List of Freedom of the City recipients - wikipedia List of Freedom of the City recipients For recipients of the martial freedom of the city, see List of Freedom of the City recipients ( military ). The Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by a city council upon a person ( or persons ) to whom the city wishes to pay tribute. In medieval times, the title of `` freeman '' would entitle the bearer to special privileges, such as the right to vote or own property, but few of these privileges are still relevant today ; in contemporary society, the granting of the Freedom of the City is seen more as a symbolic gesture. In some countries, esteemed individuals are instead awarded the Key to the City, which usually takes the form of an ornamental key. Other places have their own, unique local variants, such as the white Smithbilt hats awarded by the Canadian city of Calgary. Some recipients of the Freedom of the City ( or the Key to the City ) are local residents who are held in high regard by the community ; others are visiting celebrities or dignitaries. This list only includes notable recipients. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Contents 1 Albania 1.1 Tirana 2 Argentina 2.1 Córdoba 3 Australia 3.1 Australian Capital Territory 3.1. 1 Canberra 3.2 New South Wales 3.2. 1 Blacktown 3.2. 2 Dubbo 3.2. 3 Gosford 3.2. 4 Parramatta 3.2. 5 Rockdale 3.2. 6 Shellharbour 3.2. 7 Sydney 3.2. 8 Wollongong 3.3 Queensland 3.3. 1 Brisbane 3.3. 2 Bundaberg 3.3. 3 Gold Coast 3.3. 4 Ipswich 3.3. 5 Logan City 3.4 South Australia 3.4. 1 Adelaide 3.4. 2 Mount Gambier 3.4. 3 Port Lincoln 3.5 Tasmania 3.5. 1 Launceston 3.6 Victoria 3.6. 1 Ballarat 3.6. 2 Colac 3.6. 3 Geelong 3.6. 4 Hawthorn 3.6. 5 Horsham 3.6. 6 Melbourne 3.6. 7 Mildura 4 New Zealand 4.1 Auckland 4.2 Hamilton 4.3 Wellington 5 Canada 6 China 6.1 Haikou 7 Colombia 7.1 Bogotá 8 Costa Rica 8.1 San José 9 Ireland 9.1 Cork 9.2 Donegal 9.3 Drogheda 9.4 Dublin 9.5 Galway 9.6 Kilkenny 9.7 Limerick 9.8 Louth 9.9 Waterford 9.10 Wicklow 10 Jamaica 10.1 Kingston 11 Japan 11.1 Tokyo 12 Mauritius 12.1 Port Louis 13 Morocco 13.1 Rabat 14 New Zealand 14.1 Auckland 14.2 Hamilton 15 Peru 15.1 Lima 16 Philippines 16.1 Manila 17 Portugal 17.1 Lisbon 18 South Africa 18.1 Cape Town 18.2 Estcourt 18.3 Sedibeng District 18.4 Tshwane 19 Taiwan 19.1 Taipei 20 United Kingdom 20.1 England 20.1. 1 Aldershot 20.1. 2 Amber Valley 20.1. 3 Ancaster 20.1. 4 Ashford 20.1. 5 Atworth 20.1. 6 Axbridge 20.1. 7 Aylesbury 20.1. 8 Banbury 20.1. 9 Barking and Dagenham 20.1. 10 Barnet 20.1. 11 Barnsley 20.1. 12 Basildon 20.1. 13 Basingstoke and Deane 20.1. 14 Bassetlaw 20.1. 15 Bath 20.1. 16 Beaminster 20.1. 17 Bedford 20.1. 18 Bexley 20.1. 19 Bickleigh 20.1. 20 Birchington 20.1. 21 Birkenhead 20.1. 22 Birmingham 20.1. 23 Blackburn with Darwen 20.1. 24 Blackpool 20.1. 25 Blyth Valley 20.1. 26 Bolton 20.1. 27 Boston 20.1. 28 Bourne 20.1. 29 Bournemouth 20.1. 30 Bracknell Forest 20.1. 31 Bradford 20.1. 32 Brent 20.1. 33 Brentford and Chiswick 20.1. 34 Brighton and Hove 20.1. 35 Bristol 20.1. 36 Broxbourne 20.1. 37 Broxtowe 20.1. 38 Burnley 20.1. 39 Bury 20.1. 40 Calderdale 20.1. 41 Canterbury 20.1. 42 Carlisle 20.1. 43 Castle Point 20.1. 44 Charnwood 20.1. 45 Checkley 20.1. 46 Cheltenham 20.1. 47 Cheshire East 20.1. 48 Cheshire West and Chester 20.1. 49 Chester 20.1. 50 Chesterfield 20.1. 51 Chichester 20.1. 52 Claughton - on - Brock 20.1. 53 Corsham 20.1. 54 Coventry 20.1. 55 Cramlington 20.1. 56 Craven 20.1. 57 Crawley 20.1. 58 Creswell 20.1. 59 Crewe and Nantwich 20.1. 60 Crookham Village 20.1. 61 Croydon 20.1. 62 Dacorum 20.1. 63 Darlington 20.1. 64 Deal 20.1. 65 Deeping St James 20.1. 66 Derby 20.1. 67 Devizes 20.1. 68 Disley 20.1. 69 Doncaster 20.1. 70 Dover 20.1. 71 Dudley 20.1. 72 Durham 20.1. 73 Eastbourne 20.1. 74 East Grinstead 20.1. 75 East Harling 20.1. 76 East Staffordshire 20.1. 77 Eastleigh 20.1. 78 Elmbridge 20.1. 79 Enfield 20.1. 80 Epsom and Ewell 20.1. 81 Erewash 20.1. 82 Exeter 20.1. 83 Folkestone 20.1. 84 Frodsham 20.1. 85 Frome 20.1. 86 Gateshead 20.1. 87 Gedling 20.1. 88 Glastonbury 20.1. 89 Gloucester 20.1. 90 Gosport, Hampshire 20.1. 91 Great Aycliffe 20.1. 92 Greenwich 20.1. 93 Guildford 20.1. 94 Hackney 20.1. 95 Halton 20.1. 96 Hammersmith and Fulham 20.1. 97 Harrogate 20.1. 98 Harrow 20.1. 99 Hartlepool 20.1. 100 Haslemere 20.1. 101 Hastings 20.1. 102 Havering 20.1. 103 Hebden 20.1. 104 Hedon 20.1. 105 High Peak 20.1. 106 Hillingdon 20.1. 107 Holbeach 20.1. 108 Holburn 20.1. 109 Holymoorside and Walton 20.1. 110 Hounslow 20.1. 111 Hungerford 20.1. 112 Hyndburn 20.1. 113 Ipswich 20.1. 114 Isle of Wight 20.1. 115 Islington 20.1. 116 Kensington and Chelsea 20.1. 117 Kirklees 20.1. 118 Kirton in Lindsey 20.1. 119 King 's Lynn and West Norfolk 20.1. 120 Kingston upon Hull 20.1. 121 Knowsley 20.1. 122 Lambeth 20.1. 123 Lancaster 20.1. 124 Leeds 20.1. 125 Lewisham 20.1. 126 Lichfield 20.1. 127 Little Berkhamsted 20.1. 128 Liverpool 20.1. 129 Loddon 20.1. 130 London 20.1. 131 Loughborough 20.1. 132 Lowestoft 20.1. 133 Ludgershall 20.1. 134 Ludlow 20.1. 135 Luton 20.1. 136 Lymington 20.1. 137 Lynemouth 20.1. 138 Macclesfield 20.1. 139 Maidstone 20.1. 140 Maldon 20.1. 141 Manchester 20.1. 142 Mansfield 20.1. 143 March 20.1. 144 Merton 20.1. 145 Middlesbrough 20.1. 146 Milton Keynes 20.1. 147 Morchard Bishop 20.1. 148 Nelson 20.1. 149 Newcastle - under - Lyme 20.1. 150 Newcastle upon Tyne 20.1. 151 Newham 20.1. 152 Northampton 20.1. 153 Northchapel 20.1. 154 North Tyneside 20.1. 155 Northwich 20.1. 156 Norwich 20.1. 157 Nottingham 20.1. 158 Oldham 20.1. 159 Oswestry 20.1. 160 Oxford 20.1. 161 Pendle 20.1. 162 Penzance 20.1. 163 Peterborough 20.1. 164 Plymouth 20.1. 165 Poole 20.1. 166 Portsmouth 20.1. 167 Preston 20.1. 168 Purleigh 20.1. 169 Reading 20.1. 170 Redcar and Cleveland 20.1. 171 Richmond, North Yorkshire 20.1. 172 Richmond upon Thames 20.1. 173 Ripon 20.1. 174 Rochdale 20.1. 175 Rossendale 20.1. 176 Rotherham 20.1. 177 Rugby 20.1. 178 Runnymede 20.1. 179 Rushcliffe 20.1. 180 Rushmoor 20.1. 181 Saffron Walden 20.1. 182 Salford 20.1. 183 Sandbach 20.1. 184 Sandwell 20.1. 185 Scarborough 20.1. 186 Sefton 20.1. 187 Sessay 20.1. 188 Sheffield 20.1. 189 Sidmouth 20.1. 190 Skegness 20.1. 191 Solihull 20.1. 192 Southampton 20.1. 193 South Derbyshire 20.1. 194 Southend - on - Sea 20.1. 195 South Shields 20.1. 196 South Tyneside 20.1. 197 Southwark 20.1. 198 Spelthorne 20.1. 199 Stafford 20.1. 200 St Edmundsbury 20.1. 201 St Peter the Great 20.1. 202 Stevenage 20.1. 203 Stockport 20.1. 204 Stockton - on - Tees 20.1. 205 Stoke - on - Trent 20.1. 206 Stratton St Margaret 20.1. 207 Sudbury 20.1. 208 Sunderland 20.1. 209 Swale 20.1. 210 Talaton 20.1. 211 Tameside 20.1. 212 Tamworth 20.1. 213 Taunton Deane 20.1. 214 Telford and Wrekin 20.1. 215 Teynham 20.1. 216 Thornton, Merseyside 20.1. 217 Torbay 20.1. 218 Trafford 20.1. 219 Uttoxeter 20.1. 220 Wakefield 20.1. 221 Walsall 20.1. 222 Waltham Abbey 20.1. 223 Warrington 20.1. 224 Watford 20.1. 225 Waverley 20.1. 226 Wells 20.1. 227 West Lancashire 20.1. 228 Westminster 20.1. 229 Weymouth and Portland 20.1. 230 Wigan 20.1. 231 Winchester 20.1. 232 Windlesham 20.1. 233 Windsor and Maidenhead 20.1. 234 Wirral 20.1. 235 Witham 20.1. 236 Woking 20.1. 237 Wokingham Without 20.1. 238 Wolverhampton 20.1. 239 Worcester 20.1. 240 Worthing 20.1. 241 Yarmouth 20.1. 242 Yaxley 20.1. 243 York 20.2 Isle of Man 20.2. 1 Douglas 20.3 Northern Ireland 20.3. 1 Armagh 20.3. 2 Ballymena 20.3. 3 Belfast 20.3. 4 Castlereagh 20.3. 5 Causeway Coast and Glens 20.3. 6 Dungannon 20.3. 7 Larne 20.3. 8 Lisburn 20.3. 9 Londonderry 20.3. 10 Mid and East Antrim 20.4 Scotland 20.4. 1 Aberdeen 20.4. 2 Arbroath 20.4. 3 Ayr 20.4. 4 Clackmannanshire 20.4. 5 Dumfries 20.4. 6 Dundee 20.4. 7 Dunfermline 20.4. 8 East Renfrewshire 20.4. 9 Edinburgh 20.4. 10 Forfar 20.4. 11 Glasgow 20.4. 12 Grantown - on - Spey 20.4. 13 Hamilton 20.4. 14 Inverness 20.4. 15 Jedburgh 20.4. 16 John o ' Groats 20.4. 17 Kirkintilloch 20.4. 18 Kirkwall 20.4. 19 Kirriemuir 20.4. 20 Linlithgow 20.4. 21 Lochaber 20.4. 22 Moray 20.4. 23 Orkney 20.4. 24 Perth 20.4. 25 Rothesay 20.4. 26 Skye and Lochalsh 20.4. 27 St Andrews 20.4. 28 Stirling 20.5 Wales 20.5. 1 Aberystwyth 20.5. 2 Barry 20.5. 3 Cardiff 20.5. 4 Flint 20.5. 5 Haverfordwest 20.5. 6 Merthyr Tydfil 20.5. 7 Neath Port Talbot 20.5. 8 Newport 20.5. 9 Rhondda Cynon Taf 20.5. 10 Swansea 20.5. 11 Usk 20.5. 12 Vale of Glamorgan 20.5. 13 Welshpool 20.5. 14 Wrexham 20.6 British Overseas Territories 20.6. 1 Gibraltar 20.6. 2 Falkland Islands 21 Canada 22 United States 23 References Albania Tirana 1995 : Norman Wisdom Argentina Córdoba 29 April 2013 : Sébastien Loeb, rally driver Australia Australian Capital Territory Canberra September 1981 : Peter Allen, songwriter and entertainer July 1983 : Robert de Castella, marathon runner September 1987 : Canberra Raiders, rugby league team August 1988 : Canberra Cannons, basketball team September 1989 : Canberra Raiders, rugby league team June 1997 : ACT Brumbies, rugby union team November 1999 : Wallabies, Australia 's national rugby union team 2000 : Canberra Capitals, women 's basketball league team October 2000 : Australia 's Paralympic team 7 September 2004 : Petria Thomas, Olympic swimmer, and Katrina Powell, Olympic field hockey player 19 October 2004 : Mick Keelty, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police December 2005 : Michael Rogers and Oenone Wood, cyclists 1 April 2006 : Scout Association of Australia, ACT Branch, in recognition of the branch 's 25th anniversary 6 September 2006 : Jason Croker, rugby league footballer 5 October 2007 : Carrie Graf, basketball coach 23 February 2012 : Canberra United FC, women 's football team New South Wales Blacktown 27 October 2010 : Fabrice Lapierre, long jumper Dubbo 28 April 2012 : Andrew Scipione, Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force Gosford 7 May 2012 : Central Coast Mariners FC 8 September 2012 : Tom Slingsby, sailor 17 October 2012 : Liesl Tesch, wheelchair basketball player and sailor Parramatta 20 June 2010 : Betty Cuthbert, athlete 17 February 2011 : Nathan Cayless, rugby league footballer Rockdale 19 March 2011 : Altiyan Childs, singer - songwriter. Childs ' key was revoked in 2012, after he was found guilty of driving under the influence of drugs. Shellharbour 2006 : Karen Murphy, bowls player 17 December 2008 : Brett Stibners, wheelchair basketball player 26 August 2012 : David Smith, sprint canoeist Sydney 24 May 1967 : John Cadwallader, on behalf of the Bank of New South Wales 24 August 1971 : Evonne Goolagong Cawley, tennis player 8 January 1987 : Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist 1998 : Jørn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House 3 October 2000 : Australia 's Olympic team 15 May 2003 : Sydney Kings, basketball team 10 December 2003 : Aung San Suu Kyi, political prisoner 17 December 2003 : Nicole Kidman, actress 15 September 2004 : Australia 's Olympic team 30 September 2005 : Sydney Swans, Australian rules football team 15 September 2008 : Australia 's Olympic team 30 September 2008 : Australia 's Paralympic team 10 July 2011 : Lady Gaga, singer 21 August 2012 : Australia 's Olympic team 9 November 2012 : Australia 's Paralympic team 26 October 2015 : Australia 's John Bell AO Wollongong 27 September 1980 : HMAS Orion, The crew of the Australian Oberon Class submarine, HMAS Orion were granted the Freedom Of the City in perpetuity. 17 October 1987 : Wayne Gardner, Grand Prix motorcycle racer 2 April 2006 : Kerryn McCann, marathon runner 4 October 2010 : St. George Illawarra Dragons, rugby league football club 25 March 2012 : Mat Campbell, basketball player Queensland Brisbane 1985 : Brisbane Bullets, basketball team 1992 : Leroy Loggins, basketball player 1992 : Brisbane Broncos, rugby league team 1998 : Clem Jones, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane 1998 : Mick Doohan, Grand Prix motorcycle racer 1999 : Australian Wallabies, national rugby union team 1999 : Pat Rafter, tennis player 1999 : Vicki Wilson, netball player 2000 : Queensland Bulls, cricket team 2001 : Brisbane Lions, Australian rules football club 2002 : Steven Bradbury, speed skater 2004 : Queensland athletes from Australia 's Olympic team 2006 : Queensland athletes competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 : Queensland athletes from Australia 's Winter Olympic team 2007 : Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order 2008 : Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer 19 September 2008 : Australia 's Olympic team 29 September 2008 : Queensland athletes from Australia 's Paralympic team 18 June 2010 : Jude Munro, former CEO of Brisbane City Council 15 March 2011 : Brisbane Roar FC 25 May 2011 : Queensland Firebirds, netball team 11 July 2011 : Queensland Reds, rugby union team 4 September 2011 : Darren Lockyer, rugby player 24 August 2012 : Australia 's Olympic team August 2016 : Australian Women 's Olympic Sevens Team 6 July 2017 : Jeff Horn, WBO World Welterweight Champion Bundaberg 10 December 2010 : Allan Davis, cyclist Gold Coast 30 August 2008 : Five athletes who won medals in the 2008 Olympics -- Lyndsie Fogarty, sprint canoeist ; Lara Davenport, swimmer ; Duncan Free, rower ; Emma Snowsill, triathlete ; and Ken Wallace, sprint canoeist 19 September 2011 : Sam Stosur, tennis player, and Sally Pearson, hurdler Ipswich 18 June 2011 : Shane Watson, cricketer Logan City October 2008 : Christopher Scott, Paralympic cyclist 17 October 2012 : Eleven athletes who competed in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics -- Jesse Ross, boxer ; Mitch Larkin, swimmer ; Samantha Reid, synchronised swimmer ; Frankie Owen, synchronised swimmer ; Damon Kelly, weightlifter ; Genevieve LaCaze, steeplechaser ; Alicia Coutts, swimmer ; Bill Latham, basketball player ; Lyndsie Fogarty, sprint canoeist ; Mitchell Watt, long jumper ; and Torita Isaac, track - and - field athlete 28 October 2013 : Dami Im winner of the 2013 ( fifth season ) series of The X Factor Australia, was named the cultural ambassador for Logan City and was offered the key to the city by mayor Pam Parker within hours of clinching the title. Im was presented with the key at a ceremony on 4 December 2013. South Australia Adelaide 5 July 1988 : Pelé, footballer November 1990 : Cher, an American singer and actress, was awarded the Key to Adelaide after she performed at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix. In April 2012, the key was sold on eBay for US $95,900, causing city officials in Adelaide to express their disappointment. Cher was equally upset, explaining on Twitter that her office `` fkd up ''. 7 December 1993 : John Fitzgerald, tennis player 18 February 2004 : J.M. Coetzee, author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 25 October 2004 : Rupert Murdoch, media mogul 7 February 2009 : Adelaide United FC 30 June 2010 : Cheong Liew, chef 11 January 2012 : Lance Armstrong, cyclist, was granted the Key to the City in recognition of his efforts to promote the previous year 's Tour Down Under. Adelaide 's mayor, Stephen Yarwood, visited Armstrong 's hometown of Austin, Texas to personally present him with the Key, but Armstrong was in Mexico at the time, so the Key was sent to him by courier instead. On 30 October 2012, Adelaide City Council announced that Armstrong would be stripped of this honour ( although the key would not be physically retrieved ), after he was found guilty by the United States Anti-Doping Agency of using performance - enhancing drugs throughout his career. 28 April 2017 : Adelaide Football Club Women 's Team `` The Crows '' Mount Gambier 16 May 2006 : Josip Skoko, soccer player Port Lincoln 1982 : Dean Lukin, weightlifter 12 November 2003 : Tony Šantić, thoroughbred racer, and his second wife, Christine Tasmania Launceston 16 November 2012 : Daniel Geale, boxer Victoria Ballarat 2 May 2001 : Steve Moneghetti, long - distance runner Colac 7 May 1983 : Cliff Young, winner of the first Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon Geelong 3 October 2007 : Geelong Football Club 30 November 2011 : Cadel Evans, cyclist and Tour de France winner Hawthorn 30 September 2008 : Hawthorn Football Club Horsham 21 September 2012 : Jannik Blair, wheelchair basketball player Melbourne Freedom of the City recipients : 3 December 1956 : Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 8 November 1958 : William Slim, 13th Governor - General of Australia 28 March 1963 : Dallas Brooks, 19th Governor of Victoria 1966 : Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia 28 July 1969 : Richard Casey, 16th Governor - General of Australia Key to the City recipients : 18 July 1987 : Pat Cash, tennis player 29 April 2003 : Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist 23 August 2006 : Dame Edna Everage, a character created by Barry Humphries 1 September 2006 : The Seekers, pop group 9 April 2010 : Lou Richards, Australian rules footballer Mildura 26 January 2008 : Leigh Adams, motorcycle speedway rider New Zealand Auckland 4 November 2015 : Richard McCaw ONZ, New Zealand All Blacks Captain. Hamilton 15 August 2016 : Te Arikinui Kiingi Tuheitia KStJ, GCCT, KCLJ, Māori King 2006 -- Present. 