Archducal Order of Southwest Clinton

Archducal Order of Southwest Clinton
Awarded by The Archduke of Southwest Clinton
Type	State
Established	8 March 2023
Country	Archduchy of Southwest Clinton
Criteria	Archduke's Pleasure
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	August IV
Sovereign	Emperor August IV
Chancellor of the Order	Vacant
Grades	Knight/Dame Grand Cross Knight/Dame Companion Companion Member
Post-nominals	GSC KSC/DSC CSC MSC
Statistics
First induction	4 March 2023
Last induction	4 March 2023
Total inductees	0
Precedence
Next (higher)	Imperial Order of the New Prussian Crown
Next (lower)	Meritable Order of Orange
Related	Royal Order of New Bavaria Order of the Crown King Royal Order of Biberdamm Princely Order of New Hanover Ducal Order of New Oldenburg

The Archducal Order of Southwest Clinton is an order of chivalry founded by August IV on 4 March 2023 and it is one of the fourth highest orders of the Empire of New Prussia and is the highest order of the Archduchy of Southwest Clinton.

Appointments are made at the discretion of the Archduke of Southwest Clinton with approval of the Emperor. This Order can be awarded anytime except for holidays. The Archduke may appoint only 20 citizens in total. The Archduke may appoint as many supernumerary Knights -Members of the Imperial Family and Foreign Heads of State/Government- as they wish.

History

The Order was established alongside the founding of the Archduchy of Southwest Clinton on March 8, 2023.

Composition

The Order consists of the Sovereign, Chancellor of the Order, Secretary, Gentleman/Lady Usher of the Orange Rod, 70 total Knights and members including supernumerary members.

Officers

Officers of the order are not of the seventy members because they are temporal.

Chancellor of the Order: Has the power to accept or decline the letter of recommendation and has the power to degrade members with approval of the Sovereign.

Secretary: keeps records of previous and current knights/dames of the order and does background checks on recipients.

Gentleman/Lady Usher of the Orange Rod: The representative of the order, maintains discipline within the order and grants access to the investiture ceremony.

List of Members

• "Imperial" is for a member who is in the Imperial Family
• "Stranger" is for a member who is a foreign head of state/government

List of current members of the Order

Member number	Rank	Name	Date of appointment
	Sovereign	Emperor August IV	8 March 2023
1			Vacant
2			Vacant
3			Vacant
4			Vacant
5			Vacant
6			Vacant
7			Vacant
8			Vacant
9			Vacant
10			Vacant
11			Vacant
12			Vacant
13			Vacant
14			Vacant
15			Vacant
16			Vacant
17			Vacant
18			Vacant
19			Vacant
20			Vacant
21			Vacant
22			Vacant
23			Vacant
24			Vacant
25			Vacant
26			Vacant
27			Vacant
28			Vacant
29			Vacant
30			Vacant
31			Vacant
32			Vacant
33			Vacant
34			Vacant
35			Vacant
36			Vacant
37			Vacant
38			Vacant
39			Vacant
40			Vacant
41			Vacant
42			Vacant
43			Vacant
44			Vacant
45			Vacant
46			Vacant
47			Vacant
48			Vacant
49			Vacant
50			Vacant
51			Vacant
52			Vacant
53			Vacant
54			Vacant
55			Vacant
56			Vacant
57			Vacant
58			Vacant
59			Vacant
60			Vacant
61			Vacant
62			Vacant
63			Vacant
64			Vacant
65			Vacant
66			Vacant
67			Vacant
68			Vacant
69			Vacant
70			Vacant