Senior officers in West Lancashire
Freemasonry in West Lancashire is governed by the constitution of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). The country is split into Provinces, the Province of West Lancashire is one of the largest under the English constitution.
Administered from Leyland, by a Provincial Grand Master who is appointed by UGLE 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 number of Masons in 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 eight Assistant Provincial Grand Masters with responsibility for overseeing one or more of the 19 groups in the Province.