29 September 2016 : Gordon Chesterman MNZM, New Zealand Businessman and Deputy Mayor of Hamilton 2010 -- 2016. Wellington 2002 : Sir Peter Jackson ONZ KNZM, New Zealand Academy Award Winning Film Maker. Canada Main article : List of Keys of the City in Canada Keys to the City are awarded in Brampton, Burnaby, Mississauga, Toronto, Winnipeg, Windsor, and Vancouver. Winnipeg also offers honorary citizenship, while Calgary 's ceremony is the White Hat Ceremony. China Haikou 5 September 2010 : Graeme Sawyer, Lord Mayor of Darwin, Australia ( Haikou 's sister city ) Colombia Bogotá 30 March 1994 : Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana 8 March 2000 : Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Prime Minister of Morocco 24 April 2000 : David de Ferranti, World Bank vicepresident 12 July 2000 : Nicolás Léoz, President of CONMEBOL 5 April 2001 : Vicente Fox, President of Mexico 3 May 2001 : Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela 11 November 2003 : Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras 2 December 2003 : Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay 29 March 2004 : Chavela Vargas, Mexican singer 14 April 2004 : Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru 21 July 2004 : Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain 11 October 2004 : Didier Borotra, Member of the Senate of France 16 November 2004 : Óscar Berger, President of Guatemala 30 March 2005 : José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain 1 September 2005 : Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile 4 November 2005 : Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic 13 December 2005 : Lula da Silva, President of Brazil 12 March 2007 : Horst Köhler, President of Germany 17 March 2008 : Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany 27 May 2009 : Felipe de Borbón, Prince of Asturias 13 August 2009 : Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico 15 August 2009 : Hilary Duff, American actress and singer 23 March 2010 : Óscar Arias, President of Costa Rica 9 July 2010 : Princess Haya of Jordan 10 October 2011 : Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority 24 November 2011 : Susana Villarán, Mayor of Lima 14 March 2012 : Evo Morales, President of Bolivia 18 October 2013 : Cesar Millan, Mexican dog behaviourist. Costa Rica San José 3 June 2013 : Xi Jinping, paramount leader of China Ireland Cork 1710 -- 1841 24 July 1723 : William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin 24 June 1728 : Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry 8 June 1732 : Edward Southwell, Principal Secretary of State for Ireland 27 July 1732 : John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery 20 January 1736 : Jonathan Swift, satirist, author, poet and cleric 17 May 1736 : Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross 16 March 1740 : John Bowes, Attorney - General for Ireland 18 August 1743 : Richard Mounteney, baron of the exchequer 1 January 1745 : Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield 14 July 1752 : James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare 27 July 1752 : Peter Warren, Royal Navy officer 29 May 1755 : Henry Seymour Conway, Chief Secretary for Ireland 24 December 1756 : William Blakeney, soldier and 1st Baron Blakeney 28 April 1757 : Alexander Colville, captain of HMS Northumberland 28 April 1757 : William Holburne, captain of HMS Newark 11 April 1759 : John Hely - Hutchinson, statesman 17 December 1759 : William Pitt, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 22 May 1761 : Charles Lucas, MP for Dublin City 26 August 1761 : Francis Andrews, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin 10 March 1762 : Richard Aston, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 27 April 1762 : Godfrey Lill, MP for Fore 23 May 1764 : William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne 19 December 1765 : Richard Longfield, MP for Charleville 19 December 1765 : Richard Townsend, MP for Cork County 18 May 1767 : Studholme Hodgson, army general 9 October 1767 : Eyre Massey, lieutenant - colonel 7 March 1769 : Francis Mathew, MP for Tipperary 7 March 1769 : Arthur Pomeroy, MP for Kildare County 7 March 1769 : Barry Yelverton, barrister 16 August 1769 : Sir Lucius O'Brien, MP for Clare 29 September 1769 : George Macartney, Chief Secretary for Ireland 23 October 1770 : John Beresford, MP for County Waterford 23 October 1770 : George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone 26 July 1771 : James Hewitt, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 20 September 1771 : Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston 6 January 1773 : John Blaquiere, Chief Secretary for Ireland 5 September 1775 : Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool 1 April 1778 : George Ogle, MP for Wexford County 5 May 1778 : Flower Mocher, Commander - in - Chief in Munster 18 January 1780 : Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough 5 June 1782 : William Cavendish - Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 15 November 1782 : John Jervis, captain of HMS Foudroyant 18 December 1782 : George Nugent - Temple - Grenville, Earl and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1 April 1783 : Walter Hussey Burgh, statesman and judge 25 September 1783 : Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington 25 September 1783 : Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland 25 September 1783 : Thomas Pelham, Chief Secretary for Ireland 30 December 1784 : Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 30 December 1784 : Alexander Schomberg, captain of HMS Dorset ( HMS Dorset ) 28 August 1787 : John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk 29 July 1788 : John Townsend, MP for Dingle 7 July 1789 : William Foster, Bishop of Cork and Ross 23 January 1790 : Robert Hobart, Chief Secretary for Ireland 19 February 1790 : John Toler, Solicitor - General for Ireland 19 February 1790 : Arthur Wolfe, Attorney - General for Ireland 6 July 1790 : William Bennet, Bishop of Cork and Ross 8 February 1791 : John Philpot Curran, MP for Rathcormack 18 June 1793 : John Hely - Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore 1 September 1793 : William Downes, 1st Baron Downes 24 November 1794 : Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire 8 July 1796 : Amelius Beauclerk, captain of HMS Dryad 8 July 1796 : Thomas Byam Martin, captain of HMS Santa Margarita 8 July 1796 : Thomas Williams, captain of HMS Unicorn 16 July 1796 : Charles Jones, captain of HMS Doris 30 December 1796 : Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork 22 January 1798 : Ralph Abercromby, soldier, politician and Commander - in - Chief of Ireland 27 September 1798 : Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 16 October 1798 : Charles Vereker, MP for Limerick City 17 October 1798 : Gerard Lake, Commander - in - Chief of India 5 September 1800 : Charles Lennox, army general 10 December 1816 : Henry Sheehy Keating, British Army officer 10 June 1838 : Richard Roberts, captain of SS Sirius, the first steamship to cross from Europe to America 1887 -- present 15 July 1887 : Patrick Collins, lawyer and member of the United States Congress 10 January 1902 : John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party 29 August 1902 : Patrick Francis Moran, Archbishop of Sydney 5 September 1902 : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist 24 November 1904 : Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Irish nationalist 22 June 1906 : Douglas Hyde, journalist and Irish language scholar 12 June 1908 : Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 21 May 1909 : Matthew Cummings, President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians 20 October 1911 : Redmond John Barry, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 10 May 1912 : Peadar Ua Laoghaire, writer and Catholic priest 25 April 1913 : Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 10 January 1919 : Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States 6 August 1920 : Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne 27 August 1920 : Robert Spence, Archbishop of Adelaide 16 July 1930 : Paschal Robinson, papal nuncio to Ireland 8 September 1948 : Seán T. O'Kelly, second President of Ireland 16 June 1953 : John D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 26 August 1958 : Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston 13 August 1962 : Michael Browne, Cardinal and Master of the Order of Preachers 28 June 1963 : John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States 16 June 1965 : William Conway, Cardinal and Primate of All Ireland 31 March 1973 : Éamon de Valera, 3rd President of Ireland 4 December 1973 : Timothy Manning, Cardinal and Archbishop of Los Angeles 28 April 1978 : Aloys Fleischmann, composer, conductor and professor 16 March 1985 : Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 23 February 1991 : Mary Robinson, 7th President of Ireland 8 May 2004 : John Hume, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 14 June 2005 : Sonia O'Sullivan, Olympic medal - winning athlete, and Roy Keane, footballer and manager 30 May 2006 : Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland 2 June 2007 : Michael Flatley, dancer 20 June 2008 : Albert Reynolds, former Taoiseach, and John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 11 June 2010 : Peter Barry, politician and businessman 27 May 2011 : Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, hurler and Gaelic footballer 24 April 2014 : Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland. 11 May 2017 : Ronan O'Gara, rugby union Donegal 26 June 2006 : Shay Given, Republic of Ireland Goalkeeper. 25 June 2007 : Patrick Joseph Bonner, Celtic and Republic of Ireland Goalkeeper. 20 May 2008 : Phil Coulter, Irish Musician. 23 June 2012 : Daniel O'Donnell, Irish Singer. Drogheda 1789 : HRH Prince of Wales. 1959 : His Eminence Cardinal Cushing, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Boston 1944 - 1970. Dublin Further information : Freedom of the City of Dublin Galway Notable recipients of the Freedom of Galway include : 31 August 1939 : Douglas Hyde, 1st President of Ireland 3 October 1946 : Éamon de Valera, political figure 13 December 1950 : Seán T. O'Kelly, 2nd President of Ireland 1 February 1954 : Gerald Patrick O'Hara, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain 26 October 1957 : John D'Alton, Cardinal and Primate of All Ireland 23 June 1961 : Paolo Marella, Cardinal 30 July 1962 : Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Mayor of New York City 29 June 1963 : John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States 15 August 1965 : Richard Cushing, Cardinal 15 August 1965 : William Conway, Cardinal and Primate of All Ireland 20 August 1973 : Michael Browne, Bishop of Galway 30 September 1979 : John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church 16 June 1983 : Paulo Evaristo Arns, Cardinal 2 June 1984 : Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States 19 December 1995 : Colm Ó hEocha, scientist and president of University College Galway 12 May 1999 : Hillary Clinton, First Lady of the United States ( 1993 -- 2001 ) 18 June 1999 : John Hume, second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 20 May 2000 : Christy O'Connor Jnr, golfer 28 June 2003 : Richard M. Daley, longest - serving Mayor of Chicago 16 June 2005 : Aung Sang Suu Kyi, political prisoner 15 June 2006 : Garry Hynes, theatre director 11 May 2012 : Michael D. Higgins, 9th President of Ireland Kilkenny 1906 : Douglas Hyde, Irish language scholar 3 November 1910 : Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart 12 March 1917 : George Noble Plunkett, MP and Irish nationalist August 1947 : John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin 22 November 2008 : Brian Cody, hurling manager, and Seamus Pattison, former Ceann Comhairle 19 May 2009 : Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland 10 April 2015 : Kieran Crotty, Former Fine Gael TD and Mayor of Kilkenny for 6 terms Limerick Several recipients of the Freedom of Limerick in the years 1900 to 1902 were Boers -- Britain 's enemy during the Second Boer War. Limerick 's city council, at the time composed mostly of Irish nationalists, sympathised with the Boers, and in an expression of solidarity, granted the Freedom to three Boer generals ( Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey ), the presidents of two Boer - ruled countries ( Paul Kruger and Martinus Theunis Steyn ), and Captain William O'Donnell, an Irish - born soldier fighting on the side of the Boers. None of these six men visited Limerick to have the Freedom officially conferred upon them, and their names are therefore absent from the roll of freemen. Other notable recipients of the Freedom of Limerick include : 1 January 1877 : Isaac Butt and Richard O'Shaughnessy, MPs for Limerick City 14 July 1880 : Charles Stuart Parnell, MP 1881 : John Dillon, MP 14 April 1884 : Michael Davitt, social campaigner, Edmund Dwyer Grey, MP for Carlow County, and Charles Dawson, MP for Carlow Borough 4 October 1886 : William Gladstone, MP for Midlothian 13 June 1887 : William O'Brien, MP for North East Cork 2 January 1888 : Timothy Daniel Sullivan, author of the national hymn `` God Save Ireland '' 3 February 1888 : George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon 3 February 1888 : John Morley, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne 8 June 1894 : Ishbel Hamilton - Gordon, wife of the Governor General of Canada 14 June 1894 : Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 2 March 1899 : Tom Clarke, revolutionary leader 16 June 1900 : Thomas Myles, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 13 December 1900 : Maud Gonne, Irish nationalist and revolutionary 1900 : Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic 4 September 1902 : Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet, and Koos de la Rey, Boer generals, and Martinus Theunis Steyn, President of the Orange Free State 20 October 1903 : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist 2 October 1908 : Joseph O'Mara, opera singer 7 December 1908 : Windham Wyndham - Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven. His name was struck from the roll on 2 May 1918, after he spoke out in support of conscription during the First World War ; the City Council voted to posthumously restore the honour in July 2007. 5 June 1909 : Douglas Hyde, founder and president of the Gaelic League 3 August 1916 : Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick 5 September 1918 : Kathleen Clarke, founding member of Cumann na mBan, Eoin MacNeill, co-founder of the Gaelic League, and Éamon de Valera, leader of Sinn Féin. De Valera and Clarke did not visit Limerick to receive the Freedom in person until 5 December 1921. 5 August 1925 : Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne 21 July 1928 : Willem Marinus van Rossum, cardinal 21 July 1928 : Paschal Robinson, papal nuncio to Ireland 21 April 1932 : Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool 27 February 1936 : Dermod O'Brien, honorary president of the Royal Hibernian Academy 22 March 1948 : Seán Keating, artist 24 March 1948 : Seán T. O'Kelly, 2nd President of Ireland 21 September 1953 : John D'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 25 June 1954 : Gerald Patrick O'Hara, Archbishop of Savannah, Georgia, and papal nuncio to Ireland 15 August 1962 : Michael Browne, cardinal 29 June 1963 : John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States 25 November 1964 : Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia 12 April 1966 : William Conway, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 2 April 1970 : Joseph Brendan Whelan, Bishop of Owerri 18 August 1970 : Robert Wyse Jackson, Bishop of Limerick 1 October 1979 : John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church, Tomás Ó Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Gaetano Alibrandi, papal nuncio to Ireland, and Jeremiah Newman, Bishop of Limerick 30 June 1995 : Edward M. Walsh, founder of the University of Limerick, Ted Russell, Mayor of Limerick, and Brendan O'Regan, pioneer of the duty - free shop concept 11 May 2001 : J.P. McManus, racehorse owner, and Bill Whelan, composer and musician 15 June 2007 : Terry Wogan, broadcaster 22 April 2012 : Paul O'Connell, rugby union player Louth 15 February 1953 : John D'Alton, Irish Roman Catholic Cardinal. 