Who's Who at Supreme Grand Chapter
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HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC
First Grand Principal
Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, born in 1935. Educated at Eton and Le Rosey, Switzerland. He is a cousin both of the Queen and of the Duke of Edinburgh. His father, who was Grand Master 1939-42, was the fourth son of King George V, and his mother, Princess Marina, was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. He has been the First Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of England since he was first elected in 1967.
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Peter Geoffrey Lowndes
Pro First Grand Principal
Born 1948. Educated Eton. FRICS. Appointed Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 1984 - 87; Grand Sword Bearer 1992 – 93; Grand Director of Ceremonies 1995 - 2003; Past Grand Scribe N 2000 - 04. Installed as 2nd Grand Principal 2004 – 05. Installed as Pro First Grand Principal April 2009.
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George Francis
Second Grand Principal
Born 1947. Educated Eton. Solicitor since 1975. Held office
as a Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies of Supreme Grand Chapter
2001-3. Installed as 2nd Grand Principal in November 2005.
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The Very Rev. Neil Collings
Third Grand Principal
Born in 1946. Ordained Priest in 1971. Various parish and diocesan
posts, Canon Residentiary and Treasurer Exeter Cathedral
1999-2006; Chaplain Order of St. John since 2001; Dean of St. Edmondsbury since 2006. At Supreme Grand
Chapter in November 2002 he was Installed as Third Grand Principal.
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Nigel Brown
Grand Scribe E
Born in 1948, in Lusaka in the then Northern Rhodesia and was educated in Southern Rhodesia. From the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, retiring as a Captain. He then spent 15 years in senior management, and for the past 12 years has been a business consultant specialising in advising clients on winning competitive global tenders.
Comp Brown is married with two adult children, has been a Freemason for 22 years and was appointed as a Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies in 2005, serving until his appointment as Grand Scribe E in February 2007. |
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