List of freemen of the City of Birmingham

Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham.

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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):

Picture Name Received
  Joseph Chamberlain 20 March 1888
  Philip Henry Muntz 23 October 1888
Thomas Avery JP 4 October 1892
  George Dixon 4 January 1898
John Thackray Bunce 7 March 1899
  Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 1 January 1901
Edward Lawley Parker 31 October 1904
  Jesse Collings 13 June 1911
  William Kenrick (Birmingham MP)William Kenrick 13 June 1911
Frances Corder Clayton 2 July 1912
Charles Gabriel Beale Beale 2 July 1912
Sir William Henry Bowater 4 January 1916
  William Moris Hughes 22 May 1916
  David Lloyd George 5 February 1921
  Earl Balfour 22 June 1922
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick 25 September 1923
Sir David Brooks 25 September 1923
  Sir Austen Chamberlain 22 February 1926
Barrow Cadbury 6 May 1932
  Neville Chamberlain 6 May 1932
John Henry Lloyd 6 May 1932
Ernest Martineau 11 July 1938
  William Adlington Cadbury 11 July 1938
Wilfred Byng Kenrick 11 July 1938
Henry James Sayer 11 July 1938
  Jan Christiaan Smuts 19 May 1944
  Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 31 October 1946
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1946
  Clement Attlee 18 October 1947
  Sir William J. Slim 18 October 1947
Sir F. H. C. Wiltshire 18 October 1947
H. Barrow 12 April 1949
A. M. Howes 16 April 1955
Sir Barry V. Jackson 16 April 1955
Sir S. Vernon 16 April 1955
Sir T. B. Pritchett 7 May 1960
Sir A. Bradbeer 7 May 1960
268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA 4 June 1966
Sir Francis. F. Griffin 2 May 1970
H. Watton 2 May 1970
35th Signal Regiment 12 September 1970
E. W. Horton 15 September 1973
E. E. Mole 15 September 1973
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 7 May 1975
HMS Birmingham 11 May 1978
Sir N. B. A. Bosworth 4 December 1982
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury 4 December 1982
Julius Silverman 4 December 1982
Queen's Own Hussars 4 October 1983
M. A. Brown 25 October 1986
F. M. Cocks 25 October 1986
Sir Reginald E. Eyre 23 February 1991
Baron Howell of Aston Manor 23 February 1991
  Sir Simon D. Rattle 1 October 1996
Lisa Clayton 1 October 1996
Royal British Legion (Birmingham County Branch)[1] 2 October 2010
Peter Hollingworth 2011
RAF Cosford 19 May 2018

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  1. ^ Greatrex, Jonny (4 October 2010). "Birmingham British Legion members given the Freedom of the City". The Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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