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,