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The Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 as the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster and it existed until 1813 when it united with the Ancient Grand Lodge of England to create the United Grand Lodge of England
United Grand Lodge of England

The United Grand Lodge of England is the main governing body of Freemasonry within England and Wales and in some countries, predominantly ex-British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations countries outside the United Kingdom....
. It was the first Masonic
Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal and service organizations that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around 5 million ....
 Grand Lodge to be created. The basic principles of the Grand Lodge of England were inspired by the ideal of tolerance and universal understanding of the Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which rationalism was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority....
 and by the Scientific Revolution
Scientific revolution

The period which many History of science call the Scientific Revolution is commonly viewed as the foundation and origin of modern science.It was a time roughly coinciding with the later part of the Middle Ages and through the Renaissance in which scientific ideas in physics, astronomy, and biology evolved rapidly....
 of the 17th century (Age of Reason
Age of reason

Age of reason may refer to the following:* 17th-century philosophy, as a successor of the Renaissance and a predecessor to the Age of Enlightenment...
).

Grand Lodge was founded after George I
George I of Great Britain

George I was List of British Monarchs#House of Hanover and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Electorate of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
, the first Hanoverian
House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
 king of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
, ascended to the throne on 1 August 1714 and the end of the first Jacobite rising
Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
 of 1715.






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The Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 as the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster and it existed until 1813 when it united with the Ancient Grand Lodge of England to create the United Grand Lodge of England
United Grand Lodge of England

The United Grand Lodge of England is the main governing body of Freemasonry within England and Wales and in some countries, predominantly ex-British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations countries outside the United Kingdom....
. It was the first Masonic
Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal and service organizations that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around 5 million ....
 Grand Lodge to be created. The basic principles of the Grand Lodge of England were inspired by the ideal of tolerance and universal understanding of the Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which rationalism was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority....
 and by the Scientific Revolution
Scientific revolution

The period which many History of science call the Scientific Revolution is commonly viewed as the foundation and origin of modern science.It was a time roughly coinciding with the later part of the Middle Ages and through the Renaissance in which scientific ideas in physics, astronomy, and biology evolved rapidly....
 of the 17th century (Age of Reason
Age of reason

Age of reason may refer to the following:* 17th-century philosophy, as a successor of the Renaissance and a predecessor to the Age of Enlightenment...
).

History

The Grand Lodge was founded after George I
George I of Great Britain

George I was List of British Monarchs#House of Hanover and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Electorate of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
, the first Hanoverian
House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
 king of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
, ascended to the throne on 1 August 1714 and the end of the first Jacobite rising
Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
 of 1715.

Officially, the Grand Lodge of England was founded on St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
's day, 24 June, 1717, in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, when four Craft Lodges gathered at the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul's Church-yard in London and constituted themselves a Grand Lodge. The four lodges had previously met together in 1716 at the Apple-Tree Tavern, "and having put into the Chair the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge), they constituted themselves a Grand Lodge pro Tempore in due form." It was at that meeting in 1716 that they resolved to hold the Annual Assembly and Feast and then choose a Grand Master from among themselves, which they did the following year. The four participating lodges were accustomed to meeting at the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house in St. Paul's Church-yard (Lodge now called Antiquity No. 2); the Crown Ale-house in Parker's Lane near Drury Lane; the Apple-Tree Tavern in Charles Street, Covent Garden
Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
 (Lodge now called Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12); and at the Rummer and Grapes Tavern in Channel Row, Westminster (Lodge now called Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge No. IV). The Rummer and Grapes appears to have been a lodge of accepted and speculative masons, while the other three lodges were still mainly operative lodges.

During the early decades of the Grand Lodge it was not the "Grand Lodge of England," either in name on in the minds of its members. Rather, it limited its jurisdiction to lodges in London and Westminster. This was a restriction that had applied to the old London Masons' Company.

