The Reigning Masters of Aberdeenshire East

The Reigning Masters Degree is an annual event where all the current Reigning Masters in the Province get together to work a degree (usually a 3rd.)

Held in the Temple of Forbes Lodge #67 in Rosehearty.  Not sure of the date

Back Row (L-R)

Tom McIvor #892 / Ewan Robertson #1188 / Charles Kelman #256 / John Southworth #518

Front Row (L-R)

Neil Buchan #1244 / Kevin Hurhangee #1084 / Malcolm Watt #67 / Joe Brice #939 / David Boyers #1087

Photograph Bro. Dave Cooknell

This year it was held at Lodge Fraser #267 in Strichen, with Bro. John Shields in the Chair of King Solomon.

(L-R)

Ewan Robertson #1188 / David Gillies #518 / Gordon Thomson #67 / Tom Buchan #56 / John Shields #267 / Joe Brice #939 / Graham McCombie #1055 / Kevin Hurhangee #1084 / James Martin #256 / James Main #197 / David Boyers #1087

Worth noting in the photo above are Bro.'s James Main & Graham McCombie who also took part in the first Reigning Masters Degree in 1991 (below)

        Special thanks to Bro. John Shields for supplying the photograph.

Held in the Temple of The Keith Lodge of Peterhead #56

Back Row (L-R)

Mark Dunn #1188 / Alan Crags #1055 / James Main #197 / David Gillies #518 / Steven Robertson #1087 / Gordon Thomson #67 / Tom Buchan #56 / Jonathan Elrick #939

Front Row (L-R)

Graham Black (Prov.) / William Grant (Prov.) / Candidate Bro. Oswald Wright Grady #1055 / Andrew Paterson #1084 / James Stewart (RWPGM) / Alfred Davidson (Prov.) / Ian Bain (Prov.)

Photograph Bro. Dave Cooknell

The first ever Reigning Masters Degree held in the Province of Aberdeenshire East was held in the Temple of Lodge Solomon #197 on May 31, 1991.

Of the 14 Lodges in the Province only seven were present.

Back Row (L-R)

Kenneth Duncan #518 / Alfred Davidson #256 / Derek Stephen #1188 / James Main #197

Front Row (L-R)

Ian Sutherland #1084 / James Davidson (RWPGM Banffshire) / Douglas Grant (RWPGM Aberdeenshire East) / Ian Bain #939 / Graham McCombie #1055

Special thanks to Bro. Ian Bain for supplying the photograph & for supplying some much needed names for all of the above lists.