25 June 2016 : Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Vice-President of the United States. Waterford 6 February 1877 : Isaac Butt, Irish nationalist 6 December 1880 : Charles Stewart Parnell, president of the Irish National Land League 1 November 1881 : John Dillon, Irish nationalist 18 June 1886 : William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 September 1888 : William O'Brien and Timothy Daniel Sullivan, Irish nationalists 8 July 1889 : Thomas Croke, Archbishop of Cashel 12 September 1902 : John Redmond, MP for Waterford City 19 October 1903 : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist 2002 : Anna Manahan, actress Wicklow 28 April 2009 : Daniel Day - Lewis, British Actor Jamaica Kingston 17 January 1953 : Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1963 : Carole Crawford, winner of the 1963 Miss World contest 21 June 1965 : Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights activist 1987 : Louise Bennett - Coverley, poet 5 August 2002 : Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria, and Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana 30 June 2003 : Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa 27 November 2004 : Herb McKenley, Olympic athlete 16 October 2006 : Gladys Bustamante, women 's rights activist and wife of former Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante 10 August 2008 : The Jamaican branch of the Salvation Army 3 October 2008 : Eight gold - medalists from the Jamaican team at the 2008 Summer Olympics : Usain Bolt, Shelly - Ann Fraser - Pryce, Melaine Walker, Veronica Campbell - Brown, Dwight Thomas, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, and Asafa Powell 17 August 2012 : Marcus Garvey, journalist and orator ( posthumously ) Japan Tokyo October 1953 : Leo Durocher, manager of the New York Giants baseball team 31 May 1955 : Helen Keller, deafblind author and political activist 30 May 1963 : John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth 15 August 1966 : Edwin O. Reischauer, United States Ambassador to Japan Mauritius Port Louis 1 June 2013 : Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA Morocco Rabat 18 July 2013 : Juan Carlos I, King of Spain New Zealand Auckland 4 November 2015 : Richard McCaw ONZ, New Zealand All Blacks Captain. Hamilton 1973 : Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE OStJ, Māori Queen 1966 -- 2006. 16 August 2016 : Tuheitia Paki GCCT, KCLJ, OStJ, Māori King 2006 -- Present. 13 December 2014 : David Sidwell, New Zealand Theatre Director. Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBE, New Zealand Opera Singer. Pippa Mahood MNZM, Hamilton City Councillor. John Gallagher, New Zealand Philanthropist. Dame Hilda Ross DBE, New Zealand Politician. Sir Ross Jansen KBE, Mayor of Hamilton 1977 -- 1989. Brian Perry, New Zealand Civil Engineer. Peru Lima 2014 : Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria - Este Philippines Manila 26 February 2015 : François Hollande, President of France Portugal Lisbon ↑ -- `` Approved by unanimous votes '' 15 November 2001 : Fernando de la Rúa, 48th President of Argentina ↑ 28 May 2008 : Harald V, King of Norway ↑ 2 December 2009 : Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile ↑ 11 May 2010 : Pope Benedict XVI ↑ 20 June 2013 : Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament ↑ 20 September 2013 : Taur Matan Ruak, President of East Timor ↑ South Africa Cape Town 7 June 2013 : Barack Obama, US President, and his wife, Michelle. The freedom scroll was accepted on their behalf by Acting US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer. 13 November 2016 : Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town 1996 -- 2007. Estcourt 10 October 1964 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD PC PCc DL FRS RA, British Prime Minister. Sedibeng District 15 January 2016 : Ahmed Kathrada, Andrew Mlangeni, Denis Goldberg, Defendants at the 1963 Rivonia Trial. Tshwane 13 May 2008 : Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa. Taiwan Taipei 29 December 2016 : Solly Msimanga, Mayor of Pretoria South Africa. United Kingdom England Aldershot 6 July 1948 : Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Amber valley 11 April 2001 : Dame Ellen MacArthur, British Sailor. 11 April 2007 : Ross Davenport, British Swimmer. 31 October 2007 : Miles Hilton - Barber, Blind British Adventurer. 11 December 2013 : Philip Hogg, British Tri Athlete. 11 December 2013 : David Ellis, British Tri Athlete. 7 March 2017 : Hollie Webb MBE, British Field Hockey Player and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. Ancaster 12 June 2017 : Andrew Newton, Ancaster Parish Councillor. Ashford 5 April 1986 : Ferdinand Johann Lethert MBE 9 December 1995 : Ernest Hugh William Mexter Atworth 16 April 2014 : David Webb. Axbridge 26 January 2017 : James Lukins, Former Axbridge Mayor. Yvonne Chamberlain, Former Axbridge Town Crier. Aylesbury 25 April 2016 : Mrs. Freda Roberts MBE, Former Mayor of Aylesbury. 25 April 2016 : Ellen White, England National Team Football Player Banbury May 2006 : Jack Friswell OBE DL, British Businessman Former Mayor of Banbury and Charity Fundraiser. 8 September 2017 : Rosemarie Higham Stevens, Former Mayor of Banbury. Maurice Humphris. George Parish. Barking and Dagenham 1985 : Frederick Charles Jones, Barking and Dagenham Mayor 1990 -- 1991. 29 March 2009 : Inder Singh Jamu, Barking and Dagenham Mayor 1998 -- 99. 29 March 2009 : Stephen Roy Thompson, managing director of Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club. 3 February 2010 : Miss Vera Reynolds. 3 February 2010 : Sir Paul Grant, Headmaster of Robert Clack School. 3 February 2010 : Sir Trevor Brooking CBE, Former West Ham and England Football Player. 8 April 2011 : Rita Margaret Giles 8 April 2011 : Sidney Kallar MBE, Barking and Dagenham Borough Councillor. Barnet 6 February 1980 : Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister 3 February 2015 : Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Barnsley 2000 : Harold Dennis Bird OBE, British Cricket Umpire. 2000 : Rita Britton, British Fashion Designer and Clothing Retailer. 2007 : Rt. Hon. Lord Mason of Barnsley PC DL, British Politician. 10 June 2016 : Dr. Joann Fletcher, British Egyptologist. 10 June 2016 : Ian McMillan, British Poet. 10 June 2016 : David Moody, Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire 2004 -- 2015. 10 June 2016 : Kate Rusby, British Folk Singer Basildon 11 February 2016 : Stuart Bingham, British Snooker World Champion. 11 February 2016 : Max Whitlock, British Gymnast. Basingstoke and Deane 8 April 1954 : George William Willis ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 9 October 1958 : Russell Henry Howard ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 2 July 1971 : Oscar Clennell ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 2 July 1971 : Harold Jackson ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 2 July 1971 : Tom Pritchard ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 14 March 1974 : Nellie Lane ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 14 March 1974 : John Beadman Peat ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 14 March 1974 : Lionel John Stroud ( Borough of Basingstoke ) 20 April 1989 : Arthur Harry George Attwood, Local Historian and Journalist ( Borough of Basingstoke and Deane ) 19 October 1989 : Betty Homes MBE, Local Charity Worker ( Borough of Basingstoke and Deane ) 3 April 1997 : Jack Lennox, Borough and County Councillor ( Borough of Basingstoke and Deane ) Bassetlaw 20 March 2012 : Lee Westwood OBE, British Golfer. Bath 20 March 1797 : Horatio Nelson, naval officer 13 July 1911 : Donald Smith, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1921 : Khengarji III, the Maharao of Cutch 13 July 1950 : Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 18 October 1954 : Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia November 2004 : Jason Gardener, Olympic athlete 5 June 2010 : Amy Williams, Olympic skeleton racer, was granted the freedom of her hometown after winning a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first female to receive the honour in Bath. Beaminster 1991 Normal Welsford MBE 1991 Cecil E Tolman 1997 Warren Elgar 1997 Frederick E Paultey 1998 R.J. Colborne ( Dick ) 2000 Ken Hurford 2005 Janet I. Page 2008 Ralph C Bugler 2011 Dr L. Murray Rose 2014 Margaret R Greenham 2017 Gil Streets MBE Bedford 9 October 1902 : Sir John French, British Army Field Marshal. 13 January 1942 : Francis Corby, MBE. 31 March 1944 : Derman William Ernest Sowter, MBE JP, Mayor of Bedford 1919, 1920, 1936. 28 April 1944 : Sir George Royle Kt CBE JP Mayor of Bedford 1903. 19 July 1945 : Major General Howard McMath Turner, USAF. 12 October 1949 : Henry Darlow, OBE. 1 November 1960 : Alderman Alfred Leonard Nicholls, MC. 16 March 1964 : Alderman Richard Turner. 12 April 1972 : Alderman Ronald George Gale. 12 April 1972 : George Francis Simmonds. October 1976 : Alan Herbert Randall OBE JP. 4 October 1977 : Frederick William Dawkes. 24 April 1993 : Herr Paul Röhner, Oberburgermeister ( Lord Mayor ) of Bamberg. 15 January 2001 : Dr. Stephanie Jayne Cook MBE, British Olympic Gold Medalist in Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Olympics. 15 January 2001 : Timothy James Carrington Foster MBE, British Rower Olympic Gold Medalist at the 2000 Olympics. 15 January 2001 : Paula Radcliffe, British Marathon Runner. Herr Herbert Lauer, Oberburgermeister ( Lord Mayor ) of Bamberg. 10 December 2012 : Etienne Stott MBE, British Slalom Canoeist Olympic Gold Medalist at the 2012 Olympics. Bexley Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath KG, MBE, PC, British Prime Minister and Bexley MP. Bickleigh 28 March 2013 : Rhidian Gordon Goddard, Bickleigh Parish Councillor. Birchington 1 February 2013 : Jennie Burgess, British Historian and Curator of the Birchington Heritage Museum. Birkenhead 1918 : Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister. Birmingham Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham Blackburn with darwen October 2015 : Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, British politician and Blackburn MP from 1979 to 2015. Blackpool 14 October 1922 : David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister 4 October 1946 : Winston Churchill, Leader of the Conservative Party 16 August 1948 : Bernard Montgomery, British Army officer 30 March 1990 : Stanley Harding Mortensen, Former Blackpool Football Player. 9 April 2003 : James Armfield CBE DL, Former Blackpool and England Football Captain and Member of the 1966 World Cup Winning Team and Member of the English Football Hall of Fame. Blyth Valley 14 December 2005 : Stephen Miller, British Paralympic Gold Medalist Bolton 10 November 1902 : William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, British politician. 10 November 1902 : John Pennington Thomasson, British politician. 29 September 1910 : Andrew Carnegie, Scottish -- American businessman and philanthropist. 25 July 1927 : Sir Thomas George Fermor - Hesketh, British politician and Mayor of Bolton. 5 November 1949 : Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Army Field Marshal. 2 December 1989 : Nat Lofthouse, Bolton Wanderers football player. 16 June 2001 : Robert Howarth, British politician. Boston 18 July 2016 : Alison Fairman, Chairman of the `` Boston in Bloom '' Campaign. Bourne 31 March 2014 : Jade Etherington, British Paralympic Skier. Bournemouth 26 July 1906 : John Elmes Beale, Mayor of Bournemouth 1902 -- 1904 and Founder of Beales Department store 1908 : Sir Merton Russell - Cotes, Mayor of Bournemouth. December 2015 : Commodore Jamie Miller CBE, Royal Navy Commodore. Rt. Hon. Lord Roberts VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE KStJ VD PC, British Field Marshal and Victoria Cross Recipient. Bracknell Forest June 1994 : Sir William van Straubenzee MBE 18 September 2013 : John Nike OBE DL Bradford 1973 : J.B. Priestley, novelist 1977 : Black Dyke Mills Band, one of the world 's oldest brass bands 21 June 2000 : David Hockney, artist 6 September 2006 : Brian Noble, rugby league football coach 4 November 2010 : Ken Morrison, former chairman of Morrisons 17 August 2011 : Bands of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Bridgewater ( Nova Scotia, Canada ) Fire Department Brent 24 June 2013 : Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa Brentford and Chiswick 1945 : Sir Bernard Montgomery, British Army Field Marshal. Brighton and Hove 19 November 1898 : Rt. Hon. Viscount Wolseley KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC, British Army Field Marshal ( Borough of Brighton ). 14 January 1903 : Sir John French KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC, British Army Field Marshal ( Borough of Brighton ). 30 November 1920 : Rt. Hon. Earl Haig KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, British Army Field Marshal ( Borough of Brighton ). 7 October 1922 : Rt. Hon. Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC, British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet ( Borough of Brighton ). 30 July 1925 : Sir Charles Thomas - Stanford JP, British Politician ( Borough of Brighton ). 30 July 1925 : Lady Ellen Thomas - Stanford ( Borough of Brighton ). 28 October 1926 : Herbert Carden JP, Former Mayor of Brighton ( Borough of Brighton ). 23 September 1937 : Benjamin James Saunders CBE JP, Local Philanthropist ( Borough of Brighton ). 3 October 1947 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA, British Prime Minister ( Borough of Brighton ). 30 September 1948 : Hugh Milner Black, Former Mayor of Brighton ( Borough of Brighton ). 19 December 1968 : Miss Dorothy Stringer, Former Mayor of Brighton ( Borough of Brighton ). 27 July 1972 : William Dodd, Brighton Town Clerk 1953 -- 1972 ( Borough of Brighton ). 10 February 1977 : Donald James Edmonds, Former Mayor of Hove ( Borough of Hove ). 30 April 2009 : Henry Allingham, British World War I Veteran. 13 May 2011 : Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Democracy Activist and Winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. 24 July 2012 : Steve Ovett, British Track Runner Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1980 Olympics. July 2014 : Bernard Jordan, Former Mayor of Hove and British World War II Veteran. 18 May 2017 : Christopher William Gerard Hughton, Manager of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. 18 May 2017 : Anthony Grant Bloom, Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Bristol 9 July 2013 : Peter Higgs, theoretical physicist known for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson 17 December 2013 : Sir David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist. Broxbourne 10 May 1977 : Douglas Ernest Breeze, Councillor and Leader of the Broxbourne Borough Council. 31 May 2000 : Marco Carruba, Mayor of Sutera. 26 April 2005 : Dame Marion Roe DBE, British Politician and Broxbourne MP. 18 October 2012 : Laura Trott, British Cyclist, Olympic Gold Medalist 2012. Broxtowe 19 November 2014 : Patrick Hamilton 19 November 2014 : Barry Thorley 19 November 2014 : Ronald Faulks 19 November 2014 : Jessie Clarke Burnley 9 December 2008 : Jimmy McIlroy, Burnley and Northern Ireland Football Player. 8 December 2011 : James Anderson, Lancashire and England Cricket Player winner of the 2011 Ashes. 2013 : Peter Pike, British Labour Party Politician and Burnley MP. Bury 1996 : Ian McShane, lead actor in the television series Lovejoy, filmed in and around Bury. 11 May 2009 : Danny Boyle, British film director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director, Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. 