Past Masters

Past Masters (1687 - 1900)
Ye Olde Lodge of Dumfries

There's mony a badge thats unco braw

wi ribbon lace an' tape on;

Let Kings and Princes wear them A'

Gi'e me the Master's apron.

Robert Burns

1687 James Tod 1687 James Selkrig 1688 James Johnstone

1689 John Crawford 1691 James Johnstone 1692-6 Robert Anderson

1697 James Johnstone 1701 James Cuthbertson 1704-6 James Johnstone

1707-9 James Cuthbertson 1710-2 James Johnstone 1717 James Cuthbertson

1718 John Fleming 1719 James Waddell 1720 George McMinn

1721 Alex Agnew 1722 James Waddell 1723 Wm. Sutherland

1724 George McMinn 1725 Alex McBriar 1726 Wm. Sutherland

1727 James Waddell 1728 Alex Agnew 1729 James Waddell

1730 George McMinn 1731-2 John Maxwell 1722-4 John Frow

1735 Thomas Mean 1736 James Waddell 1737 Wm. Dodd

1738-9 James Reid 1740-1 Robert Corson 1742-3 Duke of Queensberry

1744 Alex Affleck 1746 Duke of Queensberry 1747-50 Robert Corson

1751-4 Wm. Dodd 1755-6 Robert Corson 1757-63 Nicholas Dickson

1767-8 James Twaddell 1769-70 George Marshall 1771-2 John Welsh

1773 James Twaddell 1774 Robert Ramsay 1775-6 Alex Pirie

1777-8 John Blackstock 1779-80 Henry Dickson 1781-3 John Fergusson

1784 John Brand 1785 John Stewart 1786-8 Alex Robertson

1789-91 Fras. Shortt 1792 Kinloch Winlaw 1794-5 T. Glendinning

1796-7 John Weems 1798 John Brand 1800 John Brand

1801 Alex Robertson 1802-5 Adam Rankine 1806-7 James Wallace

1808-19 Francis Shortt 1820 Adam Rankine 1821-2 John McMinn

1823-4 James Spalding 1825-6 John Inman 1827-8 Thomas Halliday

1829-30 J. W. Moyses 1831 W. McCracken 1832 James McLachlan

1833 James Spalding 1834 R. K. Douglas 1835-6 R. K. Douglas

1837-8 Phillip Forsyth 1839-42 Allan Anderson 1843 James Anderson

1845 Robert Burns 1846 James Anderson 1847 John McKinnel

1874 Alex Crombie 1875-6 John Wood 1877-81 James Halliday

1882-3 R. Calderhead 1884 James Donnan 1885 James A. Smith

1886-7 James Currie 1888 James Kerr 1889 R. C. Niven

1890-1 John McCreath 1893 P. Sulley 1894 D. H. Hastie

1895 J. Farrow 1896 J. Sowerby 1897 G. Armstrong

1898 J. Wylie 1899 W. Bridges 1900 J. White