Lodge Burnside
1361 |
1928
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See
excerpt from Minute book of The
St.John Op. Lodge No.347
Dated:- 13th January
1928
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Lodge Burnside 1361
Charter Granted, 2nd August
1928
Lodge
Erected, 23rd October 1928
extract
from the Historical
sketch of the
formation & erection of
Lodge Burnside 1361
by Rbt J Somerside PM
441, HM 1361
The growth of a
strictly rural district from small
beginnings to that of a surburban
residential area is always an interesting
feature in the development of a community;
and Burnside has been no exception to the
rule.
As new inhabitants commingle and fraternise
with each other, their social and communal
interests soon begin to be a prominent
feature, and among the various elements
which arise and develop there are none more
impressive or important than that of the
great fraternity of Freemasonry.
In this respect it soon
became evident in the rapidly expanding
suburb of Burnside that a strong Masonic
Lodge would be a most desirable asset to
the district.
It only required an outstanding and
vigorous personality to give the necessary
lead and the local craftsmen were
fortunate in finding such a man in the
person of Dr. Alexander Jamieson
who took the first steps to form what in a
very short time became Lodge Burnside
1361.
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- On 6th December 1927
Bro.Dr.Jamieson entered into communication
with the Grand Secretary stating that he
considered it the time opportune for the
formation of a Lodge for the practice of
Freemasonry in the Burnside district, at the
same time requesting Grand Secretary to
forward the necessary petition
forms. In a very short space of
time Bro. Dr. Jamieson finding that many
craftsmen in the neighbourhood were desirous
of participating in the formation of the
proposed new Lodge, approached
Bros. F.W. Christall and E.W.L.Noel with a
view to their co-operation in forming a
special committee to deal with applications.
- So encouraging was the work
of this small committee that a meeting of
those interested was called for on the 17th Jan.1928.
This was held in the Carlton Restaurant,
Glasgow.
It was unanimously
resolved that a Lodge be founded and that it
be known as Lodge Burnside.
The office bearers for the year were duly
elected and the various fees agreed upon. It
is of special interest to note that at the
first meeting of Founder Members, on the
motion of Bro. Dr. Alexr. Jamieson, seconded
by Bro. James A. Wilson PM 873 and 1241, was
unanimously adopted :-
"That no
spirituous liquors be used in
any communication or at any function
held under
the auspices of the
Lodge or at any meeting, whether for
labour or refreshment"
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- The next
meeting was held on 7th February
1928 in the Grand Hotel, Charing
Cross, Glasgow, when it was intimated
that the petition had been signed by
110 members. At this meeting also a
Halls committee was appointed to
enquire into and report on the
provision of suitable accommodation
for the regular meetings of the
proposed Lodge.
- At the meeting on 6th
March 1928, also held in the Grand
Hotel, it was reported that the roll of
founder members had increased to 164. After
considering the report of the Halls
committee as to hall accommodation it was
agreed that the offer of Lodge Rutherglen
Royal Arch No.116 with regard to their
premises in Queen Street, Rutherglen be
accepted.
- A further stage of
progress was reported on 3rd April
1928 when the founders again met in
the Grand Hotel. The list of Founder
Members had then increased to 231. So
encouraging were various reports that
consideration was given to the
advisability of securing a suitable site
for a permanent home... a building fund
was inaugurated.
- On 1st May 1928
the founders again met in the Grand Hotel.
The roll of Founder Members having
been closed it was reported that 273
signatures were now on the petition
and these embraced 40 Past Masters, 8
neighbouring Provosts, 1 Lord Provost,
several Knights and a large number of
distinguished brethren.
- The date of Consecration
and Erection was fixed for 23rd
October 1928 and the chairman
informed the meeting that The Right
Hon. The Lord Blythswood, The Grand
Master Mason of Scotland, had
intimated that he would come in person.
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Consideration was next
given to the question of the matriculation
of appropriate Arms and
Bro. Major Norman McKean gave an
interesting address on Heraldry with
particular reference to Masonry.
The Major also undertook to look
after the interests of the proposed Lodge
in respect of any Arms which
might be adopted.
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At the meeting on 29th
May 1928, final arrangements were made for
the Consecration Ceremony and the dinner which
was to follow.
The founders agreed to
present medallions bearing the arms of
the proposed Lodge Burnside to:-
Bro.
Lord Blythswood, Grand Master Mason of
Scotland
Bro.Thomas Hart, Depute Provincial
Grand Master and
Bro.Major Norman McKean.
At this
meeting it was reported that the
negotiations with regard to The Tower,
Burnside, had been completed and
that the property and policies had been
purchased.