11 May 2009 : Zoe Robinson, British Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2008. 11 May 2009 : Members of the Alternative rock Band Elbow ( Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner ) 24 June 2015 : Mick Jelley, Boxing Coach 24 June 2015 : Yvonne Moore BEM 24 June 2015 : Lt. Col. Eric Davidson MBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Calderdale 13 September 2012 : Hannah Cockroft, British Paralympic Gold Medalist in Wheelchair racing ( 2012 ). Canterbury 1899 : John Henniker Heaton, MP and postal reformer 1921 : Henry Wace, Dean of Canterbury 1992 : Terry Waite, hostage negotiator and former hostage 7 May 2008 : Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury 6 July 2011 : Peter Firmin, co-founder of Smallfilms 31 July 2012 : Dave Lee, comedian, received the honour posthumously, having died days before the ceremony was due to take place. 17 November 2012 : Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury ( 2003 -- 2012 ) Carlisle 7 July 1902 : HRH Prince Christian of Schleswig - Holstein 29 January 1986 : HRH Diana, Princess of Wales Castle Point Rt. Hon. Sir Bernard Braine, British Politician. 23 March 2004 : Ray Howard, Borough Councillor. Charnwood June 2004 : Paula Radcliffe MBE, British Olympic Marathon Runner. September 2008 : Michael Jones, Charnwood Borough Councillor. Checkley 11 December 2014 : Patrick McGarry, Founder of the Tean Branch of the Royal British Legion. Cheltenham 21 October 1901 : Dorothea Beale, Principal of Cheltenham Ladies ' College. Cheshire East 13 December 2012 : Dame Sarah Storey DBE, British Paralympic Gold Medal Winning Road Cyclist and Swimmer. 13 December 2012 : Barney Storey MBE, British Paralympic Gold Medal Winning Track Cyclist. 13 December 2012 : Craig MacLean MBE, British Paralympic Gold Medal Winning Track Cyclist. 13 December 2012 : Niki Birrell, British Paralympic Sailor. 13 December 2012 : Victoria Pendleton MBE, British Olympic Gold Medal Winning Track Cyclist. 13 December 2012 : Sir Ben Ainslie CBE, British Olympic Gold Medal Winning Sailor. 2 September 2013 : Beth Tweddle MBE, British Olympic Gymnast. Cheshire West and Chester 18 December 2012 : Gordon McGregor Reid, British Zoology Professor and Director General and Chief Executive of the Chester Zoo. Chester 13 April 1955 : Mrs. Louisa Phyllis Brown MA JP. 1973 : His Grace The Duke of Westminster KG CB CVO OBE TD CD DL, British Billionaire Hereditary peer Landowner, Property Developer, Philanthropist and Army Reserve Major General. Chesterfield 9 November 1885 : George Edward Gee, Alderman. 9 November 1887 : Thomas Philpot Wood, Alderman. 9 January 1894 : John Morton Clayton, Alderman. 3 November 1896 : John Middleton. 28 September 1898 : Rt. Hon. Lord Roberts of Waterford and Kandahar VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC, British Army Field Marshal and Victoria Cross Recipient. 9 November 1901 : Edward Eastwood, JP. 9 November 1910 : Charles Paxton Markham JP, Alderman. 2 July 1913 : George Albert Eastwood, JP. 9 November 1918 : Sir Ernest Shentall JP, Mayor of Chesterfield 1913 -- 1919. 9 November 1923 : William Rhodes, JP. 5 March 1946 : George Clark JP, County Alderman. 4 March 1947 : Sir Robert Robinson OM Kt PRS, President of the Royal Society. 4 March 1947 : Theophilus Pearson, JP. 4 March 1947 : Harry Hatton Alderman. 4 March 1947 : Harry Varley Alderman. 3 April 1951 : Harry Croper OBE JP, Alderman. 6 May 1952 : Violet Markham CH JP, Social Reformer and Mayor of Chesterfield 1927. 1 March 1966 : Frank Hadfield, Alderman. 1 March 1966 : Edwin Swale CBE DFC, Alderman. 1 March 1966 : Richard Clegg, OBE. 12 February 1974 : James Anderson, CBE JP, Alderman. 12 February 1974 : Henry Charles Day MBE, Alderman. 1 July 1980 : Ralph Ambrose kennedy. 4 October 1983 : Basil Barker. 4 October 1983 : Irvine Roger Stillman. 2 December 1986 : Canon David Ryan. 25 October 2002 : William John Flanagan, OBE. 21 November 2008 : Rt. Hon. Lord Varley PC DL, British Politician. ( Conferred Posthumously ) 21 November 2008 : David Roland Shaw, British Lawyer. Chichester 17 February 2016 : Major Timothy Nigel Peake, British Army Officer and Astronaut. Claughton - on - Brock 25 February 2016 : Tony Cragg. Corsham 2 March 2013 : Stephanie Millward, British Paralympic Swimmer. Coventry 1999 : Rt. Hon. Marjorie Mowlam, British Politician. 1 October 2015 : Ratan Tata GBE, Indian Businessman and Philanthropist. 1 October 2015 : Lord Bhattacharyya Kt CBE FREng FRS, Indian British engineer, educator and government advisor. Cramlington 7 February 2014 : Stephen Miller MBE, British Paralympic Gold Medalist Craven 22 September 2013 : Danielle Brown, British Archer and Paralympic Gold Medalist 22 September 2013 : Andrew Triggs Hodge, British Rower and Olypmpic Gold Medalist Crawley 1995 : Bert Crane, Crawley Borough Councillor. 7 December 2012 : Alan Quine, Former Crawley Borough Councillor. 7 December 2012 : Jim Smith, Former Crawley Mayor. Alf Pegler : Former Crawley Borough Councillor. Creswell 28 July 2013 : Mr Tom Doubtfire, Creswell Parish chairman and Clerk. 28 July 2013 : Mr Richard Thomas, Creswell Parish Councillor. 28 July 2013 : Mr Henry Hidderley. Crewe and nantwich 13 August 2003 : Dario Gradi, Crewe Alexandra Manager. 13 August 2003 : John Bowler, Crewe Alexandra Chairman. Crookham Village 7 May 2016 : Peter Crawley, Crookham Village Parish Councillor 1976 -- 2016 and Former Council Chairman. Croydon 1897 : Sir Frederick Thomas Edridge JP DL, Mayor of Croydon 1890 -- 92, 1894 -- 96 and 1902 -- 03, High Sheriff of Croydon in 1909. 1901 : Rt. Hon. Lord Roberts of Waterford and Kandahar VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC, British Army Field Marshal and Victoria Cross Recipient. 1902 : Nathaniel Page JP, Mayor of Croydon 1899 -- 1902. 1907 : William Ford Stanley JP, British Inventor. 1907 : Frederick Foss JP, Mayor of Croydon 1892 -- 1893. 1909 : Sir Reuben Vincent Barrow JP, Mayor of Croydon 1885 -- 1886. 1911 : Sir William Purdie Treloar Kt JP, Lord Mayor of London 1906 -- 1907. 1912 : James Trumble JP, Mayor of Croydon 1910 -- 1912 and 1933 -- 1935. 1917 : Henry Keatley Moore JP, Mayor of Croydon 1906 -- 1908. 1920 : Dame Elizabeth Sara Edridge. 1920 : Howard Houlder DL JP, Mayor of Croydon 1916 -- 1919. 1920 : Mary Mossman Houlder JP. 1922 : Martin Taylor, Croydon Alderman. 1926 : Edward George Bates. 1928 : Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Lord Davidson of Lambeth GCVO, PC,, Archbishop of Canterbury 1903 -- 1928. 1983 : Rt. Hon. Bernard Weatherill PC DL K. StJ, Croydon MP and Speaker of the House of Commons. 1990 : Stanley E. Littlechild, OBE 1993 : Colonel D.J McLelland, CBE, TD, DL 2002 : The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bowness, CBE, DL 2002 : The Rt. Rev. Wilfred Denniston Wood, KA, D. UNIV, D.D, Bishop of Croydon 2006 : Adrian Dennis, MRTPI 2006 : Derek Loughborough, AII, APMI, AIMgt 2007 : David Keith Wechsler 2012 : The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Wicks M.P. ( awarded posthumously ) 2015 : Ian Austen 2015 : Colonel IWB McRobbie OBE TD DL 2016 : Revd. Canon Colin J Luke Boswell, Vicar of Croydon and Chaplain to the Whitgift Foundation. Dacorum 1990 : Bob Davis 1991 : Mary King 1995 : Zena Bullmore 1999 : June Street OBE 2004 : Keith Hunt 2006 : Bob Parsons 2008 : Julian Taunton 2011 : Derek Townsend 24 September 2014 : Heather Allen MBE 24 September 2014 : David Furnell 24 September 2014 : Daniel Zammit 31 October 2016 : Max Whitlock, British Artistic Gymnast 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. Darlington 1947 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Deal 15 August 1951 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Deeping St James 23 May 2015 : Martin Adams, British Darts World Champion. Derby 4 May 2003 : Brian Clough, former Derby County football manager Devizes 15 March 2016 : Margaret Taylor, Former Mayor of Devizes. Julian Macdonald, Former Devizes Town Clerk. Pat Morris, Former Devizes Town Councillor. The Most Honourable Marquess of Lothian PC QC DL, British Politician. Disley October 2015 : Diane Guy MBE, Former Disley Town Councillor. Doncaster 9 June 2014 : Sarah Stevenson MBE, British Taekwondo Champion. 14 August 2017 : Ben Parkinson MBE, Wounded British Soldier of 7th Parachute Regiment RHA Soldier. Dover 1951 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Dudley 9 October 2013 : Lenny Henry, British Entertainer. 30 November 2015 : Jordanne Whiley MBE, British Wheelchair tennis Champion. 15 January 2016 : David Caunt MBE, Dudley Borough Councillor. 15 January 2016 : David Sparks, Dudley Borough Councillor. Durham 8 December 2008 : Bobby Robson, football manager, in honour of his services to football and charitable work Eastbourne 22 April 1948 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Henry Allingham, British World War I Veteran. Andrew Carnegie, Scottish American Philanthropist. Martina Navratilova, American Tennis Player and a Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 7 January 2007 : Maurice Skilton MBE, Mayor of Eastbourne 1991 -- 1993. East Grinstead 31 May 2015 : Reverend Canon Clive Everett - Allen, East Grinstead Church of England Clergyman. East Harling 2017 : Mr. David Gee. 2017 : Dr. Paul Jonason. 2017 : Mr. Roy Kemp. 2017 : Mrs. Varlie Sheldrake. 2017 : Mrs. Dorothy Jubb. 2017 : Mrs. Heather Kenny. East Staffordshire 2016 : Adam Peaty, British Swimmer 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. Eastleigh 1977 : Peter Green, British Businessman. 1977 : Sir David Price, British Politician. 1986 : Frank Brown, American Archaeologist. 2005 : Lord Chidgey, British Politician. 2013 : Danielle King, British Track cycling Olympic Gold Medalist in 2012. 2013 : David Smith, British Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2012. Elmbridge Sir Cliff Richard OBE, British Entertainer. 17 April 2008 : Michael Aspel OBE, British Television Presenter. Enfield 16 April 2007 : Rt. Hon. Lord Graham of Edmonton PC, British Politician. 2012 : Alexander Mattingly, Enfield Borough Councillor. Epsom and Ewell 5 June 1939 : Rt. Hon. James Chuter Ede CH PC DL, Mayor of Epsom and Ewell and Later Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons. 24 April 1953 J. Tudor Rees, British Judge and Liberal Politician. Erewash 19 December 2012 : Sir David John Brailsford CBE, Performance Director of British Cycling. 2 October 2016 : Robert Lindsay, British Actor Exeter 1801 : Lord Nelson, British Royal Navy Admiral. 16 January 1900 : Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, MP for Exeter 1880 -- 99, later Governor of Bombay and Governor - General of Australia 12 July 1902 : John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer. 1998 : Sir John Hannam, British Politician and Exeter MP 1970 - 1997. 2 September 2015 : Tony Rowe, Chairman of the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Team. 2015 : Jo Pavey, British Long Distance Runner. 2015 : Liam Tancock, British Swimmer. Folkestone 19 March 2015 : Sir Roger De Haan CBE, DL, British Businessman. Frodsham 1 June 2016 : Frank Pennington, Frodsham Town Councillor. 16 December 2016 : The Reverend Michael Mills, Church of England Clergyman. Frome 4 May 2010 : Jenson Button, Formula One driver, following his victory in the 2009 World Drivers ' Championship Gateshead 24 November 2000 : Jonathan Edwards, triple jumper 20 October 2004 : Brendan Foster, distance runner and founder of the Great North Run 12 October 2006 : Mike Neville, newsreader 12 October 2006 : Joyce Quin, Baroness 12 October 2006 : Thomas Burlison, Baron and former footballer 22 January 2009 : Bobby Moncur, footballer 10 February 2011 : David Almond, author 10 February 2011 : David Clelland, MP for Tyne Bridge 10 February 2011 : John Hall, owner of Newcastle United F.C., and his wife 8 November 2011 : Paul Younger, hydrogeologist and environmental engineer 24 July 2012 : Antony Gormley, creator of the Angel of the North sculpture 24 July 2012 : Alan J. Smith, founding chairman of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 6 November 2013 : Jill Halfpenny, British Actress. Gedling 8 May 2009 : Carl Froch MBE, British Boxer Glastonbury 14 July 2015 : Geoffrey Ashe MBE FRSL, British Historian. Gloucester 1953 : Colonel James Carne VC DSO, British Army Victoria Cross Recipient. Gosport, Hampshire 11 April 2014 : Alex Thomson, British yachtsman Great Aycliffe July 1995 : Eric White, Mayor of Great Aycliffe 1982 -- 1983. Greenwich 1983 : Nelson Mandela 11 June 2000 : Bob Hope 12 March 2012 : Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 13 March 2012 : Doreen Lawrence 23 March 2016 : Dr. Tariq Abbasi MBE, Founder of the Armed Forces Muslim Forum. 19 May 2017 : Rt. Hon. Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford PC, British Politician Greenwich and Woolwich MP 1992 - 2015. 19 May 2017 : Dr. Jagir Kaur Sekhon MBE, Former Greenwich Borough Councillor. 19 May 2017 : Robert Harris, Former Greenwich Borough Councillor. 19 May 2017 : Neil Rhind MBE FSA, Royal Borough of Greenwich Historian. 19 May 2017 : Bradley Hemmings MBE, Founder and Artistic Director of the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival. Guildford 1897 : Thomas Wilde Powell. 9 July 1902 : F.F. Smallpiece, town clerk for 26 years. 1934 : William Harvey. Lord Baden Powell, British Army General and Founder of the Scouting Movement. 1 May 1957 : Alderman Lawrence Powell MC JP MA, Guildford Borough Councillor. 12 June 1985 : Rt. Hon. Lord Nugent of Guildford PC JP, British Politician. 25 March 1995 : Doreen Bellerby MBE. 25 March 1995 : Bill Bellerby MBE. 1 October 2003 : David Watts. 22 November 2011 : Andrew Hodges. 3 November 2015 : Jennifer Powell, Guildford Mayor 2001 -- 2002. Hackney 1947 : Herbert William Butler, MP Halton 13 March 2017 : David Cargill, Halton Borough Councillor 1977 -- Present Mayor of Halton 1989 - 1990. 13 March 2017 : Anthony McDermott, Halton Borough Councillor 1972 -- Present. Hammersmith and Fulham 19 October 2016 : George Cohen MBE, Former Fulham and England Football Player Member of the 1966 World Cup Winning Team and a Member of the English Football Hall of Fame. Harrogate 1926 : Rt. Hon. Lord Irwin PC, British Polititician and Incoming Viceroy and Governor General of India. Harrow 30 September 1955 : Sir Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister 16 December 1976 : Sir Horace Cutler 4 May 2004 : Sir Roger Bannister, British track runner and neurosurgeon 7 July 2011 : Sir Paul Nurse, English geneticist, President of the Royal Society, and co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Hartlepool 2010 : Jeff Stelling, British Sports Journalist. 2010 : Rt. Hon. Lord Mandelson PC, British Politician. 2 September 2014 : Sir Ronald Norman OBE DL, British Businessman and Deputy Lieutenant of Durham Edward Leadbitter, British Politician. Haslemere 13 June 2017 : Valerie Porter, Former Haslemere Parish Council Chairman. Hastings 1928 : Admiral of the fleet Rt. Hon. Lord Jellicoe GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL, British Royal Navy Admiral. 1960 : Sidney Little, British Civil Engineer, Hastings Borough & Water Engineer, Hastings Borough Planning Officer. 18 May 2016 : Maureen Charlesworth, Mayor of Hastings 2006 -- 2010. Havering Canon Hugh Dibbens Ian Yeoman Christine Watson Marjorie Ramsey Will Mills Denis O'Flynn Louise Sinclair Owen Ware Cllr Len Long Cllr Eric Munday Stephen Evans Cllr Roger Ramsey Colin Coe Sunny Jasraj Cllr Peter Gardner Maisie Whitelock Cllr Barbara Matthews Mark Hunter Dr. Eva Lohse Air commodore Brian Batt. RAF Lloyd Scott Bob Neill Patricia Mylod Joyce Leicester Sue Ospreay Tom Horlock Paul Binder David King Mark Sweetingham Donald Poole Theresa Murray Frances Ridgley Harry Matthews 2011 : Thomas Horlock, Romford World War II Veteran and Labour Party Politician. Hebden 7 September 2017 : Andrew Triggs Hodge OBE, 3 Time British Rowing Olympic Gold Medalist ( 2008 2012 2016 ). Hedon Dr. Harry Marshall. Cllr Leonard Sharpe. Cllr Henry Vies Suggit MM JP, 9 Time Mayor of Hedon. Doug Goulsbra, MGMB. Cllr Hilda Ives MBE. James Watson. Mrs. Alison Todd. Sydney T. Johnson. Dr. Martin Craven. Dr. John Markham. High Peak 1986 : Glynne D. Jones. 1989 : Charles D. Lewis, MBE. 1995 : George A. Bingham. 1995 : Francis W. Stubbs. 12 October 2004 Bradley Wiggins, British Cyclist, Olympic Gold Medalist and Winner of the 2012 Tour de France. 