Eureka Masonic Lodge No. 47, Dundalk and its Membership

1 Eureka Masonic Lodge No. 47, Dundalk and its Membership 1848-1974 By Larry Conlon FRSAI 1 Introduction Freemasonry is one of the world s oldest secular fraternal societies. 2 Its members are taught moral lessons by a series of rituals performed within each Lodge. Freemasonry arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century 3 and can now be found world-wide, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 in Scotland and Ireland, over 250,000 in England and almost two million members in the United States. The origin of the Freemasons' society in Ireland dates back to the stone masons of the midtwelfth century. 4 These early masons worked on the construction of the medieval churches and cathedrals. Up to the year 1688, Trinity College, Dublin, had both operative masons (who were involved in erecting new buildings in the college), and speculative masons (a Freemasons' lodge having been established there), within its confines. 5 Speculative masonry (from which modern freemasonry stems) was derived from these operative masons. However, speculative masons never actually undertook the active design or construction of buildings. Speculative masonry developed from these early craft guilds, adopting the operative masons' symbolism of set-square and compass, level and trowel, but imbuing them with a set of spiritual and moral meanings. As time progressed speculative masonry became less and less associated with the craft guilds and developed into a society in its own right. In the eighteenth-century Freemasonry was associated with the enlightenment and even radicalism. 6 However, by the nineteenth and twentieth century s it became a respectable fraternity attracting the middle and upper classes of society. 7 The fraternity is administratively organised into independent Grand Lodges which consists of subordinate (or constituent) Lodges. 8 The first Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of England, was founded on 24 th June 1717, when four existing London Lodges met for a joint dinner. 9 This rapidly expanded into a regulatory body, which most English Lodges joined. The Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Grand Lodge of Scotland were formed in 1725 and 1736 respectively. 10 The leader of Freemasons was titled Grandmaster who was invariably a member of the nobility. 11 1

2 A Lodge is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. Every new Lodge must have a Warrant issued by a Grand Lodge, authorising it to meet and transact business. 12 It will elect, initiate and promote its members and officers. Like any organisation, the lodge will have formal business to transact including the management of charity funds, correspondence and reports, membership subscriptions and accounts. Every Masonic Lodge elects certain officers to execute the necessary Lodge business. The Worshipful Master (essentially chairman of the lodge) is always an elected officer. Then there is the Senior and Junior Wardens (vice chairmen), the Secretary and the Treasurer. All lodges will have a Tyler, (who guards the door to the lodge room while the lodge is in session), sometimes elected and sometimes appointed by the Master. In addition to these elected officers, lodges will have various appointed officers. 13 There are three main degrees in Freemasonry although the highest degree that can be obtained is the 33 rd degree. There are different branches of Freemasonry; the first three degrees are known as craft Masonry. 14 Much has been made of the secrecy surrounding the Masonic Order. 15 However, as Robinson has pointed out, the Order and similar fraternal societies were, in reality, not as secret as often supposed. Often they were not 'secret societies' in the sense that membership was secret, but they were societies with secrets designed to preserve and protect the brotherhoods' rituals, oral traditions and methods of mutual recognition... their secret symbols were publicly displayed on specific calendar dates; not as is commonly believed to provoke antagonism, but rather to provoke envy and tantalize potential support. 16 For example, as late as 1815, there were public Masonic processions in Dundalk. 17 Moreover, as will be seen later, the prominence and standing of many members of the Masonic Order made it inevitable that the brotherhood, as it is often referred to by its members, was to the forefront of public notice and at the heart of Irish society. 18 Lodge No. 47 based in Dundalk followed this tradition having a membership consisting of many prominent citizens from the town and further afield. The Formation of Eureka Lodge No.47. A signed memorial dated 4 th September 1848, was sent to the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Dublin, bearing the names of the Honourable Augustus George Frederick 2

3 Jocelyn, (a senior Freemason of the 33 rd Degree), his father in-law, Sir John Macneill, together with several other registered Master Masons praying for a new Warrant to be issued to them, to hold a Masonic Lodge in the town of Dundalk. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland granted their request to form Eureka Lodge No. 47, which met in town of Dundalk on a monthly basis from the 13 th October 1848 until October 1974. The formation and institution of Eureka Masonic lodge No. 47 in the town of Dundalk in the mid-nineteenth century by members of the Macneill family, 19 was to impact greatly on the industrial, military, and commercial life of the town, for almost another one hundred-and-twenty years. Amongst the membership of Eureka lodge are listed the names of a number of the country s well-known civil engineers and architects, together with commissioned army officers. 20 The membership register also reveals the names of a number of the prominent professional people, from both Ireland and Britain, who served as physicians, policemen as well as merchants and manufacturers. The membership list reads like a who s who of the Dundalk area. The local press reported on the inaugural meeting of Eureka Masonic Lodge No.47 which took place on the 13 th October 1848:...On Friday, a brilliant reunion of Free and Accepted Masons took place in Dundalk. Immediately after the new Warrant, was read and approved, Bro. Sir John Macneill was Installed as the first Worshipful Master of the Eureka lodge No.47, with Bros., Samuel J. Morton, and Bro. the Hon., and Reverend Lord John Beresford, (afterwards 4th Marquis of Waterford), were installed in their respective offices as senior and junior wardens of the lodge. Several gentlemen were proposed for the honours of Masonry. The Lodge being closed, the brethren accompanied the Worshipful Master to his delightful mansion, at Mountpleasant, where they were most hospitably entertained. 21 The local press in June of 1859, reported on the details of another Masonic banquet that was held in Dundalk by Eureka Lodge No.47 together with the members from St. Johns Lodge No.384 Dundalk. The core of Lodge No. 47 was made up from engineers and military personnel. 22 The following is an extract from a local press report and highlights the importance of these two spheres of life to Lodge No. 47: 3

