Bro Joseph Rudyard Kipling - a most famous Freemason
Bro Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30th December 1865 - 18th January 1936 Bro Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay India on the 30th December 1865, and was known to the family as Ruddy. At the age of five he was brought over to England and spent five years living with a foster family in Southsea where he was miserable due to mistreatment, beatings and being victimised. As a result of this he suffered from insomnia and poor health for the rest of his life. At the age of 17 Rudyard returned to India and began his career as a writer beginning as the sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette and Pioneer in Lahore. According to Lodge records he was Initiated on 5th April 1886. Passed to the Degree of a Fellowcraft the following month on 3rd May 1886 and Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on 6th December the same year into Lodge Hope and Perseverance No.782. He also went on to become a joining member of Independence with ...