Old King's Arms
{{Short description|Former tavern in London, England}}
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The Old King's Arms was a tavern in the Strand, London, which was noted for hosting a masonic lodge which was linked to the Grand Lodge. In the 1730s it was renowned as an Enlightenment Lodge, but subsequently evolved more into a dining club.{{cite book|last1=Berman|first1=Ric|title=Schism: The Battle That Forged Freemasonry|date=2014|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|location=Eastbourne|edition=Second}}
Masonic Lodge
In 1735 Lord Weymouth, at the time Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was elected Worshipful Master of the masonic lodge based there.{{cite journal |last1=Levander |first1=F. W. |editor1-last=Rylands |editor1-first=W. H. |editor2-last=Songhurst |editor2-first=W. J. |title=Clubs and Societies Chiefly in London including Notes from Other Sources |journal=Ars Quatuor Coronatorum |date=1916 |volume=XXIX |issue=Friday 7 January 1916 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTQLAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Old+King%27s+Arms%22+strand&pg=PA12 |publisher=Рипол Классик |isbn=9785873022564 |language=en}} Lord John Ward, an avid Freemason, joined the Lodge in 1744. He had become Grand Master in 1742.
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