The Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Grand Lodge of Scotland were formed in 1725 and 1736 respectively, although neither persuaded all of the existing lodges in their countries to join for many years.
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The Grand Lodge of Scotland and Grand Lodge of Ireland (taken together) have approximately 150,000 members.
Generally speaking, Freemasonry in what is now Canada ultimately traces its origins from what is now the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland.
He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland between 1965 and 1969.
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He was the Grand Master Mason of the The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland, until 27 November 2008 a post he held since 2005.
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Orr-Ewing was a Brigadier-General in the Army and served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1937 to 1939.
These rituals are actually the first compilation of rituals of the standard Rite of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and have nothing to do with the Primitive Scottish Rite that emerged in the twentieth century, either in source or form.
He was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1869 to 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1873 to 1882.
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The delegation included the Duke of Atholl, Grand Master of the Ancients, and Past Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the Earl of Moira, Acting Grand Master of the Moderns (the Grand Master being the Prince of Wales).
Different Grand Lodges and their regions show subtleties of tradition and variation in the degrees and practice; for example under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the Mark Degree (which is unrecognised by the United Grand Lodge of England, but has a separate Mark Grand Lodge) is integrated into "The Craft" as a completion of the second degree.
In 1787 the lodge appointed Robert Burns as 'Poet Laureate', an investiture later immortalised in a painting by Stewart Watson, the original of which hangs in the Grand Lodge of Scotland building in Edinburgh.