Historically, Honorary Memberships were issued at the discretion of the [[Board]] or our [[Founder]], usually to royals who could lend prestige to the Society, but who had no actual interest (plus a few with interest). There is no documentation of what standards applied to such appointments, and one supposes that the Board may exercise the authority to create these anew.
Honorary Members enjoy all benefits of membership other than voting. One suspects that complimentary subscriptions to [[Augustan Omnibus|''The Augustan Omnibus'']] were issued to some, but not all. (Some on the books in 2007 did not have mailing addresses on file.) Given that subscriptions were handled separately for those holding [[Life MembersMembership]] at the time of the last Honorary Member election, one suspects that subscriptions would have to be paid.
It would seem not unreasonable to establish guidelines for who might qualify for Honorary Membership before another such is granted.