I extend the warmest welcome to all who visit our website. Whether you are a casual browser or have a particular interest in any aspect of Freemasonry, I hope you will find this, and subsequent visits, compelling and informative.

The United Grand Lodge of England is the premier Grand Lodge and oversees hundreds of thousands of Freemasons across the World who are members of Lodges within its constitution. This Province of Staffordshire, which has 3,500 members, is within its jurisdiction. You will find more historical information and detail about this Province in other parts of this site.

Whether it is through membership, family connections or the benefits of the extensive charitable and community support, which lie at the heart of Masonic traditions, Freemasonry has touched the lives of millions of people across the World. It has remained one of the solid rocks of principle and a power for good
                           in some of our most troubled times.

 I followed my father into Freemasonry, when I became a member of Old Eversley Lodge No 5259 in this Province in November 1973. It was a perfectly natural and proper decision to take, having closely experienced my father’s commitment to Masonic ideals.

All major commitments in life require time and energy and it is not always easy to balance the dominant needs and joys of family life with my business pressures, the Crown requirements as one of Her Majesty’s Deputy Lieutenants for the County of West Midlands, my duties as a Colonel in the Territorial Army, and of course the leadership of Staffordshire Freemasons. It is made possible by the staunch support and understanding of my wife and daughter and the excellence of those with whom I am involved in these diverse responsibilities.

I am helped greatly in organising the important affairs of the Province by a first class team of senior experienced Freemasons, who possess a range of professional and management skills. Their proven love of the principles of Freemasonry and tireless work continues to protect and to develop Freemasonry in Staffordshire. It is now a pleasure to introduce my management team:

	V.W. Bro. D Gary Read, who holds the rank of Past Grand Sword Bearer in the United Grand Lodge of England, was appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master in December 2004. He was promoted to Deputy Provincial Grand Master in February 2009. Gary was initiated into St John’s Lodge of Lichfield No 1039 in February 1980. He was the Acting Provincial Senior Grand Warden in 1999 and in 2003 was appointed the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies.
	W. Bro. Colin Denne, who holds the rank of Past Senior Grand Deacon in the United Grand Lodge of England was appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master on the 14th May 2008. Colin, a retired Health Authority Director who spent 37 years in the health service was initiated into Staffordshire Knot Lodge No. 726 in 1977. He was appointed Provincial Grand Secretary in 2005 in which capacity he served 3 years.
	W. Bro. John Victor Renaudon holds the rank of Past Senior Grand Deacon in the United Grand Lodge of England, and was appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master in February 2009. John was initiated into John O Gaunt Lodge in 1968 and appointed Worshipful Master in 1980. He was the Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies in 1986, being promoted to P.Pr.J.G.W. in 1996 and as Acting Provincial Junior Grand Warden in 2005.

This dedicated team combines with the support staff at Provincial Grand Lodge, our administrative headquarters, and all 102 Lodges throughout the Province to ensure that our Freemasonry takes its fine principles of integrity, friendship and charity boldly into the future.

I do hope you will enjoy and benefit from this visit.