List of freemen of the City of Birmingham
# 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):

| 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) | 2 October 2010 |
| Peter Hollingworth | 2011 |
| RAF Cosford | 19 May 2018 |
