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where did the office of Commander in a Royal Ark Mariner lodge come from and what are the actual duties expected of the brother in that chair
The degree of Royal Ark Mariner originated among eighteenth-century operative Masons as a side degree, with early references recording a Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners reconstituted in 1772. Following a period of obscure early history, the Order came under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1871, which purchased full rights to the degree in 1884, leading to the structure where a Royal Ark Mariner lodge is attached directly to a Mark lodge. Under this administrative framework, the lodge is governed by a Worshipful Commander rather than a Worshipful Master, as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons records.
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