 In the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 (the original day of King Edward VII´s coronation), Lord Lister was appointed a Privy Counsellor and one of the original members of the new Order of Merit (OM).He received the order from the King on 8 August 1902, and was sworn a member of the council at Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902.Among foreign honours, he received the Pour le Mérite, one of Prussia's highest orders of merit.