 He was knighted in 1954, admitted in 1962 to the Privy Council, and in 1964 was raised to the peerage as Baron Martonmere, of Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.During the latter year, he was also appointed Governor of Bermuda, a post he held until 1972.He was further honoured when he was made a in 1966 and a GBE in 1973.