Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham
Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham.
The City of Birmingham, England has granted Honorary Freedom to individuals and military organisations since 1888. Designation as a Freeman of the City is an honorary title and, subject to a two-thirds majority of the Council, is granted to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent services to the City. The following have received this honour (up to 1998):
- Joseph Chamberlain MP, 20 March 1888
- Philip Henry Muntz JP, 23 October 1888
- Thomas Avery JP, 4 October 1892
- George Dixon MP, 4 January 1898
- John Thackray Bunce JP, 7 March 1899
- Earl Roberts VC KG OM, 1 January 1901
- Edward Lawley Parker JP, 31 October 1904
- Jesse Collings MP, 13 June 1911
- William Kenrick JP, 13 June 1911
- Frances Corder Clayton JP, 2 July 1912
- Charles Gabriel Beale Beale JP, 2 July 1912
- Sir William Henry Bowater JP, 4 January 1916
- William Moris Hughes, 22 May 1916
- David Lloyd George OM MP, 5 February 1921
- Earl Balfour KG OM, 22 June 1922
- Sir George Hamilton Kenrick, 25 September 1923
- Sir David Brooks GBE JP, 25 September 1923
- Sir Austen Chamberlain KG PC MP, 22 February 1926
- Barrow Cadbury JP, 6 May 1932
- Neville Chamberlain PC MP, 6 May 1932
- John Henry Lloyd MA JP, 6 May 1932
- Ernest Martineau CMG DL, 11 July 1938
- William Adlington Cadbury, 11 July 1938
- Wilfred Byng Kenrick, 11 July 1938
- Henry James Sayer JP, 11 July 1938
- Jan Christiaan Smuts CH KC, 19 May 1944
- Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill CH FRS MP, 31 October 1946
- The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1946
- Clement R. Attlee CH MP, 18 October 1947
- Sir William J. Slim KCB, 18 October 1947
- Sir F. H. C. Wiltshire MC, 18 October 1947
- H. Barrow, 12 April 1949
- Mrs. A. M. Howes MBE JP, 16 April 1955
- Sir Barry V. Jackson, 16 April 1955
- Sir S. Vernon, 16 April 1955
- Sir T. B. Pritchett MC DL, 7 May 1960
- Sir A. Bradbeer JP, 7 May 1960
- 268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA, 4 June 1966
- Sir Francis. F. Griffin, 2 May 1970
- H. Watton CBE JP, 2 May 1970
- 35th Signal Regiment, 12 September 1970
- E. W. Horton JP, 15 September 1973
- E. E. Mole OBE JP, 15 September 1973
- Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 7 May 1975
- HMS Birmingham, 11 May 1978
- Sir N. B. A. Bosworth CBE, 4 December 1982
- Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, 4 December 1982
- Julius Silverman MP, 4 December 1982
- Queen's Own Hussars, 4 October 1983
- Mrs. M. A. Brown CBE JP, 25 October 1986
- Mrs. F. M. Cocks OBE JP, 25 October 1986
- Sir Reginald E. Eyre, 23 February 1991
- Baron Howell of Aston Manor, 23 February 1991
- Sir Simon D. Rattle CBE, 1 October 1996
- Miss L. Clayton, 1 October 1996
- Cllr. Peter Hollingworth JP, 2011
References
- Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who, 1998, Kinslea Press, 1998. ISBN 1-900753-05-7.
- History of Birmingham – Volume II, Asa Briggs, Oxford University Press, 1952.
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