The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta in England and Wales and Provinces OverseasProvince of Kent
History of the Provincial Priory of KentThe history of the Knight Templar Province of Kent is quite unusual. For a long time, it has been closely associated with that of Surrey, and for two periods existed as a Province with effectively no members at all!
I have put together a simple timeline below which shows the development of the Province via its three main executive Officers, The Prior, by whichever title he was known, his Deputy or Sub-Prior and the Vice-Chancellor, or Administration Officer.
In researching the timeline, I gratefully acknowledge the work of Eminent Knight David DeVille of Surrey in his The History of the Provincial Priory of Surrey at the Advent of the Third Millennium, 1864–1999.
I am amazed at some of the happenings of the early years, and the importance of the early Preceptories, some long gone, or at least removed from Kent; surprised how the moving of just one Preceptory from one tavern to another could reduce a Province to nothing.
I challenge all the Preceptories of Kent, if they have not already done so, to write their history, and I further challenge any enthusiastic historians amongst you to put together and publish a full history of KT in Kent.
Yours in the Bonds of the Order
Peter Wise
Vice-Chancellor, 2012
Provincial Commandery of Kent |
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| Provincial Grand Commander | |
| 1847 | Dr. Robert T. Crucefix |
| 1850 | Dr. Robert T. Crucefix deceased. |
| 1856 | The Kemys-Tynte Preceptory No.48 was Consecrated and the Provincial Grand Conclave of Kent was formed by Patent by ME&SGM, Col. Charles Kemys Kemys-Tynte, both on 19th March. |
Provincial Grand Conclave of Kent |
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Provincial Grand Commander | Deputy Provincial Grand Commander | |
1856 |
Eminent Sir Kt. Henry J. Hinxman, M.D. | ||
1859 |
Sir Kt.Shadwell H. Clerke, R.A. | ||
1865 |
Sir Kt.Shadwell H. Clerke, R.A. | Installed at Woolwich | |
1866 |
Sir Kt. Captain N.G.Phillips | Became Prov Prior, East Anglia | |
1868 |
Sir K. William Smith, C.E. | ||
1870 |
Sir Kt. Captain W.F.Portlock Dadson, R.B.G. | ||
1874 |
Sir Kt.Shadwell H. Clerke, R.A. resigned | No Preceptories left in Kent. | |
1880 |
Temple Cressing Preceptory No. 45 moved within Kent Boundary, to- Greenwich! | ||
1880 |
Black Prince Preceptory No. 146 Consecrated at Canterbury | ||
Provincial Priory of Kent & Surrey |
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1880 |
Provincial Prior | Sub-Prior | Treasurer & Registrar/V-C | |
| Gen. John Studholme Brownrigg, C.B. | Raymond H. Thrupp | J.R. Boor | Treasurer & Registrar | |
1882 |
Lt.Col. George H. Haldane | |||
1887 |
A.H.Bateman | |||
1889 |
Lt.Col. George H. Haldane | Horatio Ward | ||
1892 |
Col Gerald Noel Money, C.B. | Horatio Ward | ||
1895 |
Rt.Hon. Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G. | Horatio Ward | ||
1899 |
H. Ward retired, not replaced | |||
1901 |
S.G.Kirchhoffer | Lt.Col. H.P.Sankey | Registrar | |
1905 |
Lt.Col. H.Grier | |||
1908 |
Lt.Col. Sir Francis S. Moon, Bart. | William Russell | John Alexander Braik | |
1911 |
William Russell | Arthur Humphrey Bowles | ||
1917 |
John Ashmead Pruen, M.A. | |||
1920 |
Captain The Hon. George R.C. St.Vincent Harris | |||
1921 |
George Anthony King | |||
1925 |
Sir George Anthony King | |||
1926 |
George Edmund Walker Bridge | Vice-Chancellor | ||
1928 |
Hugh Charles Knowles | Lt.Col.Aylmer George Galloway | ||
1931 |
Lt.Col. Aylmer George Galloway | George E.W. Bridge | ||
1932 |
Captain The Hon. George St.Vincent Harris, M.C. | Lord Harris, son of Lord Harris! | ||
1941 |
Lt.Col. Aylmer George Galloway | Lt.Col.Aylmer George Galloway | ||
1942 |
Gordon Duff Powell | |||
1945 |
Major Thomas Charles Moore Johnson | |||
1947 |
Lord Harris made ME&S Grand Master | |||
1951 |
Lt.Col. Aylmer George Galloway | Captain Alexander Mckenzie-Smith | Wing Cmdr. Ronald Frederick Jessup | |
1952 |
Frederick George Bell / T.C.M.Johnson | |||
1953 |
Major Arthur James Boot Dickson | |||
| Provincial Prior | Sub-Prior | Vice-Chancellor | |
1956 |
Captain Alexander Mckenzie-Smith | Frederick William Friday | Major Arthur James Boot Dickson |
1966 |
Frederick William Friday | ||
1970 |
Captain Bartholomew Foskett, M.C. | Reginald Fielding Jones | |
1972 |
John Frederick Spalding, M.Sc., J.P. | ||
1978 |
John Frederick Spalding, M.Sc., J.P. | Revd. Canon Peter Churton Collins | |
1979 |
Dr. Roy James Edney | ||
1982 |
Dr. Roy James Edney | Charles Edward Whitfield | |
1989 |
Wilfred Charles Hammond | Andrew Struthers Semple | |
1991 |
Keith James Breading | ||
1992 |
Keith James Breading | Noel Alfred Brian Grout | |
2001 |
Kessick John Jones, | ||
2004 |
Kessick John Jones | Peter John McIntyre | Michael George Harridine |
2006 |
John William Arthur McCully | ||
2008 |
Peter John Wise | ||
2012 |
Peter John McIntyre | Colin Paul Tunbridge | |
2015 |
Kelvin Alan Gane | ||
2015 |
David Jordan | Terence William Tanner | Colin Gordon Smith |
2017 |
Pieter Swinge | ||
| 2019 | Pieter Jan Swinge | Dennis Dean | |
| 2026 | Dennis Dean | Stephen Mark Littler |
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