Part 7 Orders - listen up! Part 7 Orders - The October meeting of the Beauchamp Lodge will shortly be upon us, “Who calls the Tiger?” and we have an extremely entertaining evening lined up. We have a full platform of Lodge business to get through including; a ballot for an amendment to our Lodge By-Laws, 3 new […]

John Kipling - son of Rudyard Kipling Lieutenant John Kipling was the youngest of three children and the only son born to the author Rudyard Kipling and Caroline Starr Kipling (nee Balestier). Born on the 17th August 1897 at the family home, The Elms, Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, Sussex BN2 7HA Initially rejected by the […]

Craig Nelson’s Family: Craig Nelson was the son of the late Surgeon-Major Edwin Field Nelson husband of Irene Nelson of 16 The Close, Norwich.  Education & Career: Craig Nelson was educated at Armagh Royal School and in Germany. Service Life: Campaigns: Unit / Ship / Est.: 69th Punjabis  Action : The Battle of Loos and associate actions  […]

Cecil Bamberger’s Family: Cecil Bamberger was born in Islington on the 22nd December 1883. He was the eldest son of Louis and Emily Bamberger, of 115 King Henry's Road, Hampstead, London and later of 3 Lancaster Road, Belsize Park, London.  Cecil David Woodburn Bamberger had four younger brothers and one sister: Arthur Prior (b.1885), Harold […]

Beauchamp Lodge events - What’s on and where? Beauchamp Lodge events - So when was the last time you visited the Lodge website ‘Diary’ page? We’ve all done it, followed a link on another social media platform, which has taken us to the website and then, within seconds, the moment is over, we’ve read the […]

Universal Freemasonry does it exist? The term ‘Universal Freemasonry’ is often quoted yet, in recent years, we have been asking the question, ‘Is there a place for Freemasonry in the modern world?” Unfortunately this simple post will not provide you with an answer to that question nor, in truth, will it explore it in any […]

Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp - Glimpses of our founder’s life Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp, after whom our lodge is named, was born on the 24th April 1842 at Sholopore (Solapur) in India. As a teenager he travelled to England to attend the Military College founded at Addiscombe in Surrey by the East India Company. In a picture […]

Oliver Ingham’s Family: Oliver Ingham was born on the 13th April 1883 in Paddington, London. He was the 5th child of seven of Robert Wood Ingham (1846-1928) and Mary Elizabeth Ingham (nee Penrose 1851-1938) who were married on the 30th December 1876 in St. Luke’s Church, Summerhill, Cork, Ireland. Robert and Mary Ingham had seven […]

Kent Brethren and the Great War Kent Brethren and the Great War is a publication by Peter Cartwright. It consists of forty-four A4 pages and contains both colour/mono photographs and includes the story of those Freemasons who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the war. It will be available separately from both Kent Provincial Offices […]