Brief history of The District Grand Lodge.


1736 The formation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland on November 30th 1736.

1739 The appointment of the first Provincial Grand Master by Grand Lodge, Bro. Alexander Drummond the then Master of Lodge Greenock Kilwinning No. 12, in Scotland, with a commission to visit the Lodges in and around Greenock County.

1747 Grand Lodge granted the first Charter to an overseas Lodge, and also to an overseas Province, "Gibraltar" which in 1924 was renamed " Western Mediterranean ".

1756 Bro. Colonel John Young of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment, was appointed Scottish Provincial Grand Master for North America and the West Indies.

The district of Barbados was formed in 1917 ,when Br Walter Reece K.C. was appointed the first district Grand Master.

Since then, there has be 10 DGMs , with  the most recent and current being  Br. Mr H.B. Roberts FRCS.

The district is a very active one with the current DGM  encouraging visits to sister lodges in the neighbouring Islands .

It is hoped that the new temple will be erected in the next five years.

This temple is almost completed and is scheduled for meetings in June2006

Brethren are encouraged to continue to give generously as this is the only way the temple can be erected without incurring a great debt to the masonic fraternity .

Mr Justice E Belgrave PDGM and Mr. H B Roberts FRCS [Ed]  IPDGM[

E Belgrave PDGM and NR Jones RWDGM