- Knighted Sir Arthur Sullivan by Queen Victoria in 1883.
- Didn't like people to know or use his middle name because of what his full initials spelt.
- Long time collaborator with W.S. Gilbert.
- Wrote the music to "Onward Christian Soldiers" (the tune's real name is "St. Gertrude").
- "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "The Mikado" was both performed at the Savoy Theatre and were both nominated for Outstanding Musical Production in 2001 (2000 season) at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.
- In 2000, 3 Gilbert & Sullivan theatrical productions of "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Mikado" and "The Pirates of Penzeance", which was in a new version by Joseph Papp, were nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production. Two of the plays were performed at the Savoy in the original format. "The Pirates of Penzeance", Joseph Papp's new version, was presented on Broadway by the New York Shakespeare Festival and in London.
- "H.M.S. Pinafore" was performed at the Savoy Theatre and the musical was nominated for Outstanding Musical Production in 2001 (2000 season) at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards.
- He was interred in a crypt under an ornate flat panel in St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England.
- W.S. Gilbert and his musical, "The Pirates of Penzance", at The Hypocrites Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Musical.
- William S. Gilbert and his musical, "The Pirates of Penzance" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2012 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Large Musical Production.
- Brother of of François Cellier a conductor and composer (b. 1848, d. 1914).
- Uncle of Frank Cellier.
- Great uncle of Peter Cellier and Antoinette Cellier.
- William S. Gilbert and his musical, "Hot Mikado," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1993 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Musical Production.
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