diplomatic tact. As his grandson Edward VIII wrote, "his lighter side ... obscured the fact that he had both insight and influence." "He had a tremendous zest for pleasure but he also had a real sense of duty", wrote J. B. Priestley. Lord Esher wrote that Edward VII was "kind and debonair and not undignified—but too human". Honours British honours KG: Royal Knight of the Garter, 9 November 1858 GCSI: Extra Knight Companion of the Star of India, 25 June 1861; Extra Knight Grand Commander, 24 May 1866 FRS: Fellow of the Royal Society, 12 February 1863 PC: Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, 8 December 1863 GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (military), 10 February 1865; Great Master, 22 June 1897 KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 24 May 1867 KP: Extra Knight of St. Patrick, 18 March 1868 PC(I): Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, 21 April 1868 GCStJ: Knight of Justice of St. John, 1876; Grand Prior, 1888 GCMG: Extra Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 31 May 1877 GCIE: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire, 21 June 1887 GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 6 May 1896 Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts, 1901 Founder and Sovereign of the Order of Merit, 26 June 1902 Founder and Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, 8 August 1902 Founder of the Royal Victorian Chain, 1902 Foreign honours Honorary foreign military appointments 1870: Honorary Colonel of the Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark) 1883: Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) of the German Army 5 February 1901: Honorary Colonel of the 27th (King Edward's) Regiment of Dragoons of Kiev 26 June 1902: Admiral of the Fleet (Großadmiral) à la suite of the Imperial German Navy Honorary Captain General of the Spanish Army Honorary Admiral of the Spanish Navy Colonel-in-Chief of the German regiment 5th (Pomeranian) Hussars "Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt" Colonel-in-Chief 1st Guards Dragoons "Queen of Great Britain and Ireland" Honorary Colonel of the Infantry Regiment "Zamora" No. 8 (Spain) 1905: Honorary Admiral of the Swedish Navy 1908: Honorary General of the Swedish Army Honorary Admiral of the Greek Navy Honorary General of the Norwegian Army Arms Edward's coat of arms as the Prince of Wales was the royal arms differenced by a label of three points argent, and an inescutcheon of the Duchy of Saxony, representing his paternal