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Scottish Rite Honours

 The Scottish Rite confers some honors upon members who have contributed extraordinary service to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry or Masonry in general, and to the world.

Our 2023 Honour Men

Inspector General Honorary

Ill. Steven Franklyn Dowd, 33°, IGH

Knight Commander Court of Honour

Bro. Charles Thomas Dubose, 32°, KCCH

Bro. Sewell Major Rowley, Jr., 32°, KCCH

Bro. Lewis Clyde Strickland, 32°, KCCH

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 Knight Commander of the Court of Honour 

The Rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour is not a Degree, but an Investiture, bestowed upon members deserving recognition for faithful services to the Rite or to mankind. At the biennial session of the Supreme Council, certain Masters of the Royal Secret are chosen to be invested with the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour. The respective Sovereign Grand Inspectors General or Deputies nominate members for this honor, and they must also be unanimously approved by The Supreme Council. This Investiture is a prerequisite to receiving the Thirty-third Degree. The Rank of K.·.C.·.C.·.H.·. may not be requested, and if requested must be refused. The cap of the Knight Commander Court of Honour is red with a darker red band trimmed in gold. In the center front is a representation of the Knight Commander Jewel, a Passion Cross with fancy arms, featuring in the center a trefoil embroidered in green encircled by "Kt.·. Comm.·. Court of Honour" embroidered in gold.


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 33° - Inspector General Honorary 

The Thirty-third Degree is conferred by the Supreme Council upon members of the Rite in recognition of outstanding work in the Rite or in public life. At its biennial session the Supreme Council elects members of the Rite to receive the Degree. Members unanimously so elected become honorary members of the Supreme Council. The Thirty-third Degree may not be requested, and if requested must be refused. The Degree is granted solely out of recognition for outstanding services. These 33° Masons are Inspectors General Honorary and honorary members of the Supreme Council. The active members of the Supreme Council are chosen from among them. The cap for an Inspector General Honorary is white with a white band edged in gold, featuring the symbol for this honorary Degree, a red slanting Patriarchal Cross.


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 Grand Cross of the Court of Honour 

This is the highest individual honor that The Supreme Council bestows. It is voted very rarely to Thirty-third Degree Masons only for the most exceptional and extraordinary services. The Grand Cross cap is white with a blue band. On the front is a replica of the Grand Cross Jewel, which is composed of a Teutonic Cross, with an embroidered crimson rose with green leaves at its center.

Illustrious and Most Worshipful William Franklin Perdue

Illustrious and Most Worshipful William Franklin Perdue


Congratulations to our
2021 Honour Men

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33rd Degree, Inspector General Honorary (IGH)

Illustrious Bruce Layton Edwards

Illustrious Bruce Layton Edwards

Illustrious John Richard Rawls

Illustrious John Richard Rawls


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32nd Degree, Knight Commander Court of Honour (KCCH)

Robert Ray Jones

Robert Ray Jones

John Roger Ward, Sr.

John Roger Ward, Sr.

George Clyde Winslow

George Clyde Winslow


Information on this page courtesy of Valley of Richmond
http://www.richmondscottishrite.org/