Later Life and Honours
In 1897 Sir Donald Currie was promoted within the Order of St Michael and St George to the rank of Knight Grand Cross (GCMG).
In 1906 Sir Donald Currie endowed at his old school Belfast Royal Academy the school's most prestigious scholarship. The scholarship is known as the Sir Donald Currie Scholarship. In addition the Academy named a House in his memory.
Donald Currie died in Sidmouth in 1909.
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