RW Bro Brian Anthony Vickers, KCAG

Past Provincial Grand Master for Essex

Passed 13 June 2024

Requiescat in Pace

VWBro Raymond William Hudson, KCAG

Past Grand Sword Bearer, Grand Historian

Chevalier Ramsay Lecturer 2016

Passed 16 January 2024

Requiescat in Pace

RW Bro Roger J E O’Brien, KAG

Past Junior Grand Warden

31 December 2023

Requiescat in pace

RWBro Konstantinos Politis, GCh, GCAG
Past Senior Grand Warden
Passed 27 November 2023
Requiescat in Pace

W & Em. Bro. Louis Maurice Keats, KCAG
Past Deputy Eminent Grand Prior
Passed 27 November 2023
Requiescat in Pace

MW Bro Michael Henry Roalfe
(1935 – 2023)

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of MW Bro Michael Henry Roalfe, the esteemed Past Grand Master of the Masonic Order of Athelstan. Michael left this world on Monday 21st August, at the remarkable age of 88, leaving behind a legacy that will forever be engraved in the history of our beloved Order.

Michael joined the Order on 29th March 2006 as the Founding Immediate Past Master of High Cross Court No. 5 and was immediately preferred to Eminent Grand Prior. At a meeting of the Grand Council on 25th August 2007, Michael was unanimously declared as Grand Master Designate and was Installed as our second Grand Master at Leicester on 3rd November 2007. He served 6 years as Grand Master, and as Grand High Chancellor of the Appendant Order of the Scarlet Mantle; a time in which he truly laid the strong foundations on which our Order was built.

The Annual Assembly of 2007 marked our first meeting at Leicester Masonic Hall, Devonshire Place and was courtesy of Michael’s position as Provincial Grand Master of the Craft; our Order has celebrated its Annual Assembly there every year since; a direct legacy of Michael’s influence.

Although Michael’s qualities as a Masonic leader were unparalleled, his personal attributes were equally remarkable. Described as a gentle and kind-hearted soul, he possessed an inherent ability to connect with individuals from all walks of life. Countless Masons and non-Masons alike deeply admired him for his compassion, humility, and unwavering moral character.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Michael’s family during this difficult time.

“From the darkness, let light arise, and may the Grand Master above welcome our beloved Brother Michael Henry Roalfe into eternal bliss.”

MW Bro Paul W. Johnston, GCAG
Grand Master

RWBro Peter Ribi, KCAG
Provincial Grand Master for Essex
Passed 12 May 2022
Requiescat in Pace

The Order is sad to report the recent passing of RWBro Ray Dinning, CofM, GCAG, Past Provincial Grand Master for Lindsey.

Held in the greatest affection throughout the Order, and especially by members of ‘the family of Lindsey’, we send deepest condolences to his family and friends.

We are sorry to report the passing of WBro Dennis Slights, Grand High Almoner, on 5 August 2021.

We send our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

We regret to inform of the passing of VWBro Nick Le Grys, KAG, PGSwdB, Past Deputy Grand Secretary, a stalwart of the Order in East Anglia and beyond in Athelstan Masonry, and very active in many masonic orders in that region.

We extend our deepest sympathy to family and friends.