Provincial Priory of Cheshire

 The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple
 and of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta
of England and Wales and Provinces Overseas

Preceptories of The Province

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Grosvenor Preceptory No. 132

Established 9th April 1875

Meeting Dates: 1st Tuesday in February, March, October and December

Installation: October

Meeting at:

Freemasons Hall,
2 Queen Street,
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 3LG

01244 324956

This Preceptory was consecrated on 9th September 1875 at the Grosvenor Hotel, Chester, by the Provincial Prior, Major Cornwall-Legh. The Eminent Preceptor was installed by C J Bannister, the Provincial Prior of Northumberland and Durham. The Warrant is dated 9th April 1875.
The authority for the consecration was contained in a letter from the Great Chancellor dated 3rd September.
The Preceptory originally met in the Grosvenor Hotel but soon moved to Queen Street, Chester.
The Preceptory has been described as having a distinctly clerical thread, and over the 1ast 50 years at least nine clerics have been installed including Rev Kenneth Charles White, Rev Canon J A Walker, Rev Canon Michael Rylands, who was Great Prelate in 1977, Rev Canon Leslie John Forster and Rev Kenneth Charles Taylor a past Provincial Prelate. Dr Horace Ingham was Eminent Preceptor in 1956 and Joseph Hawkes, Deputy Provincial Grand Master was a member. Sir Knight C L S Cornwall-Legh was installed a Knight.