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* [[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Home Secretary]]
* [[Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Home Secretary]]
* [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]], philanthropist and social reformer
* [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]], philanthropist and social reformer
* [[George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith]], barrister and civil servant
* [[Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Jonathan Baker (bishop)|Jonathan Baker]], [[Church of England|Anglican]] [[Bishop of Fulham]]
* [[Jonathan Baker (bishop)|Jonathan Baker]], [[Church of England|Anglican]] [[Bishop of Fulham]]
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* [[Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale]], colonial governor of [[Southern Rhodesia]] and [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]]
* [[Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale]], colonial governor of [[Southern Rhodesia]] and [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]]
* [[John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton]], chairman of [[BP]]
* [[John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton]], chairman of [[BP]]
* [[Charles Barnett-Clarke]], long serving [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town|Cape Town]], South Africa
* [[Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe]], [[Governor-General of New Zealand]]
* [[Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe]], [[Governor-General of New Zealand]]
* [[Bramston Beach (politician)|Bramston Beach]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and [[Father of the House]]
* [[Bramston Beach (politician)|Bramston Beach]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and [[Father of the House]]
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* [[John Edward Courtenay Bodley]], civil servant
* [[John Edward Courtenay Bodley]], civil servant
* [[Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and [[Lord Chamberlain]]
* [[Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and [[Lord Chamberlain]]
* [[Harold Boulton]], songwriter and author of the [[The Skye Boat Song]]
* [[Robin Bourne-Taylor]], Olympic [[Rowing (sport)|rower]]
* [[Robin Bourne-Taylor]], Olympic [[Rowing (sport)|rower]]
* [[George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth]], Irish peer
* [[George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth]], Irish peer
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* [[Edward George Bruton]], architect
* [[Edward George Bruton]], architect
* [[John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir]], naturalist
* [[John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir]], naturalist
* [[Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician and [[Lord Chancellor]]
* [[Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde]], [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician and [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]]
* [[Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde]], [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician and [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]]
* [[William Burdett-Coutts]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[William Burdett-Coutts]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
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* [[Eric Archibald McNair]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]], soldier
* [[Eric Archibald McNair]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]], soldier
* [[George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Lionel Monckton]], composer of music theatre
* [[William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician and [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|President of the Board of Health]]
* [[William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician and [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|President of the Board of Health]]
* [[William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician
* [[William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician
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* [[Ellis Robins, 1st Baron Robins]], businessman
* [[Ellis Robins, 1st Baron Robins]], businessman
* [[John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke]], peer
* [[John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke]], peer
* [[William Scoresby Routledge]], ethnographer, anthropologist, and adventurer
* [[George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill]], imperial administrator, [[List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras|Governor of Madras]] and [[Viceroy of India]]
* [[Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill]], imperial administrator, [[List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras|Governor of Madras]] and [[Viceroy of India]]
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* [[Haldane Stewart]], composer and cricketeer
* [[Haldane Stewart]], composer and cricketeer
* [[Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright]]
* [[Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright]]
* [[Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway]], Irish peer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway]], Irish peer and [[Conservative Party| (UK)|Conservative]] politician
* [[Montagu Stone-Wigg]], inaugural [[Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea|Bishop of New Guinea]]
* [[James Stubbs]], Grand Secretary of the [[United Grand Lodge of England]]
* [[James Stubbs]], Grand Secretary of the [[United Grand Lodge of England]]
* [[Ernest Swinton]], soldier who developed the term [[tank]] and [[Chichele Professor of Military History]] at [[All Souls College, Oxford]]
* [[Ernest Swinton]], soldier who developed the term [[tank]] and [[Chichele Professor of Military History]] at [[All Souls College, Oxford]]
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* [[George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and diplomat
* [[George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and diplomat
* [[Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard]], peer
* [[Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard]], peer
* [[Shyamji Krishna Varma]], Indian revolutionary, journalist, scholar, and founder of founded the [[Indian Home Rule Society]], [[India House]], and [[The Indian Sociologist]]
* [[Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician
* [[Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet]], [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician
* [[Walter Wardle]], [[Archdeacon of Gloucester]]
* [[Walter Wardle]], [[Archdeacon of Gloucester]]

Revision as of 05:07, 22 October 2023

Logo of the Apollo University Lodge, Oxford, depicting the classical god Apollo.

Apollo University Lodge No 357 is a Masonic Lodge based at the University of Oxford aimed at past and present members of the university.[1] It was consecrated in 1819, and its members have met continuously since then.

University of Oxford

Membership of the lodge is restricted to those who have matriculated as members of the University of Oxford. The Lodge's historic records, from its foundation until 2005, are housed in the university's Bodleian Library.[2] The lodge is primarily a part of university social life, but is also involved in other areas of university life through projects such as the Apollo Bursary, administered by the university, through which lodge members provide financial support to certain students.[3]

Due to its association with the university it has had famous members such as Cecil Rhodes, Oscar Wilde, and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.[4]

To celebrate the bicentenary of the Lodge in 2019, a comprehensive history book was written.[5] It was published in February 2019 by the Bodleian Library, Oxford.[6] Entitled "Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of the Apollo University Lodge", the book is co-authored by Professor J. Mordaunt Crook, an architectural historian, former Slade Professor and Waynflete Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and former Public Orator and Professor of Architectural History at the University of London (who is not a Freemason), and Dr James Daniel, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, who has been a member of the Lodge for over fifty years, and is also a former Grand Secretary (chief executive) of the United Grand Lodge of England.

Character

The Lodge (together with the parallel Isaac Newton University Lodge in Cambridge University) has traditionally enjoyed certain privileges, including the right to initiate matriculated members of the university regardless of their age (other Lodges in England and Wales are restricted to candidates aged 21 or older, except by special permission), and the right to initiate candidates in large groups (other lodges are restricted to a maximum of two candidates at a time, except by special permission). In 2005 the Universities Scheme was established, inspired by the long success of Apollo University Lodge and Isaac Newton University Lodge,[7] and now brings similar privileges to more than eighty university masonic lodges in universities across England and Wales.

Other lodges

Apollo University Lodge is the principal masonic lodge for members of the University of Oxford. Other Oxford University lodges include Churchill Lodge No 478 (consecrated 1841) for senior members of the university, St Mary Magdalen Lodge No 1523 (consecrated 1875) for members of Magdalen College, Oxford,[8] and Aedes Christi Lodge No 9304 (consecrated 1989) for members of Christ Church, Oxford.[9] The Oxford and Cambridge University Lodge No 1118 (consecrated 1866) is a London-based lodge for members of both universities.[10]

Notable members

King Edward VII
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
George Finch
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Douglas Jardine
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
George Ward Hunt
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Richard Lewis, Bishop of Llandaff
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
Henry Moseley
Ralph T. O'Neal
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
Cecil Rhodes
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton
Oscar Wilde

References

  1. ^ "Home". apollo357.com.
  2. ^ Catalogue of Apollo papers at Bodleian Library website.
  3. ^ Apollo Bursary at the University of Oxford funding webpages.
  4. ^ "1870 - 1914 - Apollo University Lodge". Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ Crook, Joe Mordaunt; Daniel, James W. (2019). Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of the Apollo University Lodge (First ed.). Oxford: Bodleian Library. ISBN 9781851244676.
  6. ^ "Oxford Freemasons". Bodleian Libraries Shop. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ See "About the Scheme" at the Universities Scheme official website Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ Lodge details at Lane's Masonic Records.
  9. ^ See the Lodge's official website.
  10. ^ See lodge entry in the Universities Scheme Archived 2016-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
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