he was on the council of the royal college of surgeons of england for 24 years, was a vice-president in 1926-27, and president in 1935-38. he delivered the bradshaw lecture (on prostate enlargement) in 1927 and gave the hunterian oration in 1934. he was created a baronet in 1937. in his later career he sat on a number of committees and commissions. during the second world war he was appointed chairman of the consultant advisers to the ministry of health's emergency medical service, was a member of the army medical advisory board, and was appointed chairman of the medical research council's committee for the application of the results of new research to the treatment of war wounds.