 The founder, James Manchester had obtained a charter from the Ancient Order of Masonic Druids of England (AOMD).AOMD started in 1874 as the Ancient Archaeological Order of Druids (AAOD) by Robert Wentworth Little, the founder of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA).SRIA is the immediate predecessor organization of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (HOGD).