List of Freemen of the City of Manchester
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Manchester.
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Individuals
[edit]- Oliver Heywood: 1888.
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB: 1890.
- Abel Heywood: 1891.
- Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde: 1892.
- James Jardine: 1892.
- Professor Sir Adolphus Ward FBA FRHistS: 1897.
- Herbert Philips JP: 1897.
- Enriqueta Augustina Rylands: 1899.
- Robert Dukinfield Darbishire: 1899.
- Richard Copley Christie: 1899.
- Sir William Crossley Bt: 1903.
- Alderman Harry Rawson: 1903.
- Sir William Houldsworth Bt: 1905.
- Benn Wolfe Levy: 1905.
- George Milner: 1905.
- Alderman James Wilson Southern: 1906.
- Rt Hon Sir Wilfrid Laurier GCMG PC KC: 1907.
- Alfred Deakin: 1907.
- Rt Hon Sir Joseph Ward: Bt GCMG PC: 1907.
- Rt Hon Sir Leander Starr Jameson Bt KCMG CB PC: 1907.
- Rt Hon Sir Robert Bond KCMG PC: 1907.
- Rt Hon Sir Frederick Moor KCMG PC: 1907.
- Rt Hon Louis Botha: 1907.
- Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater Bt DL MP: 1914.
- Rt Hon William Morris Hughes CH KC: 1916.
- Sir Edward Holt: 1916.
- Sir Edward Donner Bt: 1916.
- General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh Bahadur GCSI GCIE GCVO GBE KCB GCStJ: 1917.
- Sir James Meston KCSI VD: 1917.
- Rt Hon Lord Sinha KCSI PC KC: 1917.
- Rt Hon Sir Robert Borden GCMG PC KC: 1917.
- Rt Hon William Massey: 1917.
- Field Marshal Rt Hon Jan Smuts PC OM CH * DTD ED KC FRS: 1917.
- Rt Hon Lord Morris KCMG PC: 1917.
- Rt Hon David Lloyd George: 1918.
- President Woodrow Wilson: 1918.
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty GCB OM GCVO DSO PC: 1919.
- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE: 1919.
- Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch: 1923.
- Rt Hon William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC: 1926.
- Rt Hon Lord Bruce of Melbourne CH MC PC FRS: 1926.
- Rt Hon Gordon Coates MC* PC: 1926.
- General Rt Hon J. B. M. Hertzog KC: 1926.
- W. T. Cosgrave: 1926.
- Walter Stanley Monroe: 1926.
- Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab GCIE KCSI IOM: 1926.
- C. P. Scott: 1930.
- Rt Hon Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO TD PC JP: 1934.
- Alderman Hermann Julius Goldschmidt: 1937.
- Alderman William Turner Jackson: 1937.
- Rt Hon Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA: 1943.
- Field Marshal Rt Hon Sir Bernard Montgomery KG GCB DSO PC DL: 1945.
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Tedder GCB: 1945.
- Admiral of the Fleet Rt Hon Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope KT GCB OM DSO & Two Bars: 1945.
- Field Marshal Rt Hon Sir Harold Alexander KG GCB OM GCMG CSI DSO MC CD PC (Can) PC: 1945.
- Alderman Sir William Kay: 1949.
- Rt Hon Clement Attlee KG OM CH PC FRS: 1953.
- Alderman Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell: 1954.
- Alderman Dame Mary Kingsmill Jones DBE: 1956.
- Alderman Wright Robinson: 1956
- Professor Sir John Stopford KBE FRCS FRCP FRS: 1956.
- Sir John Barbirolli CH: 1958.
- Rt Hon Lord Simon of Wythenshawe: 1959.
- Rt Hon Earl of Derby MC: 1961.
- Lady Simon of Wythenshawe: 1964.
- Sir Matthew Busby CBE KCSG: 1967.
- Alderman Thomas Francis Regan: 1973.
- Alderman Sir Richard Harper JP: 1973.
- Alderman Sir Robert Thomas: 1973.
- Alderman Dame Elizabeth Yarwood DBE DL JP: 1974.
- Alderman Mrs. Nellie Beer JP: 1974.
- Professor Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS: 1977.
- Alderman Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE: 1984.
- The Very Reverend Alfred Jowett CBE: 1984.
- Sir Alexander Ferguson CBE: 1999.
- Anthony Wilson: 2007.
- Sir Robert Charlton CBE: 2008.
- Professor Sir Andre Geim FRS FRSC FInstP: 9 October 2013.
- Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov FRS FRSC FInstP: 9 October 2013.
Military units
[edit]- The Manchester Regiment: 1946.
- 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron, RAuxAF: 1957.
- The King's Regiment: 1962.
- The Grenadier Guards: 1964.
- HMS Manchester, RN: 1998.
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 6 December 2006.[2]
- 207 (Manchester) Field Hospital (Volunteers): 2 February 2011[3]
- 209 (The Manchester Artillery) Battery 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery: 25 November 2020.[4][5][6][7]
Honorary citizens
[edit]On 12 July 2017, American singer Ariana Grande became the first honorary citizen of Manchester, after a unanimous vote by the Manchester City Council.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Who has been awarded the 'Freedom of Manchester'?". Confidentials.
- ^ News, Manchester Evening (17 April 2010). "Troops get freedom of the city".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Freedom of Manchester for TA medics". British Army. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Marcus Rashford should be awarded freedom of Manchester, says councillor". 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Freedom of the City Parade". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Akhtar, Saima (28 October 2021). "Manchester to award Freedom of the City to a Manchester army regiment". The Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Manchester regiment awarded Freedom of the City". BBC News Manchester. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Rahim, Zamira (12 July 2017). "Ariana Grande made 'honorary citizen' of Manchester". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.