The inception of "Prince of Wales" arose from the enthusiasm of a large group of brethren, nearly all of whom were members of St. Nicholas Lodge No. 1676. These brethren, imbued with the laudable and praiseworthy desire to participate more actively in the practical sphere of Freemasonry approached W. Bro. Richard Hopper Holme and expressed the wish to form a New Lodge. Accordingly, at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Grey Street, on the evening of Tuesday, 22nd May, 1894, a meeting was attended by some fifty brethren and it was enthusiastically and unanimously resolved "That a New Lodge be petitioned for.
The petition was graciously acceded to be the M.W., The Grand Master, H.R.H, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
The Warrant is dated 6th June, 1894, and signed by the Prince of Wales.
At a meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, held in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 25th July, 1894, the Lodge was Consecrated by R.W. Prov.G.M. The Right Honourable Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., M.P., asisted by W. Bro. Alderman Richard Henry Holme, D.P.G.M., W.Bro. John Braithwaite, P.G.S.W., W.Bro. Thomas Dinning, P.G.J.W., and W.Bro. Rev. P.H. Moore, Chaplain.
The Lodge having been dedicated and consecrated, The R.W. Provincial Grand Master installed W. Bro. Richard Hopper Holme, Master, who then appointed and invested his officers.
The Carville Lodge No. 2497 and the Prince of Wales Lodge No. 2520 were consecrated by R.W.Bro., The Rt Honourable Sir Matthew White Ridley Bart., M.P., Provincial Grand Master of Northumberland, at the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 25th July, 1894.