Wellington Chapter No. 548 History.
The Wellington Chapter history is at present being transcribed and updated, in the meantime here is a taste and downloadable copy of the original first 100 years history.
A HISTORY OF THE WELLINGTON CHAPTER NO, 548 - 1879-1979 :
At a meeting of the Wellington Lodge on 11th February, 1879, the following motion, so the minutes record, was passed unanimously:-
"That the sanction of the Lodge be given for a Chapter of the Royal Arch degree to be attached thereto to be named the Wellington Chapter".
The motion had, been proposed by E. J. B. Bumstead, the Lodge Secretary, and a word or to about this worthy and esteemed Mason and his undoubted dedication would perhaps be appropriate at this stage because there can be little doubt that it was due to his inspiration that the Chapter was formed and thus principally to him that we owe our existence, He had been initiated in the Lodge in 1858, became Secretary in 1862 and thereafter continued in that office until his death in 1889 - a period of 27 years in all - and served as Master in 1866 and again in 1874; he was one of 16 brethren proposed for exaltation on the consecration of the Pythagorean Chapter No. 79 on 3rd March 1870 and was exalted in that Chapter at an emergency convocation only a fortnight later; was Scribe E there from 1872 to 1875 and Z in 1877 and again in 1888 (the year before his death); in 1879, i.e., at the time of the consecration of our own Chapter (of which he was first Z) he was Preceptor of the Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction:, and is shown as Acting Scribe E of our own Chapter in
1881 and again 1888. What a record of service.
The above excerpt taken from the first 100 years history of Wellington Chapter No. 548. The full transcription of this original history can be downloaded here.
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