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Dr. Stanley C. Aston, OBE, TD, DL, etc. (1915 - 1992)
Provincial Grand Master 1979 - 1989
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Extract from
"Cambridgeshire Encompassed",
by kind permission of
W.Bro. Jim Whitehead
Provincial Grand Masters
© Copyright 2008: Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridge
Created and maintained by: Roger Outram
Although a figure of International reputation, not just academic but for his work in UNESCO, Dr Aston was not as widely known in the Masonic Province as one might have expected and he knew this. Although forty-three years a Cambridgeshire Mason by the time he made his first 'Official' Provincial visit as Deputy to Wisbech, he was surprised and pleased when the brother proposing his toast told the Brethren that Dr Aston would probably be all right, since he was born in Lincolnshire and so had at least one webbed foot! He was, at the time, linked less with INUL, his mother Lodge, than with Alma Mater and his great efforts for the latter, lifting it from a semi-moribund state to its present vigour, are seldom fully realised or appreciated. Many Brethren did not know he had been active on the Masonic Hall Committee in Cambridge during the late sixties, leading to the purchase of our present home. He was co-opted to assist with his wide experience of managing property and funds in the University, and he had time to make a significant contribution. However, when the Committee decided to bid for Cheshunt College in competition with the University, Dr Aston felt that a possible conflict of interest required that he give up his involvement and he resigned from the group.
