Record

Performance TitleFreemasons of England - Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master
Performance Date28 April 1875
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersBrother W Kuhe,
Mr Willing - organ

Grand Chaplain,
HRH The Prince of Wales,
Earl of Carnarvon (Pro Grand Master) - speakers
Set ListOrgan Recital (Brother W Kuhe),
Procession (music Mr Willing),
Opening of the Grand Lodge (Earl of Carnarvon),
Minutes of the election of Grand Master and GrandTreasurer,
Installation of HRH The Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England,
'March', M Costa (organ),
Procession,
Prayer (Grand Chaplain),
Address (Earl of Carnarvon),
Speech (Prince of Wales),
Investiture of robes and symbols,
Trumpet call,
Salute to the Grand Master,
Recession
Royal PresenceHRH The Prince of Wales,
HRH The Prince Christian,
HRH The Duke of Connaught
Performance Notes"The Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the United Order of English Freemasons, a ceremony which is to be performed in the Albert Hall on the 28th inst., has created so great an interest that the applications from the qualified brethren of the English lodges alone have been about 10,000 in excess of the number the vast building will hold."
(The Times, 10 April 1875)

Guests included the Lord Mayor of London, members of the aristocracy, and representatives for lodges in Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.
Premiere of a march specially composed by Sir Michael Costa for the event.

Sir Alfred Woods (Director ceremonies),
Mr T Fenn (assistant to ceremonies)

A gran banquet was held in the evening at the Freemasons' Hall, London.
Related Archival MaterialIllustration (RAHE/9/1875/1/OS) (RAHE/9/1875/2)
Catalogue
Ref_NoTitleDate
RAHE/9/1875/1/OSIllustration of the Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England at the Royal Albert Hall28 April 1875
RAHE/9/1875/2Illustration of the Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grandmaster of the Freemasons28 April 1875
RAHE/9/1875/1Illustration of the Prince of Wales being sworn in as Grandmaster of the Freemasons28 April 1875
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8117Freemasons of England - Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/254Freemasons; late 1500s-
DS/UK/4046Edward VII (1841-1910); King; British King, Emperor of India (1901-1910). First British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
DS/UK/6201Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Frederick Christian Charles Augustus (1831-1917); German prince
DS/UK/1123Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert (1850-1942); British Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; British Royal Family - seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria
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