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Provincial Grand Masters
Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, Bt, OBE, LL, D, etc. (1858 - 1944)
Provincial Grand Master 1934 - 1944
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© Copyright 2008: Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridge
Created and maintained by: Roger Outram
Extract from
"Cambridgeshire Encompassed",
by kind permission of
W.Bro. Jim Whitehead
The Province was taken aback by the sudden loss of F.M. Rushmore, their new but local Provincial Grand Master. His successor, a man already 75 years old and with a career full of honours behind him, was a stranger to most of the local Masonic hierarchy; so much so that Lord Ampthill thought it advisable at the Installation to elaborate considerably on Studd's qualifications for the post. To the cricket enthusiasts, however, Studd was not an unknown. By them J.E.K. was well remembered. Educated at Eton like Lord Eardley, Kynaston Studd was a Trinity man like Browne, Hall and Hardwicke. He came up as a 'Pensioner' in 1880, having already played cricket for Middlesex for two years and he won his Cricket Blue each year from '81 to '84, becoming captain of the Varsity side. He and his brothers, referred to as 'a set of Studds', were known in Cambridge circles as J.E.K., G.B. and C.T. When Cambridge University inflicted the only defeat the Australian tourists suffered on the tour of 1882, he scored 6 and 66. With GB (42 and 48) he put on 106 for the first wicket in the second innings. C.T. made 118 and 15 n.o. and took eight wickets in the match. Clearly the brothers made a major contribution to University cricket.
