Editing Richard Seddon (section)

==Honours==
Seddon attended Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and received her [[Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal|Jubilee Medal]] and an appointment in the [[Privy Council]]. In 1902 he attended the [[coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra]] and received his [[King Edward VII Coronation Medal|Coronation Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=1068571912|title=Object: Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal, 1897|publisher=[[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]]}}</ref> During the same visit, he received the [[Freedom of the Borough]] of his home-town St Helens during a visit there in July 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mr. Seddon at St Helens |date=7 July 1900 |page=4 |issue=36813}}</ref> and the Freedom of the City of [[Edinburgh]] and an honorary degree [[LL.D.]] from the [[University of Edinburgh]] during a visit to the city later the same month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Colonial Premiers in Edinburgh |date=28 July 1902 |page=4 |issue=36831}}</ref> He was also presented with the Honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freedom]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers]] on 8 August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mr Seddon at the Tallow Chandler´s Company|date=9 August 1902 |page=6 |issue=36842}}</ref>

He twice refused a knighthood, wanting to be seen as a [[wikt:man of the people|man of the people]].<ref name="nzhistory"/>