For his role of dealing with the Duke and Duchess of York he was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in July 1927. He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Great Britain) Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (France) Footnotes References Obituary, The Times, 1 August 1956 Further reading [A Preface by Rhodes appears in this and subsequent [2nd, 1941 (published by Canterbury Provincial Buildings Board); and 3rd, 1950 (same publisher as 2nd)] editions of this volume.] External links "The Rhodes Brothers" from the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |- |- 1861 births 1956 deaths People from Banks Peninsula Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur New Zealand Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knights of Grace of the Order of St John New Zealand recipients of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council New Zealand defence ministers New Zealand farmers 19th-century New Zealand lawyers Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs New Zealand military personnel of the Second Boer War Members of the Inner Temple New Zealand Army officers New Zealand philatelists Burials at St Paul's Cemetery, Christchurch Philately of New Zealand Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election 19th-century New Zealand politicians New Zealand politicians awarded knighthoods Moorhouse–Rhodes family