Warwickshire Royal Arch Leaders Profiles
The Provincial Grand Chapter of Warwickshire is headed by the Provincial Grand Superintendent and he appoints, to assist him in the management of the Province, a Deputy, the Second and Third Grand Principals and an Assistant to the Provincial Grand Principals.
EXCELLENT COMPANION PHILIP HALL
MOST EXCELLENT GRAND SUPERINTENDENT
Educated at Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield. Married to Julie with two sons.
Managing Director of Bill Tandy and Company Ltd, a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents.
Other Interests: Golf (rarely and badly!). Walking and rambling with our dogs – Buttons and Bobbin. Playing clarinet and singing (personal enjoyment only, so no requests!). Photography, live theatre, musicals, concerts and cinema. Gardening and helping on my wife’s organic vegetable plot (if only to get ingredients for wine-making). Spending time with my family. A recent convert to the world of caravaning having bought our first tourer.
Craft: Provincial Grand Master, Lodge of St. Blaise No 6113, Warwickshire Installed Masters’ No 4538, Stanley Lates Lodge No 9683, Bard of Avon Lodge No. 778 (Middlesex), St Georges and Cornerstone Lodge No 5 (country). and an honorary member of several other lodges
UGLE: A.G.D.C., P.A.G.D.C., Dep.G.D.C., P.Dep.G.D.C. ProvGM – appointed October 2020
Holy Royal Arch Chapter: Athol Chapter No 74, Warwickshire First Principals Chapter 4538, Peace and Harmony Chapter No 3929 and an honorary member of several other Chapters
Warwickshire Provincial Grand Chapter: P.Prov.G.Reg.
Supreme Grand Chapter of England: – Dep.G.D.C., P.Dep.G.D.C., MEGS – appointed August 2016.
Other Masonry: Vesey St Christopher’s Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 757. Provincial – PPGSW
EXCELLENT COMPANION DAVID GRAHAM
DEPUTY GRAND SUPERINTENDENT
Past Grand Sword Bearer
Educated at Lawrence Sheriff Grammar School, Rugby.
A Company Director / Shareholder. Married to Pauline with two children.
My hobbies include playing in a Championship Brass Band, walking, and watching rugby.
Craft: PProvSGW. Dunsmore Lodge 6442, Warwickshire Installed Masters Lodge 4538. Stanley Lates Lodge No. 9683.
Royal Arch: Chapter of Rectitude 502, Warwickshire First Principals Chapter 4538, Peace & Harmony Chapter 3929. PProvGSE in Warwickshire Royal Arch.
Other Masonic Orders:
Holy Grail Chapter No. 389 Rose Croix.
Shakespeare Lodge No. 40 T.I. Mark Masons.
Shakespeare Lodge No. 40 T.I. Royal Ark Mariners.
EXCELLENT COMPANION NIGEL HAWKINS
SECOND PROVINCIAL GRAND PRINCIPAL
Past Grand Standard Bearer
Educated at Solihull School and then read History at Birmingham University. After working for Spicer & Pegler, the Inland Revenue and the Department of Environment he qualified as a chartered certified accountant and joined the family accountancy business.
Initiated into the Lodge of Charity No. 1551 in 1998, where his father, one brother and grandfather were all members. He was WM of that lodge in 2005, having been Worshipful Master of Benevolence Lodge No. 4035, St. Paul’s Lodge No. 43, Shenstonian Lodge No. 5544 and Federation Lodge No. 4807.
Nigel was exalted into the Holy Royal Arch – Chapter of Charity No. 1552 in 2001. He served as Provincial Grand Treasurer for seven years.
He is currently a member of six Warwickshire Craft Lodges and seven Royal Arch Chapters. He was appointed to Past Grand Rank in the Supreme Grand Chapter in 2019.
He lives with his partner Rachel on a farm near Henley-in-Arden, where they keep four horses and a small flock of sheep.
Besides for his little bit of freemasonry referred to above, Nigel’s other hobbies are model railways, horsing about and hunting the clean boot.
Royal Arch: Chapter of Charity 1551, Apollo 301, Warwickshire First Principals Chapter 4538, London Warwickshire 3846, Grosvenor 938, Peace and Harmony 3929.
Craft: PAGDC., Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Benevolence 4035, Warwickshire Installed Master 4538, Shenstonian 5544, Provincial Grand Stewards 9253, St Pauls 43, Apollo 301.
EXCELLENT COMPANION GEOFFREY WALKER
THIRD PROVINCIAL GRAND PRINCIPAL
Past Grand Standard Bearer
Royal Arch: Leigh 887, Prudence 3659, Grosvenor 3938, Warwickshire First Principals 4538, Provincial Grand Stewards’ 9253.
Craft: Hope and Saint Alphege 4436, Warwickshire Installed Masters 4538
EXCELLENT COMPANION MICHAEL MORRIS
ASSISTANT TO THE PROVINCIAL GRAND PRINCIPALS
Past Provincial Grand Scribe Nehemiah
Michael was educated at Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral and at the University of Leeds where he studied law. He became a solicitor in Birmingham in 1973 and a full time district judge in 2000. He is married to Hilary and has four children and seven grandchildren.
He was initiated into Solihull Lodge 8088 in 1979 and exalted into the Holy Royal Arch in 1983. Currently a member of five craft lodges in Warwickshire and one in Cumberland and Westmorland together with two Warwickshire chapters.
Michael was appointed as Provincial Senior Warden in 2006, Assistant PGM in 2009, Deputy PGM in 2013 and Past Grand Sword Bearer in 2014. In the Holy Royal Arch Michael was the founding Scribe E of two chapters and in 2015 was promoted to Past Provincial GSN. He is on the Appeals Council at UGLE.
He has a life outside Freemasonry apart from his family. He is a school governor, parish councillor, church warden and has been secretary of the Knowle Association for the Prosecution of Offenders since 1988.
Michael enjoys walking, hiking in the Lake District and is a reluctant gardener!