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 (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
• 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
• 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

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.