The history of Freemasonry in Ghana can be traced to the early nineteenth century when the first Masonic lodge was consecrated in the country. The practice of Freemasonry was imported to the then Gold Coast and other Commonwealth realms by European residents in the nation during the British colonial era. Most of the lodges in Ghana are governed by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and Wales, Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland. Similar to their sister organisations worldwide, Ghanaian masonic fraternities are nonsectarian, with proceedings of the societies being strictly apolitical and non–religious

District Grand Lodge of Ghana

The records of the first lodges on the Gold Coast indicate that Torridzonian Lodge No. 621 was consecrated on 11 April 1810 at the Cape Coast Castle.In 1833, another lodge, Cape Coast Lodge No. 599 was constituted. By 1863, both lodges had become defunct. Specifically, Torridzonian Lodge was formally decommissioned on 4 June, 1862. In 1859, the United Grand Lodge of England constituted the Gold Coast Lodge, No. 1075 English Constitution, (later numbered 773) which has been active since that period. At the turn of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, several lodges were consecrated under the English Constitution of the UGLE:

Victoria Lodge No. 2393 on 2 December 1891 in Accra

Accra Lodge No. 3063 on 2 March 1905, in Accra

Sekondi Lodge No. 3238 on 19 March 1908, in Sekondi

Taquah Lodge No. 3356 on 27 May 1909, in Tarkwa

Ashanti Lodge No. 3717 on 20 March 1914 based in Kumasi

St. George’s Lodge No. 3851 on 25 September 1918 based in Sekondi

McCarthy Lodge No. 4132 on 29 January 1921 also based in Kumasi

The Grand Lodge of Scotland entered the fray in 1921 when it issued a charter to establish Lodge Progressive No. 1261 on 30 November 1921, in Cape Coast. Subsequently, a series of lodges were consecrated under the Scottish constitution:^[1][2]

Lodge St. Andrew No. 1299 on 12 January 1924 in Accra

Lodge Morality No. 1362 on 29 December 1929 in Kumasi

Lodge Unity No. 1466 on 29 December 1951 in Accra

Lodge Fidelity No. 1468 on 26 January 1952 in Takoradi

Lodge Kumasi No. 1472 on 1 November 1952 in Kumasi

Lodge Charity No. 1473 on 3 January 1953 in Accra

Lodge Achimota No. 1522 on 29 December 1956 in Accra

As more lodges were erected, a petition by the ten Lodges under the United Grand Lodge of England for a District Grand Lodge was granted. The District Grand Lodge of the Gold Coast under the English Constitution was inaugurated in Accra on 9 May 1931. In January 1953 the seven Gold Coast Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Scotland petitioned for a District Grand Lodge of the Gold Coast under the Scottish Constitution which was inaugurated on 17 January 1953. When Ghana attained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, the St. Patrick Lodge No. 793, was consecrated on 16 March 1957 and was the sole Lodge in Ghana Warrant granted by the Grand Lodge of Ireland for 14 years.^[1][2] Thus, all three of the “Home Grand Lodges" had representation in Ghana. Beginning in 1971, six new Lodges were consecrated under Warrant granted by the Grand Lodge of Ireland:

Abuakwa Lodge No. 840 on 9 January 1971 in Akwatia

Saltpond Lodge No. 841 on 28 August 1971 in Saltpond

Ahanta Lodge No. 843 on 20 May 1972 in Sekondi

Asante Kotoko Lodge No. 844 on 1 July 1972 in Kumasi

Adanisman Lodge No. 849 on 4 April 1973 in Obuasi

Sekyere Lodge No. 850 on 28 April 1973 in Asante Mampong

The seven Lodges, operating under the Irish constitution petitioned and received approval for a Provincial Grand Lodge of Ghana, formed on 1 September 1973. In early 1994, a lecture titled “Let us Have a United Grand Lodge of Ghana” was presented at the meeting of Unicorn Lodge No. 8840, English Constitution with proposals made to achieve the unification objective. The Ghanaian quantity surveyor, politician and a Freemason, Harry Sawyerr delivered a speech at the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Lodge St. Andrew No. 1299 Scottish Constitution, outlining how recognition for the United Grand Lodge of Ghana could be achieved.

On 9 June 2003, at an Open Forum held under the aegis of the Concordia Lodge No. 7199, English Constitution, with representatives from all the three Masonic Constitutions in Ghana, the idea of the United Grand Lodge of Ghana was discussed at length. In 2004, the Provincial Grand Master of Ghana Irish Constitution, Nana Herman Mould and the District Grand Master Scottish Constitution, Charles William Stanley–Pierre and District Grand Master of Ghana English Constitution, Kow Abaka Quansah conferred on establishing the Grand Lodge of Ghana. The then Provincial Grand Master–Designate of the Irish Constitution, John Atta–Quayson, attended the meeting. Other Masons who advocated for a joint lodge were Fredua, Mensah, then Provincial Grand Master of the Irish Constitution, D. S. Quarcoopome, then District Grand Master Scottish Constitution and later still Nana Herman A. Mould as Provincial Grand Master, Irish Constitution. The District Grand Lodge of Ghana, English Constitution was not in favour of a Grand Lodge of Ghana and therefore the unified entity was limited to the Scottish District and the Irish Province. Thus none of 57 English Constitution Lodge joined the Grand Lodge of Ghana.

Grand Lodge of Ghana

The Provincial Grand Master, Irish Constitution and District Grand Master, Scottish Constitution, formed a Joint–Committee for rolling out the steps for establishing the Grand Lodge of Ghana. Within three years, the committee produced a draft Constitution and Laws for the Grand Lodge of Ghana, Ritual for Opening and Closing Grand Lodge, Regalia and paraphernalia for Grand Lodge, Provincial Grand Lodges and Subordinate Lodges, as well as miscellaneous Documents, including Warrants, Letters of Commission, Forms and Books of administration. Fundraising activities for the formation of the Grand Lodge were also developed and periodic progress reports issued to the aspiring members. The Joint–Committee transformed into a Steering Committee for the formation of the lodge. For further deliberations, a series of assemblies were held at the:

Freemasons’ Hall, Adjabeng, Accra on 7 May 2008

Freemasons’ Hall, Ahodwo, Kumasi on 14 May 2008

Freemasons’ Hall, Windy Ridge, Takoradi on 28 May 2008

Freemasons’ Hall, Aboom Wells Road, Cape Coast on 28 May 2008

A consultative assembly of accredited lodge members was convened to review and approve the draft constitution and laws on Saturday 7 June 2008. On Saturday 12 July 2008, the Electoral College assembled to elect the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ghana. Approximately 49 subordinate Lodges, made up of 21 Irish Lodges and 28 Scottish constitute the foundation lodges under novel warrants granted by the Grand Lodge of Ghana with new numbering based on the date of Consecration/Constitution and grouped into three Provincial Grand Lodges:

Provincial Grand Lodge, South East, located in Accra with 20 Lodges

Provincial Grand Lodge, South West, located in Cape Coast with 17 Lodges

Provincial Grand Lodge, North, located in Kumasi with 12 Lodges

The Grand Lodge of Ghana was formally founded on 24 January 2009 as a "Sovereign Masonic Body" under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, led by the Grand Master George Dunlop, and Grand Master Mason of Scotland, Charles Iain Robert Wolridge Gordon of Esselmont. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) was the first Grand Lodge to pass a resolution to recognise the newly–constituted Grand Lodge of Ghana. Charles William Stanley–Pierre was installed the first Grand Master. In 2013, he was succeeded by Otwasuom Osae Nyampong VI. The motto of the Grand Lodge of Ghana is “That All Shall Be One.”

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