It was
purchased by Lodge Burnside
and thereafter sold in the
1960's.
The Lodge Charter was
granted on 2nd August 1928, and the
final meeting of Founder
Members was held on 2nd October.
Stonelaw
Tower is believed to have been built in the
1500's |
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Breakdown of
Founder
Members
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Two
hundred and seventy-three (273) Founder
Members from 76 Lodges:
46 - Lodge
Rutherglen Royal Arch No.116
27 - Lodge The St.John Operative No.347
17 - Lodge Progress No.873
14 - Lodge St.Kentigern No.976
11 - Lodge St.Andrews East
Kilbride No.524
09 - Lodge Cambuslang Royal Arch No.114
07 - Lodge Glasgow St.John No.3bis
07 - Lodge Union and Crown No.103
05 - Lodge Glasgow St.Mungo No.27
05 - Lodge Glasgow Star No.219
05 - Lodge Blythswood No.817
05 - Lodge Oatlands Glasgow
No.1005
05 - Lodge Trades House of Glasgow
No.1241
05 - Lodge Galen No.1285 |
04 - Lodge Mother
Kilwinning No.0
04 - Lodge Shettleston St.John
No.128
04 - Lodge St.George Glasgow
No.333
04 - Lodge Commercial No.360
04 - Lodge St.Vincent No.553
04 - Lodge Kirkhill No.1230
03 - Lodge Glasgow Kilwinning No.4
03 - Lodge Glasgow Scotia No.178
03 - Lodge Athole No.413
03 - Lodge St.Andrews No.465
03 - Lodge The Gael No.609
03 - Lodge Sir George Cathcart
No.617
03 - Lodge Pollok No.772
03 - Lodge Eastmuir No.1126 |
3
or more Founder Members from 28 Lodges =
216 FM (lodges listed above)
1 or 2 Founder Members from 48
Lodges = 57 FM |
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Amongst the Founder
Members were:-
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Sirs
(2)
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Lord
Provost (1) |
Provosts
(4) |
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Col. (1) |
Drs.
(5) |
Ex-
Provosts (3) |
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Revs. (3 |
PMs
(42)
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[Full Named list of Founder
Members and their Lodges (PDF)]
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23rd October 1928
A
special meeting of the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Renfrewshire East was held in
the Town Hall,
Rutherglen on 23rd October 1928 at 4pm when
Bro. The Right Honourable The Lord Blythswood,
KCVO, DL, JP, Right Worshipful Provincial Grand
Master presided and was supported by distinguished
brethren of Provincial Grand Lodge. A deputation of
Grand Lodge Office Bearers including Bro.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Right
Worshipful Senior Grand Warden was received and
welcomed. Thereafter Bro. The Rt. Hon. The Lord
Blythswood proceeded wth the consecration ceremony
and the charter in favour of LODGE BURNSIDE
No.1361 was read.
On
the close of Provincial Grand Lodge,
Lodge Burnside was opened by the PGM when the
master elect Bro. Dr. Alexander Jamieson was
presented for Installation. The ceremonywas
participated in by over one hundred Installed
Masters and was carried through by the Provincial
Grand Master assisted by the Depute Provincial
Grand Master Bro. Thos. Hart and the Substitute
Provincial Grand Master Bro. Rev. David Young. On
the completion of the Installation and after the
usual proclamations Bro. Dr. Aleaxander Jamieson
RWM in suitable terms returned thanks to the PGM
and his Office Bearers for the valuable services
rendered.
Thereafter Honorary Membership was conferred upon
Bro. The Lord
Blythswood, & Bro. The Lord Belhaven
and Stenton.
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In the evening
the Banqueting Hall of the Central Station
Hotel, Glasgow was taxed to its limit of
capacity. (programme, toast
list and menu... see below)
In proposing the toast of Lodge Burnside,
Bro. The Lord Blythswood congratulated Bro. Dr.
Jamieson RWM and those associated with him on the
wonderful result they had achieved. In many ways
they had established a record. He had never heard
of any lodge with such a large number of founder
members or of one containing the names of so many
men of note in masonry and public life. They were
unique in having procured a home even before
consecration and he had never known of a lodge
which before its erection could boast of a coat of
arms.
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It is of
interest to record that in the few months that
intervened since the birth of the Lodge, over
fifty candidates have been initiated and so keenly
appreciated in the Province has been the work and
service of the Lodge and its Master, that the
Senior Lodge in the Province, Rutherglen Royal
Arch No.116, added to its roll of distinguished
Honoray Affiliates the name of Bro. Dr. Alexander
Jamieson.
