[9] In 1917 he accepted the presidency of the British Iron and Steel Institute, a position he occupied for 2 years.

In 1922, the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) awarded him the John Fritz Medal.

[8] He died in Paris in 1942, only weeks after the Le Creusot factory was demolished by the RAF in World War II.

They had three sons : Henri-Paul, Jean and Charles, and a daughter, Marie-Zélie, also known as May, who became the Duchess of Brissac by marriage.

[5][6] His statue, designed by sculptor Paul Landowski, stands on the Boulevard Henri-Paul Schneider (named after his son) in Le Creusot.