Famous Freemasons

Throughout history there have been many notable Freemasons involved in a broad variety of activities. Here are just some of those ‘Famous Freemasons’.

  • Actors

    • David Garrick (1717 – 1779)
    • Edmund Kean (1787 – 1833)
    • Sir Henry Irving (1838 – 1905)
    • Sir Donald Wolfitt (1902 – 1968)
    • Richard Todd (1919 – 2009)
    • Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980)
  • Army

    • Gen Sir John Moore (1761 – 1809)
    • Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington KG (1769 – 1852)
    • Field Marshal The Earl Roberts of Kandahar VC, KG, KP (1832 – 1914)
    • Field Marshal The Earl Kitchener of Khartoum KG, KP (1850 – 1916)
    • Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres KP (1852 – 1925)
    • Field Marshal The Earl Haig KT (1861 – 1928)
    • General Sir Reginald Wingate Bt, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO, TD (1861 – 1953)
    • Field Marshal The Viscount Wolseley KP (1883 – 1913)
    • Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (1884 – 1981)
    • Field Marshal The Earl Alexander of Tunis KG (1891 – 1969)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Paddy’ Maine DSO*** (1915 – 1955)
  • Artists

    • Sir James Thornhill (1676 – 1734)
    • William Hogarth (1697 – 1764)
    • John Zoffany (1733 – 1810)
    • Sir John Soane (1753 – 1857)
  • Authors

    • Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744)
    • Edward Gibbon (1734 – 1794)
    • Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816)
    • Robbie Burns (1759 – 1796)
    • Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832)
    • Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882)
    • Sir William S. Gilbert (1836 – 1911)
    • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930)
    • Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
  • Charity

    • Dr T. J. Barnardo (1845 – 1905)
    • 1st Viscount Leverhulme
    • Sir William “Billy” Butlin (1899 – 1980)
  • Entertainers

    • Cyril Fletcher (1913 – 2005)
    • Cyril Stapleton (1914 1974)
    • David Nixon (1919 – 1978)
    • Geraldo (1904 – 1974)
    • Nat Jackley (1909 – 1988)
    • Jimmy Wheeler (1910 – 1970)
    • Tommy Trinder (1909 – 1989)
    • Sir Harry Lauder (1879 – 1950)
  • Explorers

    • Sir Richard Burton (1821 – 1890)
    • Capt Robert Falcon Scott, RN (1868 – 1912)
    • Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 – 1922)
    • Field Marshall The Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891 – 1969)
  • Monarchs

    • King George IV (1762 – 1830)
    • King William IV (1765 – 1837)
    • King Edward VII (1841 – 1910)
    • King Edward VIII (1894 – 1972)
    • King George VI (1895 – 1952)
  • Musicians

    • Thomas Arne (1710 – 1778) (Rule Britannia)
    • Samuel Wesley (1766 – 1837)
    • Sir Henry Bishop (1786 – 1855) (Home sweet home)
    • Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842 – 1900)
    • Rick Wakeman (b: 1949)
  • Religion

    • Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (1887 – 1972)
    • Sir Israel Brodie (1895 – 1979)
  • Royal Air Force

    • Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM (1886 – 1963)
    • Squadron Leader Henry Melvin “Dinghy” Young DFC* (1915 – 1943)
  • Royal Navy

    • Admiral Sir Sidney Smith KCB(1764 – 1840)
    • Admiral The Lord Beresford GCB, GCVO (1841 – 1919)
    • Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Jellicoe GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM (1859 – 1935)
  • Scientists

    • Sir Joseph Banks (1744 – 1820)
    • Dr Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823)
    • Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 – 1955)
    • Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1877 – 1947)
  • Sportsmen

    • Harold Abrahams CBE (1899 – 1978)
    • ‘Jackie’ Milburn (1924 – 1988)
    • Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885 – 1948)
    • Sir Donald Campbell CBE (1921 – 1967)
    • Sir Leonard ‘Len’ Hutton (1916 – 1990)
    • John ‘Jock’ Stein (1922 – 1985)
    • Sir Alec Rose (1908 – 1991)
    • Jim Peters (1918 – 1999)
    • Sir Arthur Gold (1917 – 2002)
    • Trevor Simpson
    • Len Shackleton (1922 – 2000)
    • Joe Wade (1921 – 2005)
    • Leslie Compton (1912 – 1984)
    • Herbert Sutcliffe (1894 – 1978)
    • Bill Bowes (1908 – 1987)
    • Sir Thomas Lipton Bt, KCVO 1848 – 1931)
    • Tony Allcock MBE (b: 1955)
    • Sir ‘Alf’ Ramsey (1920 – 1999)
    • Peter Ebdon (b:1970)
    • Mark Wildman (b: 1936)
  • Statesmen

    • Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)
    • George Canning (1770 – 1827)
    • Lord Randolph Churchill (1849 – 1895)
    • Cecil Rhodes (1852 – 1903)
    • Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
    • Leopold S. Amery (1873 – 1955)
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