Senior officers in West Lancashire
Freemasonry in West Lancashire is governed by the constitution of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). The country is split into Provinces, the Province of West Lancashire is one of the largest under the English constitution.
Administered from Leyland, by a Provincial Grand Master who is appointed by UGLE to preside over the Province. He has a Deputy Provincial Grand Master and a number of Assistant Provincial Grand Masters.
Groups were introduced in 1910 because of the size and number of Masons in the Province and to aid the then Provincial Grand Master’s chairmanship of a major charitable festival. The success in 1910 resulted in the group structure remaining and there are now eight Assistant Provincial Grand Masters with responsibility for overseeing one or more of the 17 groups in the Province.
Frank Umbers
Deputy Provincial Grand Master
Peter Schofield AProvGM
Responsible for the
Lancaster and District,
Furness and South Lakeland Groups.
John Philip James AProvGM
Responsible for the
Liverpool and
Gladstone Groups.
Malcolm Bell AProvGM
Responsible for the Wigan and Leigh Groups.
Stuart Boyd AProvGM
Responsible for the Trafford and Warrington Groups.
David Thomas AProvGM
Responsible for the
Ormskirk and Bootle
and Southport Groups
Jonathan Heaton AProvGM
Responsible for the
Chorley and Leyland
and Preston Groups.
John Murphy AProvGM
Responsible for the Mersey Valley Group.
Michael Tax AProvGM
Responsible for the
Blackpool and the South
and North Fylde Groups.
Peter Taylor
Provincial Grand Secretary
Barry Fitzgerald
Provincial Grand
Director of Ceremonies
Senior officers in Royal Arch
Mark Matthews
Grand Superintendent
David Barr
Deputy Grand
Superintendent
Andy Whittle
Second Provincial
Grand Principal
Rev John Hall
Third Provincial
Grand Principal
Ian Sanderson
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the
Gladstone and Liverpool Groups.
John Robbie Porter
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the North and South Fylde and Blackpool Groups.
Gary Rogerson
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the Furness
and South Lakeland and
Lancaster and District Groups.
John Selley
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the Leigh, Ormskirk & Bootle, Southport and Wigan Groups.
Stewart Cranage
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the Mersey Valley, Warrington, and Trafford Groups.
Ian Sterling
AtoProvGPs
Responsible for the Preston, Chorley and Leyland Groups.
Peter Taylor
Provincial Grand Scribe Ezra
Ian Halsall
Provincial Grand
Director of Ceremonies