December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936

Born in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling had his education in England, and returned to India in 1882.

As a poet, Author and Recipient of the Noble Prize for literature in 1907, he published over 80 stories and ballads. Most of his work celebrated the English Empire and its soldiers in India.

Freemasonry’s effect can be noted in many of his work, although active for a few years.

Initiated: April 5, 1886 (by dispensation)
Passed: May 3, 1886
Raised: December 6, 1886
Demitted: March 4, 1889
Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C.
Lahore, India

Joined: July 8, 1909
Sociata Rosicruciana in Anglia

Honorary Member:
Author’s Lodge No. 3456, E.C.
Motherland Lodge No. 3861, E.C.

Founding Member (January, 1922):
The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France, F.R.