He was also awarded the Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de guerre, the French Legion of Honour, and the American Army Distinguished Service Medal.

On his retirement from the House of Commons in 1932, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hutchison of Montrose, of Kirkcaldy in the County of Fife.

[12] He later served under Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain as Paymaster General from 1935 to 1938 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1937.

[13] Apart from his military and political careers he was a director of the National Bank of Australasia, Phœnix Assurance Co., and other business interests.

Lord Hutchison of Montrose married firstly Agnes, daughter of William Drysdale, in 1905.