List of Grand Masters of The Grand Lodge of Scotland - Those Needing References

Those Needing References

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