BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

The Ineffable and Dynamic Holy Royal Arch

Author:
Clive Moore
Cornwallis Lecturer for the Provinces of Kent
Date:
4 July 2023
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In 1910 the Beauchamp Lodge decided to petition to form a Holy Royal Arch Chapter, there would be 24 petitioners. The Chapter Solani No.1422 would open in November 1912; it first met in the same hall in Roorkee as Beauchamp Lodge and was named after the Solani river that runs through Roorkee.

An image of the Solani Aqueduct in Roorkee India
The Solani Aquaduct over the Solani River
An image of a map showing Roorkee in India and detailing the Solani River
The Solani River pinpointed running through Roorkee

In 1947 the Holy Royal Arch Chapter transferred to Saharanpur where many of its members then lived; whilst there it worked under the protection of the Comrades Lodge No.3057, but was still linked to the Beauchamp Lodge. In 1962 the chapter moved to Fort William where the Beauchamp Lodge was by then working, the chapter was erased probably soon after 1972. 

An image showing Fort William in Hastings, Calcutta
Fort William, Hasting, Calcutta, India

Below is an image of the Solani Chapter Founder's jewel in the UGLE collection at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street; they give its date as 1911 not 1912; that is the hallmark date on the jewel and may have been the date on the chapter's charter, but the lodge history says that the chapter first met on the 9th November 1912. 

An image of the Solani Chapter number 1422 Founder’s Jewel
Founders Jewel 1911
The Holy Royal Arch

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An image of a blue and red chain appertaining to both the United Grand Lodge of England and the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England with the title One Journey One Organisation

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