The Royal Leopold Lodge No1669 A London Masonic Lodge under MetGL & UGLE
The Royal Arch
Royal Leopold Chapter No 1669
The Royal Arch is considered the completion of the craft degrees. There was an amalgamation of The Royal Leopold and the Royal Oak chapters. Now the Chapter has reverted to the Royal Leopold Chapter.
When this chapter was formed, lack of membership from both chapters dictated that an amalgamation would be of benefit to both lodges, and the chapter had survived through to the present day with members from both lodges being encouraged to join. In 2024 due to changes in circumstances in The Royal Oak Lodge, it was decided to revert back to the Royal Leopold Chapter only. WB Clive Burrows has worked very hard to make this happen, and by the end of 2024 this will have been completed.
The Preliminary Declaration of the General Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Craft (the Book of Constitutions) says:
"By the solemn Act of Union between the two Grand Lodges of Free-Masons of England in December 1813, it was 'declared and pronounced that pure Antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more, viz., those of the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason, including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch'.
At the Quarterly Communication of 10 December 2003 the United Grand Lodge of England acknowledged and pronounced the status of the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch to be 'an extension to, but neither a superior nor a subordinate part of, the Degrees which precede it'"
Before the union of the 'Modern' and the 'Ancient' Grand Lodges in 1813, a Freemason was Exalted into the Holy Royal Arch at a regular Lodge meeting but since the formation of the The United Grand Lodge of England, the ceremony has only been conducted in a separate meeting of a Royal Arch Chapter.
Any Freemason of good standing who has been Raised "for four weeks and upwards" is invited to contact the lodges own Royal Arch representative or the Lodge Secretary for further details. The Royal Arch Representative is a recent addition to the officers in the craft lodge and encourages its members to join the Royal Arch.
Meetings are held Mark Masons Hall 86 St James's Street, London, on the second Tuesday in March (Installation), third Tuesday in May and the First Tuesday in September.
Dates for 2023:
2nd Tuesday March, 3rd Tuesday May, and 1st Tuesday September.
- 12th March 2024 (Installation)
- 21st May 2024
- 3rd September 2024