1900 New Year Honours list on 1 January 1900 (the order was gazetted on 16 January 1900), and he was invested by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on 1 March 1900. He was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) of the order in 1908, and to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) late in his career. He was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1916. References Bibliography External links 1858 births 1938 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Robert People educated at the City of London School Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Under-Secretaries for Ireland Permanent Secretaries of HM Treasury Chairmen of the Board of Inland Revenue Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Barons created by George V