Series
Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
Catalogue reference: AR/1379
What’s it about?
This record is about the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased] dating from 1801 - 1813.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AR/1379
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Title (The name of the record)
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Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801 - 1813
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Description (What the record is about)
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Annual returns giving names, professions and residence of members of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment [Antients] with general, administrative correspondence. Years 1804 - 1806 are not extant.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 documents
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This unnamed lodge was established on 1 January 1801 as No. 298(B) by the Antients' Grand Lodge. It was a travelling military lodge based in the 1st Battalion of the Eighty-fifth Regiment of Light Dragoons. In 1801 the Regiment was based in Jersey, where the lodge met at an unknown location. In 1803 the Lodge relocated with the Regiment to Stoney Hill, Jamaica, West Indies. When the Regiment returned to England in 1809, the Lodge met in barracks at Brabourne Lees and Hythe, Kent and at Ottery St. Mary, Devon. After 1814, a year after the union between the Antients' and Moderns' Grand Lodges to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge was renumbered as No. 379 and represented members from all battalions of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. The Lodge was renumbered again as No. 262 in 1832. The movements of the Regiment and Lodge after 1814 are unclear, although it met on St. Vincent's, West Indies, in 1845. The warrant was returned on 3 August 1846 by order of the Regiment's commanding officer and the Lodge was erased.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/383938dd-3dfc-4175-a6d9-4c5ad8266dfb/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Museum of Freemasonry
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Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]