This year’s Grand Council meeting took place as usual at Great Queen Street on 21st April with a good number of members and guests in attendance. Warwickshire District was, as always, very well represented. There were 16 dining and others who attended for the meeting only, with which the District Grand Master was delighted.
The Grand Temple at the Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, saw in excess of 550 Companions of the Royal and Select Masters join the annual meeting of Grand Council 2026. The meeting was presided over by Grand Master, M.Ill.Comp. Kessick John Jones, IX, in his usual welcoming manner, with R Ill Comp Paul Norman. IX, Deputy Grand Master and R Ill Comp Norman Dunkeld Milburn, IX, Grand Principal Conductor of the Work.
After the initial business of Grand Council had been completed the Deputy Grand Master, gave a heartfelt proposition of the re-election of the Grand Master which was seconded by G.P.C.W.. This was received with due acclamation. The Grand Master gave a brief response to his re-election. He then reappointed as Deputy Grand Master, R.Ill.Comp. Paul Norman, IX and as Grand Principal Conductor of the Works, R.Ill.Comp. Norman Milburn, IX.
This being achieved, the Grand Master was pleased to confer Appointment to, or Promotion in Grand Rank, on 159 Companions and invest those present.
The Grand Master then gave his address and was then extremely pleased to welcome representatives from around the World along with the heads of other Masonic Orders who were attending to give their usual support to the meeting.
Those appointed or promoted from Warwickshire, pictured below, with the Grand Master and District Grand Master were:
Ill Companion Peter Stokes, Deputy DGM, promotion to Past Grand Conductor of the Council
Ill Comp Christopher Denley, District GPCW, promotion to Past Grand Conductor of the Council
Ill Comp Philip Gough, JP, promotion to Past Grand Conductor of the Council
Ill Comp Dennis Potter, promotion to Past Grand Conductor of the Council
Ill Comp Brian Glover, first appointment as Past Grand Sword Bearer
As ever, the meeting was followed by an excellent dinner, presided over by the Grand Master, and enjoyed by all present.
Those attending from Warwickshire are pictured below:
And so to the Festive Board……
