Personage
Notable Members
Over two centuries, Lodge St. John's No. 434 EC has counted among its brethren soldiers, scholars, physicians, engineers, and statesmen — men who shaped the history of Hyderabad, the Deccan, and British India.
Lt.-Col. James Oliphant
Director and Chairman of the East India Company and Equerry to Maharajah Duleep Singh. Remembered for building the Oliphant-Chaudderghaut Bridge in Hyderabad.
Nawab Syed Hussain Bilgrami, C.S.I.
Imad-ul-Mulk Bahadur
Member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council. Played a key role in shaping policy and governance during British India.
Cyril Walter Lloyd Jones, C.I.E.
Managing Director of the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. President of the United Services Club (Secunderabad Club). Oversaw the expansion and modernisation of Hyderabad's railway network, improving regional trade, mobility, and industrial development.
Dr. Edward Lawrie
Residency Surgeon in Hyderabad and pioneer of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission. Advanced the safe use of chloroform in anaesthesia, influencing medical practices in India and abroad.
Lt.-Col. William Thomas Marshall, V.C.
Awarded the Victoria Cross — the highest honour for gallantry in the face of the enemy in British and Commonwealth forces. Remembered for exceptional bravery and leadership in military campaigns.
J. D. B. Gribble, I.C.S.
Collector of Cuddapah District in the Madras Presidency and noted historian. Authored A History of the Deccan and History of Freemasonry in Hyderabad, preserving regional and cultural history.
Nawab Lutf ud-Dowlah Muhammad Lutf ud-Din Khan Bahadur Latafat Jung
Amir-i-Paigah and Lutf ud-Daula
Paigah noble, served as Assist Army Minister 1917-1924, Minister for Health and Military Affairs 1924-1925, Public Works and Registration 1925-1928, and for Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1928, Presdt Hyderabad State Legislative Council.
Samuel Harper Frankel
Pioneering photographer and portrait artist in Secunderabad. Founded the historic Frankel's Studio in 1885 and captured images of the Nizams, nobility, and British-era society.
Col. James Grove White
Distinguished British Army colonel, High Sheriff of County Waterford (1910), and eminent historian renowned for his monumental local historical works.
Capt. W. A. Featherstone, R.V.O.
British Army captain, BBC music director. Noted as a distinguished orchestral conductor and composer.
C. H. D. Moberly
Managing Director of Emporiki Bank and distinguished financial leader in the early 20th century.
W. J. Trewinnard
Prominent Freemason, founding Worshipful Master of Roll Call Lodge 2523, Provincial A.G.D.C. (1895), and London sword manufacturer.
C. F. Pearson
Chemist and founder of C. F. Pearson & Company, noted as a respected local businessman in Secunderabad.
Dr. Thomas Key
Involved in founding of Osmania Medical College — a landmark institution in the history of medicine in Hyderabad.
Col. Lacy
Freemason who revived Lodge No. 227 (Irish Constitution), later known as Lodge of Antiquity No. 1, now in Montreal, Canada.
Rai Bahadur V. D. Thandavaroyan
Chief of Railway Hospital, Lallaguda. Recognised for his medical work on gangrene caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Maj. Aubrey W. Ogilvie Saunders
District Grand Master of DGL Madras, Chairman of the Executive Council Madras, Served as Chief Inspector of Musketry in Madras.
Brig-Gen. F. D. Lumley, C.B., C.B.E
Brigadier General, and longtime officer of the Middlesex Regiment (The Duke of Cambridge's Own).
F. M. B. Rosenthal
Architect and Engineer of the King Edward Memorial, Hospital (Gandhi Hospital) — a landmark of public health infrastructure in Hyderabad.
Col. George Craven Armstrong
Officer of the East India Company and father of Sir George Carlyon Hughes Armstrong, 1st Baronet — English journalist and newspaper proprietor.
Brigade-Surgeon-Lt.-Col. C. Little, M.D., I.M.S.
Senior medical officer, part of the Madras Establishment of the Indian Medical Service.
Col. Fitzroy Somerset Lanyon Penno
Distinguished British Army officer who served as the last Imperial Assistant Adjutant-General in colonial Victoria (Australia) from 1889 to 1895.
Maj. Steuart Scott Binny, D.S.O.
Distinguished British Army officer who served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Siege of Ladysmith South Africa, DSO & Mention in Dispatches, killed in action during the Great War.
F. C. Crawford
Served as the Deputy Director-General of Police (C.I.D.) in the government of H.E.H. the Nizam.
