 In 1963, he was made joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service.Following his retirement, he was created a life peer on 21 May 1968 with the title Baron Helsby,of Logmore in the County of Surrey.Helsby was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1950, and was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1963; he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1955.