The Loyal Order of Moose in Great Britain
Encyclopedia
The Grand Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose in Great Britain is a fraternal service organisation, which has been run by the Grand Council since 1926. The current Grand Governor is Malcolm Parrott.
The Director-General
James J. Davies founded the Grand Lodge at his birthplace of Tredegar
in Wales
. The aims are the same as the Loyal Order of Moose in the United States
, which are to help the orphaned and the widowed. The organisation runs many fundraising programmes for various worthy causes. The British Headquarters of Moose International
are to be found at Mooseheart in Winscombe
, Somerset
. There are sixty-one chartered lodges active throughout England and Wales.
The Director-General
Director-general
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James J. Davies founded the Grand Lodge at his birthplace of Tredegar
Tredegar
Tredegar is a town situated on the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in south-east Wales. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The aims are the same as the Loyal Order of Moose in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which are to help the orphaned and the widowed. The organisation runs many fundraising programmes for various worthy causes. The British Headquarters of Moose International
Moose International
Moose International is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, consisting of the Loyal Order of Moose, with nearly 1 million men in roughly 2,400 Lodges, in all 50 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, plus Great Britain and Bermuda; and the Women of the Moose with more than...
are to be found at Mooseheart in Winscombe
Winscombe
Winscombe is a village in North Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, south-east of Weston-super-Mare and south-west of Bristol...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. There are sixty-one chartered lodges active throughout England and Wales.
Past Grand Governors
- 1926–1927 H.W. Morgan (Dec)
- 1927–1930 Sir John Daniel (Dec)
- 1930–1932 P.W. Cann (Dec)
- 1932–1933 E.C. Morgan Willmott (Dec)
- 1933–1934 J. Williams J.P. (Dec)
- 1934–1936 E. O'Nions (Dec)
- 1936–1937 T.R. Harris (Dec)
- 1937–1938 A.J. Bennett (Dec)
- 1938–1939 Howard Clift (Dec)
- 1939–1942 W.A. Bowen (Dec)
- 1942–1944 C.C. Young (Dec)
- 1944–1945 J.W. Jones M.B.E. (Dec)
- 1945–1946 Peter Heppenstall M.B.E. (Dec)
- 1946–1948 A.H. Southwood (Dec)
- 1948–1949 J.M. Cummings (Dec)
- 1949–1950 L.F. Withers (Dec)
- 1950–1951 H.V. Rhodes (Dec)
- 1951–1952 F.M. Wincott (Dec)
- 1952–1953 J.C. Norton (Dec)
- 1953–1954 J. Phillips (Dec)
- 1954–1955 R.A. Evans (Dec)
- 1955–1956 R.G. Blyth (Dec)
- 1956–1957 E.H. Jones (Dec)
- 1958–1959 E.D. Harcombe (Dec)
- 1959–1960 C.H. Radmore (Dec)
- 1960–1961 Gilbert White (Dec)
- 1961–1962 T.S. Pate (Dec)
- 1962–1963 W.B. Bowen (Dec)
- 1963–1964 E.O. Hughes (Dec)
- 1964–1965 J.W.James (Dec)
- 1965–1966 Billy Drew (Dec)
- 1966–1967 Bill Harries (Dec)
- 1967–1968 G.E. Westcott (Dec)
- 1968–1969 S. Smith (Dec)
- 1969–1970 Alf Screen (Dec)
- 1970–1971 Ambrose Snook (Dec)
- 1971–1972 Harry Stainer (Dec)
- 1972–1973 Jack Price (Dec)
- 1973–1974 Richard (Dick) Price
- 1974–1975 George Newman (Dec)
- 1975–1976 John Evans, J.P (Dec)
- 1976–1977 Lord Maybray King (Dec)
- 1977–1978 Gordon H. Carter (Dec)
- 1978–1979 Percy H. Harris (Dec)
- 1979–1980 Ivor Millard (Dec)
- 1980–1981 Joe Brooke (Dec)
- 1981–1982 Gordon Cullingford
- 1982–1983 Sid Clements (Dec)
- 1983–1984 Bill Whitehouse (Dec)
- 1984–1985 Peter Tonkin
- 1985–1986 David Watkins
- 1986–1987 Ian Bennett (Dec)
- 1987–1988 Vernon Smith
- 1988–1989 Colin Pinchin
- 1989–1990 Doug Smith (Dec)
- 1990–1991 Ken Helps (Dec)
- 1991–1992 Walter Taylor (Dec)
- 1992–1993 Ron Locke
- 1993–1994 Mansel Wring
- 1994–1995 John Matthews
- 1995–1996 Ken Crompton
- 1996–1997 Ken Priest
- 1997–1998 Dudley Jeffries (Dec)
- 1998–1999 Dilwyn Thomas
- 1999–2000 Rev David Hassell
- 2000–2001 Roy MoggRoy MoggRoyston Mogg was an English Methodist preacher and fraternalist.Roy Mogg was a Methodist Preacher and a Past Grand Governor of the Loyal Order of Moose in Great Britain. His sudden death from a suspected heart attack, was announced at the 74th National Convention of Moose International in...
(Dec) - 2001–2002 Don O'Brien
- 2002–2003 George Pope (Dec)
- 2003–2004 Keith Edwards
- 2004–2005 Jim Bodley
- 2005–2006 Kevan Randall
- 2006–2007 Alan Watkins
- 2007–2008 Michael Burgin
- 2008–2009 Trevor Savage
- 2009–2010 Terry Ewels
- 2010-2011 Barry Page-Dove