Past Masters

Past Masters of Abbey Lodge

Becoming the Worshipful Master of a Freemasons Lodge is the highest honour the members can bestow on any of its Brethren.

To reach the Master’s Chair can take a number of years but the year in Office passes seemingly in the blink of an eye.

For a number of years now a photographic archive has been compiled of each Abbey Lodge 2529 Master’s year in terms on notable masonic occasions as well as social events. For those Masters that have such a record a hyperlink on their name will take you to a collection of their photo albums for their year in Office.

For the Founders of Abbey Lodge 2529 research has been performed to give them a masonic biography. Again, clicking on their name will take you to their respective biography.

Grand Lodge Officers Spotlight

Full List of Past Masters

of Abbey Lodge, 2529

Past Masters with hyperlinks have more informative content elsewhere on this site or our external photograph archive.

Past Masters of Abbey Lodge 2529

1894 W. Forrest, PProvGW	1961 J. Ashton
1895 R. Thompson, PProvGW	1962 W. Hind
1896 T. Longworth, PProvGW	1963 J. L. Lumley
1897 J. Nowell Withers	1964 E. Ashcroft, PProvSGD
1898 A. Longworth, PGD	1965 E. T. Eddlestone, JP, PProvJGW
1899 L. G. Mitchell	1966 C. Smith, PProvGD
1900 J. R. Thompson, PProvGW	1967 G. N. Forbes
1901 T. H. Thompson, PProvGW	1968 B. Ashton, PProvSGD
1902 A. M. Hanson, PProvGOrganist	1969 J. V. Dyer, PProvSGD
1903 R. Livesey	1970 A. Hellicar, PProvJGW
1904 R. Green, PProvGD	1971 D. Warren
1905 A. Thompson, PProvGW	1972 C. Burrows, PProvSGD
1906 W. S. Airey	1973 R. A. Harpur OBE, MA, PProvGChap
1907 Harry M. Aspden	1974 R. Wellock, PJGD
1908 Harold Appleby	1975 G. Graham, PProvAGReg
1909 W. E. Aspden	1976 F. E. Hurran, PProvDepGSwdB
1910 T. A. Aspden	1977 G. D Hodgson, PProvGSwdB
1911 J. C. Hudson	1978 E. F. Haslam, PProvGW (West Lancs.)
1912 J. Simpson	1979 J. Sutcliffe, PSGD.PAPGM
1913 Sir J. T. Travis-Clegg, PGD, PAPGM	1980 K. Standring
1914 J. Swinburn	1981 L. G. Barber, PProvGSuptWks
1915 A. Longworth, PGD	1982 K. Lawson, PProvJGW
1916 J. A. Latham, PProvGChaplain	1983 J. Johnstone
1917 G. H. Taylor, PProvGW	1984 B. C. Shea, PProvJGD
1918 J. Basnett, PProvGW	1985 R. N. Pickup, PProvGSwdB
1919 J. M. Postlethwaite, PProvGW	1986 B. J. Hutton, PProvDepGSwdB
1920 F. Rowland, PProvGW	1987 J. D. Walmsley, PProvSGD
1921 J. E. Wallis, PProvGChaplain	1988 J. D. Walmsley, PProvSGD
1922 T. H. Thompson, PProvGW	1989 F. Stansfield, PProvSGD
1923 W. Horrocks, JP, OSM., PGD, PDepPGM	1990 S. Smith, PProvGSuptWks
1924 J. H. S. Matthews, PProvGW	1991 J. Counsell, PProvJGD
1925 J. Grant Jones	1992 C. Berry, PProvJGD
1926 W. Evans, PProvGD	1993 J. E. Challinor
1927 A. R. Gradwell, PProvGSuptWks	1994 N. J. F. Pearson, PProvDepGSuptWks
1928 W. Minty, PProvGD	1995 J. V. Dyer, PProvSGD
1929 J. D. Greenwood, PGD, PAPGM	1996 R. A. Holmes, PProvGStdB
1930 A. Lightfoot, PProvGW	1997 S. A. Rutlidge
1931 T. Noble, PProvGD	1998 J. M. Cruickshank
1932 H. Gradwell	1999 J. Counsell, PProvJGD
1933 J. Davis	2000 R. N. Pickup, PProvGSwdB
1934 H. Sagar, PProvGW	2001 R. N. Pickup, PProvGSwdB
1935 W. H. Warhurst	2002 R. G. Rogan, PProvAGSuptWks
1936 J. M. Barlow	2003 K. Turner, PProvDepGDC
1937 A. E. Swallow, PProvAGChaplain	2004 F. Stansfield, PProvSGD
1938 R, Green, PProvGD	2005 L.G. Barber, PProvGSuptWks
1939 F. Rowland, PProvGW	2006 L.G. Barber, PProvGSuptWks
1940 A. C. Greenwood, PProvGW	2007 G. A. Wilkinson, PProvGSwdBr
1941 D. K. Ward, PProvGD	2008 G. J. Layzell, PProvJGD
1942 J. Carter Burton	2009 E. M. Starr, PProvDepGSwdB
1943 J. Bower	2010 M. G. Pickup, PProvAGDC
1944 F. G Fuller, PAGChaplain	2011 S. M. Jones
1945 J. B. McClurg	2012 E. P. Bond, JP, PProvGJW
1946 H C. Worswick, PProvGW	2013 M. H. Capstick, PProvSGW
1947 C. H. Lambert, PAGChaplain	2014 A. Dunnicliff, ProvSGD
1948 C. H. Lambert, PAGChaplain	2015 S. Capstick, PProvSGD
1949 F. Cotterill, PProvGW	2016 S. Ryder PProvAGDC
1950 L. F. Hiles, PGD, PAPGM	2017 A. Dunnicliff, ProvSGD
1951 H. Parkinson	2018 R. P. Evans, PProvDepGDC
1952 H. Dellow, PProvJGW	2019 I. J. Ferrier
1953 R. Pendlebury	2020 I. J. Ferrier
1954 E. S. Green, PProvJGW	2021 I. J. Ferrier
1955 J. K. Hoyle, PProvGD	2022 A. P. Holderness, JP
1956 J. K. Hoyle, PProvGD	2023 C. I. Weemes, ProvJGD
1957 T. Gooby, PProvGTreasurer	2024 M. Ahmadi-Khattir
1958 A. Coppock, PProvGD	2025 A. McHugh
1959 C. Chappell
1960 J. H. M. Postlethwaite, PProvGD