In 1883 he was given a patent of precedence (the last ever granted) giving him the same privileges as a Queen's Counsel, though he was never appointed a QC.

[2] In 1913, he was admitted to the Privy Council and on 2 July 1918 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Phillimore, of Shiplake in the County of Oxford.

[3] In 1918 he chaired the Phillimore Committee, appointed by the British government to report on proposals for a League of Nations.

The committee was established in January 1918 after being suggested to Arthur Balfour by Lord Robert Cecil.

[4] Lord Phillimore died in London in March 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Godfrey.