2007 : Raymond Davies. Hillingdon 13 September 2012 : Natasha Baker MBE, British Para-equestrian Rider, Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2012. Holbeach 7 August 2015 : Terry Harrington, Former Holbeach Parish Councillor and Council Chairman. Holburn 1946 : George Bernard Shaw, British Author and Playwright and Winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature. Holymoorside and Walton December 2014 : Norman Wragg, Holymoorside and Walton Parish Councillor and chairman. Hounslow 19 December 2012 : Mo Farah, British Track Runner, Olympic Gold Medalist 2012. 19 December 2012 : Peter Reed, British Rower, Olympic Gold Medalist 2008 and 2012. 17 September 2014 : Lance sergeant Johnson Beharry, British Army Victoria Cross Recipient. 27 October 2015 : Ruth Cadbury, British Politician. 27 October 2015 : Paul Lynch, Hounslow Borough Councillor. 27 October 2015 : Robert Whatley, Hounslow Borough Councillor. 27 October 2015 : John Chatt, Hounslow Borough Councillor. 27 October 2015 : Rajinder Bath, Hounslow Borough Councillor. Tul Bahadur Pun, Nepalese Gurkha Victoria Cross Recipient. Lachhiman Gurung, Nepalese Gurkha Victoria Cross Recipient. Hungerford 27 December 2016 : Beryl Fowler, Former Hungerford Town Clerk. 7 May 2017 : Margaret Wilson, Former Hungerford Town Councillor. Hyndburn 2005 : Alice Horne, British Centenarian and Charity Worker. 6 February 2013 : Doris Cassidy, Long Time Official with the Accrington Branch of the Royal British Legion. 29 January 2015 : Julie Hesmondhalgh, British Actress Best Known as Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street 13 May 2017 : Geoffrey Hanson, British Businessman and Chairman of the Great Harwood Agricultural Show. Ipswich 1709 : The Duke of Grafton KG PC FRS, British Politician. 1709 : The Duke of Marlborough KG PC, British Army Officer and Politician. 1798 : Lord Nelson KB, British Royal Navy Officer. 1812 : The Duke of Wellington KG GCB GCH PC FRS, British Army Officer and Later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rt. Hon. Lord Kitchener KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCMG GCIE PC, British Army Officer and Politician. Ken Weetch, British Politician and Ipswich MP 1974 - 1987. 5 May 2008 : Sir Bobby Robson, football manager Isle of Wight 15 October 2008 : Sir Christopher Bland, British Businessman and Politician Islington 28 October 2004 : Arsène Wenger, manager of Arsenal F.C., and Ken Friar, former managing director of the club 16 November 2010 : Rt. Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury PC, British Politician. 16 November 2010 : Father Jim Kennedy, Roman Catholic Priest. 16 November 2010 : Colonel Brian Kay OBE TD DL, Deputy Lieutenant of Islington. March 2015 : George Durack, Islington Borough Councillor. Kensington and Chelsea 1949 : Rt. Hon Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister ( Borough of Kensington ) 13 June 1979 : Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister 19 January 2011 : Baroness Hanham, Kensington and Chelsea Councillor and Conservative life peer 23 July 2015 : Lord Cadogan, British landowner and philanthropist Kirklees 27 January 1980 : Sir Joseph Percival William Mallalieu, British Labour Party Polititician and Huddersfield MP. 20 November 1992 : Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, British Labour Party Polititician and Speaker of the House of Commons. Kirton in lindsey 1 June 2017 : Richard Foster, Former Kirton Parish Council Chairman. King 's Lynn and West Norfolk 16 people have been given the honour since it was set up in 1901. 1954 : HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Former Royal Consort and Mother of Queen Elizabeth II. 1969 : Sir John Barbirolli, British Conductor. 24 April 2015 : Paul Richards, King 's Lynn Historian. Kingston upon Hull 1935 : Joseph Rank, businessman 1987 : Helen Suzman, anti-apartheid activist and politician June 1999 : Desmond Tutu, social rights activist and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa. Sir William Alfred Gelder, Former Mayor of Hull. John Prescott, British Politician. 3 February 2017 : Sir Tom Courtenay, British Actor. Lord Norton of Louth, University of Hull Academic. Lord Parekh, University of Hull Academic. John Whiteley MBE, Former Hull F.C. Rugby Player. Colin Hutton, Former Hull F.C. Rugby Player. Knowsley 11 November 2008 : Steven Gerrard MBE, Captain of Liverpool Football Club. Lambeth 1947 : Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison, British Politician. Lancaster June 2007 : John McGuinness, British Motorcycle Racer. 9 May 2014 : Cedric Robinson MBE, Queen 's Guide to the Sands. Leeds 23 January 1920 : Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 18 October 1922 : David Beatty, admiral 21 October 1922 : Lloyd George, British Prime Minister 5 March 1923 : E.F.L. Wood, MP for Ripon 13 March 1925 : Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister, and H.H. Asquith, former Prime Minister 6 October 1926 : Berkeley Moynihan, surgeon, William Middlebrook, politician, and Edward Brotherton, industrialist and politician 11 September 1930 : Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Arthur Greenwood, Minister of Health 7 July 1932 : Mary, Princess Royal 7 July 1943 : H.V. Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs 28 October 1958 : Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister 1967 : Baron Milner of Leeds, former MP and Deputy Speaker 30 April 2001 : Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa April 2004 : Fanny Waterman, piano teacher 20 May 2005 : Jane Tomlinson, athlete and cancer sufferer 12 March 2006 : Alan Bennett, playwright 26 January 2011 : Jimi Heselden, entrepreneur and philanthropist, posthumously Lewisham 9 December 1971 : Alan Milner Smith OBE, Lewisham Town Clerk. 28 November 1975 : Frederick William Winslade CBE JP, Mayor of Lewisham 1965 -- 68. 10 October 1985 : Daisy Amelia Elizabeth Hurren, Mayor of Lewisham 1962 -- 63. 30 March 1990 : Alfred Anderson Hawkins, Mayor of Lewisham 1971 -- 1984. 4 May 1990 : The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Anti Apartheid Activist. 16 November 1992 : Terrence Hardy Waite CBE, English Humanitarian. 8 March 1996 : Dame Sybil Theodora Phoenix, British Community Worker. 10 March 2000 : Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, OM, DBE, FRCS, FRCP, FRCN 8 June 2007 : James Leslie Hicks Eytle, Mayor of Lewisham 1984 -- 85 and 1990 -- 91. 2013 : Dame Erica Pienaar, Former Head of Prendergast School 1998 -- 2013. 2014 : Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, Anti Violence Campaigner. Lichfield 15 January 2016 : Peter Young, Former Lichfield Town Clerk Little Berkhamsted 20 March 2013 : Celia Rochford, Little Berkhamsted Parish Councillor 1983 -- 2007 and Councillor Leader 1986 -- 2004. Liverpool Main article : List of Freemen of the City of Liverpool The Freedom of Liverpool was first conferred upon the military officer Andrew Clarke on 7 July 1886. Other recipients include four - time Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1892, the Beatles in 1984, and Nelson Mandela in 1994. The Freedom of the City has also been awarded to groups of people on occasion, such as the families of the 96 Hillsborough victims, and the city of New York. Loddon 24 June 2016 : Cecil Nicholls, Loddon School Groundsman 1975 -- 1990. London Main article : List of Honorary Freemen of the City of London Anyone may apply for the Freedom of the City of London. When a person becomes a Member of one of the Livery Companies, they also receive the Freedom of the City. However, the Honorary Freedom is a much higher honour, and can not be applied for ; individuals must be invited to receive the award by the Court of Common Council. Notable recipients include William Pitt the Younger, David Livingstone, Florence Nightingale, Princess Diana, and more recently, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Annie Lennox, Ben Pinner and Stephen Fry. Loughborough 1905 : Joseph Griggs DL JP, Mayor of Loughborough 1888 -- 1890. 1911 : Thomas Mayo, Mayor of Loughborough 1899 -- 1901, 1903 -- 1905, 1906 -- 1907, 1908 -- 1911, 1913 -- 1914. 1916 : Alfred Bumpus, Mayor of Loughborough 1890 -- 1891. 1939 : Alan Moss JP, Mayor of Loughborough 1927 -- 1929. 1946 : George H. Bowler JP, Mayor of Loughborough 1924 -- 1926. 1946 : Frederic Stenson, Loughborough Alderman. 1946 : Alexander Young McGhie. 1951 : John W. Barker Loughborough Alderman. 1951 : George H. Dean JP, Mayor of Loughborough 1938 -- 1940. 1957 : John S. Marr JP, Mayor of Loughborough 1933 -- 1935. 1964 : Alfred Perkins, Mayor of Loughborough 1944 -- 1945. 1970 : Thomas S. Fielding, LCP JP. 1970 : Malcolm H. Moss. Lowestoft 1928 : Howard Hollingsworth, British Businessman and Philanthropist Founder of Bourne & Hollingsworth 28 July 1951 : Benjamin Britten OM CH, British composer, conductor and pianist Ludgershall 3 October 2016 : Ken Beard MBE, British Royal Navy Veteran of the Arctic Convoys and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service Firefighter. Ludlow 1802 : Lord Nelson, British Royal Navy Admiral. Luton 15 January 2015 : John Still, Manager of Luton Town Football Club. 15 January 2015 : Lord McKenzie of Luton, British Politician. 15 January 2015 : Vivian Dunington MBE, Luton Borough Councillor. Lymington 24 October 2013 : Sir Ben Ainslie CBE, British Sailor, 4 Time Olympic Gold Medalist. Lynemouth 1 June 2016 : Mrs. Gillian Thompson MBE, Lynemouth Parish Councillor and Former Council Chairman. 1 June 2016 : Mrs. Sarah Hannah Williamson MBE. Macclesfield 2002 : Margaret Duddy OBE, Leader of Macclesfield Borough Council. 2002 : Sir Nicholas Winterton, British Politician and Macclesfield MP. Maidstone 3 December 2007 : Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe, British Politician and Maidstone MP Maldon 18 April 2017 : Stephen Nunn, Former Mayor of Maldon and Town Historian. Manchester Sir William Crossley 's Key 6 October 1899 : Enriqueta Augustina Rylands, founder of John Rylands Library 15 June 1906 : William Crossley, businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament, in honour of the Stamford Park County School 9 May 1907 : Prime Ministers Alfred Deakin ( Australia ), Wilfrid Laurier ( Canada ), and Leander Starr Jameson ( Cape Colony ) 12 September 1918 : David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister 30 December 1918 : Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States 5 November 1926 : The leaders of eight British Dominions received the Freedom of Manchester on the occasion of the 1926 Imperial Conference, along with the Maharaja of Burdwan. The eight heads of government in question were : Stanley Baldwin ( United Kingdom ) Stanley Bruce ( Australia ) William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Canada ) W.T. Cosgrave ( Irish Free State ) Walter Stanley Monroe ( Newfoundland ) Gordon Coates ( New Zealand ) J.B.M. Hertzog ( South Africa ), in absentia 8 April 1930 : C.P. Scott, editor of The Manchester Guardian 1947 Winston Churchill 23 November 1967 : Matt Busby, football manager ( Manchester United ) 31 October 1977 : Bernard Lovell, astronomer 1984 : Kathleen Ollerenshaw, mathematician and politician 28 February 2000 : Alex Ferguson, football manager ( Manchester United ) 10 October 2007 : Tony Wilson, music mogul 2 March 2009 : Bobby Charlton, footballer ( Manchester United ), for promoting the city of Manchester 2 November 2009 : Team GB 's cycling squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in recognition of their seven gold medals 9 October 2013 : Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, Nobel Prize - winning physicists known for their pioneering work on graphene Mansfield 2008 : Samuel Hynd, British Swmmer and Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2008. 2008 : Rebecca Adlington OBE, British Swimmer Olympic Gold Medalist in 2008. 10 November 2016 : Oliver Hynd MBE, British Swimmer and Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2012 and 2016. 10 November 2016 : Charlotte Henshaw, British Swimmer Paralympic Silver and Bronze Medalist. 10 November 2016 : Glenn Smith, British Swimming Coach. March 11 October 2010 : Louise Hazel, British Track and field Athlete. Merton 20 June 2014 : Andy Murray, British Tennis Player 27 June 2014 : Angela Mortimer, British Tennis Player and a Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 27 June 2014 : Ann Haydon - Jones, British Tennis Player and a Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 27 June 2014 : Virginia Wade, British Tennis Player and a Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Middlesbrough 30 March 1967 : L. Taylor. 26 March 1968 : Right Reverend Monsignor Canon Michael O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Priest. 16 October 1974 : Mrs. M.A. Daniel. 16 October 1974 : Mrs. Ethel A. Gaunt. 21 December 1976 : Rt. Hon. Lord Bottomley OBE PC, British Labour Party Politician and Cabinet Minister. 8 May 1981 : Mr. E.A. Dickinson MBE. 9 May 1986 : Mrs Rose M. Haston. 9 May 1986 : Mr. Arthur Pearson CBE. 9 May 1986 : Robert I. Smith. 16 June 1992 : Councillor W. Ferrier MBE, Middlesbrough Borough Councillor. 16 June 1992 : Councillor Miss G. Popple, Middlesbrough Borough Councillor. 16 June 1992 : Mr. Len Poole BEM. 8 March 1996 : Mr. John Robert Foster OBE. 15 March 2000 : Alma Collin MBE. 3 December 2003 : Councillor Hazel Pearson OBE, Middlesbrough Borough Councillor 1968 -- 2015. 18 March 2004 : Stephen Gibson, chairman of Middlesbrough F.C., following his team 's Carling Cup victory. 30 June 2009 : Jack Hatfield, British Businessman. Milton Keynes 18 March 1982 : Lord Campbell of Eskan, Chairman of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation. 19 March 2009 : Dr. James Charles Marshall, British Businessman. 31 March 2011 : Dame Cleo Laine, British Singer 12 November 2015 : Peter Winkelman, Chairman of Milton Keynes Dons Football Club. Morchard Bishop Frank Yendell, Morchard Bishop Parish Councillor. Nelson 14 December 2016 : Mr. Fred Stringer, British Veterans Campaigner. Newcastle - under - Lyme 26 November 2015 : Neil Baldwin, Former Stoke City Football Club Kit Man Newcastle upon Tyne Notable recipients of the Freedom of Newcastle include : 18 July 1901 : William Watson - Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, philanthropist who donated money for the building of the new Royal Victoria Infirmary 6 May 1977 : Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States 2 January 1980 : Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster 2 January 1980 : Jackie Milburn, footballer 2 June 1982 : David Scott Cowper, first man to sail solo around the world in both directions 2 April 1986 : Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, was granted the Freedom of Newcastle `` in recognition of his services to the cause of freedom ''. As Mandela was imprisoned in South Africa at the time, the Freedom Scroll was accepted on his behalf by Ralph Mzamo, a representative of the African National Congress. Mandela received the Freedom in person on 9 October 1993. 2 April 1986 : Andrei Sakharov, Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist 30 April 1986 : Bob Geldof, singer and political activist 1 July 1992 : Peter Taylor, Lord Chief Justice of England 26 May 1993 : Newcastle United F.C. 5 April 1995 : Jeremy Beecham, former leader of Newcastle City Council 1 October 1997 : Royal Shakespeare Company 6 December 2000 : Nick Brown, politician 6 December 2000 : Edward Short, politician 6 December 2000 : Sage Group, enterprise software company 6 December 2000 : Jonathan Edwards, triple jumper 9 March 2001 : Alan Shearer, footballer 27 February 2004 : Jonny Wilkinson, rugby union player 2 March 2005 : Bobby Robson, former manager of Newcastle United F.C. 8 May 2006 : Harry Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 10 July 2007 : Ringtons, tea manufacturer 3 October 2007 : Northern Rock, bank 14 November 2007 : Harald V, King of Norway 10 February 2010 : Greggs, bakery chain 13 December 2016 : Brendan Foster CBE, British Long - distance runner. 13 December 2016 : Sir Terry Farrell CBE RIBA FRSA FCSD MRTPI, British Architect. 13 December 2016 : Olivia Grant OBE DL, Pro-Chancellor of Newcastle University 2002 -- 2011 and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. 13 December 2016 : Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE, CEO of the Freeman Hospital. 13 December 2016 : Chris Brink FRSSAf, Newcastle University Vice Chancellor. 