King George IV

King George IV

Brother King George IV August 12th 1762 – June 26th 1830 Member of and Founder of: Prince  of Wales’s Lodge (now) #259 London, England King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover following the death of his father, George III, on 29 January...
Francis Light

Francis Light

Brother Francis Light  1740 –October 25th 1794 Initiated into Freemasonry in India Brought Freemasonry to Malaysia in 1786 Founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. The multicultural colony of Penang became...
Daniel Beard

Daniel Beard

Brother Daniel Beard June 21st 1850 – June 11th 1941 Member of: Mariners’ Lodge #67, New York City, New York American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy...
Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

Brother Audie Murphy June 20th 1925 – May 28th 1971 Member of: North Hollywood Lodge #542, North Hollywood, California One of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as...
Alexander Cartwright

Alexander Cartwright

Brother Alexander Cartwright April 17th 1820 – July 12th 1892 Father of Baseball The rules of the modern game were thought to be based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Brother Alexander Cartwright and a committee from his club, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club,...