body responsible for administration and organisation, and as the Order grew District Grand Lodges and later Provincial Grand Lodges were opened. One of the "big" centres of the movement in its early days was the St Georges Tavern, home of the Grand Surrey Lodge, a popular haunt of those in the Theatre business. Several Lodges owed their allegiance to the Surrey Lodge, who was Mother to a number of Lodges. Later on, the first schism from the Grand Primo Lodge would be by those connected to the Surrey Lodge. Well known proprietors of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in the 18th and 19th centuries respectively were David Garrick and later, Brinsley Sheridan. During Garrick's time managing the Theatre, it was rebuilt twice, whilst during Sheridans tenure, the Theatre burnt down and was rebuilt. It is one of the oldest Theatres still operating in Great Britain today. Some of the names of early GLE Lodges being "Garrick" and "Brinsley Sheridan", two of the proprietors of the Theatre Royal. Another of those early GLE lodges of interest is The Clown Lodge No 32, most likely founded by Clowns whilst the Shakespeare Lodge and Joey Grimaldi Lodge No 150 were both formed in Newcastle upon Tyne by actors and entertainers. Early lodges Grand Primo Lodge England Adelphi Apollo Beehive Blomsbury Brittania Cardowgan Carlton Caxton Cock Robin Emanuel Frankling Hoxton Lambeth Marlborough The Grand Surrey Flowers of Forest Lodge First Ten Grand Primos, Grand Primo Lodge England The first ten Grand Primos were: 1866 Bro G.T.Wright 1867 Bro E Scates 1869 Bro.E Mitchell 1870 Bro.W James 1872 Bro.J Worth 1873 Bro.H Albert 1874 Bro.R Willis 1875 Bro.F.C Hunt 1876 Bro. C Woodward 1877 Bro. E Geake 1878 Bro. J Lewis 1879 Bro. J C Smith 1880 Bro. J Alexander 1881 Bro. G Eshelby 1882 Bro. C Ranson 1883 Bro. H Stroud 1884 Bro. H Barret 1885 Bro. W G Rennel 1886 Bro. W Hedderwick GLE No 1 A Lodge in Liverpool, Albion Lodge No 1, is currently at the top of the roll of the Grand Lodge of England (Birmingham Section). Its number is deceiving as the lodge was not the first to be formed under the Grand Primo Lodge. Albion has held that distinction for some time of being No 1 on the GLE (Birmingham Section Roll). In the 1920s the GLE (Birmingham Section) undertook a renumbering of lodges, with lodges moving