4 Bro. the Hon. A.F.G. Jocelyn, presided; and the vice-chair was able filled by Bro. Dr. Scott. 23 Several guests had distinguished places assigned to them at the table, amongst which we noticed Bro. Colonel Doherty, late 13 th Light Dragoons; Captains Clarke, and Huddleston, 13 th Light Dragoons, and Bro J. Leonard, from Banbridge. Grace was said and thanks given, by the Chaplin of the Lodge, Bro. J. Wright... The cloth being removed, the Worshipful Chairman gave the usual loyal toast of The Queen and the Craft, which was received with loyal enthusiasm so proverbial amongst Masons. The next toast was the Grand Masters of England and Scotland, coupled with the name of Bro. Captain Huddleston, of the Oxford Lodge, who responded with a neat address. Our own Grand Master, the Duke of Leinster, was then toasted with the usual honours and applause...the toast of the Army and Navy coupled with the names of Colonel Doherty, and Captain Gaussen, R.N., was then given in a trilling speech from the Chair...The health of the Chairman was then proposed by Bro. Thomas Tarleton, and was received with raptures of applause...sir John Macneill then proposed the health of Bro. Francis Scott, in a flattering speech, to which the worthy Doctor responded in neat terms. 24 Dining and speech-making is a fundamental element of Masonic activity and the different lodges often met to dine following their ceremonies. For example, such an event for St. John s Lodge, No. 384 was described in the press: The brethren then adjourned to Arthur s Hotel, where about 30 of them sat down to a sumptuous entertainment, which was served up with the greatest care and attention. Brother Semple, WM, occupied the chair, and after the usual loyal, patriotic, and Masonic toasts were drunk and responded to, the brethren separated at an early hour. 25 Lodges had specific accommodation requirements for their ceremonies as well as dining facilities. To meet these requirements Lodge No, 47 built a new hall in 1887. New Lodge Rooms for Masonic Lodge No. 47 Dundalk. A detailed statement of the accounts presented by the Building Committee of the new Masonic Hall, during the official handing over the building to the charge of the trustees of the hall in Dundalk in February 1887, reveals that the design of this early Masonic hall at 23 Jocelyn Street was the work of architect William Stirling, 26 who had drawn up the Bill of Quantities, and 4

5 supervised the work during the erection of the building which commenced in 1886. 27 Stirling had an office in the Dundalk. 28 The actual contract to build the new hall was won by the local building contractor James MacAdorney, of Dundalk for the sum of 700. 29 The prime mover for the building of the new hall was Malcolm Brown Murray, the proprietor of the Dundalk Distillery who placed a gift of 300, at the disposal of the building committee in order that project would qualify for a building mortgage, with the remainder of the funding, to be raised jointly between the membership of Eureka and St Johns lodges Nos.47, and 384 respectively, 30 together with remuneration which was received from Charity Lodge No.570, which consisted of the 5 th & 6 th Regiments of the Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, for their use of the Masonic Hall, during 1887-88 when quartered at Dundalk Military Barracks. 31 The only non-masonic organisation that had ever used the new hall, for meetings was the non-denominational Plymouth Brethren which held their religious meetings in the hall, on an agreed rental basis, from 1887 until 1902, 32 when they then vacated the Masonic Hall, and later moved to No. 28 Jocelyn Street, where they built the Meeting Room which is presently occupied by the Dundalk Branch of the Irish Red Cross. 33 Although Eureka lodge No.47 had been established just over a century and a quarter previously the construction of a new and purpose built Masonic Hall at No. 23 Jocelyn Street in 1887 in a sense displayed, for the first time, the public face of freemasonry in County Louth. 34 The remainder of this article lists the members of Lodge No. 47 from its formation in 1848 to 1974 when it surrendered its Warrant and ceased to operate. The first section lists the founding members of the lodge and the remainder are listed in alphabetical order. This information is based on the lodge register of members for the period and is supplemented by Grand Lodge records and other material. The Founding Members of Lodge No. 47 (in alphabetical order) CROKER, Edward Hare; military officer. 35 He served as Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47 from July to December 1853 and again from July to December 1863. 36 He resigned from the lodge at the end of 1863. 37 Croker was the son of Richard, colonel in the 18 th Hussars and Amelia Haigh of Whitwell Hall Yorkshire. 38 Croker married Isabella Macneill the daughter of Sir John Macneill on the 8 th January 1851. 39 Croker purchased a commission of a cornet in 1841. 5

6 He secured a further promotion by purchasing a lieutenant s commission on the 9 th June 1843. 40 He subsequently purchased a captaincy on the 5 th November 1847. 41 FURNELL, Michael, Member of the Supreme Grand Council of the 33º Degree. 42 Furnell was appointed Provincial Grandmaster of North Munster in June 1842. He was one of Ireland s most senior Freemasons a Prince Masons Chapter bears his name, The Furnell Prince Masons Chapter No.4, Dublin, was established in 1838, and currently meets at the Prince Masons Chapter Rooms, at Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 43 Michael Furnell, served as a Captain in the County Limerick Regiment of the Militia, and was High Sheriff for Limerick in 1841. 44 JOCELYN, the Hon. Augustus George Frederick; (1811-1887), Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree. 45 He was created honorary member of Lodge No.47, on the 23 rd June 1864. The Hon. Augustus George Frederick Jocelyn who was Worshipful Master on the foundation of the lodge retired as Worshipful Master in favour of his father-in-law Sir John Macneill in 1848 who became the first active Master of the lodge. 46 Jocelyn was again elected to serve in the capacity of Worshipful Master of the lodge from July to December 1861. Jocelyn was also a member of Lodge No. 384 Dundalk. 47 He was born on the 24 th December 1811. He married firstly at Edinburgh, on the 19 th February 1845, Cecilia 48 daughter of General Sir Neil Douglas, KCB, KCH, she died on the 26 th August 1847 and Jocelyn married secondly, on the 8th January 1851, Grace daughter of Sir John Macneill. 49 Jocelyn became a cornet in the 6 th Dragoon Guards on the 26 th April 1831. He then attained the rank of lieutenant on the 6 th July 1832 and became a captain on the 8 th August 1841. Jocelyn was made an honorary major on the 25 th June 1854. 50 He died on the 11 th April 1887. 51 MACNEILL, Sir John Benjamin; C.E., LL.D, F.R.S, F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A, (1793-1880), civil engineer, Mountpleasant, Dundalk. 52 He was the first Worshipful Master of the Eureka lodge for the years 1848 and 1849. 53 He also held the prestigious office of Junior Grand Warden, of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland for the years 1850-53. Sir John was also a member of St. John s Lodge No. 384, Dundalk being Junior Warden in 1851. 54 The Irish Railways Commission appointed Macneill as one of its two engineers. In 1836 he became chief engineer to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, whereby on the opening of this line on the 24 th May 1844, the Lord Lieutenant, Earl de Grey, conferred a Knighthood on Macneill. Macneill was awarded doctorate from Trinity College Dublin in 1832 and held the Chair of practical 6

