Lodge St. George, Mumbai
| No. | Year of Consecration | Meeting Day | Month | Inst. Mtg. |
| 549 | 1848 | 3rd Tue. | Except May. Oct | Feb |
| Name of Worshipful Master | WBro. Noshir Bulsara |
| Name of Lodge Secretary | WBro. Sunil Pandit |
| Contact# of Lodge Secretary | +91-9820267649 |
| Email Id of Lodge Secretary | sunilpandit_adi@yahoo.co.in |
| Location (Maps) | https://goo.gl/maps/MopoSpT1Sk3YFUdKA |
Early history
Lodge St George No. 549 was constituted under a Warrant dated 3 February 1848 issued by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), with RW Bro. Collin Lawford Ackland, a solicitor and Justice of the Peace, as its first Master.
St George is a Hall Stone Lodge, a Centenary Lodge, and the primus UGLE Lodge of Freemasons in the District of Bombay. The Lodge in fact predates the District Grand Lodge by more than a decade, for it was St George that had petitioned UGLE for the creation of what was then called the Provincial Grand Lodge of Bombay.
Consequently, on 16 July 1861, W Bro. George Taylor (the then Master of St George) was installed as the first Provincial Grand Master of Bombay.
Distinguished members
In the years since RW Bro. Taylor’s preferment, the high office of what is now called the District Grand Master has been occupied by no less than 16 members of St George:
- 1861-70 RW Bro. George Taylor
- 1870-78 RW Bro. The Honourable James Gibbs
- 1879-87 RW Bro. Edward Tyrell Leith
- 1887-1901 HRH Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- 1897-1900 RW Bro. Lord Sandhurst (ProDistGM)
- 1900-01 RW Bro. Lord Northcote (ProDistGM)
- 1903-08 RW Bro. Sir Lawrence Jenkins
- 1908-12 RW Bro. George Owen Dunn
- 1912-23 RW Bro. William Haig-Brown
- 1923-28 RW Bro. Lt. Col. Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
- 1928-33 RW Bro. Sir Reginald Spence
- 1933-39 RW Bro. William Arthur Bromham (also, briefly, in 1943)
- 1940-43 The Rt. Hon. the 11th Earl of Scarbrough
- 1949-54 RW Bro. James Stanley Tilley
- 1984-2002 RW Bro. Arthur Ernest Gilbert
- 2009-present RW Bro. Percy Jamshed Driver
Additionally, RW Bro. Michael Timothy Holland, who is a subscribing member of St George, is the Provincial Grand Master of Herefordshire since 2019.
Two of the aforesaid notable members of St George went on to occupy the highest office in Freemasonry, that of the Grand Master of UGLE:
- MW Bro. HRH Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was the Grand Master from 1901 to 1939. He was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and he also served as the Governor-General of Canada.
- MW Bro. Lawrence Roger Lumley, the 11th Earl of Scarbrough was the Grand Master from 1951 to 1967.
Including MW Bro. HRH Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, three members of Lodge St George further distinguished themselves by serving as Viceroys and Governors-General:
- 1911-16 MW Bro. HRH Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(Governor General of Canada)
- 1904-08 RW Bro. Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
(Governor-General of Australia)
- 1926-31 W Bro. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
(Governor General of Canada)
1913-18 (Viceroy and Governor-General of India)
Six of St George’s brethren also served as Governors of Bombay Presidency (which, at its greatest extent, comprised the present-day state of Gujarat, the western two-thirds of Maharashtra state, north-western parts of Karnataka state, Pakistan’s Sindh Province, and Aden in Yemen):
- 1867-72 W Bro. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald
(MP for Horsham, West Sussex: 1848, 1852-1865, 1874)
- 1895-1900 RW Bro. Wiliam Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst
(Lord Chamberlain from 1912 to 1921)
- 1900-03 RW Bro. Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
(MP for Exeter, Devon from 1885 to 1899)
- 1913-18 W Bro. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
(Governor of Madras from 1919 to 1924)
- 1923-26 RW Bro. Lt. Col. Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
(Governor of Queensland from 1932 to 1946)
- 1937-43 MW Bro. Lawrence Roger Lumley, the 11th Earl of Scarbrough
(MP for Kingston upon Hull East, Hull from 1922 to 1929)
(MP for York from 1931 to 1937)
Celebrating the past, embracing the future
St George continues to be a thriving, vibrant Lodge that is steeped in tradition and yet has a modern outlook. It is known for its high standards of ritual working (which visitors routinely appreciate) and for being a friendly Lodge with a nurturing approach, especially towards its younger members. The senior brethren constantly strive to ensure a culture of inclusiveness by involving all members in the life of the Lodge. The members in turn contribute through formal as well as informal means, thus increasing their sense of belonging, interest and commitment.
Lodge St George meets at Freemasons’ Hall, Mumbai on the third Tuesday of every month other than May and October. All meetings are followed by a formal banquet known as the Festive Board.