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Francis (1754–1826), 2nd Earl of Moira, afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG (copy after Martin Archer Shee)

Stephen Pearce (1819–1904)

Museum of Freemasonry

Francis (1754–1826), 2nd Earl of Moira, afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG

Image credit: Museum of Freemasonry

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Francis (1754–1826), 1st Marquess of Hastings, was Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, one of two governing bodies of Freemasonry in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, from 1790 to 1813. In 1799 he spoke in parliament in favour of Freemasonry, to prevent it being banned by the Unlawful Societies Act. In this portrait he is wearing the uniform of a general in the British Army. The portrait is a replacement of an original by Martin Archer Shee that was destroyed in a fire at Freemasons’ Hall, London in 1883. Stephen Pearce, who completed the replacement, had been a pupil of Shee's.

Museum of Freemasonry

London

Title

Francis (1754–1826), 2nd Earl of Moira, afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG

Date

1884

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 259 x W 152.5 cm

Accession number

PCF2010.56

Acquisition method

commissioned by the United Grand Lodge of England, 1884

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

FRANCIS, 2ND EARL OF MOIRA, AFTERWARDS 1ST MARQUESS OF HASTINGS, K.G. ACTING GRAND MASTER, 1790-1813'

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Museum of Freemasonry

Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, Greater London WC2B 5AZ England

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Artist or maker

Stephen Pearce

1819–1904

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