George Payne (c.1685 – 23 January 1757) was an English official of the

Exchequer In the civil service of the United Kingdom, His Majesty’s Exchequer, or just the Exchequer, is the accounting process of central government and the government's '' current account'' (i.e., money held from taxation and other government revenu ...

and Freemason.

Life

He was the son of Samuel Payne of Chester and Frances Kendrick or Kenrick.baptised Holy Trinity, Chester, 12 May 1687 He was appointed Secretary to the Tax Office 20 July 1732, Head Secretary 8 April 1743 Payne became the second Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1718. After being succeeded by John Desaguliers in 1719, he was again Grand Master in 1720. During this time he compiled ''The Constitutions of the Free-masons'', which was printed in 1722 or 1723. He was deputy Master in 1725, when the Duke of Richmond was both Master of the Lodge and Grand Master. Mr and Mrs John Julius Angerstein

Family

Payne and his wife Anne Martha Batson lived in St Stephen's Court,

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, Westminster. They were survived by none of their children but adopted his god-daughter and great-niece, Eliza Payne, who married Thomas Lucas then

John Julius Angerstein John Julius Angerstein (1735 – 22 January 1823) was a London businessman and Lloyd's underwriter, a patron of the fine arts and a collector. It was the prospect that his collection of paintings was about to be sold by his estate in 182 ...

. Payne's brother Thomas Payne (23 December 1689 – 1744) was rector of

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Herefordshire for Frances Scudamore wife of

Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort Henry Somerset-Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (23 March 1707 – 26 February 1745), born Henry Somerset, was an English nobleman and peer who supported Jacobitism. Life He was the elder son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his s ...

and later the wife of

Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore (c. 1713 – 22 August 1782) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 49 years from 1733 to 1782. Born Charles FitzRoy, he was the illegitimate son of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and educate ...

. Thomas's nine recorded children included Frances Compton (later Amyand) Countess of Northampton and Catherine Seymour, wife of Lord Francis Seymour, Dean of Wells.

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Sources

The First Grand Lodge
* 10,000 Famous Freemasons; W R Denslow * History of the Grand Lodge of England 1723-1760 {{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, George Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England Grand Masters of the Premier Grand Lodge of England Year of birth uncertain 1757 deaths