Toast List as at 09/06/2026

  
     
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF WEST LANCASHIRE
     
  ROYAL ARK MARINER - TOAST LIST  
     
1.
THE KING,  
     
2.
The Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother
  HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE MICHAEL of KENT, G.C.V.O.*
     
3.
 The Pro Grand Master,
  Most Worshipful Brother PAUL RAYMOND CLEMENT,
     
  The Deputy Grand Master,
  Right Worshipful Brother, Professor DENOVAN KEITH WILSON,
     
  The Assistant Grand Master,  
  Right Worshipful Brother, Peter David Williams
  and the Members of the Grand Master’s Royal Ark Council.
     
4.
 The Provincial Grand Master,
  Right Worshipful Brother Keith Alan Beardmore
  Grand Masters Royal Ark Council  
     
5.
 Holders of Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank.
     
6.
The Deputy Provincial Grand Master,
  Worshipful Brother Giles Frederick Berkley
     
  The Assistant Provincial Grand Masters
  Worshipful Brother Geoffrey Michael Bury and
  Worshipful Brother Michael Jeremy Pinckard JP.
  and holders of the Provincial Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank.
     
7.
 The Worshipful Commander.  
     
8.
 The Candidate(s).  
     
9.
 The Visitors.  
     
10.
 The Warder’s Toast.  
     

* NOTES FOR GUIDANCE:

Decorations etc. following the names of Grand Officers or Provincial Grand Officers must always be
included on printed Toast Lists, but should not be mentioned when toasts are actually proposed.

The first toast (the Loyal Toast) must always be proposed formally and without any preamble
whatsoever. The Worshipful Commander should ONLY say, THE KING AND NOTHING ELSE,
SUCH AS I HAVE THE HONOUR OF PROPOSING THE FIRST TOAST TO, or THE FIRST
TOAST IS TO etc., etc., etc. The response by the Brethren, whether or not the National Anthem
is sung, is either THE KING, THE KING DUKE OF LANCASTER or just THE DUKE OF
LANCASTER, any of these three are correct but the latter is the preferred response in this
Province.

The Worshipful Commander WILL ALWAYS propose the first (Loyal) toast and generally, within the
Province of West Lancashire, he will also propose toasts 2,3 and 4. The Senior Warden of the
Lodge will propose toast 5 and the Junior Warden of the Lodge will propose toast 6. However,
Lodges whose tradition, custom and practice follow a different format are quite at liberty to continue
doing so provided that the W.C. proposes the first toast and the names and titles/ranks of the
Brethren to whom toasts are being proposed are correct at the time of use