The Province offers hearty congratulations to the following three members of the Royal Ark Mariner Degree who have received notification of their appointment to Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank:

WBro Robert Carruthers, WBro Lawrence Hinde, Dent Lodge No. 216, WBro Norman Eve,  Derwent Valley Lodge No. 282

On this occasion the Province would also offer its congratulations to those Mark Master Masons of Cumberland and Westmorland who have been appointed to, and promoted in, Grand Rank and District Grand Rank in The Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees:
Grand Ranks
Grand Steward, Francis William Edward Hatton, John Barr Council No. 49 (First Appointment, Acting Rank)
Past Grand Registrar, William Brocklebank Phillips, W.M. Sewell Council No.11
Past Grand Senior Deacon, Anthony Woof Jackson, Birley Council No. 79
Past Grand Junior Deacon, David Douglas, John Barr Council No. 49
Past Grand Junior Deacon, William Kerr, Birley Council No. 79
Past Grand Standard Bearer, John Christopher Beadle, W.M. Sewell Council No.11 (First Appointment)
Past Grand Inner Guard, John Allister Martin, W.M. Sewell Council No.11 (First Appointment)

District Grand Ranks
Deputy Dist.Grand Prefect, Lawrence James Hinde, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand Senior Warden, Eric Holmes, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand Junior Warden, Allan Ronald Brindley, Birley Council No. 79
Dist.Grand Chaplain, Graham Phillip M. Roberts, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand Treasurer, William Kerr, Birley Council No. 79
Dist.Grand Secretary, Peter John Sacre, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand DC, Francis William Edward Hatton, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand Senior Deacon, Douglas Graham Sanderson, V.H.P. Roberts Council No. 258
Dist.Grand Junior Deacon, Dennis John Whicker, Birley Council No. 79
Dist.Grand Dep.DC, David Douglas, John Barr Council No. 49
Dist.Grand Organist, Neville Hurst Parry, W.M. Sewell Council No.11
Dist.Grand Steward, Richard Brownrigg Allen, W.M. Sewell Council No.11 (First Appointment)
Dist.Grand Tyler, Colin Walker, John Barr Council No. 49

District Grand Rank Promotions
Past Dist.Grand JW, David Jeremy Frederick Taylor, Birley Council No. 79

WBro A.E. Inglesfield