Elizabeth Aldworth
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Elizabeth Aldworth, born Elizabeth St Leger, was known in her time as "The Lady Freemason" and was the first recorded woman to be initiated into Regular Freemasonry.
Aldworth in Masonic regalia, from a mezzotint of 1811
1775 burial in Saint Finbarre's Cathedral
Grand Lodge of Ireland
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The Grand Lodge of Ireland is the second most senior Grand Lodge of Freemasons in the world. Since no specific record of its foundation exists, 1725 is the year celebrated in Grand Lodge anniversaries
Elizabeth Aldworth
…warranted out of London by her father. Conder seems to be refuting an unelaborated-upon statement that Aldworth was initiated after the formation of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. He indicates that since the Viscount died in 1727, she could not have been initiated after that point, and at that time it seems that the commonly…
Arms of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
The Grand Lodge of Ireland, Dublin.
Freemasons' Hall, London