Robert Freke Gould
Robert Freke Gould (10 November 1836 – 26 March 1915) was a soldier, barrister and prominent Freemason and Masonic historian. He wrote a History of Freemasonry (6 vols.) (London: Thomas C. Jack, 1883–1887), which remains a standard reference work on the subject.
Early life and career
Gould was the son of the Rev. Robert Freke Gould, Rector of Stoke Pero in Somerset and a brother of the Countess of Strafford. The younger brother of Thomas Wentworth Gould, Robert Freke Gould was born in Ilfracombe in Devon[1] and joined the British Army aged 18 in 1855 as an Ensign in the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot, then as a lieutenant in the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot.[2][3][4] He served in Gibraltar, Malta, the Cape of Good Hope, India and China. He commanded a company during the Second Opium War of 1860 and served on the Staff of General Staveley during the Taiping Rebellion of 1862.[1][clarification needed]
On leaving the Army he qualified as a
Quatuor Coronati Lodge
Along with
Later years
In December 1913 Gould was made a Past Grand Warden in honour of the Centenary of the Union of the Grand Lodges of England.[1]
Gould died at his home at Kingsfield Green in Woking in Surrey aged 78.[9] On his death he was buried in the nearby Brookwood Cemetery.[1] He left a widow, Louisa Maria Gould who on her death in 1929 aged 79 was buried with him.
Partial bibliography
- The Four Old Lodges: Founders of Modern Freemasonry and Their Descendants, Spencer's Masonic Depot, London (1879)
- The Atholl Lodge, Spencer's Masonic Depot, London (1879
- The Military Lodges: The Apron and the Sword, or Freemasonry Under Arms, Gale & Polden (1899)
- History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc, Jack (London), (1883-7)
- Concise History of Freemasonry Gale & Polden (1903)
References
- ^ a b c d e Robert Freke Gould The Builder Magazine June 1915, Volume I, Number 6 - Phoenix Masonry website
- ^ a b "Robert Freke Gould in the Masonic Dictionary". Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ Robert Freke Gould - Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
- ^ a b The Founders of the Lodge - Quatuor Coronati Lodge website
- ^ Gould in Men of the Bar pg183
- ISBN 0-7509-3513-8
- ^ "QCCC website". Quatuor Coronati Lodge. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ W.H. Rylands and W.J. Songhurst, Obituary for Robert Freke Gould in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum - the Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge Vol XXVIII Part 1 - Google Books pg111
- ^ Robert Freke Gould - Brief Obituary in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum - Transactions of Quatuor Coronatum Lodge - Google Books pg63
External links
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