History of the Order

Looked after the running of ceremonies and the raising of Primo's to the exalted position of Knight of the Order of Merit (KOM). In those days, before the 22nd September 1880 there indeed was no such degree as a member of the Roll of Honour (ROH) in the R.A.O.B.. The members of the K.G.H. in conducting their ceremonies were also accompanied by members of the Companions of the Ark, another higher Order within the R.A.O.B.

These Orders pre-empted the coming of the R.A.O.B. Knights Chapter and Roll of Honour Assemblies in later years.

Further to this, is an interesting piece of information about the First Grand Lodge Meeting of the R.A.O.B. G.L.E & the order of entry to this meeting:

The Director of Ceremonies

The Trumpeter

Knights of the Order of Merit

Sitting Primo's of the London Lodges

~~Officers of the Guild Companions of the Ark~~

& the

~~Knights of the Golden Horn~~

Grand Lodge Officers

Past Deputy Grand Primo's

The Grand Primo and Deputy Grand Primo of England

The other interesting piece of information is the titles that Brothers of the R.A.O.B. held, such as:

1876 Bro CF Woodward KOM GP CA K.G.H

1888 Bro. F Webster GP CA K.G.H

1890 Bro W Alexander GP CA K.G.H

Bro Dan Collins KOM PDG K.G.H PPCC

Bro. I Hobbs PDG K.G.H

1893 Bro C Ransom KOM GP PGP CA K.G.H

Bro T Rushton G Sec 1888 CA PDG K.G.H

KOM - Knight Order of Merit

GP - Grand Primo

PGP - Past Grand Primo

PDG - Past Deputy Grand

CA - Companion of the Ark

K.G.H - Knight of the Golden Horn

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· Grand United Order of the Knights of the Golden Horn

Taken from the records found under the name of Sir Knight H. Laverick.

In the year 1880, a few members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Grand Lodge of England, met at the Robin Hood Hotel, Commercial Street, Middlesbrough, to discuss how to improve the Order and to make it more select. Among the members was a Sir Knight (KOS) Henry Colston, Manager of the Imperial Tramways Ltd. at Middlesbrough, a member of the Hull Encampment of the Knights of the Golden Horn and he advised us to apply for a charter, which was granted, to be known as No. 1 Erimus Encampment and opened on September 22^nd 1880.

The Knights of the Golden Horn were really a selection of members of the R.A.O.B. Lodges, and before you could become a Comrade of the K.G.H. you must have first been initiated into an R.A.O.B. Lodge.

This arrangement then carried on for some time and new Encampments were opened at Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, West Hartlepool, Leeds Etc. Trouble then arose as Bye-laws were required to suit the various Districts, but when these By-laws were sent to the Hull Encampment for confirmation, they were vetoed, so, why were the Camps paying a quarterly fee of Five Shillings (5/-) per head to admit & Initiate gentlemen direct into the Order, that is independent of being a member of the R.A.O.B.. As usual this was not allowed.

A meeting of local Encampments was held and it was decided to send a deputation to Hull Encampment, to put a case before them, The Delegates selected were Kt H. I. Bell and Kt H. Laverick.

They arrived at Hull and after a preliminary meeting, they attended the Hull Encampment and laid the case before them, after which questions were asked from each side. They were then asked to retire for an hour.

On returning they were told that Hull could not grant the request and would not give their Sovereign rights to a decision.

On returning home they reported the results of their visit to several Camps, the outcome being a General Meeting was called, and at that meeting it was decided to sever connections with Hull Encampment and form a New Order. This order to be known as the Grand United Order of the Knights of the Golden Horn.

