The list is far too long to lay out, but many Kings – the last was George VI, Princes and Dukes – the current Grand Master is HRH The Duke of Kent, Prime Ministers and Statesmen such as Winston Churchill and George Washington; many leaders in business; in the arts, such as Mozart, Rudyard Kipling, Peter Sellers and John Wayne, together with those in the worlds of medicine, research, education and entertainment have been and are Masons. Current soap stars, football and rugby players, Judges and taxi drivers - there are no class barriers in Freemasonry. You might care to ask yourself – if these people of quality were Masons, surely it cannot be anything but good?

Freemasonry has now become very much a family orientated organisation and although wives and female partners cannot become Freemasons in the United Grand Lodge of England, many Lodges have a very social programme of activities involving their wives and children. Should ladies wish to join Freemasonry, there is a separate Grand Lodge in England, exclusively for ladies. There are Ladies’ Clubs, eg Guildford, where the qualification for membership is to be a wife or partner of a Mason and where interesting talks and social events take place. In Surrey, Freemasons are very involved with Charity, both nationally and in their local areas, but they also take part in other activities such as sporting events; fishing, golf, go-kart racing, bowls, clay shooting and an annual family weekend, whilst at the same time supporting local youth football teams and even parachuting for charity.