Famous Masons in History
1672 - January, 1742
At the Revival in 1717 "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 : 1717
Senior Grand Warden : 1719
Grand Lodge of England Member
Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12 Tyler
Old King’s Arms Lodge No. 28 Member
Lodge at the Apple Tree Tavern, Charles Street
Source: Constitutions, 1738, p. 110; Denslow; The
Freemason, June 6, 1925. Mezzotint by John Faber the younger, c. 1749/50,
after a lost portrait by Joseph Highmore.
October 22, 1811 - July 31, 1886
Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer, Liszt studied in Vienna and Paris and was on the concert stage from 1822-48. In 1861 he went to Rome where he became a member of the Catholic Franciscan order. His works include twelve symphonic poems, masses, two symphonies, and a large number of piano pieces.
Ford, paying significantly higher wages than competitors and reducing the workday to eight hours, was labeled a socialist while reinventing capitalism.
Initiated: September 18, 1841
lodge Zur Einigkeit, Frankfort-onthe-Main
Passed and Raised : February 1842
lodge Zur Eintracht, Berlin
Source: William R. Denslow, 10,000 Famous Freemasons,
1959.