7 engineering in 1842. 55 He was Ireland s leading engineer for many years. 56 He died on the 2 nd March 1880 in London. MACNEILL, Robert; (1828-1887), military officer. Robert was the second son of Sir John Macneill. 57 He performed the role of Worshipful Master of the lodge from July to December 1856 and resigned from the Eureka lodge No.47, between 1860 and 1863. 58 Macneill became a cornet in the 3 rd light Dragoons, on the 16 th June 1848. He was promoted to lieutenant on the 19 th April 1850. Macneill exchanged to the 13 th Light Dragoons between 1853 and 1855 and was promoted to the rank of captain on the 9th October 1857. Macneill served in the Eastern Campaign of 1854-5, including the affair of Bulganak, the Battles of Alma, Balaclava, and the siege of Sebastopol. In September 1854, he served with the Light Brigade during the Crimean war, but was not present during the charge at Balaclava, on 25 th October 1854, as his military detachment was deployed elsewhere. 59 However, he was present with the Light Brigade, in the winter of 1855 during the storming of Eupatoria. Captain Robert Macneill died in 1886 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery Fulham, London. 60 MACNEILL, Torquil Nimmo; (1825-86). He was the eldest son of Sir John Macneill Mountpleasant. 61 He served the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge between July and December of 1850. He resigned from lodge 47, in 1863. 62 He resided at Cromwell Road, Kensington, West London, and died unmarried in 1886. MORTON, Samuel James; (1822-1860), military officer. 63 Morton married Florence Kennedy, daughter of Hugh Kennedy and Sophia Lowe. He lived at Little Island, County Cork, Ireland. He purchased his commission of cornet on the 9 th June 1843 on the promotion of Edward Hare Croker following his purchase of a lieutenancy on the same date. 64 He became a lieutenant in the 6 th Dragoon Guards, or Carabineers and subsequently a captain. 65 Morton, died on the 22 nd October 1860 aged 38, and is buried in St. Mary s Churchyard, Clonmel, County Tipperary. 66 POOLEY, John Mason, Senior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Ireland 1849. Pooley was also a Grand Commander of the 33º degree. 67 He resided at 3 Eblana terrace, North Circular Road Dublin. 68 QUINTON, Thomas James, Supreme Grand Council of the 33 Degree. 69 Quinton was the Grand Treasurer, of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Ireland 1841 to 1858. 70 7

8 Joining Members of Lodge No. 47 (in alphabetical order) ACHESON, Frederick William; linen manufacturer, Dundalk. 71 Acheson fulfilled the role of Worshipful Master of the lodge in 1919. 72 In 1916, he also presented Eureka Lodge No.47 with a beautiful wood carved bog oak Chair to accommodate the office of Junior Warden of the lodge. Acheson, was a chairman of the Board of Directors at the Dundalk Gas Company. 73 AIRTH, George; (?-1942), secretary and manager Dundalk Gas Works. 74 He died 14 th October 1942. Airth served both the offices of secretary and manager of the Dundalk Gas Company. 75 ALDRED, George Errol Ritchie; school teacher. 76 He affiliated to Abercorn Lodge No.219, Portadown Co. Armagh in January 1972. 77 ALLMAN, David George; (1878-1960), clerk in holy orders, Dundalk. 78 Allman fulfilled the role of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge for the year 1922. He resigned from Eureka Lodge on the 5 th February 1923. The Rev. Allman, was Senior Inspector of National Schools. He was the son of William Allman and his wife Annie Eliza, daughter of George Nicol, excise officer. Allman was born the 1 st October 1878 and he was educated at TCD where received a BA in 1900, Div. Test. in 1903, and an MA in 1909. Allman became a deacon in 1903 (Kilmore for Armagh) and later a curate of Drumcree, 1903-4. 79 Another curacy followed of Annagelliffe and Urney, Cavan (Kilmore), between 1904-07; curate St. George, Dublin, 1907-09; curate of St. James, Dublin, 1909-14; priest in 1904 (Dublin for Armagh); incumbent of Louth and Killincoole, 1915-21; Allman was an incumbent of Childress, 1921-30; incumbent of Bantry and Derrygortreavy, 1930-37; incumbent of Donaghpatrick and Kilchine, (Meath), 1937-53; Rural Dean Skryne, 1944-53. Allman, retired in 1953, and died unmarried 26 th October 1960. 80 ANDERSON, Louis John; (1836-1867), Royal Irish Constabulary, Dundalk. 81 Anderson was at one time District Inspector in Wexford. He resigned from Eureka Lodge No.47 in 1862. 82 He married Frances Anne (1839-1911) daughter of Edward George Brunker, MD, FRCSI, of Dundalk. 83 Anderson is listed in a local Directory as being the Royal Irish Constabulary County Inspector for Armagh. 84 8

