List of Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne

Individuals

17th Century

• His Grace Duke of Newcastle : September 1642.
• Sir George Baker: September 1643.
• Sir William Armine : April 1645.
• Richard Barvis: April 1645.
• Robert Fenwick: April 1645.
• Sir Arthur Haselrig : September 1649.
• Edmon Styole: January 1652.
• John Rushforth: August 1652.
• Mr. Sidenham: November 1652.
• Thomas Bantiff: January 1653.
• William Hilton: August 1654.
• Colonel Charles Howard: January 1655.
• Sir Thomas Widdrington: September 1657.
• Thomas Parles: February 1660.
• Francis Nicholls: July 1660.
• Colonel Sir Edward Villiers: September 1662.
• Sir William Forster: September 1665.
• Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle: June 1667.
• His Grace The Duke of Lauderdale : October 1672.
• James Aire: December 1672.
• John Cockburn: April 1674.
• William Lilburne: July 1674.
• George Johnson: September 1674.
• Lionell Vane: August 1681.
• Robert Mitford: October 1681.
• William Ramsay: September 1683.
• Henry Lambton: September 1685.
• George Johnson: September 1696.
• Sir St John Conyers : September 1697.
• Sir Baldwin Conyers : September 1697.
• John Ord: October 1699.

  18th Century

• John Cuthbert: September 1707.
• Martin Bryson: January 1725.
• Rt Hon Earl of Scarborough : July 1733.
• William Anysley: July 1737.
• Edward Collingwood: September 1738.
• Rt Hon Earl of Scarborough : September 1742.
• James Lumley : September 1742.
• Rt Hon Earl of Northumberland : May 1753.
• Rt Hon William Pitt : April 1757.
• Rt Hon Henry Bilson-Legge : April 1757.
• William Gibson: September 1760.
• HRH Duke of Cumberland: August 1771.
• Christopher Fawcett: October 1771.
• HRH Duke of York and Albany: June 1795.
• HRH Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh: June 1796.

  19th Century

• His Grace Duke of Northumberland : June 1818.
• HRH Duke of Sussex: August 1822.
• Field Marshal His Grace Duke of Welington : September 1827.
• The Most Honourable Marquess of Londonderry : November 1827.
• James Losh: January 1833.
• Sir William George Armstrong : September 1886.
• Sir Henry Morton Stanley : May 1890.
• Sir Charles Frederick Hamond: October 1890.
• Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone : August 1891.
• Field Marshal Rt Hon Lord Roberts of Kandahar : January 1894.
• Field Marshal Rt Hon Lord Wolseley : July 1899.

  20th Century

• Rt Hon Lord Armstrong : May 1901.
• Lieutenant General Lord Baden Powell : March 1903.
• Alexander Laing: September 1904.
• Sir Henry William Newton: October 1906.
• William John Sanderson: March 1909.
• Thomas Richardson: May 1909.
• Sir Andrew Noble : June 1910.
• Sir William Haswell Stephenson : October 1910.
• Rt Hon Thomas Burt: November 1911.
• Sir Joseph Baxter Ellis: December 1912.
• Rt Hon Sir Edward Grey : October 1913.
• Sir Charles Algernon Parsons : March 1914.
• Sir Joseph Swan : March 1914.
• Field Marshal Rt Hon Jan Smuts : October 1917.
• Rt Hon David Lloyd George : September 1918.
• Major General Sir Robert Arundel Kerr Montgomery : February 1919.
• Admiral of the Fleet Rt Hon Lord Beatty : April 1919.
• Field Marshal Rt Hon Lord Haig : April 1919.
• Marshal Ferdinand Foch: April 1919.
• Admiral of the Fleet Rt Hon Lord Jellicoe of Scapa : October 1925.
• John Henry Watson: May 1926.
• Rt Hon Arthur Henderson : July 1930.
• Sir George Lunn : July 1930.
• Hugh Morton : July 1930.
• Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland : May 1936.
• Rt Hon George Lansbury : May 1936.
• Sir Arthur Maule Oliver : June 1937.
• William Bramble : July 1939.
• Sir Charles Wothington Craven : July 1939.
• Richard Mayne : March 1940.
• David Adams : March 1940.
• John Chapman : December 1957.
• William McKeag : December 1966.
• Violet Hardisty Grantham: December 1966.
• Dame Catherine Campbell Scott : December 1966.
• Gladys Robson : December 1966.
• King Olav V of Norway: September 1968.
• President James Earl Carter Jr.: May 1977.
• His Eminence Cardinal Basil Hume OSB OM: January 1980.
• Professor Sir John Walton : January 1980.
• Colonel George Brown : January 1980.
• John Edward Thompson Milburn: January 1980.
• Councillor Henry Russell: January 1980.
• Councillor Arthur Grey : January 1980.
• Councillor Margaret Collins : January 1980.
• Councillor Thomas Watson Collins: January 1980.
• Councillor Thomas Watson Collins : January 1980.
• Daisy Dorothy Clarke : June 1982.
• David Scott Cowper : June 1982.
• Nelson Mandela: April 1986.
• Andrei Sakharov: April 1986.
• Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof : April 1986.
• Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Gosforth : July 1992.
• Rt Hon Lord Beecham : April 1995.
• Councillor Theresa Science Russell: April 1998.

  21st Century

• Harriet Jean Dunlop: February 2000.
• Dillan Richard Horsburgh: February 2000.
• Nathan Lee Douglas: February 2000.
• Lewis John White: February 2000.
• Kieran Paul Crump: February 2000.
• Jordan Rose Nicholson: February 2000.
• Rachel Isobel Somerville: February 2000.
• Rt Hon Nicholas Hugh Brown: December 2000.
• Rt Hon Lord Glenamara : December 2000.
• Alan Shearer : December 2000.
• Jonathan Edwards : December 2000.
• Jonathan Peter Wilkinson : December 2003.
• Sir Robert William Robson : March 2005.
• Rt Hon Lord Woolf : May 2006.
• Hari Shukla : May 2006.
• King Harald V of Norway: November 2008.
• Aung San Suu Kyi: March 2011..
• Professor Peter Higgs : September 2013.
• Brendan Foster : February 2016.
• Sir Terry Farrell : February 2016.
• Sir Leonard Fenwick : May 2016.
• Olivia Grant : May 2016.
• Professor Chris Brink : September 2016.
• Michael Harrison: February 2017.
• Freddy Shepherd: April 2017.
• Bruce Shepherd: April 2017.

  Military Units

• The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers: February 1948.
• The Northumberland Hussars: January 1969.
• The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars: May 1972.
• HMS Newcastle, RN: March 1978.
• 101st Regiment Royal Artillery: January 1980.
• 201 Field Hospital RAMC: July 1984.
• The Royal Naval Reserve : October 1985.
• The Royal Marines: July 1989.
• The St John Ambulance : July 1989.
• RAF Boulmer: February 2017.

  Organizations and Groups

• Citizens of Newcastle upon Tyne who volunteered and served with the British Army in the South African War: August 1901.
• Newcastle United Football Club: May 1993.
• The Royal Shakespeare Company: October 1997.
• The Sage Group plc: December 2000.
• Ringtons Tea: July 2007.
• Greggs plc: September 2009.
• The Little Sisters of the Poor: February 2017.