Provinces serve two main functions, principally that of administration but also as a focus of identity – being based upon historic counties. There are too many Lodges and brethren meeting under the united Grand Lodge of England to be readily administered from its headquarters in London. some of the administration powers are therefore delegated to Provincial Grand Masters who are appointed and hold office under a patent granted by the Grand Master.
The Lodges in each Province are regulated under bylaws approved by the Province whilst the Provincial Grand Master, his Deputy, assistants and administration team, all appointed by him, conduct the business of the Province.
The Province of West Kent was formed by the Grand Lodge of Moderns in 1770 with the Hon. Robert Boyle Walsingham as its first Grand Master.
By 1973 there were so many Lodges in Kent that the decision was taken to divide the Province into two, East Kent and West Kent. The boundary between the two new Provinces was drawn so that West Kent lies approximately between Greenhithe and Gravesend from Dartford via Wrotham to Tunbridge Wells.
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Provincial Office:-
Oakley House
358 Bromley Common
Bromley
Kent
BR2 8HA