1. W. Bro. Minchin belonged a family of illustrious Masons of the 19th century is borne out by the very fact that the Lodge was named after him, in his life time, on the founding of the lodge itself.

2. His father visited the lodge, while the son was still its master, as the Representative of the Grand Master.

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3. One W. Bro. Minchin's name appears in the History of the Lodge Phoenix, Portsmouth, No. 257, UK in 1832 in the following lines:

There is however an item recorded in the " History of the Phoenix Lodge, Portsmouth, No. 257," which bears on this subject. It appears from the minute books, that pursuant to a resolution passed in 1832, a set of Tracing-boards was purchased in the year 1834 of a Mr. Calcott, and that at a meeting of the Lodge in April 1845, it was proposed by Bro. E. Scott, P.M., seconded by Bro. Minchin, P.M., and carried unanimously, " That the most cordial thanks of the Members of the Phoenix Lodge, No. 319, Portsmouth, are eminently due and are hereby given to W. Bro. Major Ferris Charles Robb, P.M., for his very handsome and valuable present of a Symbolical Floor-cloth, &c."

Contacts could not be established with Phoenix Lodge and efforts are continuing.

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