Senior Officers of the Province

Senior officers of the Province

Freemasonry in West Lancashire is governed by the constitution of the United Grand Lodge of England. The country has been split into Provinces by the United Grand Lodge of England. The Province of West Lancashire Province is the largest under the English constitution.

Administered from Liverpool, a Provincial Grand Master is appointed by United Grand Lodge to preside over the Province. He has a Deputy Provincial Grand Master and a number of Assistant Provincial Grand Masters.

Groups were introduced in 1910 because of the size and considerable area of the Province and to aid the then Provincial Grand Master’s chairmanship of a major charitable festival.

The success in 1910 resulted in the group structure remaining and there are now 10 Assistant Provincial Grand Masters with responsibility for overseeing one or more of the groups.

Peter Hosker Provincial Grand Master. CV – Peter John Hosker OBE Johnathan Clipsham Responsible for Eccles and South Eastern Groups.    Philip Gunning Responsible for the Ormskirk and District and Southport Groups. Ian Boswell Responsible for the Warrington, Woolton and Widnes Groups. Roy Skidmore Responsible for Bootle, Garston and Gladstone Groups. Harry Cox Responsible for the Blackpool and North Fylde Groups.

Howard Jones Deputy Provincial Grand Master.   Raymond Martland Responsible for the Leyland and Chorley Groups. Anthony Bent Responsible for the Wigan, Leigh, St Helens and Prescot Groups. Tony Harrison Responsible for the Lancaster and District, Furness and South Lakeland Groups.   Mark Dimelow Responsible for the Liverpool Group. David Winder Responsible for the South Fylde and Preston Groups.

Keith Kemp Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies