Gallery Lodge

The Gallery Lodge is one of two Masonic lodges within the UK Parliament.[1] The core of its membership are journalists accredited to Parliament.[2] It is the only lodge that is exclusively for journalists.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hansard debate by Max Madden, MP for Bradford South, Hansard, 6 April 1989 "That this House congratulates Martin Short on the publication of his book, Inside the Brotherhood ; notes that the honourable Members for Ilford South, Croydon South, Chichester, Erewash, Banbury and Belfast North told Mr. Short they were Masons ; further notes that Mr. Short believes that the honourable Members for Bury South, Reading East and Keighley are Masons ; and finally notes Mr. Short reveals the Masonic Lodge to which Right honourable and honourable Members, Parliamentary Officers and staff belong is called the New Welcome Lodge (5139) which was consecrated in 1929 and meets five times a year at Freemason's Hall in London, and that Parliamentary Journalists who are Mason's belong to the Gallery Lodge (1928).] "
  2. ↑ Recipients of email to lodge complaint?, UK Press Gazette
  3. ↑ page 262, Representative British Freemasons, by Kessinger Publishing Company


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