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Samuel Peter Austin, Junior (1842 -1925)
One of the River Wear’s most famous shipbuilders, Samuel Peter Austin, was initiated into Palatine Lodge, No 97, on March 27th, 1868. He played an active role in the Lodge, becoming Worshipful Master in 1873, Treasurer in 1875 and received the honour of Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden (PProvJGW).
The entry for Samuel Peter Austin in Palatine’s Membership Record
Peter Riddle Grey Phorson was initiated into Freemasonry on the 14th of February 1901 and became Worshipful Master of Palatine Lodge in 1906.
Palatine Membership Record
Robert Singleton was born in July of 1852 in Garstang, Lancashire, to Robert Clifton Singleton and his wife Susannah (nee Dickinson). He was the second of six children, having four brothers and a sister. On the 1861 census his mother is listed as an Innkeeper’s widow, so she was left with a very young family to tend to.
Sir Edward Temperley Gourley was Initiated into Palatine lodge on the 10th of October 1861. Little is known about his masonic career other than he sustained his membership over a number of decades; he never became Worshipful Master, so it is likely he enjoyed his time on the sidelines.
He was a notable ship owner and prominent Sunderland figure in the latter part of the 19th Century and was Knighted in 1895 for his political work.
The following is taken from our Volume II History book (1937) and is replicated, as written, here. A postface is added at the bottom to give a little further information.
James Hall
Worshipful Master
1908-1909
Sir William Allan was initiated into Palatine Lodge No. 97 in 1890 and remained a member until his death in 1903.
He was an interesting character, his London Times Obituary, dated the 29th December 1903, documents a remarkably interesting life.