28 March 2017 : Frederick Shepherd, British Businessman and Former Chairman of Newcastle United Football Club. 28 March 2017 : Bruce Shepherd OBE, British Businessman. Newham 24 May 1979 : Walter Edwin Hurford, MM, Margaret Scott, George Edward Smith 12 May 1983 : John Alfred Kemp 28 November 1985 : John Albert Hart, MBE 12 October 2000 : Colonel Michael John Dudding, OBE TD DL, Deputy Lieutenant of Newham. Thomas James Duncan Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji, DFC PCS BA LL. B 15 January 2004 : Irene Poole, Khizr - E-Azam 14 May 2009 : Christine Ohuruogu, MBE 27 May 2010 : Commander Nick Bracken, OBE, Metropolitan Police Officer. Frances Clarke Marie Gabriel Michael Grier Jack Petchey, OBE, British Businessman and Owner of Watford Football Club. Northampton 1919 : Lord Horne GCB KCMG, British Army General. 1989 : Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE, British Academy Award Winning Composer. 8 June 1989 : HRH Prince of Wales. 8 June 1989 : HRH Princess of Wales. 27 October 2014 : Keith Barwell OBE, Chairman of the Northampton Saints Rugby Team. 27 October 2014 : Brian Binley, British Conservative Party Politician and Northampton MP. 27 October 2014 : John Dickie, Leader of Northampton Borough Council from 1991 to 2000. Northchapel 10 May 2017 : William Poste, Former Northchapel Parish Council Chairman. North Tyneside 18 May 2017 : Sarah Hunter MBE, England Rugby Captain. Northwich 1 October 2016 : Matthew Langridge, British Olympic Gold Medalist Norwich 23 June 1830 : Samuel Bignold, businessman and politician 29 November 2005 : Colin Self, artist 25 July 2006 : Ove Fundin, speedway rider December 2007 : Patricia Hollis, Labour peer 18 December 2009 : Norfolk Constabulary Other recipients of the Freedom of Norwich include playwright Arthur Miller, philanthropist Robert Sainsbury ( and his wife, Lisa ), Anglia TV, Norwich City F.C., and Norwich Union. Nottingham Notable recipients of the Freedom of Nottingham include : 6 November 1905 : William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army 29 June 1914 : William Cavendish - Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 19 February 1917 : Albert Ball, fighter pilot 25 October 1920 : Jesse Boot, founder of the pharmacy chain Boots 12 July 1934 : John Dane Player and William Goodacre Player, owners of tobacco manufacturer John Player & Sons 3 May 1965 : Cecil Roberts, former editor of the Nottingham Journal 17 March 1976 : Edward Ellis, Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham 17 March 1976 : Doug Scott, first person to climb the south - west face of Mount Everest 28 April 1983 : Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, ice dancers 23 March 1993 : Brian Clough, former manager of Nottingham Forest F.C. 5 February 1997 : Paul Smith, fashion designer 6 June 2008 : Alan Sillitoe, author 26 September 2008 : Colin Campbell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham 17 October 2014 : Carl Froch, World Boxing Champion Oldham 9 November 1909 : Dame Sarah Lees, British politician and Mayor of Oldham 2 April 1941 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister 9 January 1946 : Rt. Hon. J.R. Clynes, British politician 7 December 1960 : Sir William Walton, British composer 7 July 1982 : Dame Eva Turner, British dramatic soprano 17 July 2013 : Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher, British politician 2016 : Nicola White, British Field Hockey Player and Olympic Gold Medalist at 2016 Olympics. Oswestry 15 May 2015 : Christopher Symons, British Musician and Music Teacher. Oxford Notable recipients of the Freedom of Oxford include : 22 July 1802 : Horatio Nelson, Royal Naval officer 6 December 1900 : Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia, British politician 3 February 1919 : Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Royal Naval officer 25 June 1919 : David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Royal Naval officer 25 June 1919 : Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British Army officer 18 May 1931 : Sir Michael Sadler, British historian 15 January 1951 : William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors. 6 June 1953 : Robert Menzies, former Prime Minister of Australia 10 February 1955 : Alic Halford Smith, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. 1 March 1955 : Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester, British merchant banker 16 January 1956 : Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister 12 January 1970 : Sir Basil Blackwell, Oxford bookseller 17 June 1982 : Olive Gibbs, Lord Mayor of Oxford 23 June 1997 : Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa 15 December 1997 : Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy campaigner ( she collected the award in 2012 ) 21 February 2001 : Colin Dexter, British author 16 September 2002 : Sir Richard Doll, British scientist 12 May 2004 : Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. 24 January 2007 : Philip Pullman, British author 2 July 2014 : Christopher Brown, British art historian Pendle 21 May 2015 : John David, Pendle Borough Councillor 1986 - 2014 Mayor of Pendle 1992 - 93. 21 May 2015 : Stephen Barnes, Pendle Borough Council Chief Executive 1993 - 2015. Penzance 25 April 1958 : Sir Edward Bolitho, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Peterborough 18 April 2012 : Gordon Ryall, Peterborough Coroner. 18 April 2012 : Dick Preston, Peterborough Historian. 18 April 2012 : Father David Jennings, Peterborough Clergyman. 19 September 2015 : Wyndham Thomas CBE, British Architect. 21 March 2017 : James Fox, British Rower. 21 March 2017 : Louis Smith MBE, British Artistic gymnast. 21 March 2017 : Lee Manning, British Wheelchair Basketball Player. Plymouth October 1948 : Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino diplomat and 5th President of the United Nations General Assembly Poole 21 May 1929 : At a ceremony in the Regent Theatre, Poole, Lord Baden - Powell, Founder of the world - wide Scout Movement, after an experimental camp on Brownsea Island in the Borough of Poole. 1946 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. ( Conferred in 1954 ). 1950 : Olave Lady Baden - Powell, World Chief Guide ; conferred on Brownsea Island. Portsmouth Notable recipients of the Freedom of Portsmouth include : 1898 : Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 1901 : Frederick Fitzwygram, MP and Baronet 1921 : Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1924 : David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister 1926 : Edward VIII, Prince of Wales 1927 : J.E.B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone 1927 : William Joynson - Hicks, Home Secretary 26 July 1946 : Bernard Montgomery, Field Marshal 12 December 1950 : Winston Churchill, Leader of the Conservative Party 4 July 1968 : Sir Alec Rose, amateur sailor who circumnavigated the globe 1976 : Louis Mountbatten, former Governor General of India 1979 : Charles, Prince of Wales 1991 : James Callaghan, former Prime Minister 1992 : Diana, Princess of Wales 1995 : Frank Judd, MP 2003 : Milan Mandarić, business tycoon and former owner of Portsmouth F.C. 28 October 2008 : Harry Redknapp, former Portsmouth F.C. manager, was awarded the Freedom of the City for his achievements in leading Portsmouth to the FA Cup in 2007 - 8. He was booed by Portsmouth fans at his award ceremony, having left the club for Tottenham Hotspur two days earlier. Preston 1979 : Tom Finney, Preston North End footballer 1997 : Nick Park, creator of the Oscar - winning Wallace and Gromit films 20 January 2006 : Andrew Flintoff, cricketer, for his contribution in the 2005 Ashes series Purleigh 18 June 2016 : Brian Oliver, Purleigh Parish Councillor and Council Chairman. Reading 2006 : Sir John Madejski OBE DL 17 November 2008 : Robert Green, Former Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor and Mayor of Reading. REDCAR and CLEVELAND Wilfred James Mannion, Middlesbrough Football Player. 3 September 1998 : Rt. Hon. Marjorie Mowlam, British Politician. 23 May 2001 : George Hardwick, Middlesbrough Football Player. 23 May 2001 : Vera Robinson MBE, Redcar Town Historian Richmond, North Yorkshire 2004 : Baroness Harris of Richmond, Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and Liberal Democrat Life peer. 2014 : Baron Crathorne, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire. His Wife Lady Sylvia Crathorne Received the Freedom of Richmond in 2007. Richmond upon Thames 21 January 2014 : Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FRSB FLS FZS FSA, broadcaster and naturalist 3 March 2017 : Sir David Williams, Richmond upon Thames Borough Councillor 1974 - 2014. Ripon October 2002 : HRH Prince of Wales. Rochdale 19 May 1937 : Gracie Fields, British Entertainer. 19 May 1937 : Sir Samuel Turner, Founder of Turner & Newall. 26 May 2013 : Lance corporal Stephen Shaw MC, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross Recipient. 23 April 2014 : Rt. Hon. Lord Barnett PC, British Politician. 24 February 2016 : Major Edmund T. Gartside TD DL, British Army Officer and Deputy Lieutenant of Rochdale 29 August 2017 : Julie Goodyear MBE, British actress best known for playing Bet Lynch in Coronation Street. Rossendale 25 April 1994 : Joseph Connolly, Mayor of Rossendale 1975 -- 1976. Rotherham 15 September 2010 : Howard Webb MBE, South Yorkshire Police Officer and International Football Referee. 2 July 2014 : Tony Stewart, Chairman of Rotherham United Football Club. Rugby 27 April 2017 : Dr. James Shera MBE, Rugby Borough Councillor 1981 -- Present and Mayor of Rugby 1988. Runnymede 14 June 2017 : Geoffrey Bertram Woodger, Former Mayor of Runnymede. 14 June 2017 : John Marshall Edwards, Runnymede Borough Councillor. Rushcliffe 1978 : Harold Arthur Ives 1981 : Frank Edward Worwood 1993 : James Anderson Swanwick 1996 : George Eric Green 2004 : Raymond Cook MBE 2007 : George Buckley MBE 16 July 2013 : Margaret Ann Bremner MBE Rushmoor 1990 : * Arthur English, British Entertainer. 22 February 2017 : Andrew Lloyd, Rushmoor Borough Council Chief Executive 1996 - 2017. Saffron Walden July 2012 : Malcolm White, Former Saffron Walden Town Clerk. Salford 18 January 1899 : Benjamin Armitage, industrialist, and Benn Levy, playwright 14 October 1922 : David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister July 1933 : Frederick Smith, industrialist and philanthropist January 1960 : Edward Hardy, former leader of Salford City Council 8 June 1965 : L.S. Lowry, artist November 2004 : Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE, composer and conductor 30 November 2005 : Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa 7 January 2010 : Ryan Giggs, Manchester United footballer, for his `` exceptional contribution '' to the city Sandbach 19 May 2016 : Dennis Robinson, Sandbach Town Crier and Former Sandbach Town Councillor. Sandwell 4 April 2011 : Josie Lawrence, British Comedian and Actress. Scarborough A Total of 20 Individuals and Military Units Have Been Awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough since 1974. 1986 : Max Jaffa OBE, British Musician and Bandleader. 2005 : Sir Jimmy Saville OBE KCSG, British Entertainer -- His Freedom was revoked on 5 November 2012 in light of a sexual abuse scandal. Sir Alan Ayckbourn, British playwright. Paul Ingle, British Boxer. Sefton 22 June 2004 : Donald McCain, English horse trainer. 23 January 2006 : James Carragher, Former Liverpool Football Club Captain. Sessay 14 September 2015 : Edward Swales, Former Parish Council chairman. 14 September 2015 : Bill Barton OBE, Sessay representative on North Yorkshire County Council. 14 September 2015 : Frank Kay, Management at Sessay Cricket Club. 14 September 2015 : Harwood Stockdale, Management at Sessay Cricket Club. 14 September 2015 : Brian Flintoff, Groundskeeper at Sessay Cricket Club. Sheffield 18 December 1929 : Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister 6 November 1930 : R.B. Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada 6 June 1939 : Robert Hadfield, metallurgist 5 March 1951 : Winston S. Churchill, Former British Prime Minister 7 February 1979 : James Callaghan, British Prime Minister 8 October 1992 : Steven Bellamy, Sheffield Sportsman of the Decade. 6 February 2006 : Sebastian Coe, former athlete who headed London 's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics 8 February 2006 : Michael Vaughan, cricket captain, for his contribution in the 2005 Ashes series 8 March 2006 : Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, in recognition of her non-violent work against the military dictatorship in Burma 29 October 2009 : The Lindsay String Quartet 26 March 2013 : Jessica Ennis, heptathlete, after winning a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sidmouth 19 May 2011 : Anthony Reed, Former Sidmouth Council Chairman. Skegness 10 June 1936 : John Hassall, British Illustrator Best Known for Creating The Jolly Fisherman. Solihull 16 December 2008 : Matthew Croucher, member of the Royal Marines and recipient of the George Cross Southampton 3 January 1901 : Frederick Roberts, Field Marshal 12 July 1902 : Herbert Kitchener, army general 9 November 1923 : David Lloyd George, former British Prime Minister 2 April 2001 : Ted Bates, former player and manager of Southampton F.C. July 2002 : Matthew Le Tissier, Former Southampton F.C. Captain 19 September 2007 : Lawrie McMenemy, former manager of Southampton F.C. 16 November 2016. Francis Benali, former footballer of Southampton F.C. South Derbyshire 9 July 2011 : William Dunn, Former South Derbyshire Dictrict Councillor. Southend - on - Sea 9 January 1985 : Albert Mussett, Southend Borough Councillor. 6 March 2017 : Robert Tinlin, Southend Borough Chief Executive and Town Clerk 2005 - 2017. South shields 1940 : Richard Annand VC ERD DL, British Army Victoria Cross Recipient. South Tyneside 1989 : The Reverend Father James Walsh. 1991 : Dame Catherine Cookson DBE, British Author. 1992 : The Very Reverend Canon Wilfred Joseph Fee 1998 : Rt. Hon. Lord Dixon PC DL, British Politician. 1999 : Rt. Hon. Dr. David Clark PC DL, British Politician. 28 October 2008 : Mr Paul Waggott, Former Leader of South Tyneside Borough Council. 7 November 2011 : Jim Capstick, South Tyneside Borough Councillor. Southwark 12 May 2012 : Sir Michael Caine, British Actor. 12 May 2012 : Lance corporal Johnson Beharry, British Army Victoria Cross Recipient. 12 May 2012 : Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman, British Politician. 12 May 2012 : Rt. Hon. Simon Hughes, British Politician. 12 May 2012 : Rt. Hon. Dame Tessa Jowell, British Politician. 14 May 2016 : Sam King MBE, Mayor of Southwark 1983 -- 1984. Spelthorne D.J. Squire. 18 April 2013 : Colin Squire. Stafford 20 September 2016 : Joe Clarke, British Slalom Canoeist 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. St Edmundsbury 1907 : Sir William Purdie Treloar Kt JP, Lord Mayor of London 1906 -- 1907. St Peter the Great 19 May 2017 : Robert Owen Jenkins, Former St Peter the Great Parish Clerk. Stevenage 23 May 2012 : Dr. Joachim Gerhadt, German Physician 2 March 2017 : Sherma Batson, DL MBE, Former Mayor of Stevenage. ( Conferred Posthumously ) Philip Thomas Ireton, JP CC DL. Michael Cotter, Stevenage Borough Councillor. Brian Hall CC, Stevenage Borough Councillor. Hilda Lawrence Rt. Hon. John Silkin, British Politician. Rt. Hon. Baroness Williams of Crosby CH PC, British Politician. Stockport 1934 : Frederick John Perry, British Tennis Player and Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 5 September 2007 : Christopher Finney GC, British Army George Cross Recipient. Stockton - on - Tees 25 November 2015 : Robert Gibson OBE, Stockton - on - Tees Borough Councillor. Stoke - on - Trent 26 April 1923 : John Wilcox Edge, Founding Partner of Pottery Company Edge Malkin & Company. 26 November 1926 : Walter Stanley Monroe, Prime Minister of Newfoundland 26 November 1926 : Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, Maharaja 29 November 1926 : Rt. Hon. 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, Prime Minister of Australia. 29 November 1926 : Rt. Hon. Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 14 March 1928 : Sir Oliver Lodge, British Physicist. 27 April 1928 : Rt. Hon. 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, British Prime Minister. 27 September 1928 : Henry James Johnson. 27 March 1930 : Mrs. Lucie Wedgwood. 6 November 1930 : Rt. Hon. James Barry Munnik Hertzog, Prime Minister of South Africa. 