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Freemasonry inGibraltar1727 - presentMichael Jenkyns 2006

Freemasonry inGibraltar1727 - presentCompiled byMichael Jenkyns, FCFWM (1999/2000 and 2005-2006)Acacia Lodge, No. 561 GRC, Ottawa2 Westfield Cres.,Nepean, ON K2G 0T5CANADATel: 1-613-828-6433Email: jenkyns@magma.ca 2006

The ApproachI was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry on February 27, 1990, passed on November 10,1990 and raised on January 22, 1991. For anyone who has joined this organization, or any organization forthat matter, there is a great “unknown.” A prevalent thought is “How am I supposed to know that?,” or “Aren’tthere any manuals/history books/ritual books?”I spoke with many learned brethren and read many well-written papers and books on a variety ofmasonic subjects. And it always seemed to me that so much was written about the length of a poniard, ora cable-tow, whether a ring should have the points of the compasses towards, or away from, the wearer, orwhether an apron should be worn inside or outside a suit jacket. And so little was written about the detailsof the Lodges to which Freemasons belong, and the impact which those Lodges might have had on thesociety within which they were found. Mind, you, this is not an easy subject to consider, research, or writeabout and it is made more difficult because many lodges have never taken the time to write their own history.I have spent about fifteen years consolidating everything I can find about Freemasonry in the Britisharmy and its allies and loyalist forces. As I can locate information on Patriot forces, for example (being aCanadian and having read up on the American Revolution, followed the aftermath of the Loyalists, the Warof 1812, and various Rebellions in my own country), the French (there are pointers but no accessibleinformation) I have brought this together as well. Mind you, it is another matter altogether to contemplatehow to get this out to interested people around the world.Geographic locations like Gibraltar, Halifax and Quebec, served as assembly and staging pointsearly in the development of the British Empire (on which the sun never set until the time of the second worldwar) and were soon expanded with the capture of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Coromandel and the Cape ofGood Hope, to name a few more. As Masonic lodges were formed on land it was only a matter of a fewdecades before military personnel found that they needed their own lodges to accompany them wherevertheir unit went. Thus was born the ambulatory or travelling lodge. Thus I had to learn about the British armyand its development over several centuries. I was surprised to find that the Royal Artillery is an entitycomposed of battalions which are, in turn, composed of companies and which at one time contained artillerydrivers and support services to move the guns. While RA battalions might be numbered as were companies,the latter tended to adopt the name of their commander (usually a Captain). But that had little meaning sincethe Royal Artillery would attach artillerymen to various infantry forces and they would train the infantrymenin the movement, set-up, loading and firing of the field artillery. Royal Artillery battalions and companystrength units tended to be assigned to major garrison points like Gibraltar, Halifax or Quebec etc.After assembling the military lodge material I tried to review and understand research papers andbooks on Freemasonry as it evolved in particular geographic areas. For Gibraltar, there is an excellentwebsite. But there is little that I could locate on the entire development of masonry there from 1724 totoday—a span of 180 years.These notes are simply a start of what may well be a lengthy process of writing about Freemasonryin Gibraltar. I ask only that anyone who reads them would provide feedback to correct outright errors or tofill in the many empty spots. Many of them are empty because I have not been able to access information.But between us all, I would hope that these notes might be completed and prove interesting, informative andbeneficial for others.I am grateful to W. Bro. Lionel Boxer for the opportunity of sharing this paper with interested masonsthrough the medium of his website.Michael Jenkyns, Nepean, July 27, 2006

Abbreviations and Acronyms usedIn compiling this material generally standard abbreviations and acronyms have been used whichhave been adopted over the years. In some case, however, new ones have been “invented” to permitselected abbreviation of material.AndaluciaER(A)ER(M)GRICJ.G.W. (or G.J.W.)Local (or DGLQTRPGLUC(A)PGMPGSec (or Q(M)PRQTRPRUC(A)SCS.G.W. (or G.S.W.)UDinterchangeable name with “Gibraltar”Registry of the Antients Grand Lodge in LondonRegistry of the Moderns Grand Lodge in LondonGrand Registry of a Grand Lodge (e.g. GRMich Grand Registry of theGrand Lodge of the State of Michigan)Irish Constitution (refers to Warrants issued by that Grand Lodge)Junior Grand Warden (or Grand Junior Warden)Refers to a (local) warrant issued by a provincial Grand LodgeProvincial Grand Lodge of Andalucia (an Antients organization)Antients Provincial Grand Lodge of Lower CanadaAntients Provincial Grand Lodge of GibraltarModerns Provincial Grand Lodge of GibraltarModerns Provincial Grand Lodge of MassachusettsProvincial Grand Lodge of Montreal and William Henry (formed 1822 underthe United Grand Lodge of England)Provincial Grand Lodge of New England (Moderns)Antients Provincial Grand Lodge of Nova ScotiaAntients Provincial Grand Lodge of New YorkModerns Provincial Grand Lodge of New YorkProvincial Grand Lodge of Quebec (Antients)Provincial Grand Lodge of Quebec (Moderns)District Grand Lodge of Quebec and Three Rivers (formed 1822 under theUnited Grand Lodge of England)Provincial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada (Antients)Provincial Grand MasterProvincial Grand SecretaryModerns Provincial Registry, MassachusettsMontreal and William Henry Provincial RegistryAntients Provincial Registry, Nova ScotiaAntients Provincial Registry, New YorkModerns Provincial Registry, New YorkAntients Provincial Registry, QuebecModerns Provincial Registry, QuebecQuebec and Three Rivers Provincial RegistryAntients Provincial Registry, Upper CanadaScottish Constitution (refers to Warrants issued by that Grand Lodge)Senior Grand Warden (or Grand Senior Warden)Under Dispensation (an authority to form a new Lodge and to meet, usuallyunder supervision, and permitting the Lodge to work some, all or none, ofthe degrees; the final step preceding issue of a Warrant)

