The national governing bodies of the Rite are known as Supreme Councils – ours being The Supreme Council of England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas. The Order is based at 10 Duke Street, St James’s, London, which istraditionally known as the Grand East.
The Supreme Council has the responsibility of managing the affairs and promotingthe wellbeing of the Order, including the consecration of new Chapters, and of maintaining fruitful relationships with other Masonic bodies, both nationally and internationally. It is in amity with Supreme Councils in many foreign jurisdictions.
The present membership of Supreme Council is as follows:
MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL 33° OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND ITS DISTRICTS AND CHAPTERS OVERSEAS