Tennant Lodge No. 1992

<BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000080" VLINK="#000080" BACKGROUND="Image1.jpg"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=723> <TR><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP" ROWSPAN=11 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="top"></A><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1 COLOR="#ffffff">United Grand Lodge of <BR> Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of England</P> </FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="Image7.gif" WIDTH=136 HEIGHT=134></P> <FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#ffffff"><P ALIGN="CENTER">Province of<BR> South Wales <BR> Eastern Division</P> </FONT><FONT SIZE=4 COLOR="#ffffff"><P ALIGN="CENTER"> </FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=5 COLOR="#c0c0c0">Lodges <BR> in the Province</B></font></TD> <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=5 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4 COLOR="#c0c0c0"><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Tennant Lodge No. 1992</B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ROWSPAN=5 HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="1992crbk.gif" WIDTH=129 HEIGHT=124></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Warrant Date:</B></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33> <FONT FACE="Arial"><P>20th February 1882</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>Motto:</b></font></p> </TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Vis Recte Vivere </span></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Meets at:</B></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33> <FONT FACE="Arial"><P>Cardiff Masonic Temple</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Meeting Dates:</B></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33> <P><font face="Arial">2nd Thu: Nov (Inst.), Jan, <br>                 Apr, Jul</font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Contact:</B></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT=33> <P><A HREF="mailto:ken.gummery@btinternet.com"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>ken.gummery@btinternet.com</FONT></A></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" COLSPAN=4 HEIGHT=33> <B><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">The Lodge has compiled its own home page:</B></I></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.freemasonry.freeuk.com/1992/"><IMG SRC="bs_lws.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=114 HEIGHT=28></A></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="74%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=5 ROWSPAN=4 HEIGHT=33> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#000000">The Lodge has an associated Royal Arch Chapter,<br> <a href="../ra/Chapters/1992.htm" target="_top"><b>Marmaduke Tennant Chapter No.1992</b></a></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">This Lodge was formed over a year before General Gordon found fame by being besieged and subsequently killed at Khartoum in the Sudan. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">The Lodge is named after Marmaduke Tenant, who was Deputy Provincial Grand Master from 1877 to 1915, and was Consecrated on 10 October, 1883, the first Master being W Bro George Hugh Noel. There were 29 Founder members - 25 from BUTE LODGE No 960, one each from GLAMORGAN LODGE No. 36, WINDSOR LODGE No 1754 and SILURIAN LODGE (Province of Monmouthshire). The first Initiate was Joseph Henry Jones, a Solicitor, who practiced in Duke Street, Cardiff. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">When the Tennant Lodge was formed, the Initiation fee was 7 guineas (£7.35), and the annual subscription was 25 shillings (£1.25). In December 1888, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Monmouth, V W Bro S G Homfray, was elected as an Honorary Member of the Lodge. He had attended the Consecration, and every subsequent Installation. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The Masonic Hall, at that time, was situated in Working Street, the annual rent being £30. These premises soon proved to be inadequate, and so the GLAMORGAN, BUTE and TENNANT Lodges jointly purchased Guildford Street Chapel and School, the present premises, for the sum of £4,000. The new Temple was dedicated on 26th September 1895, at which time the DUKE OF YORK LODGE No 2453 was consecrated. In May 1910 a new Master's Collar was presented to the Lodge by the Worshipful Master, and is still in use at the time of writing! <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">W Bro Marmaduke Tenant died on 24th January 1915. He had been the Deputy Provincial Grand Master for 38 years. On 9th September 1915, Mr Edgar John Rutter was Initiated, and so began one of the most illustrious Masonic careers in this Province. In 1928 he was appointed Provincial Director of Ceremonies, and on 30th July 1931 he was installed as Deputy Provincial Grand Master. In 1946 the 'Order Of Service to Masonry' was instigated, and one of the first recipients was V W Bro Edgar J Rutter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>At the time of his death in 1971 he had been Deputy Provincial Grand Master for 40 years. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">In June 1981 a Past Master of the Lodge, W Bro Cdr Roy Keith Hopkin,, was appointed Provincial Director of Ceremonies, and in June 1987 he was appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master. In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Master, on the retirement of V W Bro Geoffrey Mayling Ashe, TD, who had held the Office for 15 years. <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="file:///C:/Prov%20Website/FreeUK/author.htm">Adapted from a work by W.Bro. Dennis Woods, P.Prov.D.G.D.C.</a></font></b></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD> <TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="CENTER"></TD> <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE" COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT=33> <P></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <p align="center"><a href="../plodges.htm"><img border="0" src="fll.gif" width="126" height="25"></a> <a href="../Locations/cardiff.htm"><img border="0" src="ldg.gif" width="97" height="25"></a> <a href="../cardiff_diary.htm"><img border="0" src="loc.gif" width="85" height="26"></a> <a href="../ra/Locations/cardiff.htm"><img border="0" src="lra.gif" width="137" height="26"></a> <a href="../main.htm"><img border="0" src="mix.gif" width="87" height="26"></a> </p> <P ALIGN="CENTER"></P> <CENTER> </CENTER> </BODY>