For those who wish to know who David Kenneth Williamson is, please follow the link http://www.ugle.org.uk/about-ugle/whos-who/ (this gives a brief background to the hierarchy of masonry).  Suffice it to say he is one of the Rulers of the Craft, and you could say (in crude terms) that he is the Number Three in the United Grand Lodge of England.

The visit is to honour us as a member of the University Scheme  for masonry and to see how we are progressing and developing.  Our ceremony will be to progress and develop two of our university scheme students who are very much looking forward to meeting David.

Also present will be one of the Province of Hampshire and Isle of Wight's Assistant Provincial Grand Masters, QWorshipful Brother Michael Codd ( http://hiowmasons.org/province ), who oversees the university scheme in our province.

We send them both a warm welcome in advance and a safe journey to Portsmouth.

Links to the University Scheme site and Grand Lodge site:

http://www.ugle.org.uk/how-to-become-a-mason/university-section/ ; http://www.universitiesscheme.com/web/index.html  Right Worshipful