List of Honorary Freemen of the City of London

List of Honorary Freemen of the City of London

This is a list of some people who have been awarded Honorary Freedom (or "Freedom Honoris Causa") of the City of London. This is different, and much rarer, than being an 'ordinary' Freeman of the City of London. Whereas ordinary Freemen apply for the Freedom themselves (and about 1800 per year so do) and pay a 'fine' for this, people in this category do not apply for, but are invited by the Court of Common Council to receive, the Freedom. As such, it is the highest honour which is in the power of the City of London to bestow. Their presentation ceremony usually takes place in the Great Hall of the Guildhall before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Councilmen and invited guests. The presentation on these occasions is made by the Chamberlain of London, and is usually followed by a Guildhall or Mansion House banquet. The first to be so honored was William Pitt the Elder in 1757. For many years, it was the custom to present the Freedom in specially commissioned and unique gold or silver caskets, the design of which was inspired by the background and the achievements of the individual to which is was given.

There is a long standing tradition of admitting women to the Freedom. Although nowadays usually called Freemen as well, the historically correct way of referring to them is: "Free Sisters".

In addition to those below, all monarchs and many other members of the British Royal Family have been awarded the honour.

* Brian Dear Former West Ham United & Millwall Footballer.
* Peter Ackroyd "(awarded on 15.12.2006)" [cite press release | title =Famous London historian honoured by the City of London | publisher =City of London | date =2006-12-14 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2006/Famous+London+historian+honoured+by+the+City+of+London.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* George Arthur
* Robert Baden-Powell
* Raymond Baxter "(awarded in 1978)"
* Edward Berry
* William Booth "(awarded on 26.10.1906)" [cite news |title=London Honors Gen. Booth |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9807EFDE143DE733A25754C2A9669D946497D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1905-10-27 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ] "See also: [http://www.salvationarmy-norcal.org/heritage.nsf/36c107e27b0ba7a98025692e0032abaa/7718c4edf46201f580256976003dec32!OpenDocument Report on Salvation Army website] "
* Louis Botha "(awarded on 16.04.1907)" cite news |title=London lionizing Botha |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E2D7123EE033A25754C1A9629C946697D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1907-04-17 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* James Brooke "(awarded in 1847)"
* Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army)
* George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
* Angela Burdett-Coutts "(awarded on 18.07.1872) She was the first woman to be awarded the honorary Freedom.
* Austen Chamberlain "(awarded on 25.03.1926)" [cite news |title=Chamberlain gets Freedom of London | work=The New York Times | date=1926-03-26 |]
* Joseph Chamberlain "(awarded on 13.02.1902)" [cite news |title=Mr. Chamberlain Honored |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01E7D91530E733A25757C1A9649C946397D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1902-02-14 |accessdate=2007-11-24]
* Jimmy Choo "(awarded on 14.11.2006)" [cite press release | title =World-famous shoe designer receives Freedom of the City of London | publisher =City of London | date =2006-11-15 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2006/jimmy_choo_freedom.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Winston Churchill "(awarded on 30.06.1943)" [cite news |title=Churchill's Title Has Ancient Roots; Includes Right to Enter City Almhouses|work=The New York Times |date=1943-07-01]
* Shaw Clifton "(awarded on 13.09.2007)" cite press release | title =Salvation Army Leaders Receive Freedom of the City of London | publisher =The Salvation Army | date =2007-09-13 | url =http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_ihq_general.nsf/vw-news/B37835B94820773A8025735500586207 | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet "(awarded on 09.03.1876)" [cite news |title=The Chief Justice in London
url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9400E5D81E3FE73BBC4852DFB566838D669FDE |work=The New York Times |date=1876-03-10 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Frederick Cook "(awarded on 15.10.1909)" [cite news |title=The Freedom of the City
url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9907E4DD1638E333A25757C0A9649D946196D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1910-12-04 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Randall Davidson "(awarded in 1928)"
* Benjamin Disraeli "(awarded on 03.08.1878)" [cite news |title=Honors to Beaconsfield |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE0D8143EE73BBC4C53DFBE668383669FDE |work=The New York Times |date=1878-08-04 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Alexander Downer, Sr. "(awarded in 1965)"
* Robin Dunster "(awarded on 13.09.2007)" cite press release | title =Salvation Army Leaders Receive Freedom of the City of London | publisher =The Salvation Army | date =2007-09-13 | url =http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_ihq_general.nsf/vw-news/B37835B94820773A8025735500586207 | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Dwight D. Eisenhower "(awarded on 12.06.1945)" [cite news |title=Eisenhower to get honor | work=The New York Times | date=1945-06-10 |]
* Giuseppe Garibaldi
* Bill Gates
* George, Duke of Cambridge, Prince "(awarded on 04.11.1857)"
* Ron Goodwin
* Ulysses S. Grant "(awarded on 15.06.1877)" [cite news |title=Gen. Grant at Guildhall |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DEFD8103CE731A25753C3A9609C946690D7CF |work=The New York Times |date=1877-06-30 |accessdate=2007-11-16 ]
