Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham

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
• 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

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