Editing Lord Kelvin (section)

=== Honours ===
[[File:Bronze bust of Baron Kelvin.jpg|thumb|Bronze bust of Lord Kelvin by A. McFarlane Shannan, Glasgow, Scotland]]
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]], 1847.
** [[Keith Medal]], 1864.
** [[Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize]], 1887.
** President, 1873–1878, 1886–1890, 1895–1907.
* Foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]], 1851.
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society]], 1851.
** [[Royal Medal]], 1856.
** [[Copley Medal]], 1883.
** President, 1890–1895.
* Hon. Member of the Royal College of Preceptors ([[College of Teachers]]), 1858.
* Hon. Member of the [[Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland]], 1859.<ref>{{cite web | title=Honorary Members and Fellows | publisher=Institution of Engineers in Scotland | url=http://www.iesis.org/honorary-fellows.html | access-date=6 October 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Knight Bachelor|Knighted]] 1866.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23185 |date=16 November 1866 |page=6062}}</ref>
* Commander of the Imperial [[Order of the Rose]] (Brazil), 1873.
* Commander of the [[Legion of Honour]] (France), 1881.
** Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1889.
* Knight of the Prussian Order [[Pour le Mérite]], 1884.
* Commander of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)]], 1890.
* Baron Kelvin, of [[Largs]] in the [[Ayrshire|County of Ayr]], 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26260 |date=23 February 1892 |page=991 }}</ref> The title derives from the [[River Kelvin]], which runs by the grounds of the [[University of Glasgow]]. His title died with him, as he was survived by neither heirs nor close relations.[[File:The memorial of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, University of Glasgow.jpg|right|thumb|The memorial of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin in [[Kelvingrove Park]] next to the University of Glasgow]]
* [[Royal Victorian Order|Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order]], 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26758 |date=14 July 1896 |page=4025}}</ref>
* Honorary degree ''[[Legum doctor]]'' (LL.D.), [[Yale University]], 5 May 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=6 May 1902 |page=5 |issue=36760}}</ref>
* One of the first members of the [[Order of Merit (Commonwealth)|Order of Merit]], 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27470 |date=2 September 1902 |page=5679}}</ref>
* [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]], 11 August 1902.<ref name=LG27464 />
* Honorary degree ''Doctor mathematicae'' from the [[Royal Frederick University]] on 6 September 1902, when they celebrated the centenary of the birth of mathematician [[Niels Henrik Abel]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign degrees for British men of Science |date=8 September 1902 |page=4 |issue=36867}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uio.no/om/tall-og-fakta/aresdoktorer/tidligere-aresdoktorer/1902-1910/ |title=Honorary doctorates from the University of Oslo 1902–1910}} ''(in Norwegian)''</ref>
* First international recipient of [[John Fritz Medal]], 1905.
* Order of the First Class of the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure|Sacred Treasure of Japan]], 1901.
* He is buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], London next to [[Isaac Newton]].
* Lord Kelvin was commemorated on the £20 note issued by the [[Clydesdale Bank]] in 1971; in the current issue of banknotes, his image appears on the bank's £100 note. He is shown holding his adjustable compass and in the background is a map of the transatlantic cable.<ref name="scotbanks">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes_current_clydesdale_bank.php|title=Current Banknotes: Clydesdale Bank|publisher=The Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers|access-date=15 October 2008}}</ref>
* In 2011 he was inducted to the [[Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame]].<ref name=ScHallOfFame>{{Cite web |title=Lord Kelvin biography - Science Hall of Fame - National Library of Scotland |url=https://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/lord-kelvin/ |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=digital.nls.uk}}</ref>
* [[World Refrigeration Day]], is 26 June. It was chosen to celebrate his birth date and has been held annually, since 2019.