Lodge of Perfect Friendship Officers

Current Officers

Below is a list of the current Officers of the Lodge and their roles. It takes many key people who put in a lot of effort to make a Lodge run and to run well. We are fortunate to have so many people who give so much to ensure the smooth running of our Lodge.

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Worshipful Master

N Claydon

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Senior Warden

D Jay

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Junior Warden

R Kelly

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Chaplain

D Sharples

Treasurer Symbol
Treasurer

D Green

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Secretary

J Philpot

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Director of Ceremonies

F Morey

Almoner Symbol
Almoner

M Macgregor

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Charity Steward

P Sutters

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Membership Officer

C Sennett

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Mentor

H Ottley

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Senior Deacon

A Hinton

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Junior Deacon

S Field

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Assistant Director of Ceremonies

P Bridle

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Assistant Secretary

C Grant

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Inner Guard

J Mitchell

Past Masters of the Lodge

Below is a chronological list of Past Masters of our Lodge. We are thankful for their service and it really brings home how old a Lodge we really are.

2024 – P. L. Taylor

2023 – H. V. Ottley

2021 – S. H. Lydford

2020 – S. H. Lydford

2019 – C. P. Grant

2018 – F. J. Morey

2017 – J. L. Philpot

2016 – S. A. Hyland

2015 – M. C. Patel

2014 – M. A. Coulthard

2013 – R. J. Harvey

2012 – R. Clark

2011 – P. W. Haddock

2010 – P. L. Taylor

2009 – K. J. Larcombe

2008 – C. R. Zoller

2007 – J. A. Parris

2006 – N. W. Stapleton

2005 – U. Patel

2004 – E. C. Richardson

2003 – J. D. W. F. Sharples

2002 – W. J. Taylor

2001 – P. W. Haddock

2000 – J. L. Zoller

1999 – R. J. Maynard

1998 – R. A. Martin

1997 – P. D. Bridle

1996 – R. D. Peterson

1995 – I. A. van der Ende

1994 – D. W. Mays

1993 – E. C. Solomon

1992 – D. J. Price

1991 – A. G. F. Wheeler

1990 – M. R. MacGregor

1989 – A. A. Tydeman

1988 – J. W. Hammond

1987 – A. F. Powrie

1986 – J. J. Kirby

1985 – G. T. Robinson

1984 – Rev. F. R. Harrison

1983 – R. P. Wilkinson

1982 – J. K. Goldstein

1981 – D. P. Collins

1980 – H. J. A. Joslin

1979 – C. O. Mayes

1978 – O. A. E. Howard

1977 – Cannon R. B. Godfrey

1976 – E. R. Hayward

1975 – E. W. Keeble

1974 – N. E. F. Stephenson

1973 – G. J. Davies

1972 – H. T. W. Tebboth

1971 – E. L. Davey

1970 – A. L. Collins

1969 – F. H. Bayless

1968 – Rev. A. C. Branch

1967 – E. A. Ling

1966 – W. L. Syer

1965 – G. A. Challacombe

1964 – J. B. Bush

1963 – T. Foulds

1962 – L. W. Coad

1961 – G. H. Canham

1960 – H. A. H. Hammond

1959 – J. Pollard

1958 – G. T. Thorpe

1957 – H. C. Knights

1956 – A. R. Challacombe

1955 – A. D. George

1954 – C. V. Wildey

1953 – J. E. Tomkins

1952 – G. P. Milnes

1951 – A. G. Hilburn

1950 – W. Rump

1949 – R. G. Goldsmith

1948 – G. W. Goodman

1947 – A. G. Stones

1946 – E. H. A. Hazlewood

1945 – T. C. Emment

1944 – P. J. Smith

1943 – V. F. Bedford

1942 – E. J. H. Steel

1941 – A. E. Tuppen

1940 – E. M. Ward

1939 – E. S. Pollard

1938 – A. Clark

1937 – H. J. Smith

1936 – M. W. Cervantes

1935 – G. A. Morfey

1934 – H. R. Thorpe

1933 – A. Morris

1932 – H. J. Copping

1931 – S. Hazell

1930 – E. P. Watford

1929 – A. R. Saward

1928 – S. T. Bonner

1927 – A. B. Smith

1926 – L. W. Greenhalgh

1925 – C. W. Davies

1924 – J. Coleman

1923 – T. C. Waugh

1922 – A. Griffiths

1921 – A. W. Bately

1920 – W. Robinson

1919 – O. C. Jones

1918 – E. J. Fraser

1917 – W. B. Alderton

1916 – A. A. Towns

1915 – W. F. Cook

1914 – S. J. Batchhelder

1913 – M. Oldfield

1912 – F. G. Evans

1911 – G. J. Williment

1910 – C. W. Croydon

1909 – H. P. Ward

1908 – H. L. Tracy

1907 – A. W. Barrell

1906 – B. W. Bird

1905 – F. W. Smith

1904 – F. S. Seaman

1903 – J. R. Staddon

1902 – T. W. Norman

1901 – F. Saward

1900 – F. W. Long

1899 – W. H. Brown

1898 – G. L. Oxborrow

1897 – B. Bird

1896 – H. G. Turner

1895 – A. Spalding

1894 – G. Turner

1893 – T. Thwaites

1892 – H. C. Monteith

1891 – H. Leach

1890 – F. C. Atkinson

1889 – R. E. Younger

1888 – F. A. Bales

1887 – J. Hunt

1886 – J. M. Franks

1885 – J. W. B. King

1884 – E. Buckham

1883 – A. A. Bennett

1882 – A. Cannon

1881 – S. R. Anness

1880 – S. R. Anness

1879 – W. B. Jeffries

1878 – J. G. Churchyard

1877 – H. Sidney

1876 – J. H. Staddon

1875 – N. Tracey

1874 – A. Gammon

1873 – A. Gammon

1872 – J. B. Fraser

1871 – W. A. Smith

1870 – R. Stephens

1869 – J. H. Staddon

1868 – W. A. S. Elliston

1867 – R. N. S. Green

1866 – J. Franks

1865 – G. A. Turner

1864 – H. Luff

1863 – S. B. King

1862 – C. T. Townsend

1861 – R. N. Sanderson

1860 – R. Girling

1859 – H. Luff

1858 – G. A. J. Turner

1857 – S. B. King

1856 – E. Dorling

1855 – N. Tracy

1854 – J. Crispin

1853 – Rev. E. Neale

1852 – J. Franks

1851 – S. B. King

1850 – J. Franks

1849 – C. T. Townsend

1848 – W. P. Mills

1847 – G. S. S. Gower

1846 – E. Dorling

1845 – J. M. Clark

1844 – W. Spalding

1843 – W. Elliston

1842 – R. Burrows

1841 – E. A. Johnson

1840 – C. Wing

1839 – J. Sutcliff

1838 – T. Fenn

1837 – J. Head

1836 – W. Townsend

1835 – J. A. Pettit

1834 – J. Pitcher

1833 – W. Gregory

1832 – M. O. Iron

1831 – W. Wallis

1830 – J. Gosling

1829 – J. Humphrey

1828 – J. Gosling

1827 – J. Gosling

1826 – J. Garnham

1825 – J. Gosling

1824 – J. Gosling

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