Encampments Past & Present

of the

Grand United Order of the Knights of the Golden Horn

No.	Encampment	Location	Opened
1	Erimus	Middlesbrough	22/09/1880
2	Imperial	Bradford
3	Robin Hood	Wakefield
4	Forrest	Huddersfield
5	Colonel Cameron	West Hartlepool
6	Londonderry	Stockton	4/01/1889
7	Royal Jubilee	Bedford
8	Victoria	Douglas Isle of Man
9	T. M. Barron	Darlington	10/03/1892
10	Lowther	Redcar
11	Central	Leeds
12	Nil Desperandum	Hunslett
13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
14	T. A. McCullagh	Bishop Auckland	--/5/1994
15	Lord Bernard	Staindrop
16	Northern	Newcastle
17	(Did not open)	-
18	Wellington	Barnley
19	Londesbrough	Scarborough
20	Lord Montague	Mexbourgh
21	Millom	Millom
22	Dennington	Shepherds Bush
23	Alfred Martin	Featherstone
24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
25	Dudley	Dudley Port
26	Ferryhill	Ferryhill
27	Unicorn	Beverley
28	Towers	Goole
29	Blackgate	Coxhoe
30	Priory	Guisbrough
31	Milbank	Horden
32	Wear Valley	Crook
33	Stanhope	Stanhope
34	Hardwick	Heseldon
35	Brancepeth	Willington
36	Sunderland	Sunderland
37	Mainsforth	Ferryhill
38	Wyngate	Wingate
39	Easington	Easington Colliery
40	Trimdon	Trimdon Grange
41	Middlestone	Middlestone Village
42	John Beal	Blackhall
43	Albert Park	Middlesbrough
44	Seaham	Seaham
45	Albert George	Shotton Colliery
46	Trimdon Colliery	Trimdon Colliery
47	Southwick	Sunderland
48	Earl of Harewood	Thornaby
49	Newcastle	Newcastle
50	Stokesly	Stokesly
51	Wolsingham	Wolsingham
52	Howden-le-Wear	Howden-le-Wear
53	Monkwearmouth	Sunderland
54	Haswell	Haswell
55	Wooley	Crook
56	Shildon	Shilton
57	Cockfield	Cockfield
58	Neptune	Redcar
59	Evenwood	Evenwood
60	Northallerton	Northallerton
61	Gateshead	Gateshead
62	Hetton-le-Hole	Hetton-le-Hole
63	West Auckland	West Auckland
64	Benwell	Benwell
65	Spennymoor (S.J. Slade)	Spennymoor
66	Felling	Felling
67	Birtley	Birtley
68	Whitley Bay	Whitley Bay
69	Byers Green	Todhills
70	West Cornforth	West Cornforth
71	Murton	Murton Colliery
72	Birdwell	Birdwell
73	Marske	Marske-by-the-Sea
74	Dawdon	Dawdon Colliery
75	Coundon	Coundon
76	Hebburn	Hebburn
77	London City	London
78	Elswick	Elswick
79	Wombell	Wombell
80	Lamesly	Gateshead
81	Close House	Close House
82	Staindrop	Staindrop
83	Chester-le-Street	Chester-le-Street
84	New Washington	Washington
85	Silksworth	Silksworth
86	Wallsend	Wallsend
87	Houghton-le-Spring	Houghton-le-Spring
88	Thornley	Thornley
89	Barnsley	Barnsley
90	Bishop Middleham	Bishop Middleham
91	Dodsworth	Dodsworth
92	West Stanley	West Stanley
93	Pelaw	Pelaw
94	Knaresborough	Knarsborough
95	Richmond	Richmond, Yorks
96	Boosbeck	Boosbeck
97	Southbank	Southbank
98	Ryhope	Ryhope
99	North Ormesby	North Ormesby
100	Cullercoats	North Shields
101	Swalwell	Swalwell
102	Millfield	Sunderland
103	Tyne Dock	Tyne Dock
104	Low Fell	Low Fell
105	Old Shildon	Shildon
106	Trimdon Village	Trimdon Village
107	Whickham	Whickham
108	Witton Park	Witton Park
109	Bernard Castle	Barnard Castle
110	Jarrow	Jarrow
111	Harrogate	Harrogate
112	Durham City	Durham
113	High Shields	High Shields
114	Leeds I	Leeds
115	Langley Moor	Langley Moor
116	Stockton	Stockton
117	Hunslet Leeds II	Leeds
118	Rotherham	Rotherham
119	Pontefract	Pontefract
120	Shotley Bridge	Shotley Bridge
121	Easington Lane	Easington Lane
122	City of Newcastle	Newcastle
123	Wheatly Hill	Wheatly Hill
124	Sedgefield (Wm. Blackwood)	Sedgefield
125	Newton Aycliffe	Newton Aycliffe
126	Hutton Henry	Wingate
127	Consett	Consett
128	Cleveland (Yarm)	Stockton (Yarm)
129	Howdon	North Shields
130	Shiremoor	Shiremoor
131
132	Thornaby	Thornaby
133	Percy Main	Percy Main	08/04/1965
134	North Shields	North Shields
135	Billingham	Billingham	09/01/1969
136	Croxdale	Croxdale (Spennymoor)
137	Billy Mill	North Shields
138	Arthur Hall	Haswell
139	William Tindale	Easington Colliery
140	Southside	Easington Village
141	Bolton	Bolton
142	David Morton	N Yorkshire	13/12/1995
143	Nat Lofthouse	Bolton
144	Grenville	Milton Keynes	27/04/2002
145	Moonraker	Chippenham, Wiltshire	31/03/2005
146	Wellfield	Thornley	13/06/2005
147	Erimus	Middlesbrough	28/05/2008
148	Wildfire	Minster, Kent	23/06/2010
149

