Isaac Newton University Lodge No 859 is a

Masonic Lodge A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered ...

based at the

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for matriculated members of the university. As of 2013 there were approximately 200 members. This is about half the 397 subscribing members in 1955. The lodge meets at Bateman Street Masonic Hall, with the lodge's badge or standard a combination of

Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the grea ...

's coat of arms and the

's coat of arms. The lodge is also a member of the Association of Medical, University, and Legal Lodges.

History

Isaac Newton University Lodge (INUL) was formally consecrated as lodge No 1161 at the Red Lion Hotel, Cambridge, on 21 May 1861, where the

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was installed as the first

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of the lodge. Members of the university had previously joined Scientific Lodge, the oldest in Cambridge. In both lodges court uniform and dress is still worn at meetings by officers of the lodge. In 1961 the centenary meeting of the lodge was held at

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attended by the then Grand Master,

Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, (27 July 1896 – 29 June 1969) was a British Conservative politician and British Army general. Background Lumley was the son of Brigadier General Osbert Lumley (1857-1923), youngest child and so ...

, who was made an honorary member of the lodge. INUL and

Apollo University Lodge Apollo University Lodge No 357 is a Masonic Lodge based at the University of Oxford aimed at past and present members of the university. It was consecrated in 1819, and its members have met continuously since then. University of Oxford Membershi ...

(at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

) were the founding members of the

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Universities Scheme in 2005.

Character

The lodge, as well as its equivalent

at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, enjoys the right to initiate matriculated members of the University from the age of 18, whereas other Lodges in England and Wales are restricted to candidates aged 21 or older, except by special permission. In 2005 the Universities Scheme was established, inspired by the long success of Apollo University Lodge and Isaac Newton University Lodge, allowing other university masonic lodges across England and Wales (together with some overseas) to share established best practice. The scheme now numbers more than eighty member lodges.

Other lodges

Isaac Newton Lodge is the principal masonic lodge for members of the University of Cambridge, although Alma Mater Lodge No 1492 accepts those with more than five years since matriculation, primarily from Oxbridge. Lodge of Trinity No 5765 is for members of

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, Caius No 3355 is for members of

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, Saint Mary Magdalene No 1523 is for members of

Magdalene College Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

, and Lady Margaret Lodge No 4729 is for members of St John's College. The Oxford and Cambridge Lodge No 1118 (consecrated 1866) is a London-based lodge for members of both universities, also accepting a proportion of members from other universities. Euclid Chapter No. 859 is a

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Chapter associated with the lodge. There is also a lodge of Mark Master Masons as well as a Royal Ark Mariners Lodge for members of Cambridge University, which are both also named Isaac Newton University Lodge.

Notable members

Sir Edward Victor Appleton Sir Edward Victor Appleton (6 September 1892 – 21 April 1965) was an English physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1947) and pioneer in radiophysics. He studied, and was also employed as a lab technician, at Bradford College from 1909 to 1911. He ...

, Nobel Prize winner (1947) * Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard *

Robert Caldwell Robert Caldwell (7 May 1814 – 28 August 1891) was a missionary for London Missionary Society. He arrived in India at age 24, studied the local language to spread the word of Bible in a vernacular language, studies that led him to author a tex ...

, Academic * James Cartmell, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge *

Frank Osmond Carr Frank Osmond Carr (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916), known as F. Osmond Carr, was an English composer who wrote the music for several Victorian burlesques before turning to the new genre of Edwardian musical comedy, and also composing some comic ...

, English composer * James Lindsay 26th Earl of Crawford *

Victor Cavendish Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, he was ed ...

, 9th Duke of Devonshire * John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort *

Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (30 December 172220 January 1770) was briefly Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His father was also Lord Chancellor, and he began his career as a Member of Parliament. ...

, 5th Earl of Hardwicke *

Charles Edward Keyser Charles Edward Keyser DL FSA (10 September 1847 – 23 May 1929) was a British stockbroker and authority on English church architecture. In his later life, he became Lord of the Manor of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire. Biogr ...

, prominent financier *

Ron Larking Ronald Guy Larking (9 September 1890 – 1 April 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. Family The son of Richard James Larking (1868-1908), and Ethel Maude Larking (1863-1952) ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Alwin Corden Larmour The reverend Alwin Corden "Teddie" Larmour (6 January 1886 – 1 November 1946) was a British churchman, school teacher and philatelist who edited ''The London Philatelist'' during the Second World War. Early life and family Larmour was born in Ca ...

, Editor of The London Philatelist * Mark Napier (MP), Scottish Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire * Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire *

Robert Williams Michell Robert Williams Michell FRCS (25 August 1863 – 20 July 1916) was a British surgeon. Born in Truro, he was educated at Honiton School and Cambridge University. He worked at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He served as an army surgeon with the RAMC ...

, First World War surgeon *

Ranjitsinhji Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as Mah ...

, Indian Prince and Test Cricketer *

Charles Samuel Myers Charles Samuel Myers, CBE, FRS (13 March 1873 – 12 October 1946) was an English physician who worked as a psychologist. Although he did not invent the term, his first academic paper, published by ''The Lancet'' in 1915, concerned ''shell sh ...

, Co-founder of the British Psychological Society * Frederick Margetson Rushmore, Master of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge * William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans *

Roger Lumley Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, (27 July 1896 – 29 June 1969) was a British Conservative politician and British Army general. Background Lumley was the son of Brigadier General Osbert Lumley (1857-1923), youngest child and so ...

, 11th Earl of Scarbrough * Thomas Stevens, Bishop of Barking * Henry Thirkill, Master of Clare College, Cambridge * Alexander Todd, British Isles and England Rugby Union player *

F. J. Foakes-Jackson Frederick John Foakes Jackson (10 August 1855 – 1 December 1941) was a Church historian. For thirty-four years he taught at Jesus College, Cambridge, serving as dean from 1895 to 1916. Then, at the age of 61, he became the Briggs Professor ...

, Church Historian and Dean of

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...

* Sir

Cuthbert Peek Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek, 2nd Baronet (30 January 1855 – 6 July 1901) was an astronomer and meteorologist, and took part in activities of several learned societies. Life Peek was born at Wimbledon, London on 30 Jan. 1855, the only child of Sir ...

, astronomer and meteorologisthttps://masonicperiodicals.org/periodicals/mil/issues/mil_01091901/page/13/articles/ar01300/?highlight=%22Isaac%20Newton%20University%20Lodge%22&from=search

References

External links

INUL

Universities Scheme
{{University of Cambridge Masonic Lodges Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge United Grand Lodge of England Organizations established in 1861