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This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland:

1. 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin
2. 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie
3. 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740)
4. 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741)
5. 1740–1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (G.M. of England; 1744)
6. 1741–1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven
7. 1742–1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
8. 1743–1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
9. 1744–1745: James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray
10. 1745–1746: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan
11. 1746–1747: William Nisbet
12. 1747–1748: Francis Wemyss-Charteris (de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss)
13. 1748–1749: Hugh Seton
14. 1749–1750: Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (Jacobite Earl of Mar)
15. 1750–1751: Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton
16. 1751–1752: James Hay, Lord Boyd (afterwards 15th Earl of Erroll)
17. 1752–1753: George Drummond (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
18. 1753–1754: Charles Hamilton Gordon
19. 1754–1755: James Forbes, Master of Forbes (afterwards 16th Lord Forbes)
20. 1755–1757: Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (afterwards 15th Earl of Morton) (G.M. of England; 1757–61)
21. 1757–1759: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
22. 1759–1761: David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven
23. 1761–1763: Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
24. 1763–1765: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (G.M. of England-Ancients: 1760-66)
25. 1765–1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1765-67
26. 1767–1769: George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie
27. 1769–1771: James Adolphus Oughton
28. 1771–1773: Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries
29. 1773–1774: John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients 1771-74)
30. 1774–1776: David Dalrymple (afterwards Lord Hailes)
31. 1776–1778: Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet
32. 1778–1780: John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients; 1775–81; 1791-1813)
33. 1780–1782: Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford
34. 1782–1784: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
35. 1784–1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo
36. 1786–1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho
37. 1788–1790: Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier
38. 1790–1792: George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
39. 1792–1794: George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly (afterwards 5th Duke of Gordon)
40. 1794–1796: William Kerr, Earl of Ancram (afterwards 6th Marquess of Lothian)
41. 1796–1798: Francis Stuart, Lord Doune (afterwards 10th Earl of Moray)
42. 1798–1800: Sir James Stirling, 1st Bt. (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
43. 1800–1802: Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (afterwards 4th Duke of Buccleuch)
44. 1802–1804: George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (afterwards 9th Marquess of Huntly)
45. 1804–1806: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
46. 1806–1808: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings)
47. 1808–1810: The Hon. William Maule (afterwards 1st Baron Panmure)
48. 1810–1812: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
49. 1812–1814: Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown
50. 1814–1816: James Duff, 4th Earl Fife
51. 1816–1818: Sir John Marjoribanks, Bt.
52. 1818–1820: George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale
53. 1820–1822: Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
54. 1822–1824: George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll
55. 1824–1826: John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane)
56. 1826–1827: Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull
57. 1827–1830: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho (afterwards 9th Earl of Wemyss)
58. 1830–1832: George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird
59. 1832–1833: Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan
60. 1833–1835: William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas (afterwards 11th Duke of Hamilton)
61. 1835–1836: Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle (afterwards 6th Earl of Dunmore)
62. 1836–1838: James Broun-Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (afterwards 1st Marquis of Dalhousie)
63. 1838–1840: Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
64. 1840–1841: George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes
65. 1841–1843: Lord Frederick FitzClarence
66. 1843–1864: George Murray, Lord Glenlyon (afterwards 6th Duke of Atholl)
67. 1864–1867: John Whyte-Melville
68. 1867–1870: Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie
69. 1870–1873: Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn
70. 1873–1882: Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet
71. 1882–1885: Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar
72. 1885–1892: Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (afterwards 1st Baron Blythswood)
73. 1892–1893: George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington
74. 1893–1897: Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes, 1st Bt.
75. 1897–1900: Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun
76. 1900–1904: Hon. James Hozier (afterwards 2nd Baron Newlands)
77. 1904–1907: Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay
78. 1907–1909: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (afterwards 1st Baron Carmichael) (Grand Master of Victoria, Australia, 1909–12)
79. 1909–1913: John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (afterwards 8th Duke of Atholl)
80. 1913–1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun
81. 1916–1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet
82. 1920–1921: Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton
83. 1921–1924: Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin
84. 1924–1926: John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
85. 1926–1929: Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood
86. 1929–1931: Alexander Archibald Hagart-Speirs
87. 1931–1933: Robert Hamilton, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
88. 1933–1935: Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun
89. 1935–1936: Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Bt.
90. 1936–1937: The Duke of York (afterwards King George VI)
91. 1937–1939: Sir Norman Orr-Ewing, 4th Bt.
92. 1939–1942: Robert Balfour, Viscount Traprain (afterwards 3rd Earl of Balfour)
93. 1942–1945: John Christie Stewart
94. 1945–1949: Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway
95. 1949–1953: Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (G.M of South Australia, 1941–44)
96. 1953–1957: Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald of Slate
97. 1957–1961: Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton
98. 1961–1965: Andrew Bruce, Lord Bruce (afterwards 11th Earl of Elgin)
99. 1965–1969: Sir Ronald Orr-Ewing, 5th Bt.
100. 1969–1974: David Liddell-Grainger
101. 1974–1979: Robert Wolrige Gordon
102. 1979–1983: James Wilson McKay
103. 1983–1985: J. M. Marcus Humphrey
104. 1985–1993: Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Baronet
105. 1993–1999: Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton
106. 1999–2004: Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt.
107. 2004–2005: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow
108. 2005–2008: Sir Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt.
109. 2008–2018: Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, 22nd of Hallhead and 11th of Esslemont
110. 2018–2023: William Ramsay McGhee
111. 2023-2024: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow

See also

• Freemasonry in Scotland

References

1. "Grand Master Masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland". grandlodgescotland.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
2. ^ Kenneth Robert Henderson Mackenzie (1987), The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia, Aquarian Press, p. 288
3. ^ Robert Freke Gould (1936), "History of the Grand Lodge of Scotland", Gould's History of Freemasonry throughout the World, vol. 2, C. Scribner's Sons, p. 383, The Grand Master Masons of Scotland since the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland have been as follows : 1736. William St. Clair of Roslin. 1737. George, third Earl of Cromarty. 1738. John, third Earl of Kintore...
4. ^ Outlines of the History of Freemasonry in the Province of Quebec, by John H. Graham, Montreal, 1892, pp. 16-17
5. Peter, Robert, ed. (2016). British Freemasonry, 1717–1813, Volume 5. Francis Charteris: Routledge.
6. ^ Drink and Society: Scotland 1870–1914: thesis presented for the Degree of Ph.D. of the University of Glasgow, October 1983, by Norma Davies Logan, citing the Yearbook of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland
7. ^ Current Grand Master's biography page on the Grand Lodge website
8. "Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon".

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