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 :
Picture | Name | Received |
Rt Hon 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 | |
Rt Hon Earl Roberts VC KG OM | 1 January 1901 | |
Edward Lawley Parker JP | 31 October 1904 | |
Rt Hon Jesse Collings MP | 13 June 1911 | |
Rt Hon 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 | |
Rt Hon William Moris Hughes | 22 May 1916 | |
Rt Hon David Lloyd George OM MP | 5 February 1921 | |
Rt Hon Earl Balfour KG OM | 22 June 1922 | |
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick | 25 September 1923 | |
Sir David Brooks GBE JP | 25 September 1923 | |
Rt Hon Sir Austen Chamberlain KG PC MP | 22 February 1926 | |
Barrow Cadbury JP | 6 May 1932 | |
Rt Hon 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 | |
Rt Hon Jan Christiaan Smuts CH KC | 19 May 1944 | |
Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill CH FRS MP | 31 October 1946 | |
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 1946 | |
Rt Hon 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 | |
Rt Hon 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 | |
RAF Cosford | 19 May 2018 |