# List of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland

This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland:
* 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin
* 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 (afterwards 15th Earl of Erroll)
* 1752–1753: George Drummond (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
* 1753–1754: Charles Hamilton Gordon
* 1754–1755: James Forbes, Master of Forbes (afterwards 16th Lord Forbes)
* 1755–1757: Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (afterwards 15th Earl of Morton) (G.M. of England; 1757–61)
* 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: 1760-66)
* 1765–1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1765-67
* 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 1771-74)
* 1774–1776: David Dalrymple (afterwards Lord Hailes)
* 1776–1778: Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet
* 1778–1780: John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients; 1775–81; 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 (afterwards 5th Duke of Gordon)
* 1794–1796: William Kerr, Earl of Ancram (afterwards 6th Marquess of Lothian)
* 1796–1798: Francis Stuart, Lord Doune (afterwards 10th Earl of Moray)
* 1798–1800: Sir James Stirling, 1st Bt. (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
* 1800–1802: Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (afterwards 4th Duke of Buccleuch)
* 1802–1804: George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (afterwards 9th Marquess of Huntly)
* 1804–1806: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
* 1806–1808: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (afterwards 1st Marquess of Hastings)
* 1808–1810: The Hon. William Maule (afterwards 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 (afterwards 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane)
* 1826–1827: Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull
* 1827–1830: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho (afterwards 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 (afterwards 11th Duke of Hamilton)
* 1835–1836: Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle (afterwards 6th Earl of Dunmore)
* 1836–1838: James Broun-Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (afterwards 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 (afterwards 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 Rosslyn
* 1873–1882: Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet
* 1882–1885: Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar
* 1885–1892: Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (afterwards 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 (afterwards 2nd Baron Newlands)
* 1904–1907: Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay
* 1907–1909: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (afterwards 1st Baron Carmichael) (Grand Master of Victoria, Australia, 1909–12)
* 1909–1913: John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (afterwards 8th Duke of Atholl)
* 1913–1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun
* 1916–1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet
* 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 (afterwards King George VI)
* 1937–1939: Sir Norman Orr-Ewing, 4th Bt.
* 1939–1942: Robert Balfour, Viscount Traprain (afterwards 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, 1941–44)
* 1953–1957: Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald of Slate
* 1957–1961: Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton
* 1961–1965: Andrew Bruce, Lord Bruce (afterwards 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