Foundations: New light on the formation and early years of the Grand Lodge of England
The Prestonian Lecture – Dr Richard Berman
Maesteg Lodge are very fortunate to be able to welcome Dr Richard Berman at their meeting on Monday, 26th February 2018
This year Ric will be speaking at venues across Britain and in Brazil, Iceland, Norway, the USA, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. The lecture explores the evolution of Freemasonry, queries long-standing myths and explains the step change that occurred with the creation of the first Grand Lodge of England in 1717. Ric outlines the connections between Freemasonry and the British establishment in the eighteenth century and how and why its leaders positioned Grand Lodge as a bastion of support for the government.
The Prestonian Lecturer is appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England. Ric is the author of Foundations of Modern Freemasonry now in its second edition; Schism, which examines the conflict between the ‘Moderns’ and ‘Antients’; Loyalists & Malcontents, a history of colonial Freemasonry in the American Deep South; and Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge. All are available through Amazon.
Ric Berman has been a freemason for forty years and holds Senior London and Provincial Grand Rank. He is a PM of the Marquis of Dalhousie Lodge, No. 1159 (EC); Treasurer of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076 (EC), England’s premier research lodge; and a PM of the Temple of Athene Lodge, No. 9541 (EC), the research lodge of the Province of Middlesex.
For further information or if you would like to attend the lecture, contact the Lodge Secretary, W.Bro Vernon White on 01656 732551 or the Dining Steward, Bro Gareth Lucas on 01656 734965