the trust placed in his proposer and seconder and knew that Basil would not put


The cottage Eddy rebuilt with his son in Cornwall


Masonic Career


1983 Initiated into Valentia Lodge No 3097


1987 Exalted into Great City Chapter No 1426


1990 WM Valentia Lodge No 3097


1993 First Principal Great City Chapter No 1426 Founding Third Principal of Cyclist Filia Chapter No 6409


1996 Founding Steward of Clerkenwell Lodge of Installed Masters No 9628


1997 LGR 2000 SLGR and LGCR 2001 Founding Steward of Clerkenwell Chapter of First Principals 9628, PPAGSoj (Surrey)


2005 PAGDC – SLGCR – VGO (Devonshire Group)


2006 PDepGReg (Surrey) 2007 SVO 2010 WM – Clerkenwell Lodge of Installed Masters No 9628


2011 PGStB 2012 Met Grand Inspector (Holy Royal Arch), PSGD& PGSoj


2014 First Principal – Clerkenwell Chapter of First Principals.


6 Eddy with his wife, Joan.


him in a situation which would be difficult or embarrassing. He does recall a large number of dark blue aprons around and hearing “tuts” from


older members whenever a word was missed in the ritual though! Such was Eddy’s first encounter with freemasonry. Taking a step back in time, Eddy


and Joan had started a family with his son, Neil, being born in 1975 and daughter, Karen, in 1976. In 1982 Neil became a cub scout. Eddy had thoroughly enjoyed his own time as a cub and Scout in his early years and was keen for his son to have a similar experience. It turned out that due to the threatened closure of the pack, he had to step forward with another Dad and volunteer to keep the group going by becoming warranted Leaders. This subsequently led to him, over a number of years, becoming Group Scout Leader and then District Chairman for the Runnymede District. In between these community and masonic activities time had to be found to do his day job! As noted above Eddy had been in


the London


Ambulance Service, rising from a crew role to becoming a Training Officer. Tempted by the thought of working with a friend away from the stress of the Service, they bought and ran a Freehouse on the A377 near Crediton in Devon. Regrettably, changes to circumstances outside their control meant selling up and returning with the family to Surrey. His subsequent career was mainly in administration management for a major finance house working in facilities and building services and then latterly as a contracts and project manager for two large commercial construction companies. Taking early retirement aged 55, he spent much of the next 8 years assisting his son rebuild his 200 year old cottage in Cornwall - very successfully, as can be seen from the accompanying photos! Following his initial foray into the


masonic world, Eddy’s growing enthusiasm was fed by regular attendance at LOI, where he was given expert guidance and direction. Inspired by this, he became determined to achieve the high standard set by the Past Masters and Director of Ceremonies of the Lodge. A few short years after initiation, he was encouraged by several Past Masters of the Lodge to become a Companion in the Holy Royal Arch. His Exaltation took place in Great City Chapter No. 1426 in April 1987. At first he had difficulty understanding the order, as unlike his Craft experience, there was no Chapter of Instruction. Nevertheless, having been made a Steward, perseverance paid off as after a short while, Eddy recalls, "the light went on" and he became a very keen participant. He proceeded up the ladder and became 1st Principal in November 1993. Meanwhile, Eddy became


Worshipful Master of Valentia in 1990, following this by becoming Secretary from 1992 until 1999 and then Almoner for a further five years. All of a sudden Eddy’s masonic life became quite full, with promotion to LGR in 1997 and LGCR in 2000. SLGR and SLGCR followed in 2000 and 2005 respectively. Not content with this, Eddy had assisted in the founding of the Clerkenwell Lodge of Installed Masters in 1996 as a Founding Steward and then whilst


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