>From Finest Hour 107: Churchill was initiated into Freemasonry at the age of 26 on 24 May 1901. He was passed on July 19th the same year, and raised on 25 March 1902 in Studholme Lodge (now United Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591), a few yards from where he was then living in London. He was apparently a regular attender, but took no office in the Lodge and resigned in July 1912, probably due to political commitments and office. His ceremonial apron is in the archives of the United Grand Lodge of England.
In 1918, Churchill was a petitioner for a new Ministry of Munitions Lodge in London, Churchill being at that time Britain's Minister of Munitions. The petition was initially refused by Grand Lodge; however, upon later resubmission, an imprimatur was given to Armaments Lodge No. 3898. Churchill appears not to have been involved, as he had by that time moved from the Minister of Munitions to Secretary of State for War and Air. ======== >From Phil Larson, a 32nd degree mason: The Minnesota Mason (July-August 2009) covered a creative new lodge called Sir Winston Churchill Lodge #351, Minneapolis was organized on 11 September 2007 at Brits Pub in downtown Minneapolis. It has “sister” lodge relations appropriately with Martello No. 7121 in Clacton-on-Sea, UK and Granite Lodge No. 352 in St. Francis, Ontario. The Minnesota Mason notes were by W.E. Berger, Past Master, Lake Harriet Lodge & Director of Ceremonies, Sir Winston Churchill Lodge, who was seeking masons with experience in the British Emulation Ritual. He may be contacted at [email protected]. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
