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The Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees, which can be said to have emanated from the Grand Mark Lodge of England and Wales, was formed in 1879 to bring under its direction all Lodges of various orders who recognised no central authority, and were not regulated by the other major governing bodies.\n\n\n

Initially the Degrees of Grand High Priest, St. Lawrence the Martyr, The Red Cross of Babylon, and the Knights of Constantinople placed themselves under the control of this body. By 1897 the degrees of Grand Tilers of Solomon, one degree of the Secret Monitor, and the Order of Holy Wisdom (Knight Templar Priest grades) had also been included, (the latter forming their own Grand College in 1923).

In 1931 the Allied Masonic Degrees ceased working the single degree of the Secret Monitor. In 1972 the title was changed to \u201cThe Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees.\nFollowing an understanding reached in 1931, the Grand Council has been responsible for five Masonic Degrees, namely:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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