This information is taken from records found and is printed as a matter of information that has been made available, at this time, as to whether some of the above are still in existence or not, is not known, and no responsibility can be accepted. Those in Bold type are known to exist, and function, in Districts, under the banner of the G.U.O.K.G.H.

Past Grand Knight Commanders

Year		Name	No.	Encampment	Location
1889	Sir Knight	Ben Sherwood
1890	“	Landsverk
1891	“	W G Pearson
1892	“	T Johnson	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1893	“	W Spencley
1894	“	H Laverick
1895	“	A Cudworth
1896	“	W Middleton	23	Alfred Martin	Featherstone
1897	“	W Weldon	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1898	“	Geo Buckley	14	TA McCullagh	Bishop Auckland
1899	“	Jos E Boynes	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1900	“	R Everton	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
1901	“	CH Clark	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1902	“	AE Fright	1	Erimus	Darlington
1903	“	SC Coull	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1904	“	W H Goodger	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1905	“	J F G Brown	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1906	“	G A Sweetman	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
1907	“	G J Moore	18	Wellington	Barnsley
1908	“	J W Clarke	5	Col Cameron	Hartlepool
1909	“	FW Slater	5	Col Cameron	Hartlepool
1910	“	J N O Bishop	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1911	“	J Askman	18	Wellington	Barnsley
1912	“	JE Plummer	14	TA McCullagh	Bishop Auckland
1913	“	JW Wright	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1914	“	JW Guy	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1915	“	WE Kirby	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1916	“	CJ Robinson	14	TA McCullagh	Bishop Auckland
1917	“	J Beal	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1918	“	J Bates	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1919	“	W Weightman	36	Sunderland	Sunderland (24)
1920	“	D Easton	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool (to 5)
1921	“	JA Bratt	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1922	“	ES Blanthorne	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
1923	“	EM Metcalfe	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1924	“	WH Goodger	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1925	“	FGN Fowler	36	Sunderland	Sunderland
1926	“	JW Moore	78	Elswick	Elswick
1927	“	W Weightman	36	Sunderland	Sunderland
1928	“	W McGeoch	49	Newcastle	Newcastle
1929	“	T Bryson	14	TA McCullagh	Bishop Auckland
1930	“	R Kerr	18	Wellington	Barnsley
1931	“	RH Lormor	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
1932	“	JP Glover	68	Whitley Bay	Whitley Bay
1933	“	WD Tweddle	48	Earl of Harewood	Thornaby
1934	“	JW Riddle	29	Blackgate	Coxhoe
1935	SKC	C Sinclair	47	Southwick	Sunderland
1936	“	W Kyme	43	Albert Park	Middlesbrough
1937	“	RS Moodie	65	SJ Slade	Spennymoor
1938	“	GH Barron	93	Pelaw	Pelaw
1939	“	W Dougan	95	Richmond	Richmond Yorks
1940	“	TP Horn	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1941	“	W Sargent	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1942	“	J Hutchinson	65	SJ Slade	Spennymoor
1943	“	N Ebden	42	John Beal	Blackhall Colliery
1944	“	WH Bayness	95	Richmond	Richmond Yorks
1945	“	C Spence	14	TA McCullagh	Bishop Auckland
1946	“	W Colbeck	48	Earl of Harewood	Thornaby
1947	“	H Truman	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1948	“	G Jameson	43	Albert Park	Middlesbrough
1949	“	WD Tweddle	48	Earl of Harewood	Thornaby
1950	“	W Allinson	37	Mainsforth	Ferryhill
