List of Freemen of the City of Manchester

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

Individuals

• 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

• 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

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

1. "Who has been awarded the 'Freedom of Manchester'?". Confidentials.
2. News, Manchester Evening (17 April 2010). "Troops get freedom of the city". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. "Freedom of Manchester for TA medics". British Army. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011.
4. "Marcus Rashford should be awarded freedom of Manchester, says councillor". 27 October 2020.
5. "Freedom of the City Parade". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
6. 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.
7. "Manchester regiment awarded Freedom of the City". BBC News Manchester. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. 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.