Empire Lodge

Founded at the height of the Victorian era to be the Masonic home of the Empire in London. The Lodge has met continuously through the reigns of six monarchs — Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II, and now Charles III — and is a member of the Commonwealth Lodges’ Association, linking UGLE Lodges with a Commonwealth connection worldwide. Over the century that followed it received Colonial Premiers, Indian Maharajas, a Japanese Ambassador, a Sultan, and members of the British Royal Family — and produced from its own membership the Deputy Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England. A Hall Stone Lodge. Listed in the Nazi Black Book. A founding lodge of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London. Still meeting today.

The Lodge is in a period of considered renewal, guided by a ten-year plan focused on membership growth, officer succession, and ritual excellence — building toward its 150th anniversary in 2035. Empire Chapter No. 2108 — the Lodge’s paired Royal Arch Chapter, sharing the same name, number, and banner — has been restored to full health. Lodge and Chapter are a matched pair, as they were always intended to be.