Summerisland Royal Black
District Chapter No. 6


The Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth

The Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth was instituted in Ireland in 1797 and held it's first meeting in Portadown, Co. Armagh.

The Imperial Grand Black Chapter oversees the following Jurisdictions :

  • Co. Antrim Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Armagh Grand Black Chapter
  • City of Belfast Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Cavan Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Down Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Fermanagh Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Londonderry Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Monaghan Grand Black Chapter
  • Co. Tyrone Grand Black Chapter
  • Province of England Grand Black Chapter
  • Province of Scotland Grand Black Chapter
  • Provincial Grand Black Chapter of New South Wales, Australia
  • Provincial Grand Black Chapter of Victoria, Australia
  • Dominian Grand Black Chapter of New Zealand
  • Dominian Grand Black Chapter of United States of America
  • Dominian Grand Black Chapter of British America
  • Dominian Grand Black Chapter of West Africa

Soverign Grand Masters

1846 M.W. Sir Knt. Thomas Irwin (-) Co. Down
1849 M.W. Sir Knt. Morris W Knox (-)
1850 M.W. Sir Knt. Thomas H Johnston (-)
1857 M.W. Sir Knt. William Johnston (RBP 39), Ballykilbeg, Co. Down
1902 M.W. Sir Knt. H. W. Chambers (RBP 31), Co. Tyrone
1914 M.W. Sir Knt. Rt. Hon. William H.H. Lyons DL JP (RBP 452), Co. Antrim
1924 M.W. Sir Knt. Lt. Col. Sir William J Allen DSC MP (RBP 108), Co. Armagh
1948 M.W. Sir Knt. Capt. Rt. Hon. Sir C Norman L Stronge Bart., HML, MC, MP (RBP 264), Co. Armagh
1971 M.W. Sir Knt. Rt. Hon. Lord James H Molyneaux of Killead, MP (RBP 274), Co. Antrim
1998 M.W. Sir Knt. William H. Logan, M.B.E.

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