 The papers and correspondence of Sir Robert Hart (MS 15) are held in the Special Collections & Archives of Queen's University, Belfast and at (PP MS 67) in the Archives and Special Collections of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.Sir Robert Hart, Bt., was highly decorated, receiving four hereditary titles, fifteen orders of knighthood (of the first class) and many other honorary academic and civic awards.His skills as Inspector-General were recognized by both Chinese and Western authorities, and he was awarded several honorific Chinese titles, including the "Red Button", or button of the highest rank; a "Peacock's Feather"; the "Order of the Double Dragon"; "the Ancestral Rank of the First Class of the First Order for Three Generations"; and the title of "Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent" in December 1901.