Knights Templar of England, OSMTH

List of Grand Masters of the Order

Hugh de Argentein 1140 to 1150 Osto 1150 to 1155 Richard de Hastyngs 1155 to 1164 Richard Mallebeench Geoffrey Fitz Stephen 1180 to 1185 William de New(en)ham 1185 to 1200 Thomas Berard 1200 Aymeric de St Maur 1200, 1205, 1215 [Magna Carta] and 1228 Alan Marcell 1220 and 1228 Amberaldus 1229 to 1231 Robert Sa(u)nford(e) 1231 to 1247 Rocelin de Fosse 1250 to 1253 Amadeus de Morestello 1254 to 1259 Ambesard 1264 to 1267 Humbert de Pairaud 1267 to 1269 Guy de Foresta 1273 to 1274 William de Beaulieu 1274 to 1276 Robert de Turville 1276 to 1290 Guy de Foresta 1291 to 1295 Jacques de Molay 1297 [Martyred in Paris while serving as Grand Master in 1314] (Brian le Jay?) 1296 to 1298 William de la More 1298 to 1307 (Philip Gregory?)

GRAND MASTERS OF THE ORIGINAL ORDER

Duke of Orleans (in succession) 1705 to 1803 Sir Andrew Michael Ramsay (circa) 1715 to 1723 (joint GM with Philip II, during the Regency of France) Bernard-Raymond Fabre-Palaprat 1804 to 1838 Sir William Sidney Smith 1840 to 1858 Joséphin Péladan (Regent) 1859 to 1892 (Annulment) 1892 to 1894 Temple Secretariat 1894 to 1932 Emile Vandenberg (Regent) 1935 to 1942 Antonio Campello de Souza Fontes 1942 to 1960 (Regent) Fernando Campello de Sousa Fontes 1960 to 2012 Gerard Willery 2012 to 2023 Jacques Charles Dubos 2023 >

GRAND MASTERS IN THE NEW ERA

Unknown 1960 to 1995 Gen. Sir Roy Redgrave 1995 to 2008 James Mangan 2008 to 2012 Paul Grant 2012 >

RECENT MASTERS OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN ENGLAND

OSMTH and the Grand Priory of England is a chivalric non-denominational Christian organisation whose objects are the Christian values of Faith, Hope, and Charity. We are not a political organisation, are not associated with any political organisation and have no political aims or ambitions. We emphatically denounce all those who seek to besmirch the honourable reputation of the Knights Templar for any political, subversive or unlawful activity.

GRAND MASTERS DURING THE “DARK PERIOD” (According to the Larmenius Charter)

Jean-Marc Larmenius 1313 to 1324 Francis Thomas Theobald of Alexandria 1324 to 1340 Arnold de Braque 1340 to 1349 John de Claremont 1349 to 1357 Bertrand du Guesclin 1357 to 1381 John Arminiacus 1381 to 1392 Bernard Arminiacus 1392 to 1419 John Arminiacus 1419 to 1451 John de Croy 1451 to 1472 Bernard Imbault 1472 to 1478 Robert Lenoncourt 1478 to 1497 Galeatius de Salazar 1497 to 1516 Philip Chabot 1516 to 1544 Gaspard de Galtiaco Tavanensis 1544 to 1574 Henry de Montmorency 1574 to 1615 Charles de Valois 1615 to 1651 James Ruxellius de Granceio 1651 to 1681 James Henry, Duc de Duras 1681 to 1705 Philip, Duke of Orleans 1705 to 1723 (became Regent of France in 1715)