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Gormogons
The Ancient Noble Order of the Gormogons was a short-lived 18th century society formed by expelled Freemason Philip Wharton which left no records or accomplishments to indicate its true goal and purpose. From the group's few published articles it is thought that the society's primary objective was to hold up Freemasonry to ridicule.〔(Antient Noble Order of the Gormogons )〕 During its brief existence it was accused of being a Jacobite-leaning group.〔Lyttle, Charles H. "(Historical Bases of Rome's Conflict with Freemasonry )", ''Church History'', Vol. 9, No. 1. (Mar., 1940), pp. 3–23.〕 There is some evidence of such an association, since the first known Grandmaster (or ''Oecumenical Volgi'') was Andrew Michael Ramsay of Ayr, Scotland, a Jacobite of strong convictions.〔Carr. J. L. "(Gorgons, Gormogons, Medusists and Masons )". ''The Modern Language Review''. Vol. 58, No. 1 (Jan., 1963), pp. 73–78.〕 It also appears to have been a charitable organization, at least according to its surviving bylaws. There are also some surviving pendant badges, bearing their sign.〔(Sotheby's October 1974 catalogue ), reproduced in ''The Burlington Magazine'', vol. 116, No. 858 (Sep., 1974), pp. i–lx.〕
==Possible etymology of the name==
Donovan Hill suggests in ''Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang'' that, in the form ''gormagon'', the word is a blend of gorgon and dragon, while the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' describes the etymology as "meaningless: pseudo Chinese."〔.〕
In ''The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'',〔, a facsimile reprint of .〕 the word ''gormagon'' was humorously defined thus: "A monster with six eyes, three mouths, four arms, eight legs, five on one side and three on the other, three arses, two tarses (), and a cunt upon its back." The compiler Francis Grose gave the game away in his dictionary entry by explaining that it was "a man on horseback, with a woman behind him".〔See .〕 (His "five legs on one side" description is easily explained – the woman was riding side-saddle.)
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