Est. 1765ROLL OF
ROLL OF
HONOUR
Operative Master (Building Trade)
18th Century
19 Masters1765
John Traquair
1766
Alexander Peacock
1768
Hugh Wilson
1770
James Braidwood
1772
Robert Leighton
1773
William Neil
1775
James Braidwood
1777
Alexander Spence
1779
John Greenhill
1781
Robert Inglis
1783
John Wilkie
1785
William Ritchie
1787
Robert Burn
1789
James Gilchrist
1791
James Hill
1793
William Thomson
1795
Alexander Veitch
1797
James Forbes
1798
John Thin
19th Century
57 Masters1801
John Dickson
1803
Hamilton Dunn
1805
James Gilchrist
1807
John Slater
1809
John Thin
1810
Thomas Beattie
1812
James Ritchie
1814
Alexander Armstrong
1816
John Henderson
1818
Samuel Pringle
1820
Alexander Fowler
1822
John Kirkham
1824
Robert Watson
1826
James Dalziel
1828
George Gillespie
1830
Peter Hunter
1832
James Rutherford
1836
John M. Maver
1838
Robert Ramage
1840
John Dunn
1842
William Hillhouse
1844
Thomas Anderson
1846
Robert Reid
1847
Peter Hay
1848
Robert Boyle Watson
1850
Thomas Brown
1851
Thomas B. Douglas
1852
James Turner
1853
William Mann
1854
Thomas Keith
1855
David Bryce
1858
James Leggat
1860
James Melville
1861
David B. Fox
1862
William Murdoch
1863
Edward Black
1864
David Bryce
1866
Robert White
1869
Robert Buist
1872
J. Rutherford Turnbull
1874
Robert Gordon
1876
William Niven
1878
John Heron
1879
James Craig
1881
Samuel Aitken
1882
Henry Woore
1883
James MacLeod
1884
James Finlayson
1885
Robert Mitchell
1886
A. Rodan Hogg
1888
H.G. Lampard
1890
John Henry Bird
1891
Harry Rawson
1893
George Whitson
1895
Alexander Ross
1896
Joseph Dobbie
1897
John Fraser
20th Century
92 Masters1900
Peter Finnie
1902
James G. McQueen
1904
Peter Fisher
1906
Robert B. Brown
1908
James A. Stobie
1910
John McDiarmid
1912
John Thomson
1913
John G. Todd
1915
Robert Duguid
1917
George Bain
1918
Frederick W Hobson
1919
Thos B Liddell
1920
T C Whitelaw
1921
J G Fraser
1922
Daniel Burgess
1923
J C Nicolson
1924
Andrew P Greig
1925
William Alexander
1926
Robert A Ireland
1927
Archibald B Mc Call
1928
John Mc Daid
1929
David L Wood
1930
David Dewar
1931
James MacDonald
1932
James Preacher
1933
Francis Meldrum
1934
W Melvin Ross
1935
James MacDonald
1936
Arthur Donaldson
1937
William J Pilcher
1938
Ernest J S Mees
1939
Robert Sinclair
1940
George Mackie
1941
Lockhart A Reekie
1942
Robert J Tait
1943
James Thomson
1944
David K Anderson
1945
James C Archibald
1946
Campbell Ferguson
1947
Melville Hodge
1948
John C Halley
1949
Bertram R Segger
1950
Adam G Riddel
1951
W A Simpson
1952
William N Donnelly
1953
Frederick W E Brown
1954
William Watt
1955
John Simpson
1956
Stanley Gerrard
1957
John Y Broome
1958
John B Christie
1959
H D Thomson
1960
John Boyd
1961
Jack Hearn
1962
Archibald Reid
1963
William G Smith
1964
G Gordon Elliot
1965
Archie A Gilroy
1966
John S Graham
1967
George B Munro
1968
Ralph A Hastie
1969
Thomas K Brown
1970
Andrew R Owenson
1971
Henry Cameron
1972
John M Campbell
1973
David L Brunton
1974
John L Smith
1975
Neil McDonald
1976
William Greig
1977
James R Hill
1978
William H Mitchell
1979
James Taylor
1980
Steven F Cattanach
1981
James D Downie
1982
Norman Murray
1983
James Whitehead
1984
Peter D McEwan
1985
Robert C F Dunleavey
1986
Maurice E Wilson
1987
William Fyfe
1988
Mathew Bree
1989
David C M Turner Jnr
1990
George G Meldrum
1991
Harry Girdwood
1992
Michael Hawkes
1993
Gordon M Hopes
1994
John Clason Snr
1995
John Clason Jnr
1996
James Hamilton
1997
Andrew B Fairweather OBE
1998
John McLean
1999
Charles R Pearson
21st Century
16 Masters2000
Charles R G Pearson
2001
Sid W Mc L Sinclair
2002
Walter A Brien
2003
James B Rayner
2004
Kenny Combe
2005
David W R Lees
2006
John S Lees
2007
Baldev Singh
2008
James B Rayner
2009
David W R Lees
2010
Jonathon Clason
2011
Imran Nabi
2012
Gerald Oaten
2013
John Clason Jnr
2015
David Whippey
2016
Gerald Oaten
“The number of the Lodge on Grand Lodge Roll was originally 124, and the colour red. At the revision of the roll in 1820, the number was fixed at 97.”