Masonic Hall, East Street,
Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1EP
Tel: 01264 357 004
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Marshal: Ian Glister
Deputy Marshal: Ian Vincent
M.P.S.: Mervyn Harkness
Viceroy: Bob Brown
Treasurer: Steve Abraham
Recorder: Robert Castle
Tel: 07909 983 370
Email: The Conclave Recorder
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday in January (Enthronement); 3rd Thursday in June
Normal Meeting Time: 6.00pm
Date of Warrant: 11th October 2012
Consecrated: 11th October 2012
Conclave History
The Milvian Bridge Conclave was formed of members, present and past, of the Divisional Sepulchre Guard, at the request of the Intendant-General, Rt.Ill.Kt. Roger Charles Bricknell.
An inaugural meeting was held on Tuesday, 29th November 2011 at the King’s Court Masonic Centre, Chandlers Ford, where the proposition of this Conclave was instigated. An active sub-committee was formed, which met when required, culminating in the Conclave being Founded on Thursday, 11th October 2012, at the Keystone Hall, East Street, Andover. The name was chosen as this was the location of the battle between Constantine and Maxentius and is now referred to in the Oration.
The Constituting Officer was Most Ill.Kt. Richard Victor Wallis, J.P., G.C.C. The Consecrating Officer was Rt.Ill.Kt. Roger Charles Bricknell, the Divisional Intendant-General for the Division of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Isle of Wight.
The Consecrating Officers were:
| Enthroning Sovereign | Ill.Kt. Lt.Cdr. Lawrence Peer M.B.E., R.N. |
| Eusebius | Ill.Kt. Frederick Blowman |
| Installing Viceroy | Ill.Kt. Jamieson Beaney |
| Senior General | Rt.Ill.Kt. Lt.Col. Gerald Southwell |
| Junior General | Ill.Kt. Bruce Dyson |
| High Prelate | Ill.Kt. Rev. Bill Whitfield |
| Marshal | Ill.Kt. Richard Dunleavy |
| Dep. Marshal | Ill.Kt. Roy Rudling |
| Sword Bearer | P.Kt. Les Phillips |
| Standard Bearer (C) | P.kt. Martin Ford Bell |
| Standard Bearer (L) | P.Kt. James Munday |
| Organist | P.Kt. Trevor Gulliver |
| Herald | P.Kt. Ian McKiver |
| Sentinel | P.Kt. Brian Wisbey |
Subsequently the Enthroning Officer, Ill.Kt. Lt.Cdr. John Lawrence Peer M.B.E., R.N., the Divisional Recorder, enthroned P.Kt. Malcolm Reston Melbourne Lloyd as Most Puissant Sovereign. P.Kt. Roderick Paul Armitage was Consecrated as Viceroy by
Ill.Kt. Jamieson Arthur Beaney, Deputy Intendant-General.
The M.P.S. then Appointed and Invested the Conclave Officers after W.Kt. Robert Brown had been elected Treasurer, as follows:
| Senior General | Ill.Kt. Graham Roberts |
| Junior General | W.Kt. Ian Glister |
| High Prelate | P.Kt. Jim Whitemore |
| Treasurer | W.Kt. Robert Brown |
| Recorder | P.Kt. Steve Darlington |
| Almoner | W.Kt. Brian Durrant |
| Marshal | P.Kt. Lt.Cdr. Kevin Todd M.B.E., R.N. |
| Deputy Marshal | Ill.Kt. Jim Stott |
| Orator | P.Kt. Ian McKiver |
| Standard Bearer (C) | W.Kt. Chris Davis |
| Standard Bearer (L) | W.Kt. Terry Hotchkiss |
| Prefect | Ill.Kt. Alwyn Parsons |
| 1st Aide de Camp | P.Kt. Graham Lewis |
| 2nd Aide de Camp | W.Kt. John Walker |
| Herald | Ill.Kt. Jim Stott |
| I.P.S. | Ill.Kt. Charles Aspinell |
The Conclave meets in Andover on the second Wednesday in January, (Enthronement) and third Thursday in June. During its time only two candidates have been Installed as a Knight of the Red Cross of Constantine; W. Kt. Ian Vincent, who subsequently became a member of the Divisional Sepulchre Guard and W. Kt Paul Anthony Jeans who is a current member of the Divisional Sepulchre Guard. Lectures have been presented at a number of meetings, some of which have been instructive in relation to conditions and duties of the Roman Soldier. During one meeting the future of the Conclave was discussed, to decide if it was to be some form of Instructive Conclave. The membership is small but efforts are being made to attract new faces.