Richard Davison

Role: Hall Ambassador for Sunderland Burdon Road
Lodge: Ernest Dixon Lodge No. 7856
Telephone:  07859 228 146
Email: rigd@hotmail.co.uk

Responsible for the following Lodges; 80, 97, 1389, 3137, 4114, 4224, 5373, 5841, 7248, 7856 & 8953

Masonic Career

• Initiated in Ernest Dixon Lodge No. 7856 in 2010.
  • Served as WM in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
  • Currently serving as Director of Ceremonies.
• Appointed Past Provincial Grand Steward in 2017.
  • Member of the Director of Ceremonies Team of the Durham Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge No. 9833.
• Exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in Londonderry Chapter of Amity No. 2039 in 2011.
  • Served as MEZ in 2017-18.
• Advanced as a Mark Master Mason in Ernest Dixon Mark Lodge No. 1015 in 2017.
• Installed as a Knight Templar in Finchale Preceptory No.222 in 2018.
• Secretary of Wearside Masonic Temple, Burdon Road, Sunderland since 2017.

Personal

• Born in Sunderland. Has lived in the city most of his life.
• Happily married to Lindsay.
• Attained a BSc. (Hons) in Physics and Education with Qualified Teacher Status from the University of Sunderland in 2012.
• Worked as a physics teacher in various schools across Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland.
• Currently working as a lead course tutor and lecturer of engineering mathematics and science at Hartlepool College of Further Education, teaching on a variety of advanced, HNC/HND and degree courses, as well as training apprentices for many major companies.
• Enjoys non-fiction reading, singing, cycling, fellwalking and wild-camping, cinema, pub quizzes and walking his Jack Russell terrier “Hutch”.
• Interests include history, science, mathematics, film, technology, travel and of course, Freemasonry.