Authorised form of name | Edward VII (1841 - 1910); King of Great Britain and Ireland |
Other forms of name | Albert Edward |
Dates | 1841 - 1910 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Buckingham Place, London |
Date of birth | 09 November 1841 |
Place of death | Buckingham Palace, London |
Date of death | 06/05/1910 |
Activity | Initiated, passsed and raised a Freemason 20 December 1868 in Swedish Grand Master's Lodge, in the Royal Palace of Stockholm by Charles XV (1826-1872) King of Sweden assisted by his brother Crown Prince Oscar, taking first six degrees of the Swedish Rite, remaining four of the ten degrees being conferred the following day and also the eleventh and highest degree, known as Knight Commander of the Red Cross, becoming a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of King Charles XIII of Sweden. Past Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England, elected 1 September 1869, invested and proclaimed 1 December 1869. Associated with many other English and Scottish Lodges. Honours: KG 1858; GCB 1897
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Membership category | Royal Fellow |
Patron |
Date of election | 12/02/1863 |
Relationships | Eldest son of Queen Victoria |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Vanity Fair 08 November 1873, 06 December 1894 (group), 19 June 1902, 02 May 1910 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010. Library and Museum of Freemasonry p 2-3 Notes: Royal Fellow before becoming King and Patron. Previously Prince of Wales. |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/265340794 |
Code | NA5894 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
M/074 | Coronation medal of Edward VII | 1902 |
NLB/7/562 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | [13] March 1893 |
NLB/11/205 | Copy letter from Lord Kelvin, William Thomson, to Sir Francis Knollys | 13 May 1895 |
NLB/11/219 | Copy letter from Lord Kelvin, William Thomson, to Sir Francis Knollys | 15 May 1895 |
NLB/14/683 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to Sir Francis Knollys | 27 April 1897 |
NLB/20/395 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to Sir Francis Knollys | 6 April 1900 |
IM/000061 | Edward VII; King of Great Britain and Ireland | nd |
MM/9/2 | Letter from Charles Lyell, Kinnordy, to Susan Horner | 5 September 1849 |
NLB/57/701 | Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society [?]; to Admiral Sir Henry B [Braderwine] Jackson, FRS, GCB | 20 January 1920 |
MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
MC/6/294 | Letter from W [William] Knollys, Buckingham Palace, to Major General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society] | 31 January 1863 |
MC/6/304 | Letter from Alfred Austin, secretary at the Office of Works, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 25 February 1863 |