This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland: 1736–1737: William St Clair of RoslinOutlines of the History of Freemasonry in the Province of Quebec, by John H. Graham, Montreal, 1892, pp. 16–17. 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741) 1740–1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (G.M. of England; 1744) 1741–1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven 1742–1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 1743–1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss 1744–1745: James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray 1745–1746: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan 1746–1747: William Nisbet 1747–1748: Francis Wemyss-Charteris (de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss) 1748–1749: Hugh Seton 1749–1750: Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (Jacobite Earl of Mar) 1750–1751: Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton 1751–1752: James Hay, Lord Boyd (later 15th Earl of Erroll) 1752–1753: George Drummond (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1753–1754: Charles Hamilton Gordon 1754–1755: James Forbes, Master of Forbes (later 16th Lord Forbes) 1755–1757: Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (later 15th Earl of Morton) (G.M. of England; 1757–1761) 1757–1759: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway 1759–1761: David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven 1761–1763: Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin 1763–1765: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (G.M. of England-Ancients: 1760–1766) 1765–1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1765–1767 1767–1769: George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie 1769–1771: James Adolphus Oughton 1771–1773: Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries 1773–1774: John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients 1771–1774) 1774–1776: David Dalrymple (later Lord Hailes) 1776–1778: Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet 1778–1780: John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients; 1775–1781; 1791–1813) 1780–1782: Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford 1782–1784: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan 1784–1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo 1786–1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho 1788–1790: Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier 1790–1792: George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 1792–1794: George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly (later 5th Duke of Gordon) 1794–1796: William Kerr, Earl of Ancram (later 6th Marquess of Lothian) 1796–1798: Francis Stuart, Lord Doune (later 10th Earl of Moray) 1798–1800: Sir James Stirling, 1st Bt. (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1800–1802: Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (later 4th Duke of Buccleuch) 1802–1804: George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (later 9th Marquess of Huntly) 1804–1806: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie 1806–1808: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings) 1808–1810: The Hon. William Maule (later 1st Baron Panmure) 1810–1812: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn 1812–1814: Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown 1814–1816: James Duff, 4th Earl Fife 1816–1818: Sir John Marjoribanks, Bt. 1818–1820: George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale 1820–1822: Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton 1822–1824: George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll 1824–1826: John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy (later 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane) 1826–1827: Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull 1827–1830: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho (later 9th Earl of Wemyss) 1830–1832: George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird 1832–1833: Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan 1833–1835: William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas (later 11th Duke of Hamilton) 1835–1836: Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle (later 6th Earl of Dunmore) 1836–1838: James Broun-Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (later 1st Marquis of Dalhousie) 1838–1840: Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1840–1841: George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes 1841–1843: Lord Frederick FitzClarence 1843–1864: George Murray, Lord Glenlyon (later 6th Duke of Atholl) 1864–1867: John Whyte-Melville 1867–1870: Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie 1870–1873: Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of RosslynDrink 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 1873–1882: Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet 1882–1885: Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar 1885–1892: Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (later 1st Baron Blythswood) 1892–1893: George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington 1893–1897: Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes, 1st Bt. 1897–1900: Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun 1900–1904: Hon. James Hozier (later 2nd Baron Newlands) 1904–1907: Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay 1907–1909: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (later 1st Baron Carmichael) (Grand Master of Victoria, Australia, 1909–1912) 1909–1913: John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (later 8th Duke of Atholl) 1913–1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun 1916–1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st BaronetCurrent Grand Master's biography page on the Grand Lodge website 1920–1921: Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton 1921–1924: Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin 1924–1926: John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair 1926–1929: Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood 1929–1931: Alexander Archibald Hagart-Speirs 1931–1933: Robert Hamilton, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton 1933–1935: Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun 1935–1936: Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Bt. 1936–1937: The Duke of York (later King George VI) 1937–1939: Sir Norman Orr-Ewing, 4th Bt. 1939–1942: Robert Balfour, Viscount Traprain (later 3rd Earl of Balfour) 1942–1945: John Christie Stewart 1945–1949: Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway 1949–1953: Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (G.M. of South Australia, 1941–1944) 1953–1957: Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald of Slate 1957–1961: Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton 1961–1965: Andrew Bruce, Lord Bruce (later 11th Earl of Elgin) 1965–1969: Sir Ronald Orr-Ewing, 5th Bt. 1969–1974: David Liddell-Grainger 1974–1979: Robert Wolrige Gordon 1979–1983: James Wilson McKay 1983–1985: J. M. Marcus Humphrey 1985–1993: Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Baronet 1993–1999: Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton 1999–2004: Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt. 2004–2005: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow 2005–2008: Sir Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt. 2008–2018: Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, 22nd of Hallhead and 11th of Esslemont 2018–2023: William Ramsay McGhee 2023–2024: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow 2024–2025: William Ramsay McGhee 2025–Present: Alexander C.G. Moncrieff

See also Freemasonry in Scotland

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