Constitution

George Payne
George Payne

George Payne was a Freemason and the second Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1718. After being succeeded by John Desaguliers in 1719, he was again Grand Master in 1720....
, in his second term as Grand Master in 1720 wrote the General Regulations of a Free Mason, which were printed in 1722/3. In 1723 the Grand Lodge of England set up a constitution for Free and Accepted Masons The Constitutions of the Free-Masons containing the History, Charges, Regulations, & of that most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity: For use of the Lodges, written by the Revd. Dr. James Anderson (1680-1739). A reworked version of the Constitutions was published in 1738 (by Anderson) and again in 1818 after the union of Ancients' Grand Lodge and the Moderns Grand Lodge
Premier Grand Lodge of England

The Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 as the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster and it existed until 1813 when it united with the Ancient Grand Lodge of England to create the United Grand Lodge of England....
.

Grand Masters

The first Grand Master was Mr. Anthony Sayer
Anthony Sayer

Anthony Sayer . On 24 June 1717 , at the formation of the first Premier Grand Lodge of England of freemasons at London, the members present elected as their first Grandmaster "Antony Sayer, Gentleman," "about whom less definite information is known than any of his successors in that high office."....
, who was succeeded by George Payne esq. in 1718. The Grand Masters John Theophilus Desaguliers
John Theophilus Desaguliers

John Theophilus Desaguliers was a natural philosopher born in France. He was a member of the Royal Society of London beginning 29 July 1714. He was presented with the Royal Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, in 1734, 1736 and 1741, the 1741 award being for his "discovery of the properties of Electricity"....
 and John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu

John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , in 1745 raised a cavalry regiment known as Montagu's Carabineers, which, however, was disbanded after the Battle of Culloden....
 were Fellows of the Royal Society
Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, or even the Royal, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and is considered by most to be the oldest such society still in existence....
.

  • 1717, Anthony Sayer
    Anthony Sayer

    Anthony Sayer . On 24 June 1717 , at the formation of the first Premier Grand Lodge of England of freemasons at London, the members present elected as their first Grandmaster "Antony Sayer, Gentleman," "about whom less definite information is known than any of his successors in that high office."....
  • 1718, George Payne
    George Payne

    George Payne was a Freemason and the second Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1718. After being succeeded by John Desaguliers in 1719, he was again Grand Master in 1720....
  • 1719, John Theophilus Desaguliers
    John Theophilus Desaguliers

    John Theophilus Desaguliers was a natural philosopher born in France. He was a member of the Royal Society of London beginning 29 July 1714. He was presented with the Royal Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, in 1734, 1736 and 1741, the 1741 award being for his "discovery of the properties of Electricity"....
  • 1720, George Payne
  • 1721-1723, John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
    John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu

    John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain , in 1745 raised a cavalry regiment known as Montagu's Carabineers, which, however, was disbanded after the Battle of Culloden....
  • 1723, Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
    Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton

    Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobitism politician, notorious libertine and Rake , profligate, and alcoholism, was one of the few people in England history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the monarch....
  • 1723-1724 Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch
    Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch

    Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch Order of the Thistle Fellow of the Royal Society was a Peerage of Scotland.He was the son of Sir James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Dalkeith, daughter of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester....
  • 1724 Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
    Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

    Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and 2nd Duke of Lennox, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Great Britain, Fellow of the Royal Society was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond....
  • 1725, James Hamilton, Lord Paisley
    James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn

    James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn Fellow of the Royal Society Privy Council of Great Britain was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading....
  • 1726, William O'Brian, Earl of Inchiquin
    William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin

    William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of Ireland was a British Peerage and politician.O'Brien was the eldest son of William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin and his wife, Mary , sister of the Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, and inherited his father's titles in 1719....
  • 1727, Lord Colerane
  • 1728, Lord Kingston
  • 1730, Duke of Norfolk
    Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk

    Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk was the son of Lord Thomas Howard and Mary Elizabeth Savile. Upon his uncle's death, he gained the title of 17th Baron Furnivall and 8th Duke of Norfolk....
  • 1731, Lord Lovell
    Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester

    Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester may refer to:*Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester *Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ...
  • 1732, Lord Viscount Montague
  • 1733, Earl of Strathmore
    James Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

    James Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore was a Scottish peer and freemason.He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope....
  • 1734, Earl of Crawford
    John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford

    Lieutenant-General John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford was a Scotland Peerage of Scotland and the first colonel of the Black Watch on its formation in 1739....
  • 1735, Lord Weymouth
    Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth

    Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth was an English peer, descended from the first John Thynne of Longleat House.Thomas Thynne was born posthumously on 21 May 1710, the son of another Thomas Thynne and his wife Lady Mary Villiers....
  • 1736, Earl of Loudoun
    John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

    John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a Scotland nobleman and military leader.Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun....
  • 1737, Earl of Darnley
    Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley

    Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley was an English peer.He was educated at Westminster and at Geneva. He succeeded his mother to become Baron Clifton in 1722 and, in 1728, succeeded his father as Earl of Darnley....
  • 1738, Marquis of Carnarvon
    Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos

    Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos described by George II of Great Britain as "a hot headed, passionate, half-witted coxcomb" was the second son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos Privy Council and Mary Lake, succeeding to the title upon the death of his father on 9 August 1744....
  • 1739, Lord Raymond
  • 1740, Earl of Kintore
  • 1741, Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

    James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton Order of the Thistle Royal Society , was a Scotland Scottish representative peer who became president of the Royal Society , and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy....
  • 1742-1744, Lord Ward
    John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward

    John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward , known as John Ward until 1740 and as the Lord Ward from 1740 to 1763, was a United Kingdom peer and politician....
  • 1745-1747, Lord Cranston
  • 1747-1752, William Byron, 5th Baron Byron
    William Byron, 5th Baron Byron

    William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, , also known as "the Wicked Lord" and "the Devil Byron", was the poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron's great uncle....
  • 1752-1753, Lord Carysfort
    John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort

    John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort Order of the Bath, Irish Privy Council , was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician.Carysfort was the son of John Proby , of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge....
  • 1754-1757, Marquis of Carnarvon
    James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos

    James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos Privy Council of Great Britain was the only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos and Lady Mary Bruce, succeeding to the title upon the death of his father on 28 November 1771....
  • 1757-1762, Lord Aberdour
    Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton

    Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had two sons:...
  • 1762-1764, Earl Ferrers
    Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers

    Vice Admiral Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, Royal Society was a British Royal Navy officer, Peer, Freemasonry and amateur astronomer.Shirley was the second son of Honourable Laurence Shirley and his wife, Anne....
  • 1764-1767, Lord Blaney
  • 1767-1772, Duke of Beaufort
    Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort

    Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Knight of the Garter was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and his wife, Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort....
  • 1772-1777, Lord Petre
    Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre

    Robert Edward Petre, 9th Baron Petre was a English people Peerage.Lord Petre was the son of Robert James Petre, 8th Baron Petre , a reknown horticulture, and Lady Henrietta Anna Mary Barbara Radclyffe , daughter of the James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater who was the grandson of Charles II of England by his mistress Moll Davis....
  • 1777-1782, Duke of Manchester
    George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester

    George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester.He was Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1761–1762....
  • 1782-1790, Duke of Cumberland
  • 1792-1812, Prince of Wales
    George IV of the United Kingdom

    George IV was the king of Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III of the United Kingdom, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later....
  • 1790-1812 Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira
    Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

    Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, was a British politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823....
     (Acting Grand Master)
  • 1813, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex


See also

  • History of Freemasonry
    History of Freemasonry

    The history of Freemasonry studies the development, evolution and events of the fraternal organization known as Freemasonry. This history is generally separated into two time periods: before and after the formation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717....


Source

  • Ch. 11 (1914)