Are you ready to take the 4th regular step in your masonic journey? Come and join the ‘friendly’ degree…
Provincial Grand Master’s welcome
As the Provincial Grand Master of one of the largest Mark Provinces can I welcome you to our website. You have obviously taken the trouble to locate us and it is only right that you should know a little about the Degree of Mark Masonry…
About Mark Masonry
The Mark Degree is the largest degree after the Craft and Chapter…
…before the Act of Union between the two Grand Lodges of Freemasons in 1813 a form of Mark Degree was being extensively worked in London and the Provinces.
About Royal Ark Mariners
The Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners, more commonly known as RAM or Mariners, has been under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons since 1871…
Festival Website
The Province is currently ‘in Festival’ in aid of The Mark Benevolent Fund. Find out more about our festival activities by clicking the button below.
Latest News from around the Province
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Provincial Grand Lodge – 2026 Promotions Meeting
Dear Sir and Brother, PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE – PROMOTION MEETING The Promotion Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Hampshire and Isle of Wight will be held at The Brook House Masonic Centre, Botley, Hampshire on Saturday 1st August 2026. The meeting will be held under the Banner of the Hampshire and…
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Provincial Almoners Letter from Andover
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Good morning on this lovely sunny day. I am looking forward to seeing a number of you at the “Ins and Outs” Lunch tomorrow, I will be in the “Out” department. The Mark Grand Lodge appointments have been sent out and I offer my sincerest congratulations to all who have been…
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Provincial Almoners Letter from Andover
14 March 2026 Dear Friends and colleagues, I wish you all well on this sunny but frosty morning, well it is frosty up here in the far north of the Province. It is the beginning of the end for me as Provincial Almoner, I attended my last Official Mark visit on Thursday at Botley, and…
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Provincial Almoners Letter from Andover
To All Brethren of the Province. I start this letter with great sadness as I mention the passing of M. W. Bro John Herbert Prizeman, Pro Grand Master of the Mark Degree, our thoughts and prayers are with his beloved wife, Kay and family as they come to terms with their grief and sad loss…
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Provincial Grand Lodge Honours 2026/27
Dear Brethren, I am delighted to be able to announce that the Provincial Grand Master, R.W. Bro. George J Deacon, has been pleased to make the following appointments and promotions in Provincial Grand Lodge. I am sure you will all wish to join the Provincial Grand Master and his Executive in congratulating these worthy Brethren…
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January 2026 – Toast Lists
New Toast Lists have been uploaded under The Province -> Provincial Downloads -> Lodge DC section of this site.