Anthony Sayer
Anthony Sayer (c.1672 – 1741), on 24 June 1717 (the
Apart from being London's first, he is also the Grand Master "about whom less definite information is known than any of his successors in that high office." He seems to have fallen on difficult times, probably falling foul of the "
Whatever his difficulties, he retained a great deal of respect amongst his brother Freemasons. The newspaper report of his funeral, in January 1741/2, states -
"A few days since died, aged about 70 years, Mr. Anthony Sayer, who was Grand Master of the most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in 1717. His corpse was followed by a great number of Gentlemen of that Honorable Society of the best Quality, from the Shakespears Head Tavern in the Piazza in Covent Garden and decently interr’d in Covent-Garden church."[4]
References
- ^ James Anderson, The New Book of Constitutions, 1738, p.110 in Quatuor Coronatorum Antigrapha, vol VII, 1890
- ^ J. Walter Hobbs, Mr. Anthony Sayer, Gentleman, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum 37, 1924, pp. 218–239
- ^ Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon Anthony Sayer, retrieved 30 December 2012
- ^ Freemasonry Today Steven Smith, Back to Basics, 14 December 2011, retrieved 30 December 2012