The Province of Forfarshire - Past Provincial Grand Masters

The first documented P.G. Master was George Patterson of Castle Huntly - appointed in 1797, however the origins of this Province and the others in the North East of Scotland go back to about 1747. (Read More) The following list covers those men who held the position of P.G. Master from 1797.

George Paterson of Castle Huntly	1797-1801
William Maule, 1st Lord Panmure	1801-1852
Hon Fox-Maule Ramsay, 2nd Lord Panmure, 11th Earl of Dalhousie	1852-1874
Lord Ramsay, afterwards, 13th Earl of Dalhousie	1876-1880
Captain David George Clayhills-Henderson R.N. (of Invergowrie)	1881-1882
The Hon Frank Bowes Lyon of Glamis	1882-1888
James Berry, Dundee	1888-1901
The Hon Charles Maule Ramsay	1901-1910
Ex-Provost David Stewart, Monifieth	1910-1920
Arthur J. Ramsay, Dundee	1920-1925
Ex-Provost Archibald C. Anderson, Arbroath	1925-1929
Provost Thomas Lyell, M.C., Montrose	1929-1934
William Harvey, J.P., Dundee	1934-1936
Provost Hugh H. Soutar, Montrose	1936-1941
John M. Robb, Dundee	1941-1946
Charles Rennie, Dundee	1946-1952
Thomas Buick, Montrose	1952-1958
William Lewis Weir, Dundee	1958-1963
David Inches Worsley, Dundee	1963-1968
William Hill Sharpe, Broughty Ferry	1968-1973
Douglas Watters Gerrard, Arbroath	1973-1974
Stephen Gavin Fisher, Dundee	1974-1979
Rev William Gray Burns, M.B.E., J.P., M.A., B.D., Edzell	1979-1984
David Dysart McLagan	1984-1985
Rev William Gray Burns, Edzell (interim)	1985-1987
Loveraine James Watt Beatt, Arbroath	1987-1992
Peter Buchanan Cram, Dundee	1992-1997
James Smith Brown, Arbroath	1997-2002
George Golden Robertson, Dundee	2002-2005
Angus Murray, Arbroath	2005-2010
Alexander Smith Christie, Dundee	2010-2015
Michael Egan Mulholland	2015 - Present

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Iain D. McIntosh, Jan 2020