Freedom of the City

FREEDOM OF THE CITY

Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1946

268 (Warwickshire) Regiment, Royal Artillery T.A. 4th June, 1966

35th (South Midland) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals 12th September 1970

Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 7th May, 1975

H.M.S. Birmingham 11th May, 1978

Queen's Own Hussars (known as the Queens Royal Hussars) 4th October, 1983

HMS Forward (Royal Naval Reserve) 3rd, December, 2002

The West Midlands Regiment 3rd, December, 2002

202 (Midlands) Field Hospital (V) 3rd, December, 2002

26th Regiment Royal Artillery 24 June, 2008

HMS Daring 27 August, 2008

Special Air Service (SAS) 23 December, 2008

Royal British Legion 13th April 2010

Regiments of Foot Guards 11 October 2011

The Rifles 6 November 2012

FREEMEN OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF SUTTON COLDFIELD

Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P., J.P. 1892

William John Seal, Esq., J.P. 1921

John Townshend Glover, Esq., J.P. 1921

Sir Alfred H. Evans, J.P. 1931

Robert A. Reay-Nadin, Esq., J.P. 1933

John Edward Willmott Esq., J.P. 1937

A. E. Terry Esq., J.P. 1956

Sir Alfred Owen, C.B.E., D.Sc., O.St.J., D.L. 1970

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Date Admitted

The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. 20th March, 1888

Philip Henry Muntz, Esq., J.P. 23rd Oct., 1888

Thomas Avery, Esq., J.P. 4th Oct., 1892

George Dixon, Esq., M.P. 4th Jan., 1898

John Thackray Bunce Esq., J.P. 7th March 1899

Field Marshall the Right Honourable Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. 1st Jan., 1901

Edward Lawley Parker, Esq., J.P. 31st Oct., 1904

The Right Honourable Jesse Collings, M.P. 13th June, 1911

The Right Honourable William Kenrick J.P. 13th June, 1911

Frances Corder Clayton, Esq., J.P. 2nd July, 1912

Charles Gabriel Beale Esq., J.P. 2nd July, 1912

Sir William Henry Bowater, J.P. 4th Jan., 1916

The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes 22nd May,1916

The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, O.M., M.P. 5th Feb., 1921

The Right Honourable the Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M. 22nd June, 1922

Sir George Hamilton Kenrick 25th Sept., 1923

Sir David Brookes, G.B.E., J.P. 25th Sept., 1923

The Right Honourable Sir Austen Chamberlain K.G., M.P. 22nd, Feb., 1926

Barrow Cadbury, Esq., J.P. 6th May,1932

The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain, M.P. 6th May,1932

John Henry Lloyd, Esq., M.A., J.P. 6th May,1932

Ernest Martineau, Esq., C.M.G., D.L. 11th July, 1938

William Adlington Cadbury, Esq., 11th July, 1938

Wilfred Byng Kenrick, Esq., 11th July, 1938

Henry James Sayer, Esq., J.P. 11th July, 1938 Lordshare/ Freedom Parade/Freedom Parades & Freemen Lists Page 2 of 4 HONORARY FREEMEN CONT …………..

Field Marshall the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan Smuts, C.H., K.C. 19th May, 1944

The Right Honourable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, C.H., F.R.S., M.P. 31st Oct., 1946

The Right Honourable Clement Richard Attlee, C.H., M.P. 18th Oct., 1947

General Sir William Joseph Slim, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., A.D.C. 18th Oct., 1947

Sir Frank Henry Cufaude Wiltshire, M.C. 18th Oct., 1947

Harrison Barrow, Esq. 12th April, 1949

Mrs. Ann Marie Howes, M.B.E., J.P. 16th April, 1955

Sir Barry Jackson 16th April, 1955

Sydney Vernon, Esq., 16th April, 1955

Sir Albert Frederick Bradbeer, J.P. 7th May,1960

Sir Theodore Beal Pritchett, M.C., D.L. 7th May,1960

Sir Francis Griffin 2nd May,1970

Harry Watton, Esq., C.B.E., D.Sc.(Hon.), J.P. 2nd May,1970

Ernest Walter Horton, Esq., J.P. 15th Sept., 1973

Eric Edward Mole, Esq., O.B.E., J.P. 15th Sept., 1973

Sir Neville Bruce Alfred Bosworth , C.B.E., LL.B. 15th June, 1982

Sir Adrian Cadbury, Kt., M.A., Hon.D.Sc. 15th June, 1982

Julius Silverman, M.P. 15th June, 1982

Mrs. Marjorie Alice Brown, C.B.E., J.P. 25th Oct., 1986

Mrs. Freda Mary Cocks, O.B.E., J.P. 25th Oct., 1986

Sir Reginald Eyre, M.A. 23rd Feb., 1991

Baron Howell of Aston Manor 23rd Feb., 1991

Lisa Clayton, Hon.D.Sc. 1st Oct., 1996

Sir Simon Rattle, C.B.E. 1st Oct., 1996 Lordshare/ Freedom Parade/Freedom Parades & Freemen Lists Page 3 of 4 Peter Hollingworth J.P. 14 June, 2011

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