Professorship of Law at the Royal Academy of Arts, and was chosen an Honorary Member by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1948 he became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He delivered the Andrew Lang Memorial Lecture, and the Commemorative Oration at the University of Glasgow's 500th anniversary in 1951. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1924 and was awarded the GCVO in 1937. He would earn the distinction of LLD from his two alma matres, Edinburgh on 17 July 1924., again in 1931 at the University of London, and again in 1932 at the University of St. Andrews. In North America, he was awarded LLDs from McGill University, Queen's University at Kingston, Dalhousie University and Columbia University, and a DCL from Case Western Reserve University, as well as being inducted into the Order of the Coif. He was unanimously elected 13 May 1924 the first Honorary Bencher of Inner Temple. He was elected honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, and of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers. Family He married his childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Katherine Grace Marshall, on 27 July 1901. Publications His autobiography, A Man of Law's Tale, was published in 1952. Cases and Bills noted A Man of Law's Tale Corporation of the City of Glasgow v Stirling County Council et al. (1914): G desired to impound river waters in Loch Voil Williamson(?) et al. v Corporation of Aberdeen (1910): A desired to divert the River Avon for public use City of Glasgow v County Council of Lanark et al. (May–July 1912): G desired to extinguish L Falkirk v County Council of Stirling (1911): F desired to encroach on S Falkirk v County Council of Stirling (1912): F desired to encroach on S Corporation of Dundee v Burgh of Broughty Ferry (1913): D desired to encroach on B Corporation of Edinburgh v burgh of Leith (1920): E desired to encroach on L Corporation of Greenock v Ports of Glasgow and Gourock (1927): G desired to incorporate GG Sandwich Port and Haven Bill (1925) River Ouse Drainage Bill (1927) Bill for the reconstitution of Albert Hall Lochaber Water Power Bill (1921) Road Transport Act 1928 Mortensen v Peters, 1906, 8F(JC)93; 5Adam121: international and territorial waters R v Brown, 1907SC(J)67, 5Adam312: B contested lunacy Coats v Brown, 1909 SC(J)29, 6Adam19 Parker