The History of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire

Province Of East Lancashire

The History of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire
1826 - 2008

The activities/events of this province from 1976 to date may be updated during the next 12 months (from September 2006 onwards. Hopefully this future update will include bibliographies of the Provincial and Deputy Grand Masters who served this Province during this period.

This new information will be included on these pages just as soon as it becomes available.

In the interim below is a list of both the Provincial and Deputy Grand Masters who served this Province in this period of 1976 to date: -

PGM

upto '79      - Lord Hewlett

1979 - 90    - Frederick William Towns

1990 - 99    - James D Hemsley

1999 - 2005 - Peter Walthall

2005 - 2008 - Paul J E Rink OBE

2008- on - Jack Price

DPGM

1826 - 28     - Daniel Lynch

1828 - 30     - James Hargreaves

1830 - 35     - John Crossley Jnr

1835 - 46     - Thomas Preston

1846 - 56     - Stephen Blair

1856 - 66     - Albert Hudson Royds

1866 - 68     - Lawrence Newall

1868 - 76     - William Romaine Callender Jnr

1876 - 98     - George Mellor

1898 -1908  - Captain Clement Robert Nuttall Beswicke-Royds

1908 - 19    - John Benjamin Goulburn

1919 - 48    - Lt Col Sir Alan Sykes Bt. JP DL

1948 - 50    - Sir Edward Rhodes JP

1950 - 62    - William Horrocks JP OSM

1962 - 71    - Frederick Towns              ] father

1971 - 79    - Frederick William Towns ] son

1979 - 85    - Kenneth H Marsden TD

1985 - 95    - H Brian Clarke

1995 - 99    - Nolan Morrison

1999 -2005 - Paul J E Rink OBE

2005 on     - Dr Nigel G Bramley-Haworth

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