Duke of Rothesay Lodge

No 82 UGLQ

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Contact Us

• The Lodge meets on the fourth Wednesday each month except for January.

• Our Installation is held in July. 

• The venue for our meetings is the Stones Corner Masonic Centre. 

• The Lodge tiles at 7:30pm.

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Visitors Book

Office Bearers      2003-04

Worshipful Master …………………………………… WorBro Dave Smith
Senior Warden ………………………………………….. Bro Peter Parker
Junior Warden ……………………………………. WorBro Bert Crawshaw

Chaplain …………………………………………………. RWBro Bill Bailey
Secretary ……………………………………………. WorBro Mike Murphy
Dir of Ceremonies………………………………………..WorBro Ken Lane

IPM………………………………………………….. WorBro Russell Hamill
Treasurer ………………………………………..………………………. TBA

Senior Deacon ……….…………………………… WorBro Tom Mclntosh
Junior Deacon ………………………………………WorBro Russell Hamill DID.C………………………………………………….. WorBro Neil Barnes
Organist …………………………………………….. WorBro Les Cornelius
Almoner ……………………………………………… RWBro Allen Barden
Committee of Inquiry ……………………. WM, IPM, SW, JW, Sec, Treas

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Related Links

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Rothesay

A royal burgh and the chief town of the county and island of Bute, Scotland population (1966) 6,650.  Lying on Rothesay Bay, on the eastern coast, it is a holiday town and conference centre, with a promenade of 4 miles (6.4km) long and a pavilion (1938).  It is linked to the mainland by passenger and car ferries to Wemyss Bay (Renfrew) and Colintraive (Argyll).

The sheltered bay affords excellent anchorage and is the headquarters of a submarine squadron.  In the centre of the town are the ruins of a castle, originally erected C.1098 either by Magnus Barfot, King of Norway, or by the Scots as a defence against the Norwegians.  It is said to have been demolished by Robert Bruce, and the ruins today appear to be of 14th century date.  The village which grew up around the castle was made a royal burgh by Robert III, who in 1398 created his eldest son David, Duke of Rothesay, a title that became the highest Scottish title of the heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom.

During the Commonwealth, Rothesay Castle was garrisoned by the Parliamentarians.  It was burned by the followers of Argyll in 1685 and remained neglected until the rubbish was cleared away by the second Marquess of Bute in 1816.  It was repaired by the third Marquess and is now maintained by the Scottish National Trust.  Although agriculture is the chief industry the manufacture of fine tweed cloth is becoming increasingly important.

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