About Us
The District is comprised of twenty-four (24) craft lodges and thirteen (13) Royal Arch chapters. The oldest lodge active in our district is the Royal Lodge #207, which has been meeting continuously since 1789! Jamaica was originally a Province from at least 1742 and in 1865, the Province was renamed to a District.
The District Grand Master is RW Bro Walter H. Scott. We have a rich heritage of strong District and Provincial Grand Masters, including RW Bro the Hon Sir John Pringle, RW Bro Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, Governor of Jamaica, RW Bro the Hon William Blake, Speaker of the House of Assembly, RW Bro Admiral Sir Peter Parker and RW Bro Dr. Robert Hamilton.
The role of Jamaica in freemasonry is a reflection of the pride of place the country served in the history of British involvement in the Caribbean. Jamaican freemasons played pivotal roles in the development of Mark Master Masonry in England as well as the Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas. Our warmness of spirit is reflected in the unprecedented levels of inter-visitation between the three Masonic Constitutions; Out of Many, One People! We have freemasons who have sat in the Masters chair in all three constitutions; English, Scottish and Irish.
Embracing the spirit of a more open approach to freemasonry, we invite you to browse through the material provided. You will find that freemasonry is an open society; proudly and publicly tracing its heritage back hundreds of years. We take good men, and make them better. Freemasonry is a life-long committment to improving the individual, and by extension therefore, the environment and communities within which we live.
Contact Us
Office of the District Grand Secretary:
45-47 Barbados Avenue, Kingston 5,
Jamaica, West Indies
Tel: (876) 926-6018; Fax: (876) 960-7776
E-mail address:
fmaj@XJavascript.Requiredcwjamaica.com