9 ANDERSON, Robert; Surgeon-Major, Royal Army Medical Corps, Dundalk. 85 He resigned from the lodge on the 10 th March 1891 as he had been removed from Dundalk on duty. 86 He served in the Egyptian Expedition, 1882, for which he received a medal and bronze star. 87 ANNESLEY, the Hon. Arthur Viscount Valentia; C.B., M.V.O., T.D., M.P., J.P., military officer. 88 Annesley was created an honorary member the lodge on the 14 th January 1867. Cornet, 10 th Royal Hussars. Arthur Viscount Valentia, eldest son of Arthur Annesley and Flora Macdonald, born 23 rd August 1843; he was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Annesley succeeded his grandfather as the 11th Viscount Valentia and Baron Mountnorris in 1863. He was High Sheriff for Oxfordshire and MP for Oxford (1895-1917). He was created 1 st Baron Annesley, of Bletchington, Oxford on the 7 th May 1917. He joined the 10th Hussars as a cornet 19 th April 1864 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1868. 89 Annesley was a founder member of a number of Masonic lodges. 90 He married Laura Sarah the daughter of Daniel Hale Webb on the 30 th June 1878. He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society and from 1914 Annesley was the Provincial Grandmaster of Oxfordshire. ARBUTHNOT, William; C.B., (1838-?), military officer. 91 He was born 27 th September 1838. Arbuthnot attained the rank of ensign with the Rifle Brigade on the 28 th March 1856. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on the 3 rd June 1859. Arbuthnot exchanged to the 14 th Light Dragoons 23 rd April 1861. He then exchanged to the 14 th Hussars as a captain on the 29 th November 1864. He became a brevet major in the 14 th Hussars on the 15 th August 1868; and a major in the 14 th Hussars on the 10 th August 1870. Arbuthnot was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the 14 th Hussars 15 th on the June 1876. He was placed on half pay and promoted to the rank of honorary colonel on the 15 th June 1881. Arbuthnot was awarded a Military Companion CB 25 th August 1885. 92 Lieutenant Arbuthnot, was quartered with the 14th Light Dragoons in Dundalk in 1862 and was present with his regiment at the distillery fire; when Sergeant Goss, and two troopers lost their lives fighting the fire. 93 ARCHER, William Tankerville; B.A., civil engineer, Dundalk. 94 He resigned sometime between 1860 and 1863. 95 William Archer, was the son of Henry Archer, a Dublin lawyer was educated at Rugby School and admitted to Trinity College, Dublin, in 1845. He received the BA degree in 1850, having also attended a course of engineering classes. He then spent a year's pupilage with Charles Saxton Ottley engaged on the Lough Neagh drainage scheme and 9

10 subsequently worked as a railway engineer. Archer was articled to Sir John Macneill, being employed by him between 1860 and 1863. 96 ARKWRIGHT, Charles Evelyn; military officer. 97 Following affiliation he was created an honorary member on the 12 th October 1874. 98 Arkwright married Isabel Emma, daughter of John Gilbert Crompton of Bodenham, on 30 th April 1848. He became a cornet on the 1 st September 1869 and was promoted to lieutenant in the 17 th Lancers on the 21 st October 1871. 99 ARMSTRONG, Gorge Allman; (1850-1920), civil engineer, Dundalk. 100 He resigned from the lodge in 1886. 101 Armstrong was born on the 20 th May 1850, the son of the Reverend George Allman Armstrong, minister of the Unitarian Church on Stephens Green, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin, in 1873 with a BA, BAI. He was appointed resident engineer constructing the Edenderry branch on the Midland Great Western Railway (Ireland) under James Price. 102 Armstrong was then appointed District Engineer on the Great Northern Railway, (Ireland) (GNRI). He was elected a member of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland on the 3 rd March 1880. Allman was made redundant from the GNRI on 22 nd September 1885. He became engineer to the Baltimore Extension Railway and the Schull & Skibberreen Tramway at the end of 1886. On the 4 th December 1890 he was appointed resident engineer to the construction Ballinascarthy & Timoleague Junction Light Railway and was also associated with the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Railway. He resigned from the Railway Company in 1901 to become engineer to Bandon Council in Cork where he died at his residence on 22 nd January 1920. ARMSTRONG, George Charles; M.D., Doolargy, Ravensdale, Dundalk. Armstrong was initiated into Eureka Lodge No.47, on the 10 th January 1853. He resigned from the lodge in 1856. 103 ASHE, James Norman; bank official, Dundalk. 104 He fulfilled the role of Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the year 1929. Ashe was a sub-agent for the Bank of Ireland, Dundalk. He resigned from the lodge 2 nd February 1931. 105 10

