Person Edward VII (1841 - 1910); King of Great Britain and Ireland Edward VII Albert Edward 1841 - 1910 British Male Buckingham Place, London 09 November 1841 Buckingham Palace, London 06/05/1910 19100506

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 Eldest son of Queen Victoria Royal Fellow Patron 12/02/1863 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. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 Nov 1841 - 6 May 1910 NA5894 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/265340794 f2d9e5f4-90fc-46f5-9fa1-bbc6970d2e04