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An engraving (with the autograph of the subject) by Bro. Robert Paterson. (History of The Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) No. 1, David Murray Lyon, 1873)

Mr. Antony Sayer, gentleman
1672 - January, 1742
First Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England

'On St. John Baptist's Day, in the 3d Year of King George I, A.D. 1717, the Assembly and Feast of the Free and Accepted Masons was held at the foresaid Goose and Gridiron Alehouse.
Before Dinner, the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of a Lodge) in the Chair, proposed a List of proper Candidates; and the Brethren by a Majority of Hands elected Mr. Anthony Sayer, Gentleman, Grand Master of Masons'

"Mr. Antony Sayer, gentleman" was elected the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England.

"We also find the name among the worthies of the Old King's Arms Lodge, No. 28, London, England, the name of that somewhat elusive character, Anthony Sayer, the first Grand Master of England, about whom less definite information is known than any of his successors in that high office."
Nothing is known of his life other than he was often in straightened circumstances, petitioning Grand Lodge for charity on 21 November, 1724, 21 April, 1730 and 17 April, 1741 and receiving support from the Old King's Arms Lodge on 2 February, 1736 and 3 March, 1740. His death is recorded in the minutes of the Old King's Arms Lodge as occurring in the month prior to January 6, 1742
Grand Master in 1717, Senior Grand Warden in 1719
Member of Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12
Tyler of Old King's Arms Lodge No. 28
Member of Lodge at the Apple Tree Tavern, Charles Street


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