© 2021 Provincial Grand Court of Wessex
Installation of the 1st. Deputy Provincial Grand Master
PRIMUS DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER
The
Province
of
Wessex
having
developed
sufficiently
since
its
formation
on
the
31st.
May
2008
it
has
gained;
from
The
Grand
Court;
approval
for
the
appointment
of
a
Deputy
Provincial
Grand
Master.
Following
the
Installation
on
Monday
the
28th.
November
2011
of
Bro.
Nidral
Welsh
as
the
second
Master
of
King
Hywel
Court
No. 69 a meeting of Provincial Grand Court of Wessex was Convened and Opened.
R.W.Bro.
Malcolm
James
Burns,
KCSM.,
The
Provincial
Grand
Master
for
the
Province
of
Wessex
in
The
Masonic
Order
of
Athelstan
in
England,
Wales
and
Provinces
Overseas
was
delighted
to
appoint
and
invest
W.Bro.
Brian
George
Wright,
Dep.G.Sec,
Prov.G.Sec.
as
the
Primus
Deputy
Provincial
Grand
Master
of
the
Province
of
Wessex.
He
reminded
those
present
that
the
well-being
and
success
of
the
Province
during
its
growth
was
greatly
due
to
untiring
and
unremitting
efforts
and
efficiency
of
W.
Bro.
Brian
and
therefore
this
preferment
was
a
proper
and
just due reward.
The
M.W.Bro.
Michael
H.
Roalfe,
PGHCh.,
GCSM.
The
Grand
Master
of
The
Masonic
Order
of
Athelstan
in
England,
Wales
and
Provinces
Overseas
who
had
travelled
three
hundred
miles
to
be
present
and
witness
the
investiture,
then
called
upon
V.W.Bro.
John
H.
Wickes
the
Grand
Marshal
to
present
W.
Bro.
Wright
to
him.
After
congratulating
Bro.
Wright
on
his
preferment
he
too
thanked
him
for
his
work
resulting
in
the
rapid
growth
of
the
Province
but
also
his
responsibilities
as
Deputy
Grand
Secretary
including
his
considerable
involvement
in
the
arrangement
of
the
Grand
Assemblies
at
Leicester.
He
then,
as
an
acknowledgement
and
reward
for
these
efforts,
promoted
W.Bro.
Brian
G.
Wright
to
Past
Grand
Sword
Bearer.
This
preferment
meriting the title and rank as:-
V.W.Bro.
Brian G. Wright
, PG.Swd.B, DepGSec, Deputy Provincial Grand Master -Wessex, Prov.G.Sec. (Wessex).
W.Bro. Mervyn S.Western, DepEmGPrior, Prov.G.S.W. (Wessex)