He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 King's New Year's Honours List before being awarded the Companion of Honour in the 1922 King's Honours List for his services to Literature.
He allegedly declined the honor of Baronetcy (the lowest of hereditary honors and one which did not confer a peerage) in the 1918 King's New Year's Honours List but he accepted the lesser honor of Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire.