Class. In 1905 received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) on 17 January 1912, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1914 King's Birthday Honours, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours. He was made Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment on 16 December 1914, and a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery on 17 May 1917. In 1915 he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, and in 1917 the Grand Cordon of the Order of Mohammed Ali. He was made a Knight of the Venerable Order of St John in 1919. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1935. He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of East Lothian. Footnotes Bibliography External links |- 1861 births 1953 deaths Honours recipients from Jersey Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich British Army generals British Army personnel of the Mahdist War High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Egypt Governors-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian People from Port Glasgow Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class Scottish Freemasons Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England