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Foresters Friendly Society is a British friendly society which was formed in 1834 as the Ancient Order of Foresters.〔(About Us ) Ancient Order of Foresters, 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.〕 At 31 December 2012 the society had 65,221 members.〔Foresters Friendly Society (2013) ''Annual Report and Accounts 2012''〕 Its head office is in Southampton, England. ==History== The Society was formed in Rochdale in August 1834, when over 300 branches of the Royal Foresters society (established in the 18th century) formed the new Ancient Order of Foresters.〔(Our history ) on Foresters Friendly Society website〕 In 1874 the American and Canadian Foresters seceded from the Ancient Order of Foresters and set up the Independent Order of Foresters (IOF).〔Solt-Dennis, V., ''Discovering Friendly and Fraternal Societies: their badges and regalia'', p.118 (Princes Risborough:Shire Publications Ltd, 2005) ISBN 0-7478-0628-4.〕 The IOF's UK operation is now called Forester Life, based in Bromley, Greater London.〔''The Square: The Independent Magazine for Freemasons'', Vol. 34, No.3, September 2007, p.61.〕 The society became incorporated on 1 January 2003, (in accordance with the provisions of The Friendly Societies Act 1992), and since this date they have taken over two smaller Friendly Societies, the first, in 2003 being the Tunstall Assurance Society, and then in 2005 the Leek Friendly Society.〔 The society's local branches are termed Courts, rather than "Lodges" as in other friendly societies. They were named after the law courts of the royal forests, and performed the Ancient Ritual of the Society.〔Solt-Dennis, Victoria, ''(Discovering Friendly and Fraternal Societies )'', Shire Publications, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7478-0628-8. Pages 114-123〕 The most famous was Court LUD No. 10,100, which was formed in 1947, by members of the London District Management Committee. However, owing to lack of members willing to take office, this Court was closed in 2004.〔Quigley-Ferriday, M., ''A Short History of the Ancient Order of Foresters'', pp. 31-32, ''The Square:The Independent Magazine for Freemasons'', Vol. 32, No.1, March 2006.〕 The society had its own magazine ''Foresters Miscellany'' which ran from 1862 to 2008, when it was incorporated into a replacement called ''The Forester''.〔(Library and Museum of Freemasonry ), catalogue ref: 1522 FOR fol.〕 The magazine is available on-line; it has been reduced in size and frequency, and only one edition has been produced in 2012.〔(Resources ) at Foresters Friends website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foresters Friendly Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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