quarries Assemblage in 2010.

APPENDIX II - BRIAN CLIFFORD WAREHAM, DEPUTY GRAND

SUMMUS, MASONIC RECORD:

Craft Masonry:

Initiated into Tewkesbury Lodge No. 8344 on 19th. June 1975.

Joined Grafton Lodge No. 2347 in 2001

Joined Sir Leonard Barford Lodge No. 9414 in 2009

Royal Arch Masonry:

Exalted into Raineian Chapter No. 5763 on 8th. March 1978

(Became Edgcumbe Chapter)

Founder of Tewkesbury Chapter No. 8344 in 1985

Joined Grafton Chapter No. 2347 in 1998

Mark Masonry

Advanced into West Smithfield Lodge No. 223 in 1979. Currently

a member of 8 other Mark Lodges.

Royal Ark Mariner

Elevated into West Smithfield No. 2223 in 1979. Currently a

member of 3 other Lodges

Knights Templar:

Installed into Golden Square Preceptory No.219 in 1979. Joined

the Preceptory of St. John the Almoner No. 626 in 2006

Ancient & Accepted Rite:

Perfected Barnet Rose Croix Chapter.

Red Cross of Constantine:

Admitted into Plantagenet Conclave No. 2 in 1979. Currently a

member of 5 other Conclaves

Royal and Select Masters:

Received and Acknowledged in Surrey Council No.88 in 1980.

Currently a member of 4 other Councils

Allied Masonic Degrees:

Received and Admitted into Kyngstun Council No. 102 in 1981.

Currently a member of 4 other Councils

Order of the Secret Monitor:

Inducted into Hill of Zion Conclave No. 270 in 1981. Currently a


Knights Templar Priest:

Installed in St. Johns College November 1988

Royal Order of Scotland:

Advanced and Promoted in Southern Counties in 1980. Also a

member of London and Metropolitan Counties since 2000

KBHC:

Admitted to the Order in 2007. A member of Wessex No.12.

APPENDIX II - ANDREW SWEENEY, ASSISTANT

GRAND SUMMUS, MASONIC RECORD:

Craft Masonry

Initiated into St. Martins Lodge No. 4011 on 30th.

April 1984.

Joined Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge of

Warwickshire No. 9253 in 1996

Joined Lodge of Sincerity No. 3850 in 1997

Joined Warwickshire Installed Masters No. 4538 in

1998

Joined Stanley Lates Lodge No. 9683 in 2002

Appointed Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden

(Warwickshire) 2008

Royal Arch Masonry

Exalted into St. Martins Chapter No. 4011 on 8th.

January 1992

Joined Warwickshire First Principals No. 4538 in

1998

Appointed Provincial Deputy Grand Sword Bearer

(Warwickshire) and Past Provincial Grand Scribe

Nehemiah 2001

Mark Masonry

Advanced into Machen Lodge No. 698 in 1986.

Currently a member of 4 other Lodges

Royal Ark Mariner

Elevated into Machen Lodge No. 698 in 1986.

Currently a member of 3 other Lodges

Knights Templar

Installed into Howe-Beauceant Preceptory No. 67 in

1992. Currently a member of 2 other Preceptories.

Appointed Provincial 1st Constable (Warwickshire)

2008

Ancient & Accepted Rite

Perfected in St. Martin Chapter No.286 in 1998.

Red Cross of Constantine

Admitted into Guy’s Cliffe Conclave No. 411 in 2001.

Currently a member of 2 other Conclaves

Royal and Select Masters

Received and Acknowledged in Adoniram Council

No.197 in 1980. Currently a member of 5 other

Councils

Deputy District grand Master (Wyvern) 2009 -

Allied Masonic Degrees

Received and Admitted into Templar Council No. 40

in 1998. Currently a member of 2 other Councils


Order of the Secret Monitor

Inducted into Earl of Euston Conclave No. 7 in 1988. Currently a


Royal Order of Scotland

Advanced and Promoted in Provincial Grand Lodge of South

Midlands 1998.

Founder of Provincial Grand Lodge of

Staffordshire and Shropshire 2004.

Provincial Grand Maraschal (South Midlands) 2006 to date

Substitute Provincial Grand Master

(Staffs. & Shropshire) 2008-10

Knights Templar Priest

Installed St. Alphege Tabernacle No. 128 1999

Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia

Admitted Birmingham and Midland College No. 10 in 1996

Operatives

Admitted Weoley Castle Assemblage No. 10 in 2007

KBHC

Admitted Lodge No 2. (Not member) 2008

Joined mercia Lodge No. 2010 in 2008

Knight Masons of Ireland

Founder of Grafton Council No. 100 - 2010

Grand Ranks

Mark Grand Junior Deacon (2009)

Royal Ark Mariner Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank (2002)

Ancient & Accepted Rite 30th Degree (2004)

Red Cross Past Grand Prefect (2009)

Royal & Select Masters Past Grand Captain of the Guard (2008)

Order of the Secret Monitor Provincial Grand Supreme Ruler Worcestershire (2005)

The Scarlet Cord Assistant Grand Summus (2010)

Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia 8th. Grade 2010

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