Section outline

    • Originally known as 'Canongate from Leith', the lodge was constituted on 2 March 1738. The name was changed to 'St David' in August 1756 and University Lodge status granted in November 2013.

    • The exact founding date of the Lodge is not known, but Grand Lodge acknowledges a date before 1720.

    • The lodge recieved its Charter in 1763, and was the first wholly speculative lodge in Aberdeen.

    • The Charter of the lodge indicates the lodge was founded on the 1st of April, 1735.  The lodge is in the process of joining the University Scheme.