Wilson-Iles Lodge was consecrated at the Four Swan's Hotel, Waltham Cross under the authority of a warrant dated 22nd May 1884, the lodge being consecrated a litte later on 23rd July 1884.  The Lodge had the honour to bear the name of Dr. Francis Henry Wilson-Iles, Deputy Provincial Grand Master in 1879 and a highly respected surgeon of Watford. He died of blood poisoning, resulting from a scratch sustained whilst operating on a child infected with diphtheria; a grievous loss to his profession, to freemasonry and the many people who knew him.