Table of ContentsGibraltar - A Short History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Early Freemasonry at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Moderns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The Antients in Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The Union of 1813 and afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Irish Civilian Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Scottish Civilian Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Military Lodges - English, Irish and Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Gibraltar’s resident lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Concordant Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Premier and Moderns Stationary Lodges at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mother St. John Lodge, No. 24, ER(M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lodge of Inhabitants, No. 159 ER(M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hiram’s Lodge, No. 400 ER(M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royal Lodge of Friendship, No. 278 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lodge of Friendship, No. 577 ER(M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antients Stationary Lodges at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inhabitants Lodge, No. 153 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Provincial Grand Lodge, No. 220 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .English Warranted Lodges at Gibraltar (post 1813) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ordnance Lodge, 715 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Calpean Lodge, No. 748 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Freke Gould Lodge, No. 2874 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Connaught Lodge, No. 2915 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Letchworth Lodge, No. 3503 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .United Services Lodge, No. 3813 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gibraltar Masters Lodge, No. 3825 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Masonic District Grand Stewards Lodge, No. 9217 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Irish Civilian Lodges warranted at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Calpe Lodge, No. 325 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Irish Masters Lodge, No. 915 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scottish Civilian Lodges warranted at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lodge of St. Thomas, No. 576 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Al Moghreb al Aksa Lodge, No. 670 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coronation Lodge, No. 934 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Bernard Lodge of Research, No. 1817 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royal Artillery lodges at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Waterloo Lodge, No. 230 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Perth Lodge, No. 148 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gibraltar Lodge, No. 209 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gibraltar Lodge No. 5, PRGibraltar(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lodge No. 68 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65859616365686971

Gibraltar Lodge, No. 187 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Ordnance Lodge, No. 202 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Ambulatory (travelling) lodges in infantry regiments based at Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Lodge No. 11 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Lodge, No. 74 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Lodge No. 244 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Lodge No. 390 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Lodge No. 12, PRGibraltar(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Lodge No. 604 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Duke of Norfolk’s Lodge No. 58 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Mount Calpe Lodge, No. 1126 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Lodge No. 211 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Lodge No. 58 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Lodge No. 168 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Lodge No. 351 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Lodge No. 156 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Minden Lodge, No. 63 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Lodge No. 309 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Lodge No. 6 PRAndalusia(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Lodge No. 9 PRAndalusia(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Lodge Glittering Star, No. 322 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Lodge No. 85 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Lodge No. 535 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Lodge, No. 5 PGLGibraltar(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Meridian Lodge, No. 1045 ER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Lodge No. 61 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149White’s Lodge, No. 73 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Officers’ Lodge No. 617 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Gibraltar Lodge No. 128 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Lodge No. 290 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Hibernia Lodge No. 42 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159St. Andrew Lodge, No. 310 SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Lodge of Social and Military Virtues, No. 227 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Dominica Lodge No. 174 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Lodge No. 112A ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Orange Lodge No. 94 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Lodge No. 690 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Lodge No. 420 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Lodge No. 130 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Lodge No. 714 IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Lodge No. 7 PRAndalusia(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Lodge, No. 4 PRAndalusia(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Lodge No. 8, PRAndalusia(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Lodge No. 3 PRGibraltar(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Lodge No. 4 PRGibraltar(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Two erroneously labelled “Gibraltar” Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Gibraltar Lodge, No. 187 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Lodge, No. 356 ER(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Freemasonry in Gibraltar1FREEMASONRY IN GIBRALTAR(1727 - present)Gibraltar - A Short HistoryGibraltar, a two-and-a-quarter-square-mile peninsula of limestone and shale is linked to the Spanishmainland by a long, half-mile wide sandy isthmus. The almost three mile long “Rock” reaches 1,398 feet atits highest point.In classical antiquity the Rock was called Calpe and was the symbolic limit of the known world.Mount Calpe, in the north, and Mount Abyla, on the African coast were named the Pillars of Hercules andtravellers did not sail beyond them. During historical times the peninsula passed from the Phoenicians to theCarthaginians (600-300 BC) and then the Romans (until 500 AD, and who called it Fretum Gaditanum) afterwhich it fell successively to the Vandals and Visigoths. In 711 Moslem invaders crossed the straits fromNorth Africa and attacked Spain. The Rock was heavily fortified and was named Jebel al Tariq (Hill of Tariq,after the Moorish General). The City of Gibraltar was founded in 1160 by Abdel M’umen. In the final strugglebetween Arabs and Christians Gibraltar was seized by the Spanish in 1462. In 1540, Khair-ad-din Barbarossaled an expedition of Barbary pirates against Gibraltar and laid waste the entire coast but did not capture theRock which was modernized as a fortress by Charles V. Gibraltar played an important part in the long fightbetween the Netherlands and Spain: in 1607 the Dutch fleet forced its way into the port and destroyed aSpanish squadron and in 1621, just off Gibraltar, a Spanish fleet was victorious over a Dutch one.During the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-13), the Duke of Marlborough decided to attackthe Spanish Mediterranean fleet and capture Gibraltar to prevent a linkup between the French Mediterraneanand Atlantic fleets. British forces consisting of landing parties of Marines supported by the guns of the fleetwhich was under the command of Admiral Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar on July 23, 1704, after asiege of three days. An immediate counter attack by Spanish forces was not successful. Eleven Spanishsieges in the next two years were unsuccessful, as was the twelfth siege in 1705, which lasted six months.The base at Gibraltar was enhanced in 1708 with the capture of Port Mahon, Minorc

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