11 BARBOR, Robert Douglas; military officer. He was created honorary member of Eureka Lodge No. 47, on the 8 th January 1851. 106 Robert Douglas Barbor was first commissioned a cornet, in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons on 15 th March 1827. He served with the Regiment for 24 years, being promoted to lieutenant on the 9 th April 1829 and Captain on the 28 th April 1837; Major 11 th November 1857. He went on half pay on the 6 th June 1845, and was reappointed Regimental Pay Master on 16 th February 1849. Barbor retired from the army on 11 th November 1851 with the rank of major (on half pay). After retiring from the regiment he continued for many years as a Barrack Master at Glasgow, only relinquishing that post in 1869, after 42 years military service. BARRETT, Samuel; military officer. 107 He was made an honorary member of the lodge on the 8 th October 1860. Barrett received the rank of cornet on the 27 th March 1857; he purchased a lieutenancy in 1858, and attained the rank of captain in the 3 rd Light Dragoons on the 18 th May 1860. 108 BARRY, James Buchanan; (?-1849), military officer. 109 Barry was became an ensign, in 71 st Highlanders on the 23 rd October 1823. He was promoted to lieutenant on the 14 th January 1826. He transferred with the same rank to the 15 th Foot on the 25th January 1827. He was promoted to captain in the same regiment on the 18 th October 1833 and placed on half pay 1817. Barry who lived in Knockbridge married Miss Elizabeth Mabella Fortescue of Corderry, Readypenny. 110 He died in 1849. 111 BARTLEY, Stanhope Cole; (1878-1916), military officer. 112 Bartley was elected an honorary member of the lodge on the same date as his affiliation. Bartley was born in 1878 the youngest son of the Sir George Bartley, and Lady Bartley, of Thovelstrode Manor, Sussex, and brother of the Rev. G.H.C. Bartley Vicar of St. Margaret s Church, Higher Bentham, North Yorkshire. Bartley also served in the South African Campaign, during the Second Boer War, 1899-1902, as a lieutenant in the Horse Artillery, and was present at the relief of Ladysmith, Natal, including the actions at Colenso, Natal, Spion Kop, Tugela Heights, and Pieter s Hill, for which he received two Medals and six Clasps. 113 Captain S. C. Bartley retired on pay from the Royal Horse Artillery in 1909 and re-enlisted in the special reserve force and was promoted to the rank of captain 13 th July 1910 and was eventually called up for active service in the First World War. He was killed in action World War I in France on the 12th March 1916, whilst serving with the Royal Field Artillery, D Battery, drawn from the 176 th Brigade, Leicestershire. 114 At the time 11

12 of his death Bartley left behind his wife Hilda F. Bartley and two children. His remains were interred with full military honours at Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard, Nord, in France. 115 BARTON, Sir John George; (?-1937), civil engineer, Farndreg, Dundalk. 116 He served in the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47 for the year 1877 and resigned from the lodge on the 30 th November 1893. 117 Barton who was the eldest son, of James Barton, 118 was born in Dundalk, on 13 th October 1850 and educated at Repton School and Kings College, London. After serving a pupilage with Maudslay, Son and Field, of London, and in his father s office, he was employed on Carlingford Harbour and Greenore Dock works, and the Derry Central Railway. He was the sole engineer of the Castlederg Light Railway and the joint engineer of the Clogher Valley Railway. He held the office of Inspecting Engineer to the Board of Works, 1889-92. He also held the post of Commissioner for Valuation and Chief Boundary Surveyor for Ireland 1892-1912. He was the Board of Trade arbitrator for several railways in Ireland. In 1900, John Barton was created a CB, and he received a Knighthood in 1902. He married in 1916, Florence Emily, daughter of Colonel C. Grantham, and widow of Colonel A.E. Hamilton Smyth. Barton died 20 th March 1937 at Hyéres in France 119 BARTON, Edward; bank official. 120 He was a sub-agent for the Bank of Ireland, Dundalk. He resigned from Eureka Lodge, No. 47, on the 14 th October 1907. 121 BARTON, Edward Golding; (1852-1913), civil engineer, Farndreg, Dundalk. 122 Barton performed the office of Worshipful Master of the lodge for the year 1880. He resigned from the lodge on the 11 th December 1882. 123 After graduating in Arts and Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin, he served a pupilage with his father, James, and was subsequently employed as a resident engineer on the construction of several railways in the North of Ireland. In 1884, he was appointed resident engineer on a section of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, and on its completion became district engineer at Darbhanga, Bengal, in charge of public works. Barton was elected an associated member of the Institution of Civil Engineers on the 1 st February 1881, and was transferred to the class of member on the 4 th March, 1884. 124 Barton died suddenly in India, on the 26 th January 1913, only thirteen days after the death of his father James Barton. BARTON, Henry Dupré Malkin; (1857-1934), land agent, Farndreg, Dundalk. 125 He resigned 19 th from the lodge in November 1888. 126 Barton was born on 27 th April 1857 in Dundalk, the 12

13 fourth son of railway engineer James Barton. He served the office of High Sheriff for County Antrim in 1918, during which time he formed a committee to erect a war memorial to commemorate the fallen men of County Antrim in the First World War at Knockagh, which stands above the town of Greencastle, overlooking Belfast Lough. 127 The foundation stone for the new war memorial was laid on the 7 th October 1922 but Barton s dream remained incomplete at the time of his death in 1934, as this project was not completed for a further two years due to the lack of funds. The shortfall in finance was made available by Antrim County Council for the completion of the remainder of the project which was duly unveiled in 1936. BARTON, James Robert; M.D., physician, (1853-1896), Farndreg, Dundalk. 128 He resigned from the lodge on the 13 th October 1884, having moved to reside in England. 129 Barton died of pneumonia at Wadsely Asylum near Sheffield on 25 th November 1896, aged 43 years. Dr. Barton was senior assistant medical officer, at Wadsely Asylum, and son of James Barton, esq., Farndreg, Dundalk. 130 BAYLY, O Neill; Jocelyn Place, Dundalk. 131 He resigned from the Lodge in 1876. 132 BECKETT, John (Jack); contractor. 133 BELL, George Robert; R.N., Dundalk. 134 He served in the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47, from January to June 1874. 135 Bell, resigned from the lodge on the 14 th December 1874, having moved to reside in Holyhead, Wales. BELL, John Joshua; clerk of works, Dundalk. 136 He served the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47, for the year 1964. He resigned from Eureka Lodge No.47 on the 31 st December 1966. BELL, Lewis Loyd; school teacher. 137 He resigned from the lodge on the 1 st December 1953. BELL, William Morrison; military officer. 138 He was made an honorary member of the lodge on the 8 th October 1860. 139 Bell became a cornet on 1 st September 1854. He became a lieutenant on the 3 rd March 1857 followed by the rank of captain in the Captain 3 rd Light Dragoons on the 24 th August 1858. 140 13

