ZETLAND LODGE, No. 24, SHEDIAC | Originally No. 1188, on the Registry of England
Zetland Lodge was first set to work on 29th January, 1861, by virtue of a dispensation issued by R. W. Bro. Alexander Balloch, P. G. M., and formally constituted on 20th March, 1862, by R. W. Bro. Douglas B. Stevens, Provincial S. G. W., under a warrant granted on 30th October, 1861, by the sanction and authority of the united grand lodge of England, the Rt. Hon. Earl of Zetland, G. M., the Rt. Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, D. G. M., and Wm. Gray Clarke, G. S., to the right trusty and well-beloved brethren, Thomas Irving, Samuel McKean, Henry W. Baldwin, Frederick W. Miles, James Robertson, Daniel P. McLaren, and Daniel B. Campbell, constituting the said brethren into a lodge of F. & A. M., under the title of “Zetland Lodge, No. 1188,” to be held at Shediac, in New Brunswick, on the third Wednesday of every month; Thomas Irving to be the first master, Samuel McKean, the first S. W., and Henry W. Baldwin, the first J. W.
This lodge declined at first to separate from the mother grand lodge and join in the erection of the grand lodge of New Brunswick; but, after considerable negotiation, was induced to reconsider its earlier decision, and, on the 16th September 1868, surrendered its warrant, being the last lodge in the province, working under the grand lodge of England, to do so.
Under the authority and sanction of the grand lodge of New Brunswick, a new warrant was granted on 16th September 1868, by M. W. Bro. B. L. Peters, G. M., constituting the lodge as “Zetland Lodge, No. 24,” on the roll of the said grand lodge, with the right trusty and well-beloved brethren, Alexander Stronach as W. M., Chipman W. Smith as S. W., and William Bannister Deacon as J. W., continuing to them and all other the brethren on the roll of the lodge, their rights and privileges as a lodge of F. & A. M., to meet at Shediac, in the county of Westmorland, on the third Wednesday of every month. It was countersigned by R. W. Bro. William Wedderburn, D. G. M., and V. W. Bro. W. F. Bunting, G. S., and committed to the charge of the lodge on 18th November 1868. The latter warrant was destroyed, together with the hall and other property of the lodge, by fire on 13th October 1879. A duplicate of the warrant was issued on 5th January 1880.
