V.W. Bro. Ian Clark PGJO, |
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| When Leigh Lodge of Mark Master Masons, 1322, in the unavoidable absence of their Master, asked | ||
| V.W. Bro. Ian Clark PGJO, to take the chair in Monday 21st January 2013 they had asked a mason | ||
| extraordinary! | ||
| V.W. Bro. Ian is a very experienced mason and has a somewhat ‘interesting’ peripatetic Masonic pedigree. | ||
| In the Mark Degree you may well know him as a Past Warden of the Province from 1993, but his Masonic | ||
| interests extend far beyond the borders of West Lancashire. | ||
| In the Craft he holds the rare distinction of being a Past Master of Lodges meeting in West Lancashire, | ||
| Lanarkshire, and Dublin, under the English, Scottish, and Irish Constitutions respectively. | ||
| In the Royal Arch he is a Past 1st Principal in both |  |
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| the English and Scottish Constitutions. | ||
| Many Royal Arch Masons in England will have seen | ||
| the demonstrations of the ceremony of the ‘Passing | ||
| of the Veils’, and Ian is one of the few West | ||
| Lancashire Royal Arch Masons who has worked the | ||
| ceremony on a number of occasions under the | ||
| Scottish Royal Arch Constitution where it is known | ||
| as the Excellent Masters Degree. | ||
| In the Mark Degree he is also a Past Master of a | ||
| Scottish Lodge of MMM, and is currently the | ||
| Commander of a Scottish Lodge of Royal Ark | ||
| Mariners. | ||
| Beyond the Craft and Royal Arch he holds high office | ||
| in a number of other Orders including ‘Rose Croix’, | ||
| Cryptic Council (Scottish equivalent of Royal and | ||
| Select Masters), ‘Knight Templar’ in which he is the | ||
| Immediate Past 2nd Constable of the Province of | ||
| Lancashire, ‘The Operatives’, and he is at present | ||
| in the chair of a Tabernacle of ‘Knight Templar | ||
| Priests’ meeting in Liverpool. | ||
Right: V.W.Bro. Ian Clark PGJO |
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| V.W. Bro. Ian is also a ’Head of Order’ within Lancashire. He is The R.W. Provincial Grand Master for | ||
| the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Chester of the Royal Order of Scotland. This Order is a world | ||
| wide Christian Order with its headquarters in Edinburgh. | ||
| It is well known to our very own Mark Provincial Grand Master, R.W. Bro. Peter Connolly, who is a Past | ||
| Substitute (Assistant) Provincial Grand Master, and the current Deputy Provincial Grand Chaplain in that | ||
| Order. | ||
| So Brethren, the next time you meet V.W. Bro. Ian, and invite him to a particular function, don’t be too | ||
| surprised if he says, “Let me just check my diary”. | ||
| Article Courtesy of Arthur Robinson | ||