14 BELLINGHAM, William Johnston; (1818-1903), military officer. 141 He resigned from the Eureka lodge in 1878. Bellingham was born on the 20 th March 1818 the son of Sir Alan Bellingham, 2 nd Bt., and his wife Elizabeth Walls. He married Felicia Hewitt, daughter of the Rev. John Short Hewett, on the 15 th April 1852. Bellingham was an ensign in the 32 nd regiment of foot on the 8 th March 1839. He was promoted to lieutenant on the 26 th February 1842. He was further promoted to captain in the 32 nd regiment of foot on the 29 th January 1847. Bellingham exchanged into the 50 th Regiment Foot as captain and adjutant in the Louth Rifles on the 5 th January 1855. Bellingham was then promoted to the rank of honorary lieutenantcolonel in the 6 th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles on the 16 th October 1875. 142 He died on the 20 th January 1903 at the age of 84 years. BERESFORD, The Honourable and Reverend Lord John de la Poer (afterwards 4th Marquees of Waterford), Mullabrack Glebe, Co. Armagh. 143 He officiated as Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge for January to June 1850, and resigned from Eureka lodge sometime between 1857 and 1863. Beresford became 4th Marques of Waterford on the death of his elder brother on the 29th March 1859. He resigned from the Prebend of Mullabrack, and as rector of Baronstown on the 1st November 1859. 144 Beresford was ordained a deacon in 1841 and became curate in Kilmore the same year. He was a priest in 1842. Beresford was in charge of Baronstown Parish, Dundalk, in 1844. He became rector at Baronstown between 1844 and 1849. He died 6 th November 1866. 145 BERESFORD, Robert Henry; (?-1903), Resident Magistrate, Ballybarrack, Haggardstown, Dundalk. 146 He served the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47 for the year 1897. 147 Beresford, died 31 st January 1903. BIGGER, John James; J.P., (?-1862), of Falmore Hall. 148 He served the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge in 1850, and resigned from the lodge between 1857 and 1863. 149 Bigger was High Sheriff for County Armagh in 1861. He married Charlotte Courtenay; the widow and third wife of the late Major Francis Eastwood, of Falmore Hall, and by her had two sons, John James Eastwood Bigger, his successor, (who inherited Falmore Hall for the lifetime of his mother) and Edward Henry Courtenay Bigger, who resided at Crievelands Ballybay, County Monaghan. After his marriage Falmore Hall, passed into the hands of the Bigger family, but in compliance with the late Francis Eastwood s will, it was only for the lifetime of Charlotte following which the property would then revert back to Eastwood s own relation Francis 14

15 Eastwood Murphy of Castletown, on the requirement of his assuming the Eastwood surname. 150 The Bigger family had for several generations been connected with the town of Dundalk and its trade and commerce. Several members of the Bigger family filled offices of Bailiffs, Burgesses, and Seneschals prior to the Reform Act of 1832 which abolished the old Corporation of Dundalk. Bigger died in 1862. BIGGER, Jnr., John James Eastwood Castletown House, Dundalk. 151 Bigger was the son of John James Bigger, Falmore Hall. 152 BLAYNEY, the Rt. Hon. Cawallader; (1802-1874), 12 th Lord Blayney of Blayney Castle, County Monaghan. 153 He was created an honorary member of Eureka Lodge No. 47, on the 11 th June 1849. 154 Blayney was born in December 1802. His descendent the 9 th Lord Blayney was elected to the pinnacle of the Masonic Order in 1768, being elected Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Free Accepted Masons of England (Moderns). 155 Blayney died 18 th January 1874. BLOXHAM, Mark; Royal Irish Constabulary, Castleblayney. Bloxham affiliated from Harmony Masonic Lodge No. 352 Castleblayney, to Eureka Lodge No.47 on the 10 th September 1849. 156 He was listed in a local directory as the sub-inspector, at Castleblayney Co. Monaghan. 157 BOOTH, Francis; solicitor, Glyde Court, Tallanstown, Dundalk. 158 He served the office as Worshipful Master from January-June 1852, and resigned from the lodge between 1858 and 1863. 159 BOURNE, Obre Ralph, Dundalk. 160 He resigned from the lodge 1873. 161 BRABAZON, James Alfred; bank official. 162 He served in the capacity of Worshipful Master for the year 1911. 163 Brabazon was a bank employee with the Bank of Ireland, Dundalk. 164 He resigned from Eureka Lodge No.47, in June 1880, and was readmitted to the lodge on the 21 st November 1909. BROUGH, Richard Robert la Touche; civil engineer, Dundalk. 165 He resigned from the lodge in 1876. 166 15

16 BROWN, Herbert; managing director. 167 He held the position of Worshipful Master for the year 1960. He resigned from Eureka Lodge No.47 in 1966. BROWN, John; (1834-1891), military officer. 168 Brown was born on the 28 th March 1834 in Meerut, India. He enlisted as a band boy at the age of 14 years in the 17 th Lancers. He was promoted to corporal on the 1 st October 1855 and rose to the rank of sergeant on the 16 th November the same year. He was again promoted to the rank of cornet and adjutant by purchase on the 23rd March 1867. 169 Brown secured a promotion to lieutenant on the 23 rd October 1869 and captain on the 12 th February 1879. He became an honorary major on the 18 th February 1884, and staff pay-master on the 27 th March 1889 stationed at Dublin District Pay-office. 170 Brown served in the Eastern Campaign, of 1854-55, and was present at the Battle of Alma. He rode in the Charge of Balaclava, as a trumpeter with the Light Brigade and was seriously wounded and his horse was shot. 171 As a result of his injuries he spent several months at Scutari hospital 172 before returning to his regiment during the siege of Sebastopol, for which he received, the Crimean Medal with three Clasps and also the 5 th Class Turkish Medal Medjidie. 173 He also served in the Indian Mutiny Campaign, during the Action of Barodia, 1858-59 for which he received the campaign Medal. He served as a captain in the South African war in 1879, in the Zulu Campaign, he was deployed in Natal for which he was decorated. He then served in Sudan expedition 1884-5, for which he received the Nile Medal with Clasps and Bronze Star. He died in April 1891 and was interred at Mount Jerome cemetery. 174 BRUNKER, Edward George; M.D., FRCSI, (1803-1887), Dundalk. 175 He served the office of Worshipful Master from January to June 1853, and resigned from the lodge on the 10 th January 1870. 176 He was also Worshipful Master for St. John s Lodge No. 384 in 1851. 177 He died on the 2 nd February 1887, aged 84years. There is a memorial erected to the memory of Brunker in St. Nicholas Church of Ireland, in Dundalk. 178 BRUNKER, James Edward; M.A., (1842-?), chemist, 18, Grosvenor Place, Rathmines & Rathgar West Dublin. Brunker, was born in Dundalk in 1842. 179 He served the office of Worshipful Master of the lodge from July to December 1865. 180 Brunker was a pharmaceutical chemist to Local Government Board of Ireland. On the 11 th November 1867 he tendered his resignation from the lodge due to his taken up a new residency at No.18, Grosvenor Place, Rathmines Dublin. 181 16

