Past Masters of Royal York LOL 145

1796-? COLONEL EDWIN STAYPLETON

1798-1799 JAMES HUNTER
1799-? THOMAS KNOX MAGEE

? - 1869 W. McKEAQUE
1870 JOHN CHARLEY
1870-1871 JOHN WRIGHT
1872 JOHN MARTIN
1873 JAMES McNEILL
1874 THOMAS BROWN
1874-1883 JAMES McGREADY
1884—1928 EDWARD LEATHEM
1929—1931 SIR JOSEPH DAVIDSON
1932—1934 ROBERT SCOTT, J.P.
1935—1937 WALLACE LINTON, J.P.
1938—1 940 RICHARD TAYLOR
1941—1942 JOHN T. STOREY
1943—1 945 JOSHUA TOUGHER
1946—1948 JOHN McKNIGHT
1949 JOHN CAVAN, Sen.
1950 ARTHUR DAVIDSON
1951 THOMAS McMANUS
1952—1953 WALTER JOHNSTON
1954 JOHN STOREY
1955 ALFRED H. STOREY
1956 WM. A. JOHNSON
1957 HOWARD THOMSON
1958 CECIL E. MISKIMMIN
1959 EDWARD CRAIG
1960 CYRIL CROOKS
1961 EDWARD SMYTH
1962 JOHN CAVAN
1963 JOHN WALKER
1964 JAMES STAFFORD
1965 WM. WALKER
1966 JOSEPH GRAHAM
1967 WM. REDDICK
1968 DAVID McMULLEN
1969 WM. MISKIMMIN
1970 JAMES HAMILTON
1971 NORMAN USHER
1972 HAROLD FULTON
1973 JOHN LAIRD, M.P. (now LORD LAIRD OF ARTIGARVIN)
1974 JOHN TINMAN
1975 MERVYN BISHOP
1976 T. F. THIEPVAL YOUNG, Sen.
1977 R. THIEPVAL YOUNG
1978 OSCAR FREEBURN
1979 THOMAS WEATHERALL
1980 TREVOR ROULSTON
1981 SAMUEL BLAIR
1982-1983 THOMAS JENNINGS
1984-1985 KENITH LATIMER
1986 JOHN HARCOURT
1987-1988 GEORGE SMYTH
1989-1990 DR JAMES D. LAIRD
1991-1992 ALAN McINTOSH
1993-1994 F. WYNDHAM HEARST
1995-1997 DENNIS ROGAN (now LORD ROGAN OF LOWER IVEAGH)
1998-1999 RICHARD LATIMER
2000-2001 NOEL LATIMER
2002-2006 DR. JAMES D. LAIRD
2007- GRAHAM BARTON

Lodge Officers 2007

Worshipful Master
Wor. Bro. Graham Steven Barton LL.B. WM

"And the chief captain answered, with a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born." Acts of the Apostles, 22 v.28

Bro. Graham is an Estate and Property Management Agent and a graduate of The Queen's University of Belfast. A past Speaker of the Queen's Students' Council and past President of the Queen's Ulster Society, he is currently involved in the Grand Masters Parades Advisory Committee, and working on the Orders approach to parading matters. He is a member of Rising Son's of William (Queen's) LOL 1845, the Queen's students and alumni lodge.

Deputy Master
Bro. Iain Jamison B.A.

Secretary
Wor. Bro. R. Thiepval Young PM PDM
Bro. Val is also the Depurty County Grand Secretary, as well as the Grand Registrar of Ireland in the Grand Royal Arch Purple Chapter of Ireland, as well as Deputy City Grand Master.

Chaplain
Wor. Bro. Kenneth Latimer PM
Bro. Latimer is a long time member of the lodge, and director of York Island Arts and Heritage Association, dealing with the Liberty Days Festival in Saintfield.

Treasurer
Wor. Bro. Alan McIntosh PM
Bro. McIntosh also holds many offices in the Black including: PDM No. 2 Royal Black District Chapter, Chairman of the City of Belfast Grand Black Chapter Benevolent Fund and Grand Pursuviant of the City of Belfast Grand Black Chapter.

Inside Tyler
Bro. Andrew Smylie B.Eng.

Lodge Officers 2006