28 September 1933 : Sir Fred Hayward, Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1925 -- 26. 25 June 1936 : Sir Francis L'Estrange Joseph, British Industrialist and president of the Federation of British Industries. 25 May 1944 : Harry Leese, Stoke City Football Player. 25 October 1945 : John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. 2 May 1946 : George Herbert Barber. 2 May 1946 : Florence Ann Farmer. 2 May 1946 : Sampson Walker. 30 June 1946 : Rev. Thomas Horwood. 26 June 1952 : George Henry Meir. 26 November 1953 : John Henry Dale. 26 November 1953 : Alfred Cromwell Harvey. 31 March 1960 : Arthur Hollins, Labour Party Member of Parliament. 31 March 1960 : Henry Hopwood, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1950 -- 51. 31 March 1960 : George James Timmis. 31 March 1960 : Dr. Arnold Trevor Green. 21 December 1961 : William George Barratt. 25 July 1963 : Sir Stanley Matthews, Stoke City Football Player. 25 March 1965 : William Joel Wood. 27 October 1966 : Harry Taylor, Former Town Clerk. 27 March 1974 : Horace Barks, Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1951 -- 52. 27 March 1974 : William Hancock, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1961 -- 62. 27 March 1974 : George Leonard Barber. 27 March 1974 : Blanche Elizabeth Meakin. 27 March 1974 : Edwin Holloway, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1967 -- 68. 27 March 1974 : William Charles Rowe. 25 October 1979 : Edith Beddow 25 October 1979 : Joseph Edward Hulme. 25 October 1979 : Arthur Moran, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1969 -- 70. 18 December 1980 : William Screen, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1976 -- 77. 22 December 1983 : Mary Bourne. 22 November 1984 : Walter Sisulu, South African Anti Apartheid Activist. 18 December 1986 : Thomas William Blackford Beddow. 30 July 1987 : Doris Robinson. 29 October 1987 : Sir Richard Bailey, Leader in English Pottery Industry, managing director of the Royal Doulton Group. 28 September 1989 : Frederick Arthur Cholerton, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1971 -- 72. 28 September 1989 : Cyril Finney, Leader of Stoke - on - Trent Garden Festival. 21 December 1989 : Mary Stringer, Lord Mayor of Stoke - on - Trent 1979 -- 80. 28 February 1991 : Ronald Southern, Canadian Businessman and Founder of Spruce Meadows. 24 September 1992 : John Stuart Forrester, British Politician. 24 September 1992 : Lord Ashley of Stoke, British Politician. 24 September 1992 : Lady Ashley of Stoke 8 April 1993 : Harry Brown. 8 April 1993 : Joseph Monks - Neil. 8 April 1993 : Leslie Richard Sillitoe. 15 July 1994 : Donald Thomas Ward. 18 May 1995 : William Frederick Austin. 18 May 1995 : Alfred William Clowes. 18 May 1995 : James Alexander Matthew Humphreys. 18 May 1995 : Charles Herbert Mitchell. 12 October 1995 : Hortense Clews, Belgian Resistance Fighter in World War II. 8 December 1995 : Dr. H.C. Dietmar Hahlweg. 25 May 2006 : George William Stevenson, British Politician. 1 July 2014 : Robert Peter Williams, British Singer. 21 May 2015 : Gordon Banks, Stoke City and England Goalkeeper. 21 May 2015 : Neil Baldwin, Clown. Stratton St Margaret 16 April 2013 : Brynmore Vaughn. Sudbury 1929 : Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes, United States Army General Vice President of the United States 1925 - 1929 United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1929 - 1931 and Winner of 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. Sunderland 19 June 1901 : Ernest Vaux, army officer 14 August 1907 : John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham 13 October 1909 : Andrew Carnegie, industrialist 29 June 1911 : Frank Wilson, Premier of Western Australia 10 August 1921 : Samuel Storey, politician 10 August 1921 : Robert Appleby Bartram, shipbuilder 9 November 1932 : John Priestman, shipbuilder 8 October 1951 : Joshua Ritson, politician 20 March 1959 : Jack Lawson, politician 21 January 1974 : Bob Stokoe, manager of Sunderland A.F.C. 21 January 1974 : Sunderland Association Football Club 4 February 1982 : Frederick Willey, politician 4 February 1982 : Thomas Urwin, politician 14 October 1989 : Kate Adie, broadcaster 6 June 2006 : Tom Cowie, transport entrepreneur 6 June 2006 : Denise Robertson, broadcaster 12 July 2007 : David Puttnam, film producer 11 November 2013 : Joel Batteux, mayor of Saint - Nazaire, France 11 November 2013 : Niall Quinn, footballer 7 March 2014 : Trevor Mann, engineer Swale 1986 : Bob Geldof KBE, Irish Singer and Anti Poverty Activist Co Founder of Band Aid and the Benefit concert Live Aid. 31 August 2004 : Peter James Salmon, Swale Borough Alderman. 31 August 2004 : Gerald David Thomsett, Swale County Councillor. Talaton 2016 : Christopher Harwood, Former Parish Councillor. Tameside 2 December 1989 : Robert Sheldon, MP 21 July 1995 : Tom Pendry, MP 25 July 2017 : Sir Geoff Hurst MBE, Former West Ham and England Striker and a Member of the 1966 World Cup Winning Team. Tamworth 19 May 2014 : Alan Keast, Boxing Coach at Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club. 25 September 2015 : Ken Grant, Tamworth Mayor 2004. Taunton Deane The Freedom of the Borough of Taunton Deane Has Been Awarded 18 Times. 22 October 2014 : Clifford William Bishop, Taunton Deane Borough Councillor. John Meikle, Taunton Deane Borough Councillor. Rt. Hon. Sir Edward du Cann KBE, Taunton MP 1956 -- 1987. Telford and Wrekin 25 May 2012 : Corporal Ricky Furgusson MC, British Army Military Cross Recipient. ( 4th Battalion The Rifles ) September 2014 : Michael David Bushell, British 2012 Paralympic Gold Medalist. Teynham December 2015 : Walter Lewis, Former Teynham Parish Councillor and Council Chairman and President of the Teynham and Lynsted branch of the Royal British Legion. Thornton, Merseyside 13 February 2017 : Mrs. Clare Peet, Founder of the St. William of York 's social club for the elderly. Torbay 16 May 2017 : Mrs. Lynne Hookings, President of Torquay Hotels Association and Torbay Tourism Forum. Trafford 14 October 2013 : Sir Alex Ferguson, former manager of Manchester United F.C. Uttoxeter 21 November 2015 : John Whittaker, Former Mayor of Uttoxeter. Wakefield 12 September 2012 : Sir Rodney Walker, British Sports Administrator and Businessman. Walsall 24 June 2014 : Neville John Holder, British Singer, Member of the Rock Band Slade. Waltham Abbey 2010 : Reverend Cannon Martin Webster, Former Vicar of Waltham Abbey Church. June 2014 : Ken Stranger. June 2014 : Elaine Fletcher. Warrington 2016 : Roger Hunt MBE, Former Liverpool and England Football Player Member of the 1966 World Cup Winning Team and a Member of the English Football Hall of Fame. Watford 25 June 2001 : Graham Taylor OBE, Manager of Watford Football Club. Waverley 2 July 2013 : Harold Denningberg, Former Mayor of Waverley Wells 15 April 1944 : Herbert E. Balch, founder of the Wells Museum in 1893 and Curator for 60 years. 15 May 1946 : Admiral Sir James Somerville, commanded Force H at Gibraltar from 1940, supported the sinking of the ' Bismark ' in 1941. Lord Lieutenant of Somerset. 17 March 1974 : Right Rev. Edward Henderson, Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1960. July 2008 : Harry Patch, one of the last surviving World War I veterans 15 July 2012 : Mary Rand and Danny Nightingale, British Olympic gold medalists West Lancashire 28 June 2017 : Carl Eaton, Skelmersdale Football Manager. Westminster 1946 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. 22 June 1977 : Sir Robert Mark, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. 12 December 1990 : Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 30 January 2013 : Sir Bradley Wiggins CBE, British Cyclist. Weymouth and Portland 12 May 1914 : Lord Charles Beresford GCB GCVO, British Politician and Royal Navy Admiral. 29 June 2016 : Poppy Butcher, Dorset Veterans Campaigner. Wigan 30 August 2007 : David Whelan, owner of Wigan Athletic F.C. 7 December 2011 : Lord Smith of Leigh, Labour Party politician Winchester 1918 : The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1929 : Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet ( 1850 -- 1931 ) Windlesham 27 May 2014 : Reverend Bryan Pugh, Church of England Clergyman. Windsor and Maidenhead 1947 : HRH Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. 1970 : HRH Prince of Wales. 1974 : Thomas Bailey, Mayor of Maidenhead 1958. 1974 : Stanley Platt MBE. 1975 : Sir John Smith CH CBE, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. 1980 : HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. 1988 : James Matthews. 1994 Peter Gray MBE. 1995 : HRH Duke of Edinburgh. 1996 : Geoffrey Blacker OBE, Chief Executive and Director of Finance for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. 1999 : Sir Nicholas Winton MBE, British Humanitarian. 1999 : Harry Parker 2003 : Sir Clive Woodward, Rugby Player and Coach. 2008 : David Lunn OBE, Chief Executive and Director of Finance for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. 2012 : David Oram FRICS. Wirral 1993 : Ian Fraser VC DSC RD JP, British Royal Navy Victoria Cross Recipient. 1996 : Joseph Lynch GC BEM, British Royal Navy George Cross Recipient. 2005 : Ray Holmes, British Royal Air Force Pilot. 2006 : The Right Reverend David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham 2006 -- Present. 2006 : Lord Chan MBE, British Physician and Politician. November 2010 : Stephen Maddox OBE DL, Chief Executive of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 25 April 2016 : PC David Phillips, Merseyside Police Constable ( Conferred Posthumously ). Witham 15 December 2015 : Mrs. Annie Northfield, Founder of the `` Witham in Bloom '' Flower Festival. Woking 1987 : Ted Smith 1987 : Henry Cawsey MBE, Mayor of Woking 1946. 2000 : David Robinson MBE, Mayor of Woking 1973. 8 October 2010 : Anne Ansell, Mayor of Woking 1989. 8 October 2010 : Rhodney Lofting, Mayor of Woking 1990. List of mayors of Woking Wokingham Without 14 March 2016 : Peter Sturgess, Wokingham Without Parish Councillor and Former Council Chairman. Wolverhampton Main article : Wolverhampton § Freemen of Wolverhampton Honorary freemen of Wolverhampton include British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, army officer Douglas Haig, and athlete Denise Lewis. Worcester 20 May 1950 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Worthing 25 October 1894 : Edward Harrison. 12 June 1901 : George Baker. 12 June 1901 : Charles Caleb Grinstead 12 June 1901 : Henry William Goddard 12 June 1901 : Henry Ingram Hill 12 June 1901 : Herbert Pope 8 October 1901 : Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Aubrey - Fletcher Bt CB PC MP, British Politician. 31 May 1909 : Andrew Carnegie LL. D, Scottish - American Industrialist and Philanthropist. 28 September 1922 : Alderman James Gurney Denton. 8 April 1938 : John Kennedy Allerton OBE. 4 December 1940 : Alderman Harry Thomas Duffield. 4 December 1940 : Alderman James Farquarson Whyte MA JP. 6 April 1956 : Alderman Joseph Arthur Mason OBE. 30 April 1959 : Charles Bertram Barber JP. 21 November 1978 : Lavinia Fitzalan - Howard, Duchess of Norfolk LG CBE. 7 November 1997 : Lord Higgins of Worthing KBE DL PC, British Politician. Yarmouth 6 April 2013 : Bernard Turner, Former Yarmouth Town Clerk. 2003 : Patrica Lester. Yaxley Clive Thorne, Yaxley Parish Councillor. York 1482 : John Kendal, secretary to King Richard III 1827 : Duke of Wellington 1952 : Mary, Princess Royal 1989 : Katharine, Duchess of Kent 25 June 2002 : John Barry, composer 13 July 2002 : Judi Dench, actress 2003 : Berwick Kaler, actor and theatre director 2006 : Ronald Urwick Cooke, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of York Isle of man Douglas 29 May 1924 : Rt. Hon. Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO TD KStJ PC JP, twice Secretary of State for War 23 July 1929 : Hall Caine, author 13 May 1948 : Bernard Montgomery, army officer 23 July 1957 : Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister 28 January 1998 : Norman Wisdom, comic actor 20 February 1998 : Jack Corrin, First Deemster 15 August 2001 : Henry Callow, Second Deemster 9 April 2003 : Charles Kerruish, former Speaker of the House of Keys 9 April 2003 : Geoff Duke, motorcycle racer 10 July 2009 : The Bee Gees, pop group 14 April 2011 : Mark Cavendish, cyclist 9 February 2016 : Hector Duff MM BEM TH, Isle of Man D - Day Veteran. Northern Ireland Armagh 22 September 2007 : Lord Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 1986 -- 2006. 13 May 2017 : Ronald Joseph McFall MBE, Northern Irish Football Manager of Portadown Football Club. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Ballymena 20 May 2004 : Syd Millar, Irish Rugby Player. 10 December 2004 : Rt. Hon. Ian Paisley, British Politician and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. 28 January 2013 : Liam Neeson, British Actor. Sandy Spence, Mayor of Ballymena Belfast 16 December 1955 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1972 : Rt. Hon. Lord Grey of Naunton GCMG GCVO OBE GCStJ PC, Governor of Northern Ireland 1968 -- 1973. 8 May 2013 : Mary Peters, Olympic gold medal winner 15 November 2013. Van Morrison, musician 25 May 2016 : The Royal College of Nursing, on behalf of all nurses working in Belfast. Castlereagh 26 April 2001 : George Best, Manchester United and Northern Ireland Football Player. 2003 : Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland Politician. Causeway Coast and glens 10 November 2016 : Alan Campbell, British Rower. 10 November 2016 : Richard Chambers, British Rower. 10 November 2016 : Peter Chambers, British Rower. July 2017 : Mervyn Whyte MBE, Director of the North West 200 Motorcycle Race. Dungannon 23 August 2011 : Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland Golfer Winner of the 2011 Open Championship. Larne 19 March 2015 : Alderman Roy Beggs. 19 March 2015 : Alderman Jack McKee. 19 March 2015 : Dr. Benedict Daniel Glover. 19 March 2015 : Mr. Noel Rogan. Lisburn 1975 : Rt. Hon. Lord Grey of Naunton GCMG GCVO OBE GCStJ PC, Governor of Northern Ireland 1968 -- 1973. Londonderry Forty individuals have been given the honour since 1690. Previous recipients include : 1690 : Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, English Army General Killed at the Battle of the Boyne. 1786 : Rt. Hon. William Pitt, British Prime Minister. 1807 : Duke of Wellington, British Army Officer and Later Prime Minister. 1817 : Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister. 1879 : Ulysses S. Grant, United States Civil War General and later President. 1924 : The Duke of York later George VI. 1944 : Sir Basil McFarland, Northern Ireland Politician, Soldier and Businessman. 1945 : Sir Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshal. 16 December 1955 : Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. 1 May 2000 : John Hume, Northern Ireland Politician and 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Winner 24 March 2015 : The Right Reverend Edward Daly DD, Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry 1974 -- 1993. 24 March 2015 : James Mehaffey, Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry and Raphoe 1980 -- 2002. Mid and East Antrim 8 August 2017 : Mrs. Joan Christie OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim 1 September 2008 -- Present. Scotland Aberdeen Main article : Freedom of the City of Aberdeen Arbroath 30 September 1852 : Rt. Hon. Lord Panmure, British Politician. 13 September 1915 : Andrew Carnegie, Scottish American Philanthropist. 11 August 1936 : Lord Hutchinson, British Lawyer and Politician. Ayr 26 February 1890 : Sir William Arrol, Scottish Civil Engineer and Politician. 