District Grand Lodge of Bengal explained

The District Grand Lodge of Bengal is a Masonic Lodge in India under the United Grand Lodge of England, based out of Freemasons Hall, Park Street, Kolkata (19 Mother Teressa Sarani [1]).

The District Grand Lodge of Bengal has exercised authority over freemasonry under the UGLE in India since 1729, when Captain Ralph Farrwinter,[2] an officer of the East India Company, was appointed Provincial Grand Master for East India in Bengal, and warranted the first Indian lodge East India Arms, No. 72, based in Fort William, Calcutta (Firminger 6).[3] [4] Members of the District Grand Lodge of Bengal were some of the biggest figures of the British Raj.

Emir of Afghanistan

It was the scene of the induction of Emir Habibullah Khan IV of Afghanistan by Lord Kitchener and Sir William Burkitt on 1 Feb 1907. An account of this highly unusual event was written at the time by Sir Henry McMahon.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

District Grandmasters

List of District Grandmasters!Year!District Grandmaster
1862H. D. Sandeman[10] [11] [12]
1873J. Pitt Kennedy (acting)
1875J. Blessington Roberts[13] [14]
1877J. Pitt Kennedy
1879Henry Thoby Prinsep[15]
1897Brigadier General A. G. Yeatman-Biggs[16]
1898Henry Thoby Prinsep
1904Sir W. R. Burkitt (judge)
1908Sir John Stanley
1911Sir Lawrence Jenkins[17]
1913Baron Carmichael
1917Earl of Ronaldshay
1923Sir W. J. Reid[18] [19]
1926Henry Rivers Nevill[20] [21] [22]
1930Sir Eric Studd[23]
1938Charles Carey Morgan
1940Archibald Barr-Pollock[24]
1954Frank Carlile Kidd[25]
1960K. B. Large
1966Donald Fordwood[26]
1972A. M. Adams
1982Vahan Poladian[27]
1988Archibald Israel Edwards
1994L. O. H. de Silva
1998Iqbal Ahmed
2012K. S. David

References

  1. Web site: DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF BENGAL.
  2. Book: Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialism, 1717-1927 - p38. 9781469606651. Harland-Jacobs. Jessica L.. September 2012. UNC Press Books .
  3. From Britain to India: Freemasonry as a Connective Force of Empire. 2017 . 10.4000/erea.5853 . Deschamps . Simon . E-Rea . 14 . 2 . free .
  4. Web site: A glimpse into Masonic secrets on stage. https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072032/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=A-glimpse-into-Masonic-secrets-on-stage-04032017004013. dead. April 10, 2018.
  5. Web site: The Newsletter of the Committee on Masonic Education Vol. 16 No. 1 - "THE AMIR 'TAKES THREE".
  6. Web site: The Emir of Afghanistan (1872-1919) Freemason A Royal Occasion A Royal Masonic Occasion (An Account of the entry of H M Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghanistan into Freemasonry) By Sir Henry McMahon.
  7. Web site: Horatio Herbert Kitchener. 20 March 2015 .
  8. Web site: Horatio Herbert Kitchener.
  9. Web site: Amir Habibullah Khan: Afghan Reformer and Freemason.
  10. Web site: The India Office and Burma Office List. 1843.
  11. Web site: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies - section on East-India College. 1844.
  12. Book: Selections from Calcutta gazettes of the years 1784 (-1823) showing the political and social conditions of the English in India. 1868 . Office of Superintendent Government Printing .
  13. [s:Dictionary of Indian Biography/Roberts, John Blessington]
  14. Web site: The Freemason's Chronicle - Vol XV, No 382 - 22 Apr 1882.
  15. Web site: The Freemason Vol XXV No. 1121, 30 August 1890.
  16. Web site: Major General Arthur Godolphin Yeatman Biggs. Yeatman-Biggs. Arthur Godolphin Yeatman.
  17. Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins. Jenkins. Lawrence Hugh. Roger T . Stearn . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/34176 . 978-0-19-861412-8 .
  18. Web site: The India List and India Office List - W. J. Reid, Deputy Commissioner, Assam. India Office. Great Britain. 1819.
  19. Web site: Resignation by the Hon'ble Mr. W. J. Reid of his office of additional member of the Indian Legislative Council and appointment of Mr. A. W. Batham in his place..
  20. Web site: WorldCat Identities - Henry Rivers Nevill.
  21. Web site: The India List and India Office List - p17. India Office. Great Britain. 1819.
  22. Web site: Henry Rivers Nevill, CIE, OBE, BA, late Indian C.S. (b. 24may1876) was educ at Charterhouse and Oriel College, Oxford, and worked in India 1899-1932 (India Office List, 1933, findmypast)..
  23. Web site: Studd Collection – Film 1. Description: B&W. 11:36min. Calcutta (Kolkata), India. December 1927 – January 1928. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. Grand Lodge Deputation to India. Inspecting the construction of a new building at Freemasons Hall. Outdoor scenes of the Masonic Headquarters. Viceroy's Cup. Arrival of Viceroy, Sir Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal. Extended sequence of Masonic processions to church service, St. Jones, Calcutta. Group portrait of Lord Cornwallis (Grand Deputy Master), Sir John Ferguson (Past Grand Treasurer), Sir J.E. Kynaston Studd (Past Grand Deacon), Col. S. Pleydell-Bouverie (Dy. G. Director of Ceremonies) and Bishop Foss-Westcott. Scenes of Masonic procession. Short scene of Sir Eric Studd (Dy. District Grand Master). NB: Special thanks to Martin Cherry, Librarian at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, London, for providing invaluable background information..
  24. Web site: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 FEBRUARY, 1941.
  25. Web site: The London Gazette. Kidd. Frank Carlile. 1965-03-09.
  26. Web site: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE.
  27. Web site: Vahan Poladian.

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