{"id":6007,"date":"2025-08-04T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northumberlandkt.com\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:15:04","slug":"great-priory-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northumberlandkt.com\/?p=6007","title":{"rendered":"Great Priory 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6007\" class=\"elementor elementor-6007\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e7f2b0 elementor-section-stretched envato-kit-65-mobile-bg-shift elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e7f2b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Priory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e82a0e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e82a0e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69b21d3\" data-id=\"69b21d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Knights were to be honoured by appointment to Great Priory rank in recognition for all their many services to their Preceptories, the Province and to the Order in general.<\/p><p>Eminent Knight Stephen Ranson, our Provincial Marshal, was honoured with Acting rank as the Grand Master\u2019s Banner Bearer; Eminent Knight Geoffrey Morrison, after seven years as a dedicated member of the Grand Master\u2019s Bodyguard, was appointed to the Acting rank of Great Aide-de-Camp; and Eminent Knights Eddie Anderson and Mike Gilberg were both appointed to the rank of Past Great Aide-de-Camp.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c577af\" data-id=\"0c577af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Monmouth and South Wales; Right Eminent Knight Jonathan Spence, the Great First Constable and Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England; and Right Eminent Knight Dan Heath, the Great Vice-Chancellor and Grand Secretary for the several Orders administered from Mark Mason\u2019s Hall.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f291ca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f291ca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"59\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/northumberlandkt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Shape-2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43\" alt=\"\" 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