Somerset and Wiltshire Royal and Select Masters
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District Team 2025/26
This seasons team of District Officers were appointed and invested at Bath Masonic Hall, November 2025.
Your district team 2025/26:
DepDGM V. Ill. Comp. Paul Ackland-Snow PGlec
DGPCW Ill. Comp. Stephen Simmons PDGCondC
DGChap. Ill. Comp. Revd. Steven A. Hawkins PDepGChap
DGTreas. Ill Comp. Neil B. Hawes PGCondC
DGRec. Ill. Comp. David J. Dixon PAGDC
DGDC Ill. Comp. Richard T Cooper PGCondC
DGLect. Ill. Comp. R Ian Rea PGSwdB
DepDGDC Ill Comp. Stephen G Hughes PGStdB
DGCoG Ill. Comp. Timothy J. Brunton
DGCoC Ill. Comp. Rick B. Salton
ADGDC Ill. Comp. Kieran J. Hughes PGStdB
DGSwdB. Ill Comp. James D. Brown
DGStdB Ill. Comp. Richard K. Thurston GMan
ADGRec. Comp. Henry C Vincent PDGCondC.
DGOrg. Comp. B. John Renwick PDGCondC.
DGStwd. Ill. Comp. Rob E. Bullen
DGMan. Comp. John F. Nicholas Comp. Royston W. Marshal Comp. David J. Franklin
DGSent. Comp. Malcolm P. Toogood
Past District Officers:
DGM
D. Nelson 2013-2021
K.R.S. Surry 2021-
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DepDGM.
J. Massey 2002-200
A. L. Thompson 2013-2014
C. Court 2015-2016
K. R S. Surry 2017-2021
A.L.Thompson 2022-25
P. Ackland-Snow 2025-
DGPCW.
A. P. Beaumont 2008-2009
A. L. Thompson 2012
A. T.. Jones 2013
C. Court 2014
K. R. S. Surry 2015-2016
R. T. Cooper 2017-2018
G. R. Paskins 2019-2021
D. Stubbings 2021-2022
J. Frost 2022-25
S. Simmons 2025-
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DGChap.
S. L. Brailey 2014-2015
C. E. Summers 2017(P)
V. F. Easthope 2019(P)
Rev. S. A. Hawkins 2022-24
D. T. Carter 2024-25
Rev. S. A. Hawkins 2025-
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DGTreas.
F. Payne 2011-2018
N. Hawes 2019-
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DGRec.
G. R. Paskins 2008-2019
D. Dixon 2019-
DGDC.
C. T. Cooper 2010 - 2011
C.S. Summers 2012 - 2013
R. T. Cooper 2014 - 2016
C. Court 2017 - 2021
R. T. Cooper 2021-
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DGLect.
G. E. Morris 2014(P)
M. S. Durant 2015(P)
D. J. Stubbings 2016
G. J. Hobbs 2018
D. J. Palmer 2018(P)
A G Badman 2019
I. R. Rea 2019-
M. Bajona 2022(P)
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DepDGDC.
R. J. Tossell 2014
J. D. Allen 2014
J. D. Allen 2015-2018
S. G. Hughes 2019-
DGCaptGd.
F. H. Hinchliffe 1997
A. R. Baker 2010
C. Lowther 2013
T. C. Burton 2017(P)
J. B. Muskett 2018
J. A. N. Frost 2019
M. Bajona 2019
G. S. Ifill 2023-24
T. J. Brunton 2024-
DGCondC.
R. T. Boseley 2014(P)
H. C. Vincent 2014(P)
I. P. Cox 2014
B. J. Renwick 2015 (P)
D. T. Carter 2016(P)
C. T. Callow 2016(P)
I. H. Maxey 2018
P. D. S. Wollington 2018(P)
W. Whitehead 2018(P)
N. K. Handbury 2014
R. M. Cole 2015(P)
M. Bajona 2018
D. M. Jenkins 2019(P)
G. S. Ifill 2020-2023
J. T. Brunton 2023-24
S.Simmons 2024-2025
R. K. Salton 2025-
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DGSwdB
R. K. Salton 2024
J. D. Brown 2025-
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DGStdB.
M. W. E. Farrow 2015
M.Bajona 2017
D. C. Mander 2017(P)
R. K. Thurston 2022-
DGManc.
N. F. Bevan 2014
M. Bajona 2016
K. J. Hughes 2018
R. F. W. Kimberley 2018
D. F. Bates 2019
D. J. Franklin 2019-
R. B. Salton 2023
R. W. Marshall 2023
J. D. Brown 2024
J. F. Nicholas 2025-
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DGSent
M.P. Toogood 2025-
Grand Council Officers in Somerset and Wiltshire:
Grand Master
M. Ill. Comp. Kessick John Jones
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Deputy Grand Master
R. Ill. Comp. Paul Anthony Norman
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Grand Principal Conductor of the Work
R. Ill. Comp.Norman Dunkeld Milburn
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Companions of the District who have been Appointed to Grand Council Rank:
Ackland-Snow, Paul PAGDC 2013, PGCaptGd 2018, PGLec 2023
Allen, John Derek PAGDC 2017, PGCoC 2025
Badman, Allan Graham PAGDC 2019
Bajona, Mark Philip Spencer GStB 2023, PGStB 2024
Baker, Antony Richard GSwdB 2012, PGSwdB 2013
Beaumont, Andrew PAGDC 2009, PGCoG2014, PGLect 2022
Brailey, Sydney Lynton PGStB 2009, PGCondC 2014, PGLec 2023
Burton, Trevor Charles PGStB 2023
Callow, Christopher Terence PGStwd 2018
Carter, David Tony PGStB 2019
Cooper, Colin Trevor PGStB 2007, PGCondC 2012, PGLect2018
Cooper, Richard Tanner PAGDC 2013, PGCondC 2019
Court, Christopher PAGDC 2002, PGCoG2007, PGLect 2010
Dixon, David John PAGDC 2021
Frost, Julian Alan Nicholas PGSwdB 2020
Hawes, Neil Bradley PGSwdB 2016, GCondC 2022, PGCondC 2023
Hawkins, Steven Andrew DepGChap 2018, PDepGChap 2020
Hinchliffe, Frank Hulme PGMar 1996, PGCondC 2008
Hobbs, Geoffrey John PGStB 2021
Hopkins, Michael PGStdB 2016
Hughes, Kieran John PGStB 2023
Hughes, Stephe George PGStB 2022
Ifill, Geoffrey Sinclair GStB 2024
Jones, Adrian Thorogood PGStB 2005, PGCondC 2011, PGLect2016
Lowther, Colin PGStB 2015
Massey, John GSwdB 1998, PGCondC 2003, PGLect 2007, PGCoun 2015
Morris, George Edward PGCondC 2015
Muskett, John Bradburn GMan 2020, PGMan 2022
Nelson, David Brian PGCondC 2012, DGM2013-2021
Paskins, Graham Roderick PAGDC 2012, PGCoG 2017, PGLect 2025
Phillips, John David AGDC 1999, PAGDC 2000, DGM (Sussex) 2001-11
Rea, Robert Ian PGSwdB 2024
Stubbings, David John PGStB 2020
Summers, Christopher Edward PGSwdB 2022
Surry, Keith Raymond Stewart PGStB 2010, GCondC 2015, DGM 2021-
Thompson, Alan Livingstone GManc 2014, PGCondC 2015
Thurston, Richard Glance 2025
Tossell, Reginald John PAGDC 2005, PGCoG2010, PGLect2015
Trollope, Rex PGStB 1998, PGCondC 2005, PGLect 2010