List of freemen of the City of Birmingham

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

List

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 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 13 June 1911
Frances Corder Clayton 2 July 1912
Charles Gabriel 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 Frank Henry Cufaude Wiltshire[1] 18 October 1947
Harrison Barrow[1] 12 April 1949
Ann Marie Howes[1] 16 April 1955
Sir Barry V. Jackson 16 April 1955
Sir Sydney Vernon[1] 16 April 1955
Sir T. B. Pritchett 7 May 1960
Sir Albert Frederick Bradbeer[1] 7 May 1960
268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA 4 June 1966
Sir Francis. F. Griffin 2 May 1970
Harry Watton[1] 2 May 1970
35th Signal Regiment 12 September 1970
Ernest Walter Horton[1] 15 September 1973
Eric Edward Mole[1] 15 September 1973
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 7 May 1975
HMS Birmingham 11 May 1978
Sir Neville Bruce Alfred Bosworth 4 December 1982
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury 4 December 1982
Julius Silverman 4 December 1982
Queen's Own Hussars 4 October 1983
Marjorie Alice Brown[1] 25 October 1986
Freda Mary Cocks[1] 25 October 1986
Sir Reginald E. Eyre 23 February 1991
Denis Howell, 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)[2] 2 October 2010
Peter Hollingworth 14 June 2011[1]
RAF Cosford 19 May 2018
Terence "Geezer" Butler[3] 30 June 2025
Tony Iommi[3] 30 June 2025
Ozzy Osbourne[3] 30 June 2025
Bill Ward[3] 30 June 2025

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Freeman of the City Holders" (PDF). Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ^ Greatrex, Jonny (4 October 2010). "Birmingham British Legion members given the Freedom of the City". The Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d ""Black Sabbath awarded the Freedom of the City of Birmingham"". Birmingham City Council. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

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