17 BROWNE, James Wilson; bank official. 182 He served the office of Worshipful Master from July to December 1869. He resigned from the lodge on the 14 th February 1876. 183 Browne is listed in the lodge register in 1875 as being employed at the Belfast Bank, in Ballybay, County Monaghan. BROWNE, John; M.D., (1815-1901), Dundalk. 184 He officiated as Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47 for the year 1878. Browne resigned from Eureka Lodge No.47, on the 13 th October 1879. 185 Browne was a leading physician in Dundalk for many years and was unceasing in his efforts to help the people of Dundalk, during the famine. He was the first secretary of the Mechanics Institute and when it merged into the Free Public Library in 1857, he stilled continued to act as secretary, until he resigned in 1883. He was also secretary of the committee which raise funds for the publication of D Alton s History of Dundalk. On his retirement as a medical practitioner, he left Dundalk to reside in Northampton with his daughter Mrs. Thursfield, where he died 1 st May 1901 at the advanced age of eighty six years. 186 BULKELEY, Thomas James W.; military officer. 187 He was made an honorary member of lodge on the 14 th January 1867. He became a cornet in the 10 th Royal Hussars on the 14 th July 1858 and a lieutenant 16 th October 1860. 188 BUNTING, Anthony; (1820-1849), civil engineer. 189 Bunting was a resident engineer on the Dublin and Belfast Railway. 190 Anthony Bunting was the son and only child of the musician and music collector Edward Bunting, of Armagh, who devoted much of his life to the collection of native Irish airs that previously had been unpublished. His collection of ancient Irish airs is the oldest collection on record and his works were published in three volumes which were collected in provinces of Ulster and Connaught. 191 Anthony Bunting died in 1849 and was buried in a family plot at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. 192 BURDETT, Francis; military officer. 193 He was created an honorary member of the lodge on the 10 th November 1848. 194 Burdett held the rank of Major in the 17th Lancers. A memorial is erected in St. Nicholas Parish Church Dundalk to the memory of Major Burdett s only child Amelia. 195 17

18 BUTT, Ormiston Butt; M.D., (1857-1935), physician. 196 He resigned from the lodge on the 11 th February 1889, and was again readmitted to Eureka Lodge No.47, on the 12 th May 1902. He finally resigned from Eureka lodge on the 8 th January 1906. Butt was born on the 4 th March 1857 the eldest son of the late John Gillis Butt. He was educated at Queen s College Belfast, and at the school of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. He took the Licentiate of King s and Queen s College of Physicians and Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1878; and was subsequently appointed a Fellow Royal College of Surgeons in 1884. He entered the army as a surgeon on the 5 th February 1881, and attained the rank of colonel on the 15 th December 1909 Royal Army Medical Corps. Butt was placed on half pay 15 th September 1913 and retired from the Army on the 8 th February 1914. 197 Butt died at Bournemouth, on 12 th November 1935 aged 78 years. 198 CAIRNS, John James; grocer. 199 His name disappears from the roll of the lodge from October 1963. 200 CARR, Augustus F. Stanley Bank of Ireland, Dundalk. 201 He was elected Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47, for the year 1876 but was not installed into the office due to the fact that he resigned from Eureka lodge on 10 th April 1876. 202 CARR, William Henry; (?-1973), school teacher. 203 The death of William Henry Carr, in November 1973 was later to have both devastating and consequential effects on the Eureka Lodge as William Henry Carr, now deceased, had been elected treasurer of the lodge for the year 1973 and his office could not be permanently filled due to lack of membership. However, in 1974 both lodge secretary, John Welch and acting lodge treasurer, John Rodgers refused to accept the offices for the ensuing year. 204 CASSIDY, Edward Carson; 205 He resigned from the Eureka Lodge on the 5 th December 1955. CHAMBERS, William; veterinary surgeon. 206 He served in the position of Worshipful Master for the year 1916. 207 CHAPMAN, John; was the past master and first treasurer of lodge No. 1402, Torquay which was founded in 1872. Chapman also held the office of Past Grand Deacon, for Devon in the English Constitution. 208 18

