The First Worshipful Master

The fact that it was proposed that the first Worshipful Master of Purbeck Lodge should be :-

Bro Lt Col H K Woods DSO –

caused a few problems; the Grand secretary stated that although there was nothing in the Book of Constitutions, the committee had gone back over a lengthy period and they could find no instance of the granting of a dispensation for a new lodge which was not to be ruled over by a Past Master in the first instance.
After a great deal of discussion it was decided that Bro Lt Col H K Woods DSO would be allowed to become the first Master of Purbeck Lodge.