 He was Aide-de-Camp for some years to Sultan Abdul Hamid II.After Abdul Hamid was deposed, he was reported by "The New York Times" to be present at the 1909 coronation of the succeeding sultan, Mehmed V.

Woods Pascha was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902.He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Medjidie and Osminieh and was a Knight Commander of the Saxe-Coburg Order.