Warm & Fraternal Greeting from Malaysia

[Bloke]

Hi Brother,

In Malaysia, we have many lodges and all of them are either governed by the Grand Lodge of England, Grand Lodge of Scotland or Grand Lodge of Ireland, and all of the lodges are considered as District Lodges.

In English Constitution, the districts are called the District Grand Lodge of Eastern Archipelago (Governed by the Grand Lodge of England)
Meanwhile, in the Scottish Constitution, the districts are called the District Grand Lodge of the Middle East (Governed by the Grand Lodge of Scotland), while the Irish Constitution are called the Provincial Grand Lodge of South East Asia (Governed by the Grand Lodge of Irish).

To summarised the hierarchy:
1. English Lodges (Blue Lodge) -> District Grand Lodge of Eastern Archipelago -> Grand Lodge of England
2. Scottish Lodges -> District Grand Lodge of Middle East -> Grand Lodge of Scotland
3. Irish Lodges -> Provincial Grand Lodge of South East Asia -> Grand Lodge of Ireland

**Grand Lodge of England + Grand Lodge of Scotland + Grand Lodge of Ireland = United Grand Lodge of England. (Three of us were established together on the year of 1717 and we have just celebrated our tercentenary 300 years celebration this month)

Also, the District of the said Grand Lodges govern each of the districts (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand). Malaysia been the largest in the district, having the most lodges too.

You may ask why dont we called the District of South East Asia like the irish do, because in those day, the name "Southeast Asia" were not formed just yet, and this particular province were then called "Eastern Archipelago" by the English and "Middle East" by the Scottish.

Hope it clears you up.

Thanks. I think a lot of us write in short hand "UGLE was formed in 1717" and as discussed, the statement is not correct (but putting aside current questions on the year being 1717). We should probably train ourselves to say "UGLE can trace its lineage or formation back to 1717"

 

[Glen Cook]

Hi Brother,

..
**Grand Lodge of England + Grand Lodge of Scotland + Grand Lodge of Ireland = United Grand Lodge of England. (Three of us were established together on the year of 1717 and we have just celebrated our tercentenary 300 years celebration this month)
...

The founding date of UGLE has been clarified, but these are three different grand lodges, and not all founded on the same date.