Most Royal Order of the House of Bradley

Royal House of Bradley

Great Master - Carl Raymond Bradley of Raeford, N.C., USA. Term 2025 – current

The Most Royal Order of the House of Bradley

The Most Royal Order of the House of Bradley is an Irish American order of chivalry founded by H.R.H. Prince Carl I on 15th March 2024. Recipients of the Order are usually senior house officers or senior civil servants, and the sovereign awards it on the advice of His Highness’ Royal Court. The name derives from an elaborate medieval history of the Royal House and its legacy. While not all knights will be awarded this most honorable knighthood, knights so created are known as "knights of the Royal House of Bradley".

Carl 1st constituted the Knights of the Most Royal House of Bradley as a Royal order. The order is of a chivalric royal appointment and is the highest of the House Orders. The presiding official for the Order will be the Prince(ss) of Baile Uí Bhrolcháin when the sovereign is not available.

He did not revive the order, which did not previously exist, in the sense of a body of knights governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. Authorized total number of Knights or Dames is (150) One Hundred and Fifty. Not counting the sovereign and the Great Master or the Assistant Great Master of the Order. By way of the House Chamberlain from referrals by the House Court, the Chamberlain will provide the sovereign of the house a list for acceptance into the order. The sovereign will either approve or decline the names on the list and send them back to the Chamberlain for his final vote with the Royal Court, and the individuals that receive approval by 80% vote by the Court will be presented with the knighthood and the level that is recommended by the Sovereign or the Great Master. It is encouraged to send achievements or actions with the name of those to be considered for this knighthood. No additional knighthoods will be granted past the tally number set by this proclamation of the establishment.

The Order consists of the Sovereign of the Royal House of Bradley, currently HRH Prince Carl, who is also the Great Master, and the assistant, HRH Princess Christina, the Princess of Baile Uí Bhrolchán, and four Classes of members:

A) Knight Grand Cross (GC) or Dame Grand Cross (GC);

B) Knight Commander (KC) or Dame Commander (DC);

C) Knight Officer (KO) or Dame Officer (DO);

D) Knight (K) or Dame (D)

Members belong to either the Civil Division or the Royal Division.

House of Bradley members who are not subjects of the sovereign and foreign nationals may be made honorary members, and Honorary members do not count in the tally number.

The Most Royal Order of the House of Bradley is the most senior of the House orders of chivalry.

The Hierarchy:

Great Master - Carl Bradley

Prince(ss) of Baile Uí Bhrolcháin - Christina Bradley

The Ranks:

A) Knight Grand Collar (GC) or Dame Grand Collar (GC)

1st Award - Carl Bradley, The Sovereign and Great Master

2nd Award - Christina Bradley, The Assistant Great Master

B) Knight Grand Cross (KGC) or Dame Grand Cross (KGC)

1st Award - H.I.R M. King Yuriy the First Head of the Most August House of the Ukraine-Rus Kingdom

C) Knight Commander (KC) or Dame Commander (DC)

1st Award - Elke Scherlein-Bradley