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Lincolnshire’s Tennyson Rose Croix Chapter is to host a talk at its December meeting when Richard Gan will make a presentation with the title ‘What did the Victorians ever do for us?’
Richard is a senior Freemason and a Grand Officer in all the major Orders of Freemasonry, and retired in June 2010 as Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.
He was born in 1950 Bradford to Polish parents. He was educated at the Becket School, Nottingham, and graduated in Geology at London University where he also took a Master’s in Education; in addition he holds a Degree in Management Studies from the Open University. Richard’s professional career included teaching, educational management and Masonic administration. He retired in June 2010 as Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons and thereafter was editor of The Square until 2014.
Richard was initiated in Ribblesdale Lodge No. 8020 in Nottingham in 1977 and promoted to Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in 2008. He is a Grand Officer in all the major Orders of Freemasonry and in addition has served as the Grand Principal Conductor of the Work (Assistant Grand Master) in the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters and as Provincial Grand Master in the Mark for Middlesex. Richard lives in Lincolnshire and writes and researches on subjects that include Victorian Freemasonry and the Orders beyond the Craft. He was elected a full member of Quatuor Coronati Lodge in 2014, and is its current Master. He has been a regular Masonic speaker and has delivered more than fifty talks and lectures on a range of Masonic subjects; he has authored four monographs, six papers and eight books.
His presentation is open to all Rose Croix members, and takes place at a Tennyson Chapter meeting at the Horncastle Masonic Centre on Friday December 4th. Meal bookings (at a cost of £17.50) are required no later than 6pm on Sunday November 30th. To book your place please contact the recorder Paul Ellis via email to kpellis@sky.com or phone 07986 105466.
