List of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland

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This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland:[1]

  1. 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin[2][3][4]
  2. 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie[2][3][4]
  3. 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740)[2][3][4]
  4. 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741)[2][4]
  5. 1740–1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (G.M. of England; 1744)[4]
  6. 1741–1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven[4]
  7. 1742–1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock[4]
  8. 1743–1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss[4]
  9. 1744–1745: James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray[4]
  10. 1745–1746: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan[4]
  11. 1746–1747: William Nisbet[4]
  12. 1747–1748: Francis Wemyss-Charteris (de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss)[4]
  13. 1748–1749: Hugh Seton[4]
  14. 1749–1750: Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (Jacobite Earl of Mar)[4]
  15. 1750–1751: Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton[4]
  16. 1751–1752: James Hay, Lord Boyd (later 15th Earl of Erroll)[4]
  17. 1752–1753: George Drummond (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)[4]
  18. 1753–1754: Charles Hamilton Gordon[4]
  19. 1754–1755: James Forbes, Master of Forbes (later 16th Lord Forbes)[4]
  20. 1755–1757: Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (later 15th Earl of Morton) (G.M. of England; 1757–1761)[4]
  21. 1757–1759: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway[4]
  22. 1759–1761: David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven[4]
  23. 1761–1763: Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin[4]
  24. 1763–1765: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (G.M. of England-Ancients: 1760–1766)[4]
  25. 1765–1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1765–1767[4]
  26. 1767–1769: George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie[4]
  27. 1769–1771: James Adolphus Oughton[4]
  28. 1771–1773: Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries[4]
  29. 1773–1774: John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients 1771–1774)[4]
  30. 1774–1776: David Dalrymple (later Lord Hailes)[4]
  31. 1776–1778: Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet[4]
  32. 1778–1780: John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients; 1775–1781; 1791–1813)[4]
  33. 1780–1782: Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford[4]
  34. 1782–1784: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan[4]
  35. 1784–1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo[4]
  36. 1786–1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho[5]
  37. 1788–1790: Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier[4]
  38. 1790–1792: George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton[4]
  39. 1792–1794: George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly (later 5th Duke of Gordon)[4]
  40. 1794–1796: William Kerr, Earl of Ancram (later 6th Marquess of Lothian)[4]
  41. 1796–1798: Francis Stuart, Lord Doune (later 10th Earl of Moray)[4]
  42. 1798–1800: Sir James Stirling, 1st Bt. (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)[4]
  43. 1800–1802: Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (later 4th Duke of Buccleuch)[4]
  44. 1802–1804: George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (later 9th Marquess of Huntly)[4]
  45. 1804–1806: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie[4]
  46. 1806–1808: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings)[4]
  47. 1808–1810: The Hon. William Maule (later 1st Baron Panmure)[4]
  48. 1810–1812: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn[4]
  49. 1812–1814: Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown[4]
  50. 1814–1816: James Duff, 4th Earl Fife[4]
  51. 1816–1818: Sir John Marjoribanks, Bt.[4]
  52. 1818–1820: George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale[4]
  53. 1820–1822: Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton[4]
  54. 1822–1824: George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll[4]
  55. 1824–1826: John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy (later 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane)[4]
  56. 1826–1827: Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull[4]
  57. 1827–1830: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho (later 9th Earl of Wemyss)[4]
  58. 1830–1832: George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird[4]
  59. 1832–1833: Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan[4]
  60. 1833–1835: William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas (later 11th Duke of Hamilton)[4]
  61. 1835–1836: Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle (later 6th Earl of Dunmore)[4]
  62. 1836–1838: James Broun-Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (later 1st Marquis of Dalhousie)[4]
  63. 1838–1840: Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)[4]
  64. 1840–1841: George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes[4]
  65. 1841–1843: Lord Frederick FitzClarence[4]
  66. 1843–1864: George Murray, Lord Glenlyon (later 6th Duke of Atholl)[4]
  67. 1864–1867: John Whyte-Melville[4]
  68. 1867–1870: Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie[4]
  69. 1870–1873: Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn[4][6]
  70. 1873–1882: Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet[4][6]
  71. 1882–1885: Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar[4][6]
  72. 1885–1892: Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (later 1st Baron Blythswood)[4][6]
  73. 1892–1893: George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington[6]
  74. 1893–1897: Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes, 1st Bt.[6]
  75. 1897–1900: Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun[6]
  76. 1900–1904: Hon. James Hozier (later 2nd Baron Newlands)[6]
  77. 1904–1907: Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay[6]
  78. 1907–1909: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (later 1st Baron Carmichael) (Grand Master of Victoria, Australia, 1909–1912)[6]
  79. 1909–1913: John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (later 8th Duke of Atholl)[6]
  80. 1913–1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun[6]
  81. 1916–1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet[7]
  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 (later King George VI)
  91. 1937–1939: Sir Norman Orr-Ewing, 4th Bt.
  92. 1939–1942: Robert Balfour, Viscount Traprain (later 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, 1941–1944)
  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 (later 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[7]
  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.[7]
  109. 2008–2018: Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, 22nd of Hallhead and 11th of Esslemont [8]
  110. 2018–2023: William Ramsay McGhee
  111. 2023–2024: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow [9]
  112. 2024–2025: William Ramsay McGhee
  113. 2025–Present: Alexander C.G. Moncrieff [10]

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