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: 1890.
• Abel Heywood: 1891.
• Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde: 1892.
• James Jardine: 1892.
• Professor Sir Adolphus Ward: 1897.
• Herbert Philips: 1897.
• Enriqueta Augustina Rylands: 1899.
• Robert Dukinfield Darbishire: 1899.
• Richard Copley Christie: 1899.
• Sir William Crossley: 1903.
• Harry Rawson: 1903.
• Sir William Houldsworth: 1905.
• Benn Wolfe Levy: 1905.
• George Milner: 1905.
• James Wilson Southern: 1906.
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier: 1907.
• Alfred Deakin: 1907.
• Sir Joseph Ward: 1907.
• Sir Leander Starr Jameson: 1907.
• Sir Robert Bond: 1907.
• Sir Frederick Moor: 1907.
• Louis Botha: 1907.
• Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater: 1914.
• William Morris Hughes: 1916.
• Sir Edward Holt: 1916.
• Sir Edward Donner: 1916.
• General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh Bahadur: 1917.
• Sir James Meston: 1917.
• Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha: 1917.
• Sir Robert Borden: 1917.
• William Massey: 1917.
• Field Marshal Jan Smuts: 1917.
• Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris: 1917.
• David Lloyd George: 1918.
• President Woodrow Wilson: 1918.
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty: 1919.
• Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: 1919.
• Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch: 1923.
• William Lyon Mackenzie King: 1926.
• Lord Bruce of Melbourne: 1926.
• Gordon Coates: 1926.
• General J. B. M. Hertzog: 1926.
• W. T. Cosgrave: 1926.
• Walter Stanley Monroe: 1926.
• Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab: 1926.
• C. P. Scott: 1930.
• Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby: 1934.
• Hermann Julius Goldschmidt: 1937.
• William Turner Jackson: 1937.
• Sir Winston Churchill: 1943.
• Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery: 1945.
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Tedder: 1945.
• Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope: 1945.
• Field Marshal Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis: 1945.
• Sir William Kay: 1949.
• Clement Attlee: 1953.
• Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell: 1954.
• Dame Mary Kingsmill Jones: 1956.
• Wright Robinson: 1956
• Professor Sir John Stopford: 1956.
• Sir John Barbirolli: 1958.
• Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe: 1959.
• Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby: 1961.
• Lady Simon of Wythenshawe: 1964.
• Sir Matthew Busby: 1967.
• Thomas Francis Regan: 1973.
• Sir Richard Harper: 1973.
• Sir Robert Thomas: 1973.
• Dame Elizabeth Yarwood: 1974.
• Nellie Beer: 1974.
• Professor Sir Bernard Lovell: 1977.
• Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw: 1984.
• The Very Reverend Alfred Jowett: 1984.
• Sir Alexander Ferguson: 1999.
• Anthony Wilson: 2007.
• Sir Robert Charlton: 2008.
• Professor Sir Andre Geim: 9 October 2013.
• Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov: 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.