Henry Clay Chiles Esq, 33° PGM
(Feb 26, 1886-Mar 15, 1966)
1911 - Raised, Lexington Masonic Lodge #149
1919 - Master, Lexington Masonic Lodge #149
Grand Lodge
1938-39 - Grand Master of Missouri
Scottish Rite
1917 - 32° Consistory of Western MO, Kansas City
1937 - Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
1940 - Master of Kadosh of the Consistory
1941 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary
York Rite
1912 - Royal Arch Chapter #10
1919 - High Priest, Royal Arch Chapter #10
1913 - Shekinah Council #24
1914 - Demolay Commandery #14
1922 - Red Cross of Constantine, St Chrisostom Conclave #36
1932 - Soveriegn, St Chrisostom Conclave #36
1915 - Ararat Shrine Temple
Masonic Writings:
1927 - Early Day Masonry in Lexington 1840
1935 Masonic College of Missouri
1936 From Mouth to Ear, Geneology of our Masonic Ritual
1932 Sources & Constitution of the Laws of the Grand Chapter of Missouri
Occupation:
Attorney, WWII 1st Lt, Judge Advocate General's Dept US Army; Post War, Major US Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Dept
Alumnus: Harvard School of Law
Interred: Machpelah Cemetery, Lexington, MO.
Henry Clay Chiles was born in Lexington, Missouri, in 1886. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1903 and entered William Jewell College that same year. He was initiated at Alpha Delta on September 26, 1903, was state president in 1905 and he was the first Hamer Province Commander from 1912 to 1915. He graduated in 1907. He compiled war records for the 1922 catalogue, authored the endowment fund and the alumni association laws, and was a member of the Electoral Commission from 1930 to 1936. He attended Harvard Law School then returned to his native Lexington to practice law. He served as legal counsel in the Nuremburg Trials after World War II. Chiles also served as Grand Master of Masons in Missouri in 1938 and 1939. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Lexington Library & Historical Society. His father was a Mason in Lexington and both great grandfathers were masons in Kentucky. Brother Chiles died in 1966.