He abolished over five hundred sinecures and superfluous posts. Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as 'backbenchers'. These latter continued until abolished, alongside other sinecures, by the Cathedrals Act 1840. He was made Knight of the Garter in 1817, and he held several lucrative sinecures. These appointments were intended as sinecures, but Newton took them seriously. Calvert accumulated a number of small offices, honours, and sinecures. Hayes paid off those who helped him win the Electoral College with government sinecures. Below is a list of extant sinecures by country. Loyalty is rewarded with access and sinecures. In any case Rose treated all his posts as sinecures. When awarded a salary by Pitt he rejected it for the sinecures that already obtained. Ferguson held sinecures with both the Australian Cricket Academy and the Australian Institute of Sport.