Honours
- Privy Counsellor, 1986 (PC)
- Honorary Doctorate, Murdoch University, 1992.
On leaving Royal service, Sir William retired to the historic town of York in his native Western Australia.
| Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) | 1990 | |
| Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) | 1986 | |
| Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) | 1977 | |
| Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) | 1990 | |
| Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) | 1982 | |
| Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) | 1969 | |
| Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) | 1961 | |
| Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) | 1988 | |
| Centenary Medal | 2001 | |
| Queen's Service Order (QSO) | 1990 (New Zealand) | |
| Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria | 1969 (Austria) |
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“Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.”
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