ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke Bart (1782-1856)

seated in full masonic regalia with a white glove on one hand and a gavel in the other, oil on canvas, 125cm x 99cm

Note: Sir Frederick was a leading freemason, baronet and politician of Lowesby Hall near Leicester. He served as masonic Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Leicestershire from 1833 to 1851 and became Provincial Grand Master from 1851 to 1856. He was also Senior Grand Warden for the United Grand Lodge of England in 1821.