what are qualifications for becoming a grand master

Historical regulations set out that a Grand Master was selected either through nomination by his predecessor or by a ballot of lodge Masters and Wardens 1. These early rules specifically provided that where a Grand Master was nobly born, the appointment of a Deputy Grand Master was required to assist in governance 1. If a newly elected Grand Master was absent during installation, he could be installed by proxy, provided that proxy was a present or former Grand Master 1.

Under current regulations, eligibility for membership in Grand Lodge—the governing body from which its leadership is drawn—requires that a brother must have been regularly elected and installed as Master of a lodge and have served in that office for a full year, as the United Grand Lodge of England states.

The supplied sources do not detail further specific ritual or administrative qualifications required to hold the office beyond these constitutional provisions and historical rules.