George Reid (Australian Politician) - Honours

Honours

In 1897 Reid was made an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) by Oxford University. Reid was also appointed a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (1904), a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1911) and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1916).

In 1969 he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by Australia Post.

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