* Alan Greenspan "(awarded on 12.2005)"
* Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey "(awarded on 23.01.1912)" [cite news |title=London Honors Earl Grey |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B05E2D61E31E233A25757C2A9679C946396D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1912-01-24 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Marjorie Jackson-Nelson "(awarded on 24.06.2005)" [cite press release | title =Governor of South Australia receives the Freedom of the City of London | publisher =City of London | date =2005-06-24 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2006/Governor+of+S+Australia+receives+Freedom+of+the+City.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Edward Jenner
* Digby Jones
* Salar Jung I
* Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener "(awarded on 04.11.1898)" [cite news |title=London Honors Kitchener |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9403E4D81438E433A25756C0A9679D94699ED7CF |work=The New York Times |date=1898-11-05 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Helmut Kohl "(awarded on 18.02.1998 'as the first European leader')." [cite news |title=Kohl to be given honorary freedom of the City of London
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/57707.stm |work=BBC news website |date=1998-02-18 |accessdate=2007-11-14 ]
* Lee Kuan Yew
* Wilfrid Laurier "(awarded on 16.04.1907)" cite news |title=London lionizing Botha |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E2D7123EE033A25754C1A9629C946697D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1907-04-17 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Lasse Lehtinen "(awarded on 21.09.2007)" [cite press release | title =Leading Finnish cultural figure awarded Freedom of the City | publisher =City of London | date =2007-09-21 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2007/Leading+Finnish+cultural+figure+awarded+Freedom+of+the+City.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Ferdinand de Lesseps
* William Lidderdale "(awarded in 1891)"
* Charles Lindbergh
* David Lloyd George "(awarded on 27.04.1917)" [cite news |title=Must win Ireland, says Lloyd George |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9802E5D7153AE433A2575BC2A9629C946696D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1917-04-28 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Nelson Mandela "(awarded 10.07.1996) See: [http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1996/sp0710c.html Acceptance Speech] "
* Francis Leopold McClintock "(awarded in 05.1860)"
* Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner "(awarded on 23.07.1901)" [cite news |title=Speech by Lord Milner |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9407E3DA143FE433A25757C2A9619C946097D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1901-07-24 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Ed Mirvish
* Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
* Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
* Jawaharlal Nehru
* Florence Nightingale "(awarded 16.08.1908) She was the second woman who was awarded honorary Freedom.
* Otto von Habsburg "(awarded on 11.07.2007)" [cite press release | title =Last Crown Prince of Austria receives the Freedom of the City of London | publisher =City of London | date =2007-07-11 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2007/131_07.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Luciano Pavarotti "(awarded on 12.11.2005)" [cite press release | title =Pavarotti receives freedom of the City of London
publisher =British Red Cross | date = | url =http://www.redcross.org.uk/news.asp?id=49068 | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
* William Pitt the Elder "(received the first honorary Freedom in 1757)"
* William Pitt the Younger
* William Reid (VC)
* Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Theodore Roosevelt "(awarded on 31.05.1910)" [cite news |title=Freedom of London for Col. Roosevelt
url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CEEDD1430E233A25757C0A9659C946196D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1910-03-04 |accessdate=2007-11-15 ]
* Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of "(awarded on 03.08.1878)" [cite news |title=Honors to Beaconsfield |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE0D8143EE73BBC4C53DFBE668383669FDE |work=The New York Times |date=1878-08-04 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* John Ross (Arctic explorer) "(awarded in 03.1834)"
* James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez
* Jan Smuts "(awarded on 01.05.1917)" [cite news |title=London Honors Gen. Smuts |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06E3D6153AE433A25751C0A9639C946696D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=1917-05-02 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Henry Morton Stanley "(awarded on 13.01.1887)"
* Eric Sykes
* Margaret Thatcher "(awarded on 26.05.1989) See: [http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107680 Acceptance Speech] "
* Bernard Weatherill
* William Fenwick Williams
* Woodrow Wilson "(awarded on 28.12.1918)" [cite news |title=President Wilson's Speech At the Guildhall in London |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9407E6D9113BEE3ABC4151DFB4678383609EDE |work=The New York Times |date=1918-12-29 |accessdate=2007-11-24 ]
* Bob Winter "(awarded on 10.09.2007)" [cite press release | title =Lord Provost of Glasgow to receive Freedom of City of London | publisher =City of London | date =2007-09-05 | url =http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2007/Lord+Provost+of+Glasgow+to+receive+Freedom+of+City+of+London.htm | accessdate =2007-11-14 ]
* Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

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