Changes of Designation of Title of Provincial Grand Master of Glasgow
1739 ‘over the West Country Lodges’ or ‘over the Western Counties of Scotland’
1756 ‘District of Glasgow’
1769 ‘Counties of Lenrick, Renfrew, Air, Dumbarton and Argyle’
1795 ‘Western District’
1813 ‘Glasgow and the Under Ward of Lanarkshire’
1827 ‘City of Glasgow’
1847 ‘Glasgow Province’
1867 ‘City of Glasgow’
1905 ‘Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow City’
1906 ‘Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow’
Roll of Provincial Grand Masters
1739 - Alexander Drummond
Master of Lodge Greenock Kilwinning No XII
Master of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning No 2
Appointed Provincial Grand Master ' over The West Country Lodges ' or ‘The Western Counties of Scotland’
Appointed Provincial(District) Grand Master over ' the Countries in Europe and Asia bordering the Mediterranean Sea '
H.M. Consul at Aleppo
H.M. Comptroller of Customs at Greenock
1747 - Robert Mollison
Lodge Mother Kilwinning No 0
H.M. Collector of Excise at Ayr
1756 - Archibald Hamilton of Dalserf
Lodge not known, but possibly Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No 7, the Hamilton Family Lodge
Advocate Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire
1769 - George Murdoch J.P., D.L.
Master of Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge No 4
Lord Dean of Guild 1750-1751
Provost of Glasgow 1754-1756, 1766-1768
H.M. Comptroller of Customs at Port Glasgow and Greenock
1795 - Andrew Houston of Jordanhill
Lodge not known
Junior Grand Warden 1794-1796
Banker and West India Merchant
Colonel in the Company of Edinburgh Volunteers
1805 - Sir John Stuart 4th Baronet of Allanbank
Master of Lodge St. Ebbe No 70
Master of the Lodge of Holyrood House(St. Luke’s) No 44
Senior Grand Warden 1788-1790
H.M. Commissioner of Excise at Edinburgh
1813 - John Maxwell Esq., the Younger of Pollok, later Sir John Maxwell 8th Baronet of Pollok
Master of Pollokshaws Royal Arch Lodge No 153
Provincial Grand Master for Renfrewshire East 1826-1866
Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire 1818-1830
Member of Lanarkshire 1832-1837
1827 - Henry Monteith of Carstairs D.L. M.P.
Master of St Mark's Lodge at Glasgow No 102
Lord Dean of Guild 1818-1819 #
Lord Provost of Glasgow 1814-1816, 1818-1820
Member of Parliament for Linlithgow Burghs 1820-1826, 1830-1831
Founder Member of The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 1783
1847 - Sir Archibald Alison 1st Baronet, G.C.B. LL.D. D.C.L. F.R.S.E.
Master Mason Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge No 4(unconfirmed – Lodge Records 1832-1842 incomplete)
Master of St Mark's Lodge at Glasgow No 102
Sheriff of Lanarkshire
Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen 1845
Lord Rector of Glasgow University 1852
Jurist and Historian
1867 - Captain Archibald Alexander Speirs 4th of Elderslie D.L. M.P.
Master Mason The Prince of Wales Lodge No 259(English Constitution)
Master Mason The Lodge of Edinburgh(Mary's Chapel) No 1
Honorary Member(Affiliate) The Lodge of Glasgow St Mungo No 27
Junior Grand Warden in The United Grand Lodge of England 1867-1868
Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire 1865-1868
Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
Commissioned in the Scots Fusilier Guards
1868 - Colonel Walter Montgomery Neilson of Queenshill M.I.C.E.
Master The Caledonian Railway Lodge No 354
Commissioned in the 25th Lanarkshire Volunteers
1880 - Sir James Bain of Crofthead K.B. D.L. J.P. LL.D.
Appointed by Grand Lodge 6th May 1880, but resigned prior to Installation
Master Mason of the Lodge of Glasgow St John No 3bis
Depute Master Lodge 'The Prince's' No 607
Lord Provost of Glasgow 1874-1877
Member of Parliament for Whitehaven 1891
1880 - Sir William Pearce 1st Baronet of Cardell D.L. J.P. M.P.
Senior Warden Lodge 'The Prince's' No 607
Founder of The Fairfield Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
1889 - John Graham of Broadstone J.P. C.A.
