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 :
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Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain MP20 March 1888
Philip Henry Muntz JP23 October 1888
Thomas Avery JP4 October 1892
George Dixon MP4 January 1898
John Thackray Bunce JP7 March 1899
Rt Hon Earl Roberts VC KG OM1 January 1901
Edward Lawley Parker JP31 October 1904
Rt Hon Jesse Collings MP13 June 1911
Rt Hon William Kenrick JP13 June 1911
Frances Corder Clayton JP2 July 1912
Charles Gabriel Beale Beale JP2 July 1912
Sir William Henry Bowater JP4 January 1916
Rt Hon William Moris Hughes22 May 1916
Rt Hon David Lloyd George OM MP5 February 1921
Rt Hon Earl Balfour KG OM22 June 1922
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick25 September 1923
Sir David Brooks GBE JP25 September 1923
Rt Hon Sir Austen Chamberlain KG PC MP22 February 1926
Barrow Cadbury JP6 May 1932
Rt Hon Neville Chamberlain PC MP6 May 1932
John Henry Lloyd MA JP6 May 1932
Ernest Martineau CMG DL11 July 1938
William Adlington Cadbury11 July 1938
Wilfred Byng Kenrick11 July 1938
Henry James Sayer JP11 July 1938
Rt Hon Jan Christiaan Smuts CH KC19 May 1944
Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill CH FRS MP31 October 1946
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment1946
Rt Hon Clement R. Attlee CH MP18 October 1947
Sir William J. Slim KCB18 October 1947
Sir F. H. C. Wiltshire MC18 October 1947
H. Barrow12 April 1949
Mrs. A. M. Howes MBE JP16 April 1955
Sir Barry V. Jackson16 April 1955
Sir S. Vernon16 April 1955
Sir T. B. Pritchett MC DL7 May 1960
Sir A. Bradbeer JP7 May 1960
268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA4 June 1966
Sir Francis. F. Griffin2 May 1970
H. Watton CBE JP2 May 1970
35th Signal Regiment12 September 1970
E. W. Horton JP15 September 1973
E. E. Mole OBE JP15 September 1973
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers7 May 1975
HMS Birmingham11 May 1978
Sir N. B. A. Bosworth CBE4 December 1982
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury4 December 1982
Julius Silverman MP4 December 1982
Queen's Own Hussars4 October 1983
Mrs. M. A. Brown CBE JP25 October 1986
Mrs. F. M. Cocks OBE JP25 October 1986
Sir Reginald E. Eyre23 February 1991
Rt Hon Baron Howell of Aston Manor 23 February 1991
Sir Simon D. Rattle CBE1 October 1996
Miss L. Clayton1 October 1996
Cllr. Peter Hollingworth JP2011
RAF Cosford19 May 2018