M.P.S.G.C. Ill. Edward Chapman 33º
N.S.G.M. Sister Kim T. Chapman
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History of the National Supreme Council Ancient and Accepted Scottish RiteOn November 30, 1864, in the City of New York, Baron August Hugo de Bulow, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, and an active member of the Supreme Council of France, A.A.S.R., organized a Supreme Council of the State of New York, which title was subsequently changed to the Supreme Council Of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, of the 33°rd and last degree of the A.A.S.R. for the United States Of America, its territories and dependencies. The officers were as follows: Baron Auguste Hugo de Bulow, Sovereign Grand Commander Patrick Reason, Lieutenant Grand Commander Dr. Peter W. Ray, Lieutenant Grand Commander Ramson Wake, Grand Orator George Lawrence, Grand Secretary Alexander Peters, Master of Ceremonies Sovereign Grand Commanders of the Supreme Council 1864 to 1870 - Baron August Hugo de Bulow 1870 to 1879 - Patrick Reason 1879 to 1892 - Dr. Peter W. Ray 1892 to 1897 - A.B. Allen 1897 to 1911 - D.F. Seville 1911 to 1920 - H.M. Rennick 1920 to 1948 - Dr. W.H. Benderson 1948 to 1973 - Dr. Wm. J. Fitzpatrick 1973 to 1989 - Illustrious John H. Burns 1989 to 1995 - Illustrious James M. Boone 1996 to 2011 - Illustrious James l. Headd 2011 – present - Illustrious Edward J. Chapman Baron Auguste Hugo de Bulow conferred the Scottish Rite Degrees on four brethren and created them Deputy Inspectors General, 33° rd degree, as follows: Dr. Peter W. Ray - New York Jonathan Miller - Pennsylvania Levi Anderson - Delaware Lemuel G. Griffin - Maryland On October 17, 1898, during the administration of D.F. Seville as Sovereign Grand Commander, the Supreme Council was incorporated in Washington, District of Columbia, under the name of National Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of A.A.S.R. 33°rd of North America, bearing Instrument No. 3149, recorded in Volume 8, folio 341, of the incorporated records of the District of Columbia. The above original incorporation was continued in perpetuity on October 14, 1948, by certificate of re-incorporation of the National Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the A.A.S.R. 33°rd degree, for North America, bearing Instrument No. 32049 and recorded in Volume 69, folio 389, of the incorporation records of the District of Columbia. That is the incorporation under which it operates at the present time. The foregoing, according to recent research, being the most accurate history of the National Supreme Council, all other versions of said history as hereinafter given will be corrected to conform herewith. |