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List of freemen of the City of Birmingham

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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
[[File:Joseph Chamberlain.jpg	100px]]	Joseph Chamberlain	20 March 1888
[[File:Philip Henry Muntz, Vanity Fair, 1875-08-07.jpg	100px]]	Philip Henry Muntz	23 October 1888
	Thomas Avery	4 October 1892
[[File:George Dixon MP.jpg	100px]]	George Dixon	4 January 1898
	John Thackray Bunce	7 March 1899
[[File:Earl Roberts of Kandahar.jpg	100px]]	Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts	1 January 1901
	Edward Lawley Parker	31 October 1904
[[File:JesseCollings.jpg	100px]]	Jesse Collings	13 June 1911
[[File:William Kenrick (Birmingham).jpg	100px]]	William Kenrick	13 June 1911
	Frances Corder Clayton	2 July 1912
	Charles Gabriel Beale	2 July 1912
	Sir William Henry Bowater	4 January 1916
[[File:BillyHughes.png	100px]]	William Moris Hughes	22 May 1916
[[File:David Lloyd George.jpg	100px]]	David Lloyd George	5 February 1921
[[File:Gws balfour 02.jpg	100px]]	Earl Balfour	22 June 1922
	Sir George Hamilton Kenrick	25 September 1923
	Sir David Brooks	25 September 1923
[[File:Laszlo - The Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain.jpg	100px]]	Sir Austen Chamberlain	22 February 1926
	Barrow Cadbury	6 May 1932
[[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg	100px]]	Neville Chamberlain	6 May 1932
	John Henry Lloyd	6 May 1932
	Ernest Martineau	11 July 1938
[[File:Barrow Cadbury by Thomas Bowman Garvie.jpg	100px]]	William Adlington Cadbury	11 July 1938
	Wilfred Byng Kenrick	11 July 1938
	Henry James Sayer	11 July 1938
[[File:Jan Smuts 1947.jpg	100px]]	Jan Christiaan Smuts	19 May 1944
[[File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg	100px]]	Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	31 October 1946
	The Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1946
[[File:Clement Attlee.png	100px]]	Clement Attlee	18 October 1947
[[File:William Slim, 1950.jpg	100px]]	Sir William J. Slim	18 October 1947
	url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/949/freedom_of_the_city_holders.pdf	publisher=Birmingham City Council	accessdate=2 March 2025	title=Freeman of the City Holders}}	18 October 1947
	Harrison Barrow	12 April 1949
	Ann Marie Howes	16 April 1955
	Sir Barry V. Jackson	16 April 1955
	Sir Sydney Vernon	16 April 1955
	Sir T. B. Pritchett	7 May 1960
	Sir Albert Frederick Bradbeer	7 May 1960
	268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA	4 June 1966
	Sir Francis. F. Griffin	2 May 1970
	Harry Watton	2 May 1970
	35th Signal Regiment	12 September 1970
	Ernest Walter Horton	15 September 1973
	Eric Edward Mole	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	25 October 1986
	Freda Mary Cocks	25 October 1986
	Sir Reginald E. Eyre	23 February 1991
	Denis Howell, Baron Howell of Aston Manor	23 February 1991
[[File:Rattle BPH-Rittershaus1-Wikipedia.jpg	100px]]	Sir Simon D. Rattle	1 October 1996
	Lisa Clayton	1 October 1996
	Royal British Legion (Birmingham County Branch)	2 October 2010
	Peter Hollingworth	14 June 2011
	RAF Cosford	19 May 2018
	Terence "Geezer" Butler	30 June 2025
	Tony Iommi	30 June 2025
	Ozzy Osbourne	30 June 2025
	Bill Ward	30 June 2025

Notes

References

Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who, 1998, Kinslea Press, 1998. .
History of Birmingham – Volume II, Asa Briggs, Oxford University Press, 1952.

References

"Freeman of the City Holders". [[Birmingham City Council]].
Greatrex, Jonny. (4 October 2010). "Birmingham British Legion members given the Freedom of the City".
. (30 June 2025). [""Black Sabbath awarded the Freedom of the City of Birmingham""](https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/1591/black_sabbath_awarded_the_freedom_of_the_city_of_birmingham).

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