Mrs. Elizabeth Aldworth The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger, daughter of Lord Doneraile of Doneraile Court, County Cork, Ireland, was born in 1693 and married in 1713 to Richard Aldworth, Esq.
From a narrative published by the family in 1811 it appears that, upon secretly observing the first two degrees of a lodge at labour in her father's home, she was discovered and, after discussion, initiated in the Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft Degree. A champion of Freemasonry, Mrs. Aldworth died in 1773. the Square and Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organisation. ...
While generally looked upon as an "irregular" Freemason by the Masonic community Mrs. Aldworth has long been observed and even championed in some cases by some lodges. Especially those practicing a CO-MASONIC policy toward its members.
Further reading
The Hon. Miss St. Leger and Freemasonry. Ars Quatuor Coronatorum vol viii (1895) pp. 16-23, 53-6. vol. xviii (1905) pp. 46
The so-called "Aldworth Giants" are one of the richest collections of 14th century effigial monuments in the country and they are all housed in the tiny parish church of St. Mary.
Elizabeth I visited this early tourist attraction with the Earl of Leicester, but unfortunately, the effigies were subsequently mutilated during the Civil War.
Aldworth churchyard boasts a 1,000 year old yew tree (supposedly the oldest in the country) and graves of the poet, Laurence Binyon, and the in-laws of Alfred, Lord Tennyson of Freshford and Aldworth.
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