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):

Picture	Name	Received
	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
	Royal Air Force Cosford	19 May 2018

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.