when did the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales formally constitute
The first meeting of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales took place on 23 June 1856, as recorded by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Its formation established a separate governing authority to take under its wing those lodges working the Mark degree, following the ceremony's exclusion from the series of degrees formally recognized under the 1813 Articles of Union in England 1.
who was the first grand master
The 2nd Lord Leigh, William Henry Leigh, was elected as the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales upon its formation in 1856, as recorded by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales.
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