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Lodge
Burnside
No.1361
Consecration
Dinner
Tuesday 23rd October 1928
Central Hotel
Glasgow |
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Founder and
first Master of Lodge Burnside, Bro. Dr. Alexander
Jamieson.
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Office Bearers from
the first programme who were installed as Master
of Lodge Burnside were:
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YR
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RWM Year
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Name: Founder
member
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Mother Lodge
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1
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Oct.1928-Dec.1929 |
Bro. Dr. Alexander Jamieson
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Union & Crown 103
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2
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Dec.1929-1930 |
Bro. Frederick William
Christall |
Cowcadden
1341 (renamed
Concord in 1933)
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3
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Dec.1930-1931 |
Bro. Ernest W Lawson Noel
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Cambuslang RA 114
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4
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Dec.1931-1932
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Bro. Andrew Ferris Douglas
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Cambuslang RA 114 |
5
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Dec.1932-1933 |
Bro. Thomas Royle
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Kirkhill 1230
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6
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Dec.1933-1934 |
Bro. William Snedden
Paterson
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Oban Commercial 180
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A very impressive
toast list:
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Toast: The King and the
Craft
Toast: The Grand Lodge of
Scotland
Toast reply: Lodge Burnside
No.1361
Bro.
Dr. Alexander Jamieson RWM
(born 16 Aug 1881, died 06
Apr.1950)
Member of Lodge Union & Crown 103
Lodge Burnside No.1361 FM |
Toast:
PGL of Renfrewshire East
Bro. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Provost,
Sir David Mason OBE, DC, JP
(born 11 May 1862, died 01 Apr.1940)
Knighted in 1928.
He was a Scottish Merchant who served as
Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1926 to 1929.
A director of the Glasgow Humane Society,
he is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.
Member of Lodge Pollok No.772,
Lodge Burnside No.1361 FM
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Toast
reply: The Grand Lodge of Scotland
Toast
reply: PGL of Renfrewshire East
Toast:
Lodge Burnside No.1361
Bro. The Rt. Hon. Lord
Blythswood,
Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood.
D.C.V.O., D.C., J.P.
(born 25 Apr.1870, died 14 Nov.1929)
Grand
Master Mason of Scotland
(1926-1929),
PGM of PGL Renfrewshire East
(1922-1929),
Member of Lodge Prince of Wales
No.426,
Lodge Burnside No.1361 Hon.Mem. |
Toast reply: The Grand Lodge of
Scotland
Bro. General Sir William Eliot Peyton
KCB, KCVO, DSO,
Knighted in 1917.
(born 7 May 1866, died 14 Nov 1931)
Member of Lodge Logonier No.2436 (England)
and HM of Lodge Holyrood House
No.44, 24 Mar.1923.
The Grand Sword Bearer of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland 1927-1928
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Toast: The Imperial
forces
Bro. Sir Robert Wilson D.C.,
J.P.,
Member of Lodge St.Vincent
No.553, Lodge Burnside No.1361 FM
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Toast reply: The Imperial
forces
Bro.
Admiral W. Whittingham C.B.,
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Toast: Sister Lodges
Bro.
James A Wilson PM Lodge
Livingstone St.Andrew No.573,
Lodge The Trades House of Glasgow No.1241
Lodge
Burnside No.1361 FM |
Toast reply: Sister
Lodges
R.W.M.s
of Lodges :-
Rutherglen
R.A.116, RWM
Bro. Wm. Rbt. Collie PM 1361
FM
The
St.John Operative No.347, RWM
Bro. Alexander Gray
St. Andrew East Kilbride No.524, RWM
Bro.
David Hood, 1361
FM
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On May 2021 Bro.
Stuart Scott, Lodge Ruchhill 1436 contacted Bro.
Jim Turnbull PM 1361 and kindly donated to the
lodge the Past Master's Apron, Case and
Consecration programme belonging to our first RWM,
Bro. Dr. Alexander Jamieson. (found
in a charity shop)
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Past Master's
Apron & Case presented
03rd December 1929
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This old Apron will be presented to the IPM
at all our installations, commencing December 2021,
to wear on that evening in memory of our first RWM
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Date unknown: Bro.
Dr. Alexander Jamieson PM was a member of PGLRE when this
was penned.
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Founder and
first Master of Lodge Burnside, Alexander Jamieson |
Born 16
August 1881
44 Abbotsford
Place, Glasgow |
Married
01 March 1910, Age 28
to Marion FW Miller
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Died 06
April 1950, Age 68
22 Peviril
Avenue, Rutherglen |
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Lodge
Burnside No.1361, year 1928
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