Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro. Michel Jeremy Pinckard, P.G.Stwd.,
 
In the Craft, Mike was initiated into Tarleton Lodge 7871 at Leyland in October 1991 and became Worshipful Master in May 2003. He is a member of the Red Rose of Lancashire Lodge No 9640 of which he was Worshipful Master in 2014 and is currently Assistant Director of Ceremonies.
 
In 2009 Mike was appointed Acting Provincial Grand Steward and promotion to PPDGSuptWks followed in 2013. He was appointed to the office of Acting Provincial Sword Bearer at Provincial Grand Lodge in May 2018 and was promoted to Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden in 2019. He was appointed to Senior Grand Warden of the Province in 2020.
 
Mike became involved in the Leyland Group Executive in 2010 when he was invited to become Treasurer of the Group. He was promoted to Group Secretary in April 2013 followed by Group Vice Chairman in 2016 until the group was merged with Chorley, during which time he was the Royal Arch Lead. Mike also served as Company Secretary on the Leyland Masonic Properties Company Ltd
 
In Royal Arch Mike was exalted into The Red Rose of Lancashire Chapter No 9640 (East Lancs) in 2007 serving all the offices up to Joshua.
He was also a member of Penwortham Chapter 5874 until it handed in its charter in 2022. He was First Principal in 2016/17 and 2017/18 and is also a member of North Meols Chapter 5828.
He was promoted to PPGStdB in 2023
 
In the Mark Degree,
Mike is a member of The Leyland Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 1002, of which he was Worshipful Master in the 2017/18 season. He is also a member of:
Philadelphia Mark Lodge,
Adoniram 552,
Unity 544 and
Walton 161.
 
Mike was appointed to Acting Provincial Grand Steward at Provincial Grand Mark Lodge in April 2018 and was the Captain of the Stewards at the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Mark Lodge from 2017 to 2020.
 
He was co-opted onto the Mark Secretariat in 2018 and he became Provincial Grand Registrar in 2019 and Deputy Provincial Grand Secretary in 2020. He was promoted to Provincial Grand Secretary in 2022 and then Assistant Provincial Grand Master in February 2024, and received his promotion to Grand Steward in 2022.
 
Royal Ark Mariners
Elevated into Leyland Royal Ark Mariners 1002, of which he was Commander in 2022-23 and received,
Provincial Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank in 2024
 
Princes Rose Croix of Heredom
He is a member of Leyland Chapter of Rose Croix No 528
 
Meridian Council Allied Degrees
Member
 
Mike and his wife Dawn, a retired accountant, have been married since 1982 and have two sons: David who is a physiotherapist and Marc who is a Managing Agent Civil Engineer. They have four grandchildren all under 6, who keep them both young.
He likes DIY, making and fixing things, and loves classic cars, having restored two 1960’s Sunbeam Alpine sports cars and he now has a Mazda MX-5, which he drives on sunny days.
Mike is a keen motorcyclist and clay pigeon shooter, being a member of the West Lancs Masonic Clay Pigeon Shooting Society, of which he was Treasurer from 2009 – 2013.
His main hobby and joy is Mark Masonry.
 
Previous Assistant Provincial Grand Masters
 
1955 Colonel J. Munroe Gornall, T.D., D.L., P.G.O.
1964 Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, LL.D., P.G.S.O.
1967 James Reginald Leggate, D.S.O., P.G.M.O.
1973 Kenneth Edward Moxley, P.G.M.O.
1978 Revd. Jack Jermy, P.G.Chaplain
1983 John Escott, P.G.S.O.
1988 Anthony Walton, P.A.G.D.C.
1989 Francis Turner, P.G.S.O.
1991 Dr. Bernard Gregory, P.G.Stwd.
1993 Peter Connolly, P.G.J.O.
1994 Glyn Jackson Davies, P.G.J.O.
2005 James Anthony Harrison, P.G.J.W.
2007 George Daniel Jones, P.G.J.O. .G.S.D.
2007 Keith Alan Beardmore, G.J.D.
2010 Michael J. Clarke, P.G.J.O.
2011 Ian Douglas Nairn, P.G.J.O.
2017 Giles Freerick Berkley P.G.J.D.
2020 John Charles Bicknell, P.G.J.O.
2023 David John Winder, G. Stwd.