This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland:
- 1736âÂÂ1737: William St Clair of Roslin
- 1737âÂÂ1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie
- 1738âÂÂ1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740)
- 1739âÂÂ1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741)
- 1740âÂÂ1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (G.M. of England; 1744)
- 1741âÂÂ1742: Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven
- 1742âÂÂ1743: William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
- 1743âÂÂ1744: James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss
- 1744âÂÂ1745: James Stuart, 8th Earl of Moray
- 1745âÂÂ1746: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan
- 1746âÂÂ1747: William Nisbet
- 1747âÂÂ1748: Francis Wemyss-Charteris (de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss)
- 1748âÂÂ1749: Hugh Seton
- 1749âÂÂ1750: Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine (Jacobite Earl of Mar)
- 1750âÂÂ1751: Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton
- 1751âÂÂ1752: James Hay, Lord Boyd (later 15th Earl of Erroll)
- 1752âÂÂ1753: George Drummond (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
- 1753âÂÂ1754: Charles Hamilton Gordon
- 1754âÂÂ1755: James Forbes, Master of Forbes (later 16th Lord Forbes)
- 1755âÂÂ1757: Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (later 15th Earl of Morton) (G.M. of England; 1757âÂÂ1761)
- 1757âÂÂ1759: Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
- 1759âÂÂ1761: David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven
- 1761âÂÂ1763: Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
- 1763âÂÂ1765: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (G.M. of England-Ancients: 1760âÂÂ1766)
- 1765âÂÂ1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh) 1765âÂÂ1767
- 1767âÂÂ1769: George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie
- 1769âÂÂ1771: James Adolphus Oughton
- 1771âÂÂ1773: Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries
- 1773âÂÂ1774: John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients 1771âÂÂ1774)
- 1774âÂÂ1776: David Dalrymple (later Lord Hailes)
- 1776âÂÂ1778: Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet
- 1778âÂÂ1780: John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (G.M. of England-Ancients; 1775âÂÂ1781; 1791âÂÂ1813)
- 1780âÂÂ1782: Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford
- 1782âÂÂ1784: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
- 1784âÂÂ1786: George Gordon, Lord Haddo
- 1786âÂÂ1788: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho
- 1788âÂÂ1790: Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier
- 1790âÂÂ1792: George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
- 1792âÂÂ1794: George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly (later 5th Duke of Gordon)
- 1794âÂÂ1796: William Kerr, Earl of Ancram (later 6th Marquess of Lothian)
- 1796âÂÂ1798: Francis Stuart, Lord Doune (later 10th Earl of Moray)
- 1798âÂÂ1800: Sir James Stirling, 1st Bt. (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
- 1800âÂÂ1802: Charles Montagu-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (later 4th Duke of Buccleuch)
- 1802âÂÂ1804: George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (later 9th Marquess of Huntly)
- 1804âÂÂ1806: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
- 1806âÂÂ1808: Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquess of Hastings)
- 1808âÂÂ1810: The Hon. William Maule (later 1st Baron Panmure)
- 1810âÂÂ1812: James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
- 1812âÂÂ1814: Robert Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown
- 1814âÂÂ1816: James Duff, 4th Earl Fife
- 1816âÂÂ1818: Sir John Marjoribanks, Bt.
- 1818âÂÂ1820: George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale
- 1820âÂÂ1822: Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
- 1822âÂÂ1824: George Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll
- 1824âÂÂ1826: John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy (later 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane)
- 1826âÂÂ1827: Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull
- 1827âÂÂ1830: Francis Wemyss-Charteris, Lord Elcho (later 9th Earl of Wemyss)
- 1830âÂÂ1832: George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird
- 1832âÂÂ1833: Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan
- 1833âÂÂ1835: William Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas (later 11th Duke of Hamilton)
- 1835âÂÂ1836: Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle (later 6th Earl of Dunmore)
- 1836âÂÂ1838: James Broun-Ramsay, Lord Ramsay (later 1st Marquis of Dalhousie)
- 1838âÂÂ1840: Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)
- 1840âÂÂ1841: George Leslie, 15th Earl of Rothes
- 1841âÂÂ1843: Lord Frederick FitzClarence
- 1843âÂÂ1864: George Murray, Lord Glenlyon (later 6th Duke of Atholl)
- 1864âÂÂ1867: John Whyte-Melville
- 1867âÂÂ1870: Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie
- 1870âÂÂ1873: Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn
- 1873âÂÂ1882: Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet
- 1882âÂÂ1885: Walter Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar
- 1885âÂÂ1892: Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (later 1st Baron Blythswood)
- 1892âÂÂ1893: George Baillie-Hamilton, 11th Earl of Haddington
- 1893âÂÂ1897: Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes, 1st Bt.
- 1897âÂÂ1900: Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun
- 1900âÂÂ1904: Hon. James Hozier (later 2nd Baron Newlands)
- 1904âÂÂ1907: Hon. Charles Maule Ramsay
- 1907âÂÂ1909: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (later 1st Baron Carmichael) (Grand Master of Victoria, Australia, 1909âÂÂ1912)
- 1909âÂÂ1913: John Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (later 8th Duke of Atholl)
- 1913âÂÂ1916: Robert King Stewart of Murdostoun
- 1916âÂÂ1920: Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet
- 1920âÂÂ1921: Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton
- 1921âÂÂ1924: Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin
- 1924âÂÂ1926: John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
- 1926âÂÂ1929: Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood
- 1929âÂÂ1931: Alexander Archibald Hagart-Speirs
- 1931âÂÂ1933: Robert Hamilton, 11th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
- 1933âÂÂ1935: Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun
- 1935âÂÂ1936: Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Bt.
- 1936âÂÂ1937: The Duke of York (later King George VI)
- 1937âÂÂ1939: Sir Norman Orr-Ewing, 4th Bt.
- 1939âÂÂ1942: Robert Balfour, Viscount Traprain (later 3rd Earl of Balfour)
- 1942âÂÂ1945: John Christie Stewart
- 1945âÂÂ1949: Randolph Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway
- 1949âÂÂ1953: Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (G.M. of South Australia, 1941âÂÂ1944)
- 1953âÂÂ1957: Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald of Slate
- 1957âÂÂ1961: Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton
- 1961âÂÂ1965: Andrew Bruce, Lord Bruce (later 11th Earl of Elgin)
- 1965âÂÂ1969: Sir Ronald Orr-Ewing, 5th Bt.
- 1969âÂÂ1974: David Liddell-Grainger
- 1974âÂÂ1979: Robert Wolrige Gordon
- 1979âÂÂ1983: James Wilson McKay
- 1983âÂÂ1985: J. M. Marcus Humphrey
- 1985âÂÂ1993: Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Baronet
- 1993âÂÂ1999: Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton
- 1999âÂÂ2004: Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt.
- 2004âÂÂ2005: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow
- 2005âÂÂ2008: Sir Archibald Donald Orr-Ewing, 6th Bt.
- 2008âÂÂ2018: Charles Iain Robert Wolrige-Gordon, 22nd of Hallhead and 11th of Esslemont
- 2018âÂÂ2023: William Ramsay McGhee
- 2023âÂÂ2024: The Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow
- 2024âÂÂ2025: William Ramsay McGhee
- 2025âÂÂPresent: Alexander C.G. Moncrieff
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