"May those Brethren who follow, take as
keen an interest in the Lodge as those who worked to create
it - so that when the time comes to lay down their working tools,
they will have earned the commendation:
Well Done, Thou True and Faithful Brother"
W. Bro. Albert C. Brand (Founder Member) 1938
Past Masters of Lodge 669
1938 - Thomas
J. McClure
1939 - Arthur Patterson
1940 - Henry Harrison
1941 - James Carson
1942 - John Stuart
1943 - George Kissick
1944 - Albert Cecil Brand
1945 - John Smyth
1946 - Hector Stuart
1947 - James Patterson
1948 - Samuel Allen
1949 - Henry Shannon
1950 - Thomas Shields
1951 - Alfred Brown
1952 - Cecil Vance
1953 - James McGroary
1954 - James Menelly
1955 - William Nixon
1956 - William Hunter
1957 - David Sharpe
1958 - Albert Nelson
1959 - George Walsh
1960 - Henry Glenn
1961 - Robert McRoberts
1962 - Harold Sloan
1963 - Hugh Harkness
1964 - John McCormick
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1965 - Neil Thompson
1966 - Alfred Hill
1967 - Thomas Bradley
1968 - Richard Robinson
1969 - William Johnston
1970 - Robert Galway
1971 - Robert Quail
1972 - Robert Henry
1973 - Edward Thompson
1974 - James Marshall
1975 - James Thompson
1976 - Thomas Caldwell
1977 - Thomas Cheddy
1978 - Alexander Coulter
1979 - Thomas Black
1980 - Fredrick Sloan
1981 - Martin Nesbitt
1982 - Robert McRoberts
1983 - James Gibb
1984 - William Beggs
1985 - Samuel Murphy
1986 - Robert Beggs
1987 - Robert Nesbitt
1988 - Brian Getty
1989 - Robert Paton
1990 - Alexander Gray
1991 - Norman Nelson
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1992 - Malcolm
Adams
1993 - Robert McKibben
1994 - Kenneth Beggs
1995 - Kirk Vokes
1996 - Alan Gibb
1997 - David Beggs
1998 - David Beggs
1999 - Norman Nelson
2000 - David Crothers
2001 - George MeGaw
2002 - Samuel Donaghy
2003 - Roger Beatty
2004 - Malcolm McDowell
2005 - William
Cardwell
2006 - William Cardwell
2007 - Adrian Hales
2008 - Norman Lacey
2009 - Ronnie Craig
2010 - Raymond Heald
2011 - Michael Lewis
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 -
2017 -
2018 -
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Irish Constitution Lodge Warrant No.669 first met in Dungiven,
Co. Londonderry, from 1787 until 1856, then was re-issued on
the 23rd April 1938.
In
1880 George Smith Clark then aged 19, was a founding partner
in the Belfast shipbuilders Workman,
Clark & Co Ltd., known locally as "The Wee
Yard" located next to the famous Harland
and Wolff shipyard. "The Wee Yard" expanded rapidly
in 1895 to employ 3,500 men , and 9,000 in 1909.
In 1902, and 1909 its tonnage produced was the highest of all
UK shipyards.
The new shipyard had already taken the repair and new construction
contract for J.P. Corry & Company, a local company, and
was the first shipbuilder to produce refrigerated ships for
carrying beef and fruit.
After the First World War it enjoyed mixed fortunes, and closed
in 1935.
Both partners had served their time as premium apprentices at
Harland and Wolff the largest shipbuilder in Belfast, and graduated
to junior management positions.
A detailed history of the Wee Yard "Forgotten Shipbuilders
of Belfast" is published by Friar's Bush Press ISBN 0-946872-66-x
The Clark family was very much involved in the Scottish and
Ulster textile industries. Sir George Clark's father was a senior
partner in one of the largest thread spinning businesses in
Scotland, based in Paisley.
Sir George Clark, also held the office of Member of Parliament
(M.P.) for North Belfast between 1907 and 1910. He was created
1st Baronet Clark, of Dunlambert, Belfast [U.K.] on 6 July 1917.
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.), held the office
of Senator [Northern Ireland] in 1925, was chairman of the Great
Northern Railway Company (Ireland) and he was a director of
Henry Matier and Company, linen manufacturers of Belfast.
He was also a director of the Bank of Ireland.
Hot Metal Linotype Typesetter
Bro.
Albert Brand contemplated the forming of Sir George Clark Memorial
Lodge for the benefit of those brethren who were
night workers, and were unable to attend their Mother
Lodges, many of whom worked in the newspaper printing
industry.
With the assistance of W. Bro.Thomas McClure, W.Bro.Joseph
McAdam, and Bros. Arthur Patterson, and Henry Harrison.
All enthusiastic members of the craft.
At the first meeting, which was held
at No.
28 Gainsborough Drive, the home of Bro. Henry
Harrison, it was decided to approach Sir George Clark, 2nd
Baronet for
permission to name the Lodge after his father (of renowned
shipbuilding fame) who was a keen Freemason.
They received permission, and called a meeting in
Alexandra Park Avenue School, Belfast, which all
25 foundation members of Sir George Clark Memorial Lodge attended.
The Lodge was dedicated on the 23rd of April, 1938 at 5 o'clock,
by the R. W. Bro. John W.Gilmour, Deputy Grand Master of the
Province of Antrim

V.W. Bro. Richard Robinson
W. Master of Lodge 669 I.C. in 1968, who went on to become
Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies,
then:
Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Antrim
1985 - 1987
In recognition of the high esteem in which Bro. Robinson was
held by the Brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim,
the" Richard Robinson Memorial Lecture" was inaugurated.
This Lecture was given each year at a stated communication of
Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim