Templar leader

This article is about the Templar rank. You may be looking for the equivalent rank in the Assassin Brotherhood.

The position of Templar leader was given to any member of the Templar Order who had received leadership over a Templar Rite.

Known Templar leaders

Leaders who are known to also have attained the rank of Grand Master are marked with an asterisk. (*)

British Rite

• 
  Reginald Birch*
  c. 1735 – 1757
• 
  Crawford Starrick*
  ? – 1868
• 
  Thaddeus Gift*
  ? – 1927

Byzantine Rite

• 
  Manuel Palaiologos
  ? – c. 1509
• 
  Ahmet*
  c. 1509 – 1512

Chinese Rite

• 
  Zhang Yong
  ? – 1532
• 
  Sun Yat-sen*
  Shanghai Rite
  ? – 1925
• 
  Stirling Fessenden*
  Shanghai Rite
  1925 – ?

Colonial Rite / American Rite

• 
  Lawrence Washington
  Pre-formation
  1738 – 1752
• 
  James Wardrop
  Pre-formation
  1752 – 1754
• 
  Haytham Kenway*
  1754 – 1781
• 
  Charles Lee*
  1781 – 1782
• 
  William M. Tweed*
  c. 1863
• 
  American Grand Master*
  c. 2014

Indian Rite

• 
  Francis Cotton
  ? – 1839
• 
  William Sleeman
  1839 – ?

Levantine Rite

• 
  Hugues de Payens*
  1118 – 1136
• 
  Gerard de Ridefort*
  1185 – 1189
• 
  Basilisk
  1189 – 1190 (de facto)
• 
  Robert de Sablé*
  1190 – 1191
• 
  Armand Bouchart*
  1191 – 1193
• 
  Philippe du Plessis*
  1201 – 1208

Parisian Rite

• 
  Jacques de Molay*
  1292 – 1314
• 
  François de la Serre*
  1768 – 1789
• 
  François-Thomas Germain*
  1789 – 1794

Roman Rite

• 
  Sylvester II
  ? – 1003
• 
  Rodrigo Borgia*
  1476 – 1500 (de facto)
  1500 – 1503 (de jure)
• 
  Cesare Borgia*
  1500 – 1503 (de facto)
  1503 – 1507 (de jure)

West Indies Rite

• 
  Laureano de Torres y Ayala*
  c. 1673 – 1722
• 
  Caribbean Grand Master*
  c. 2014

Other Rites

• 
  Tomás de Torquemada
  Spanish Rite
  ? – 1498
• Madeleine de L'Isle[21] Louisiana Rite 1764 – 1777
  Madeleine de L'Isle
  Louisiana Rite
  1764 – 1777
• 
  Alan Rikkin*
  "Unknown"
  ? – 2016
• 
  Mexican Grand Master*
  Mexican Rite
  c. 2014