Next Meeting Tuesday 17th November 2015 Re-installation of Bro. Capt. Allan I. MacFeate

Instituted in 1728, No XII was represented at Mary’s Chapel, Edinburgh at the institution of The Grand Lodge of Scotland on November 30^th 1736. It is, in fact, the oldest organisation in Inverclyde.  Since 1765, No XII has had a very close association with Greenock Corporation and now Inverclyde Council. The Lodge made an agreement at that time with the Magistrates and Council to purchase a share in the property of the new Town House then being built.  In recognition of this, Depute Provost Bro David Wilson will attend to represent Inverclyde Council.  Bro Wilson was made an Honorary Member of No XII in 2014 in recognition of the partnership between No XII and Inverclyde Council.  Sir Ludovic Shaw Stewart Bart. will also attend the Dinner.

In being re-elected to this Office, Bro MacFeate follows in a long line of distinguished citizens who have also held this Office and he is looking very much forward to building on the successes of his first term. During his first year, Bro MacFeate continued the growth of the Lodge, further enhanced its involvement in the community, continued its significant charitable work and supported Sister Lodges in Scotland and beyond. 

He and his Office Bearers will be installed by Bros Iain White, Hector Macphail and Kenneth C. MacDougall, all Past Masters of No.XII.  Bro. White was Bro MacFeate’s Proposer in 1987.

Captain MacFeate, a retired Master Mariner, has lived most of his life in Inverclyde and was educated at Gourock and Greenock High Schools. His nautical career commenced with his pre-sea Cadet Officer training at the James Watt Memorial College, William Street, Greenock, where he later studied for his 2^nd Mates and 1^st Mates Certificates. He then attended College in Glasgow for his Masters Certificate. His earlier years were spent on cargo passenger liners as a Cadet Officer rising to the rank of Chief Officer trading to and from the UK and Europe to the Far East. He then transferred to the Offshore Industry, spending sixteen years on the Scott-Lithgow built Drill Ship Ben Ocean Lancer, where he was promoted to Master.

He has a keen interest in local sports and is a member of Greenock Wanderers Rugby Cub, Greenock Cricket Club and Gourock Golf Club.  Bro MacFeate is also a member of The Greenock Burns Club (The Mother Club) and a social member of the Royal West of Scotland Amateur Boat Club. Most of all, he especially enjoys being a Granddad.