 Amongst other offices held , he was Vice @-@ President of the British Science Guild , Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lancashire ( from 1904 ) and Pro @-@ Chancellor of the University of Liverpool . In 1909 the University of Liverpool awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws . In 1895 he was made the Baronet of Druids Cross in the County of Lancashire and in 1906 he became a member of the privy council , but he declined offers of a peerage . He died in 1919 at his home in Chertsey , Surrey . His estate amounted to over £ 906 @,@ 000 ( £ 38 million in 2016 ) . In addition , he had given generously to his five married daughters , and had transferred investments to his sons . 
