1. 1717 Anthony Sayer
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1672 - January, 1742
At the Revival in 1717 "Mr. Anthony Sayer, gentleman" was elected the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England.
"We also find the name among the worthies of the Old King's Arms Lodge, No. 28, London, England, the name of that somewhat elusive character, Anthony Sayer, the first Grand Master of England, about whom less definite information is known than any of his successors in that high office."
Nothing is known of his life other than he was often in straightened circumstances, petitioning Grand Lodge for charity on 21 November, 1724, 21 April, 1730 and 17 April, 1741 and receiving support from the Old King's Arms Lodge on 2 February, 1736 and 3 March, 1740. His death is recorded in the minutes of the Old King's Arms Lodge as occurring in the month prior to January 6, 1742
Grand Master : 1717
Senior Grand Warden : 1719
Grand Lodge of England
Member
Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12
Tyler, Old King's Arms Lodge No. 28
Member, Lodge at the Apple Tree Tavern, Charles Street
Source: Constitutions, 1738, p. 110; Denslow; The Freemason, June 6, 1925. Mezzotint by John Faber the younger, c. 1749/50, after a lost portrait by Joseph Highmore.
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2. 1718 George Payne, Esq.
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3. 1719 Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers
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March 12, 1683 - February 29, 1744
The Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers LL.D., F.R.S. was born in Rochelle, France. The son of a Huguenot clergyman, Desaguliers was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. His reputation as a lecturer on experimental philosophy obtained for him a Fellowship in the English Royal Society. He was the inventor of the planetarium.
Elected the third Grand Master of England in 1719, Desaguliers was a zealous collector of early masonic manuscripts. Although attributed to Dr. James Anderson, the General Regulations found in the first edition of the Constitutions were compiled under his supervision.
Grand Master, 1719
Deputy Grand Master, 1723
Deputy Grand Master, 1725, Grand Lodge of England
Source: Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Albert Mackey. p. 276-7.
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