 In connection with his appointment, he was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1976 New Year Honours, and was personally invested by Queen Elizabeth II in July of the same year.During his term in office, there were three changes in government, with Robert Bradshaw, Paul Southwell, Sir Lee Moore, and Sir Kennedy Simmonds all serving as premier at various stages.In 1981, Inniss refused assent to a bill that had been passed by the Simmonds government, in the belief that it was unconstitutional.