19 CHAPMAN, John Edward; farmer. 209 CHERRY, Andrew Noel; field engineer. 210 He served the office of Worshipful Master for the year 1972. 211 CLARK, John; military officer. 212 Clarke appointed Riding Master in the 4 th Hussars on the 4 th September 1857 and appears to have served with that regiment from his appointment as riding Master until 1866. 213 CLARKE, Robert; military officer. He was created an honorary member of Lodge No. 47 on the 8 th February 1858. 214 He was also a member of Lodge No. 288 (English Constitution). Clark was created a cornet on the 30 th November 1855 and a lieutenant on the 3 rd March 1857in the 1 st Royal Dragoons. He exchanged to the 7 th Princess Royal Dragoons as Captain on the 6 th May 1859. 215 CLARKE, Stanley de Astel; military officer. 216 He was created an honorary member on 25 th October 1858. Clarke was appointed a cornet on the 3 rd August 1855. He became a lieutenant in the 13 th Light Dragoons on the 25 th January 1856. Clarke was promoted to captain on the 14 th June 1857 and became a major on the 4th February 1871. Clarke was a major in the 4 th Hussars on the 28 th June 1871, and held the same rank in the 6 th Dragoons on the 14 th September 1878. Clarke attained the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel on the 10 th October 1879 and colonel on the 29 th December 1883. He became an equerry to the Prince of Wales on the 12 th February 1878. Clarke, served in the Sudan Expedition, 1884-5 for which he received the Nile Medal and Clasp. 217 COCKS, Samuel John; 218 Cocks was Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge No.47 in 1917. He was the General Manager of the Dundalk and Newry Steam-packet Company. In early October 1918, Cocks returned to his family home Okenholt, Flintshire, in North Wales to attend the funeral of his brother William who died of pneumonia. On his return voyage to Ireland on board the SS Dundalk on Monday the 14 th October he perished with eighteen other people after the ship sunk when hit by a torpedo from a German U-boat. 219 A stained glass window and a brass memorial plaque was erected by the Dundalk and Newry Steam-packet Company in St. Patrick s Pro-Cathedral in Dundalk listing the names of eighteen of the nineteen people who 19

20 lost their lives in the disaster, excluding name of one passenger only, whose family had requested that the name be omitted from the memorial plaque. 220 CODDINGTON, William Henry; (1833-?), Oldbridge, Drogheda. 221 Born on the 19 th June 1833 he resigned from the lodge between 1857 and 1863. 222 He was the son of Henry Barry Coddington and his wife Maria Crawford. He married Rosanna daughter of Nathan Daniel Cairns and his wife Mary Millar on the 21 st March 1866. COLLETT, William Rickford; M.P., FRGS, London. 223 He resigned from the lodge on the 7 th December 1850. 224 Collett from Lockers, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, married Hannah Maria Hartigan 225 on the 27 th September 1849. 226 Collett was formerly MP for the City of Lincoln, from 1841 to 1847. 227 He contested a parliamentary seat in Ireland for County Tipperary, as a Conservative in September 1868, 228 his opponent being the nationalist leader of the Fenian movement, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa. Collett failed to win the election and O Donovan Rossa was returned, 229 but was declared a felon who was incapable of sitting in the House of Commons. Subsequently, the third candidate, Denis Caulfield Heron, a Roman Catholic liberal candidate was eventually returned for the Tipperary constituency. William Collett and his wife are buried in Deans Grange Cemetery Dublin. 230 COLLINS, Edward Tenison; Secretary North Western Railway Company Greenore, Dundalk. 231 He served in the capacity Worshipful Master of the lodge from July to December 1874, and for the entire year of 1875. Collins, resigned from the lodge on the 17 th January 1887. 232 COLLINS, Francis Frederick; FRCVS veterinary surgeon 6 th Dragoon Guards. 233 He was created an honorary member of the lodge on the 12 th December 1870. 234 Collins served as First Class veterinary surgeon in the 16 th Lancers, 21 st November 1861. Collins served in the Second Afghan war, at the battle of Kabul in Northern Afghanistan 23 rd December 1879. 235 He retired from the army in 1890. COLLINS Joseph Tenison; bank official, National Bank, Carrickmacross. 236 He resigned from the lodge in 1886. 237 20

21 COLVIN, William Butterworth; military officer. 238 He was created an honorary member of Eureka Lodge No. 47, on the 1 st August 1860. 239 Colvin attained the rank of cornet on the 17 th November 1857. Colvin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on the 6 th August 1859 and captain in the 5 th Dragoon Guards on the 7 th November 1862. Captain Colvin, served with the British Army Garrison under lieutenant colonel Ferdinand Whittingham in Malta in July of 1864 with the 4 th King s Own Regiment 2 nd Battalion officers. 240 COOKE, Thomas Arthur; (?-1842), captain 17 th Lancers. 241 Following affiliation he was created honorary member of the lodge on the 12 th October 1874. 242 He was born on the 29 th January 1842. He became an ensign in the 5 th Regiment of Foot on the 18 th May 1862. Cooke attained the rank of lieutenant in the same regiment on the 15 th July 1862. He transferred with the same rank to the 17 th Lancers on the 16 th September 1866. He was promoted to captain on the 20 th July 1870. Cooke became a major on the 1 st July 1881 and a lieutenant-colonel on the 15 th January 1882. Cooke was promoted to colonel on the 1 st April 1888. 243 He served as captain during the Battle of Ulundi, the last major battle of the Zulu Campaign, which took place at the Zululand capital on the 4 July 1879. 244 COOKE, William Arthur; M.D., physician, Dundalk. 245 He resigned from the lodge 1913. 246 COOPER, Charles Henry; cartage contractor for the Great Northern Railway, 247 Dundalk. 248 He served the office of Worshipful Master for the year 1923. Cooper resigned from the lodge on the 4 th February 1935. 249 COOPER, Charles Parkinson; (?-1891), cartage contractor to the Great Northern Railway, Dundalk. He served the office of Worshipful Master of Eureka Lodge for the year 1883. 250 Cooper died on 29 th May 1891. 251 COULTER, Joseph Arthur; J.P., (1818-1901), of Dowdallshill, and Roden Place, Dundalk. 252 He served in the position of Worshipful Master for Eureka Lodge No.47 for the years 1890-91. 253 Coulter was the second son of Robert Coulter, Solicitor. He married Hannah (1822-1889) the daughter of Mr. John McDowell, of Mullaharlin, Dundalk. Coulter was appointed first secretary of the Lighting, Paving and Improving Committee, for Dundalk, in 1832. For many years, and up to the time of his death in 1901, he was the secretary of the Dundalk Gas Company. 254 He also spent much of his life abroad in the service of the Hudson Bay Company, 21