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In July 1966 the Queen appointed Menzies to the ancient office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, taking official residence at Walmer Castle during his annual visits to Britain.

He toured the United States giving lectures, and he published two volumes of memoirs.

At the end of 1966 Menzies took up a scholar-in-residence position at the University of Virginia.

Menzies encountered some public tribulation in retirement ; however, when he suffered strokes in 1968 and 1971, he faded from public view.