Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Grand Master since 1967, the longest-serving in UGLE's history, at the head of the mother grand lodge of regular Freemasonry.
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The deck · 9 cards
How to read this deckThe living power of the Craft. ♠ the grand lodges, ♦ the appendant rites. 9 cards plotted so far. The deck holds only those who verifiably hold power; if the body is small or keeps its officers private, the deck stays short, and that is the finding. Each card is checked against a public source on the date it shows.
♠The Grand Lodges4 cards
Jonathan Spence
UGLE's senior working officer since 2022. He has named membership the absolute priority for at least three years.
Verified 10-07Adrian Marsh
Runs UGLE's administration and is its public face in interviews.
Verified 10-07Alexander C. G. Moncrieff
Installed November 2025. In July 2026 he took the Grand Lodge of Scotland into the new Council for Freemasonry in Great Britain.
Verified 10-07♦The Rites5 cards
James D. Cole
Heads the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction, the mother supreme council of the 33° system, based at the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C.
Verified 10-07Peter J. Samiec
Heads the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's Supreme Council. With the other three US commanders he signed the 2022 Scottish Rite Statement of Unity.
Verified 10-07Corey D. Hawkins
Heads Prince Hall's Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite, the oldest Black Masonic tradition, descended from African Lodge No. 459 (1775). He signed the 2022 Statement of Unity.
Verified 10-07Melvin J. Bazemore
Heads Prince Hall's Northern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite and signed the 2022 Statement of Unity.
Verified 10-07Lawrence J. Leib
Elected at the 152nd Imperial Session in Tampa (12–16 July 2026). The Shriners are the Craft's public face through Shriners Children's hospitals.
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