Master of Lodge 'The Prince's' No 607
Depute Grand Master 1899-1901
Treasurer and Trustee of The Clyde Navigation Trust
President of the Council of the Institute of Actuaries and Accountants of Scotland
1905 - Alexander Archibald Speirs 5th of Elderslie, assumed Hagart 1911 L.L. J.P.M.D. CM Glasgow(Hons)
Master Mason of Lodge ' The Prince's ' No 607
Founder Master of Lodge Captain Speirs No 791
Founder Member The Trades House of Glasgow No 1241; on the Roll of Members No 1; signed the Charter of the Lodge as Acting Substitute Grand Master
Grand Master Mason of Scotland 1929-1931
Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
County Convener of Renfrewshire
Honorary Major 4th Battalion Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
Patron, The Glasgow Northern Highland Benevolent Society 1908 & 1909
Member of the Incorporation of Masons, The Trades House of Glasgow(1911)
1930 - John Rankine Andrew J.P.
Master Lodge 'The Prince's' No 607
Master The Trades House of Glasgow Lodge No 1241
Senior Grand Deacon 1930-1931 Senior City Magistrate
1931 - John Marr Grant J.P
Master Lodge ' The Prince's ' No 607
1936 - Sir Alexander Brown Swan D.L. J.P. LL.D.
Master The Trades House of Glasgow No 1241
Senior Grand Deacon 1939-1941
Lord Provost of Glasgow 1932-1935
Deputy Lord Lieutenant and Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow
Deacon of the Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers, The Trades House of Glasgow
President of Sandyford Burns Club
1941 - John Marr Grant J.P.
Master Lodge ' The Prince's ' No 607
Second term as Provincial Grand Master
1943 - James Osborne Martin
Master Lodge St Michael No 989
Affiliate Member of The Trades House of Glasgow No 1241
Deacon of the Incorporation of Cordiners, The Trades House of Glasgow
Governor of the Scottish National Academy of Music
1948 - Donald McKay Kerr
Master Lodge Clydesdale No 556
Senior Grand Deacon 1950-1952
1953 - Dr. Alexander Anderson McMillan M.B. Ch.B.
Master The Lodge of Glasgow St John No 3bis
Junior Grand Deacon 1957-1958
Honorary Physician to the Scottish Football Association
1958 - Ernest Noakes
Master Lodge Southern Cross No 1243
Senior Grand Deacon 1967-1969
Depute City Chamberlain of Glasgow
1963 - John McCulloch Russell C.A.
Master The Lodge of Glasgow St John No 3bis
Substitute Grand Master 1974-1975
Deacon of the Incorporation of Masons
Commissioner of Income Tax
1968 - George Fenton Fenwick B.L.
Master Lodge ' The Prince's ' No 607
Died in office.
1970 - Adam John Ferguson A.I.B.(Scot)
Master Mason of Lodge Athole No 413
Master Lodge Mosspark No 1329
1975 - Brian Graham Brown M.B.E. B.A.(Hons)
Master The Lodge of Glasgow St John No 3bis
Substitute Grand Master 1985-1987
1980 - William Fleming K.St.J. F.C.M.I. F.I.D.H.E. F.S.A. Scot.
Master Lodge Galen No 1285
Master Lodge Century No 1492
Depute Grand Master 1996-1997
1984 - William Cowell Shepherdson O.St.J. M.S.A.A.T. F.F.B. F.S.A.
Master Lodge Commercial No 360
Master Lodge Century No 1492
1989 - Henry Jeffrey M.St.J.
Master Lodge Knightswood No 1445
Master Lodge Century No 1492
Substitute Grand Master
1994 - George Alexander Lindsay McEwan I.Eng. M.I.Plant.E.
Master Lodge Concord No 1341
Grand Steward
1999 - Robert Ross Best C.St.J. C.Eng. M.I.Mech.E. F.S.A. Scot.
Master Mason of St Mark's Lodge at Glasgow No 102
Master of Lodge ' The Prince's ' No 607
Deacon of the Incorporation of Masons
Deacon of the Govan Weavers Society
Depute Grand Master
2004 - William Gilmour M.St.J. M.C.B.S. F.S.A. Scot.
Master of Lodge Plantation No 581
Grand Director of Music
2009 - Alistair Henderson B.A.(Hons)
Master of Lodge St John Whiteinch No 683
Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies
2014 - James Campbell Peddie A.M.I.M.I.
Master of Lodge St George Glasgow No 333
