ピーボディには、ロンドンの貧困者への経済的な支援の功績をたたえて、チャールズ・リードの提案により1862年7月10日、ロンドン市の名誉市民(Freedom of the City[注釈 4])に選定された[12]。名誉市民に選定されたアメリカ人はピーボディが最初である。1869年、ピーボディの銅像が王立取引所の隣の、1842年から1846年に取り壊されたSt Benet Fink 教会跡地に建てられ、エドワード7世により公表された。
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^ “George Peabody Library History”. Johns Hopkins University. 2010年6月4日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2010年3月12日閲覧。 “After the Civil War he funded the Peabody Education Fund which established public education in the South.”
^“London People: George Peabody”. 2010年3月12日閲覧。 “By 1867 Peabody had received honours from America and Britain, including being made a Freeman of the City of London, the first American to receive this honour.”