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List of Freemen of the City of Manchester

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The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the CityofManchester.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2019)

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.

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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]

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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.

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