1951	“	TW Coates	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1952	“	J Keerie	42	John Beal	Blackhall Colliery
1953	“	RW Gardiner	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1954	“	P Porter	37	Mainsforth	Ferryhill
1955	“	JWR Willey	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1956	“	J Williams	40	Trimdon	Trimdon Grange. Ret
1957	“	WJ Tuson	13	Phoenix	Hartlepool
1958	SSKC	Ellar	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1959	“	Maguire	100	Cullercoats	North Shields
1960	“	J Copperthwaite	38	Wyngate	Wingate
1961	“	JL Dixon	58	Neptune	Redcar
1962	SKC	JC Wilkinson	65	Spennymoor	Spennymoor
1963	SSKC	J Smallwood	68	Whitley Bay	Whitley Bay
1964	“	FC Daynes	65	Spennymoor	Spennymoor
1965	SKC	TW Bishop	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1966	“	G Millar	32	Wear Valley	Crook
1967	SSKC	F Pullman	128	Yarm, Cleveland	Stockton
1968	SKC	G Waugh	100	Cullercoats	North Shields
1969	SSKC	E Cooke	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1970	“	FG Morton	38	Wyngate	Wingate
1971	SKC	J Watson	62	Hetton-le-Hole	Hetton-le-Hole
1972	SSKC	W Fitzgerald	65	Spennymoor	Spennymoor
1973	“	L O’Brian	130	Shiremoor	Newcastle
1974	SKC	MW Straughan	62	Hetton-le-Hole	Hetton-le-Hole
1975	SSKC	SN Douthwaite	129	Howden	North Shields
1976	“	RH Garbutt	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1977	SKC	JR Douthwaite	129	Howden	North Shields
1978	“	CE Brotton	124	Wm Blackwood	Sedgefield
1979	SSKC	JD Smith	129	Howden	North Shields
1980	SKC	H Longbottom	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1981	SSKC	J Dennis	130	Shiremoor	Shiremoor
1982	“	H Hartley	37	Mainsforth	Ferryhill
1983	SKC	C Headlam (Res)	116	Stockton	Stockton
1984	“	D Doran	135	Billingham	Billingham
1985	“	G Hutchinson	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1986	SSKC	R Milburn	132	Thornaby	Thornaby
1987	SKC	CT Barry	138	Joseph Watson	Haswell
1988	SSKC	RED Pape OM	5	Col Cameron	West Hartlepool
1989	“	W Burton	31	Milbank	Wearside
1990	“	T Hindmarsh	129	Howden	North Shields
1991	“	TE Birch OM	135	Billingham	Billingham
1992	“	H Tate	32	Wear Valley	Crook
1993	“	A Henderson	133	Percy Main	North Shields
1994	“	JR Carter	139	Wm Tindale	Easington Colliery
1995	“	GR Sampson OM	130	Shiremoor	Newcastle
1996	“	C Hall	9	TM Barron	Darlington
1997	SKC	L Rutter	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
1998	SSKC	M Corner OM	6	Londonderry	Stockton
1999	“	R Hughf	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2000	SKC	W A L Brown OM	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2001	SSKC	P Cruse (Jnr)	6	Londonderry	Stockton
2002	SKC	A Clark	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2003	SSKC	G Glaister OM	139	Wm Tindale	Easington Colliery
2004	SSKC	R Milburn OM	6	Londonderry	Stockton
2005	SKC	A Pitcher	139	Wm Tindale	Easington Colliery
2006	SKC	G Shield	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2007	SKC	D Mattimoe	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2008	SKC	S Milburn	24	Whitworth	Spennymoor
2009	SKC	A Hardy	139	Wm Tindale	Easington Colliery
2010	SKC	K Welsh	139	Wm Tindale	Easington Colliery
2011	SKC	C Craggs	65	S,J, Slade	Spennymoor

1926 - The year the G.U.O.K.G.H. broke away from the R.A.O.B

The information on this web site is in regard to the G.U.O.K.G.H. only.

Degree Jewels in order are 3rd; 2nd; 1st; other degrees are collarets with Gold Braid on the edges:

3rd degree

2nd degree

1st degree

Knight of the Shield

6th degree

Maroon Collaret

Knight of the Order

5th degree

Red Collaret

Attendance Jewel

[after Six Months]

4th degree

Blue Collaret

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