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Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay on December 30th, 1865. He was educated in England, returning to India in 1882. He receives the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.

He was initiated a Freemason in Lodge Hope and Perseverance, No. 782, E.C., at Lahore, on the 5th of April, 1886.
Being under 21 years of age, a Dispensation for his initiation was procured from the District Grand Master.
His proposer was Wor. Bro. Colonel 0. Menzies; he was seconded by Bro. C. Brown. He was initiated by the W.M., Bro. Colonel G. B. Wolseley. He was passed on May 3rd following, there being only seven Brethren present, and raised on the 6th December, 1886. He was for a short time Secretary of the Lodge.
In 1887 Kipling became a Mark Master and a Royal Ark Mariner.
Having left Lahore to reside at Allahabad, on April 17th, 1888, he became a member of the old Lodge, "Independence with Philanthropy," Allahabad. In March, 1889, he was put on the absent list of that Lodge, and resigned in 1895. He was then residing in the United States of America.
Returning to England, he was honorary member at Author's lodge No. 3456 sometime after its founding in 1910 and with Motherland Lodge No. 3861, London, in 1918. There is no record of him attending either of these Lodges.
He was a Founding Member of Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, retaining his membership until his death.
The Philalethes Research Society in North America also lists him as an honourary member although there is no record of any attendence, correspondence or submission of research papers.
Kipling joined the Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle in May, 1918, remaining a member until his death. Although he paid his dues promptly, there is no record of his attending a meeting.
On November 17, 1924 he is recorded as attending Rosemary Lodge No. 2851 E.C., giving his Lodge as Motherland No. 3861.
His works has a number of references to Freemasonry.

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