Andy Pearce
Andy was born in Denmark Hill in 1975. His parents were licensees of The Greendale public house in Camberwell in the 1970s. After moving out to suburbia at the age of 5 his parents ran The Cannie Man public house in Bracknell.
Andy spent most of formative years in Sandhurst, Berkshire. He was the first pupil from Sandhurst comprehensive school ever to be accepted into the University of Oxford where he read Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Lady Margaret Hall. Andy matriculated in 1993 and graduated with a Master’s degree, MBiochem (Oxon) in 1997.
Andy now lives in Camberley in Surrey and has two adult children, Angel and Edward who when they were young often queried why he would keep going into the bathroom and talking to himself!
Andy was Initiated into the Craft in October 2000 and in 2009 was WM of Diligence No.5954 which was originally formed exclusively as a feeder Lodge for Diligence Mark Lodge in the Province of Middlesex. Sadly, both Lodges have since surrendered their Warrants. He is now Secretary of Barra Hall No.8096 meeting at Twickenham and is a PPrGSuptWks in the Craft Province of Middlesex.
Andy was Exalted into the Royal Arch in 2018. He is Scribe E of Chapter of Air Unity No.7445, and is a member of Beneficentia No.5308 as well as being Adjutant to E Comp Robert Anderson MetGInsp.
Andy was Advanced into Tuscan Lodge of Mark Master Masons No.454 in 2019. He was Elevated into Tuscan R.A.M. in 2021.
After assisting the Prov.G.M. in administrating the MBF Hospice donations project in 2021, Andy then joined the London Mark Provincial Secretariat team to scrutinise summonses to ensure compliance with the C&R’s or if not to advise secretaries what dispensations were required to ensure compliance (following the suspension of Masonic activity this meant most Lodges required at least 2 Grand Lodge dispensations to meet again). Although somewhat a baptism of fire it certainly provided a solid schooling in the C&Rs.
Andy’s 3 least favourite Latin words are nunc pro tunc!