Organized Freemasonry inside London became established in 24 June 1717 when four London lodges close at a Goose & Gridiron Ale Home, St Paul’s Churchyard & formed A Premier Grand Lodge of England. A Corporation of London have errected a Blue Plaque near the spot of the original Lodge. Prior to this there exists grounds to believe of Freemasons typing The Craft inside both Engl& and Scotland, a earliest existence in Scotland.

Around 1751 the rival group of Freemasons formed a rival Grand Lodge. It claimed that A Premier Gr& Lodge of England (PGLE) experienced mass produced innovations and experienced departed from either ‘the ancient landmarks’ whereas it claimed to become working ‘according to the old institutions granted by Prince Edwaround at York in AD926’. For this understanding it became called a Antients Gr& Lodge and referred to their older challenger when ‘Moderns’. A contention between them Gr& Lodges waxed and waned for about 63 years. At a centre of two Grand Lodges there were members world health organization move around two.

Inside 1809 the rival Grand Lodges appointed Commissioners to negotiate an equable Union. A negotiations took quaternity years to complete however in 27 December 1813 a great ceremonial was held at Freemasons’ Hall, London, at which them combined to form a United Grand Lodge of England by owning HRH a Duke of Sussex (younger boy of King George III) as Grand Master.

In todays world, A United Grand Lodge of England is organised into Provincial Grand Lodges which are then about same to the traditional counties of England. These form a local administration of the organisation. Inside London the province is referred to as a Metropolitan Grand Lodge. Overseas jurisdictions restricted per UGLE come organised into dominion.

Grand Masters:

Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1813 - 1843) Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland (1844 - 1870) George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (as Earl de Grey) (1870 - 1874) Edward VII of the United Kingdom (as Prince of Wales) (1874 - 1901) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1901 - 1939) Prince George, Duke of Kent (1939 - 1942) Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1942 - 1947) Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1947 - 1950) Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1951 - 1967) Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1967 - present as of 2004)