degrees introduced to France in the middle of the eighteenth century stands alone, and it alone can with any probability be attributed to Scottish Jacobite inspiration. It was not, in fact, until three or four years after Lord Derwentwater or his mysterious successor Lord Harnouester had resigned the Grand Mastership in favour of the Duc d'Antin in 1738 that the additional degrees were first heard of, and it was not until eight years after the Stuart cause had received its death-blow at Culloden, that is to say, in 1754, that the Rite of Perfection in which the so-called Scots Degrees were incorporated was drawn up in the following form:
Rite of Perfection
- Entered Apprentice.
- Fellow Craft.
- Master Mason.
- Secret Master.
- Perfect Master.
- Intimate Secretary.
- Intendant of the Buildings.
- Provost and Judge.
- Elect of Nine.
- Elect of Fifteen.
- Chief of the Twelve Tribes.
- Grand Master Architect.
- Knight of the Ninth Arch.
- Ancient Grand Elect.
- Knight of the Sword.
- Prince of Jerusalem.
- Knight of the East and West.
- Rose-Croix Knight.