1947 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Clackmannanshire 19 April 2007 : George Reid, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Dumfries 1924 : Sir James Barrie Bt OM, British Author of Peter Pan. Dundee 14 October 1834 : John Lambton, Earl of Durham 13 July 1875 : Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada 15 April 1884 : Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 13 November 1885 : George Campbell, Duke of Argyll 13 November 1895 : Thomas F. Bayard, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 28 September 1899 : Arthur Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury 2 July 1902 : Sir William Ogilvy Dalgleish, 1st Baronet 2 July 1902 : Sir John Leng, Member of Parliament 2 July 1902 : Alexander Hay Moncur, a former Provost of Dundee 2 July 1902 : Alexander Mathewson, a former Lord Provost of Dundee 24 October 1902 : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist 2 November 1906 : Whitelaw Reid, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 30 January 1913 : H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 15 May 1919 : Douglas Haig, Field - Marshal September 1919 : David Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet 9 September 1924 : Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 27 August 1947 : Sir Henry Hallett Dale, President of the British Association, President of the Royal Society, Winner of 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. September 2008 : Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese political prisoner, was granted the Freedom of Dundee in recognition of her achievements in promoting democracy. As Suu Kyi was under house arrest at the time, the award was accepted on her behalf by Anna Roberts, director of Burma Campaign UK. Dunfermline 29 April 1931 : Dr. Alan S. Tuke, Surgeon, Major & Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services ( during WWI ) East renfrewshire 1 January 2006 : Alex McLeish, Scotland national football team Player and Manager. 7 July 2011 : Sir Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer of Scotland Edinburgh Notable recipients of the Freedom of Edinburgh include : 16 November 1808 : Samuel Hood, Rear Admiral 22 December 1813 : Thomas Coutts, banker 5 January 1814 : Walter Scott, novelist and playwright 5 January 1814 : George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie 23 February 1814 : David Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk 2 March 1814 : Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool 2 March 1814 : Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth 2 March 1814 : Robert Stewart, British Foreign Secretary 2 March 1814 : Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer 23 March 1814 : George Boyle, Earl of Glasgow 23 March 1814 : William Johnstone Hope, admiral 25 January 1815 : John Crichton - Stuart, industrialist 8 February 1815 : John Hope, army officer 10 September 1817 : Thomas Charles Hope, professor of chemistry 26 November 1817 : Charles Colville, army officer 5 August 1818 : Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia 29 August 1821 : Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy 24 October 1821 : Robert Otway, admiral 10 September 1823 : John Beresford, admiral 1 September 1824 : James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale 5 April 1825 : Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux 14 September 1825 : Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, and his brother, William 5 October 1825 : Robert Gifford, lawyer, judge and politician 26 July 1826 : James McGrigor, Director - General of the Army Medical Services 14 October 1829 : David Wilkie, artist 24 June 1834 : James Abercromby, barrister 24 June 1834 : John Campbell, Attorney General for England and Wales 13 September 1834 : Five members of the British Science Association : Thomas Brisbane, the Association 's president François Arago, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences Gerrit Moll, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Utrecht John Dalton, known for his pioneering research into atomic theory and colour blindness Robert Brown, Vice-President of the Linnean Society of London 15 September 1834 : Charles Grey, British Prime Minister 8 December 1835 : Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Polish noble 16 August 1837 : John Spencer, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 22 August 1837 : Joseph Hume, surgeon and MP 6 September 1838 : Astley Cooper, Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen 23 October 1838 : Andrew Rutherfurd, Solicitor General for Scotland 4 June 1839 : Thomas Babington Macaulay, politician and historian 29 June 1841 : Charles Dickens, author 29 June 1841 : William Gibson - Craig, MP 14 September 1842 : Albert, Prince Consort 14 September 1842 : Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch 14 September 1842 : Robert Peel, British Prime Minister 14 September 1842 : George Hamilton - Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen 19 January 1843 : Richard Cobden, free trade advocate and founder of the Anti-Corn Law League 8 October 1844 : Justus von Liebig, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Giessen 14 April 1845 : Henry Pottinger, former Governor of Hong Kong 3 November 1845 : John Russell, Leader of the Whigs 4 December 1845 : Charles Napier, admiral 6 June 1846 : George Thompson, abolitionist and human rights lecturer 15 August 1849 : Sir James Duke, Lord Mayor of London 1 July 1850 : Hugh Gough, army officer 4 April 1853 : George Howard, Earl of Carlisle 27 September 1853 : William Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer 30 September 1854 : William Molesworth, First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings 21 July 1856 : James Broun - Ramsay, Marquess of Dalhousie 13 January 1857 : James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff, Lord Advocate of Scotland 21 September 1857 : David Livingstone, explorer 29 September 1858 : David Roberts, painter 11 July 1861 : James Hope Grant, Lieutenant - General 1 April 1863 : Henry John Temple, First Lord of the Treasury 11 April 1864 : Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general 17 May 1866 : Prince Alfred 18 July 1867 : William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist 30 October 1867 : Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer 16 September 1868 : Robert Napier, Lieutenant - General 3 November 1868 : John Bright, orator and free trade advocate 26 October 1869 : James Young Simpson, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh 15 January 1874 : Angela Burdett - Coutts, philanthropist 6 November 1875 : William Edward Forster, former Vice-President of the Committee on Education 18 December 1875 : Edward Stanley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 31 August 1877 : Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States 13 April 1878 : Anthony Ashley - Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury 27 November 1882 : Robert Gascoyne - Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury 21 July 1883 : Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery 5 August 1885 : John Hamilton - Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen 6 May 1886 : Albert Victor, Prince of Wales 7 June 1887 : Schomberg Kerr, Marquess of Lothian 8 July 1887 : Andrew Carnegie, industrialist 11 June 1890 : Henry Morton Stanley, explorer 20 August 1891 : Daniel Wilson, academic 3 October 1893 : George, Duke of York and Earl of Inverness 18 November 1893 : Frederick Roberts, army officer 22 December 1893 : Victor Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine 10 July 1895 : John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun 11 December 1896 : John Ritchie Findlay, newspaper owner who funded the construction of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 22 October 1897 : William McEwan, MP and brewer 15 June 1898 : Garnet Wolseley, army officer 15 June 1898 : Joseph Lister, surgeon 29 November 1898 : Frederick Hamilton - Temple - Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 29 November 1898 : Herbert Kitchener, army officer 6 July 1899 : Edward, Prince of Wales 26 July 1902 : Five colonial premiers attending the 1902 Colonial Conference and the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra : Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand Albert Henry Hime, Prime Minister of Natal Robert Bond, Prime Minister of Newfoundland 15 April 1903 : Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh 4 December 1903 : Donald Smith, philanthropist 21 March 1904 : Joseph Hodges Choate, lawyer and diplomat 6 May 1905 : Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 22 May 1905 : Donald Mackay, Lord Reay 22 May 1905 : Flora Stevenson, social reformer 6 July 1905 : George White, army officer 19 October 1905 : Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 May 1907 : Four colonial Prime Ministers attending the 1907 Colonial Conference : Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Transvaal 30 October 1907 : Henry Campbell - Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 December 1909 : William Turner, anatomist and Principal of the University of Edinburgh 10 December 1909 : Alexander Whyte, clergyman 20 December 1910 : H.H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 28 April 1911 : Gilbert Elliot - Murray - Kynynmound, former Viceroy and Governor - General of India 7 July 1911 : Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, and Edward Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland 18 April 1912 : John Sinclair, Secretary for Scotland 2 November 1912 : Richard Haldane, Lord Chancellor, and Andrew Murray, Lord Justice General 26 April 1916 : Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia 20 November 1916 : William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand 11 April 1917 : Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, Jan Smuts, Minister for Defence of South Africa, and Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner 2 November 1917 : Walter Hines Page, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 24 May 1918 : David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 25 January 1919 : David Beatty, admiral 28 May 1919 : Douglas Haig, army officer 24 June 1919 : Charles Edward Price, politician 24 July 1919 : Edward, Prince of Wales 29 November 1920 : Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone 18 July 1921 : Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada 12 March 1923 : Robert Horne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 28 September 1923 : Ronald Munro Ferguson, Secretary for Scotland 29 October 1923 : Robert Cranston, former Lord Provost of Edinburgh 29 October 1923 : Wallace Williamson, minister 14 July 1924 : Adolphe Max, Mayor of Brussels 28 May 1925 : Ramsay MacDonald, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 25 July 1925 : Prince Henry 7 June 1926 : Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 9 October 1926 : Albert, Duke of York and Earl of Inverness 24 November 1926 : Bijoy Chand Mahtab, Maharaja of Burdwan Raj, and four colonial Prime ministers : William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand Walter Stanley Monroe, Prime Minister of Newfoundland 7 September 1927 : Alanson B. Houghton, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 24 November 1927 : Harry Lauder, entertainer 21 September 1928 : John Stewart - Murray, Duke of Atholl 21 September 1928 : John Gilmour, politician 21 September 1928 : Ishbel Hamilton - Gordon, philanthropist and advocate of women 's interests 18 April 1929 : James Alfred Ewing, physicist and engineer 19 July 1929 : William Adamson, Secretary of State for Scotland 19 July 1929 : J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan 17 September 1930 : Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood 19 November 1930 : R.B. Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada, James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia, and George Forbes, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand 9 January 1931 : Hamidullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal, and V.S. Srinivasa Sastri, Indian politician 3 July 1931 : Alexander Cambridge, Governor - General of the Union of South Africa 19 June 1934 : Freeman Freeman - Thomas, 22nd Viceroy and Governor - General of India, and his wife, Marie Freeman - Thomas 20 May 1935 : George, Duke of Kent 10 June 1935 : Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia, and John Buchan, 15th Governor General of Canada 30 September 1935 : Louise Whitfield Carnegie, philanthropist 1 December 1936 : Elizabeth, Duchess of York 28 April 1937 : Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 19 April 1938 : Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland 19 April 1938 : Hugh Macmillan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 21 April 1939 : Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American Ambassador to Great Britain 9 October 1941 : John Gilbert Winant, American Ambassaddor to Great Britain 12 October 1942 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 12 May 1944 : Peter Fraser, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand 12 May 1944 : Tom Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, and John Anderson, Chancellor of the Exchequer 3 October 1944 : Victor Hope, former Viceroy of India 15 February 1946 : Andrew Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet, Harold Alexander, Field Marshal, and Arthur Tedder, Marshal of the Royal Air Force 6 March 1946 : Bernard Montgomery, Field Marshal 3 October 1946 : Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army 16 July 1947 : Princess Elizabeth 18 November 1948 : Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia 1 March 1949 : Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 21 August 1950 : Lewis Williams Douglas, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom 18 January 1954 : Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and his wife, Edwina Mountbatten 28 February 1957 : Thomas Corbett, Baron Rowallan 17 October 1962 : Olav V of Norway 23 August 1965 : Yehudi Menuhin, violinist and conductor 3 April 1969 : Alec Douglas - Home, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 11 June 1991 : Sean Connery, actor 16 September 2012 : Chris Hoy, Olympic cyclist Forfar 1956 : HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Glasgow 1 September 1808 : Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine 23 November 1808 : William Cathcart, soldier and diplomatist 23 November 1808 : Samuel Hood, Rear Admiral 1809 : James Neild, campaigner for prison reform 1826 : George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale 29 October 1834 : John Lambton, Earl of Durham 24 November 1836 : William Bentinck, MP for Glasgow 11 January 1843 : Richard Cobden, leading member of the Anti-Corn Law League 13 October 1844 : Justus von Liebig, chemistry professor 1 July 1856 : Colin Campbell, British Army officer September 1858 : David Livingstone, explorer 31 October 1865 : William Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer 3 June 1870 : Fox Maule - Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie 28 August 1871 : Anthony Ashley - Cooper, philanthropist and social reformer 26 September 1872 : Robert Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer 20 November 1873 : Benjamin Disraeli, Leader of the Opposition 13 September 1877 : Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States 5 November 1877 : Spencer Cavendish, Leader of the Liberal Party 25 October 1881 : William Vernon Harcourt, Home Secretary 20 May 1891 : Robert Gascoyne - Cecil, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 28 July 1893 : Frederick Roberts, army officer 17 January 1894 : George Trevelyan, Secretary for Scotland 2 May 1901 : Louise, Princess Royal, and Alexander Duff, Duke of Fife 12 August 1901 : Alexander Bruce, Secretary for Scotland, `` for his services in facilitation legislation for the city '' 12 August 1901 : Robert William Hanbury, Minister of Agriculture, `` for services rendered in connection with the effort to obtain a licence to establish a municipal telephone exchange '' 12 August 1901 : Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist, `` in recognition of his munificence '' 23 April 1907 : George, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Mary 1908 : Joseph Lister, pioneer of antiseptic surgery 3 May 1911 : Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 6 July 1911 : Herbert Kitchener, army officer, and three premiers : Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand Edward Morris, 2nd Prime Minister of Newfoundland 9 August 1911 : Louis Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa 16 August 1912 : Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada 8 October 1913 : Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and John Stirling - Maxwell, politician 29 June 1917 : David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 17 May 1918 : Jan Smuts, South African Minister of Defence November 1919 : Raymond Poincaré, President of France 4 January 1921 : Edward Grey, former Foreign Secretary 8 March 1921 : Edward, Prince of Wales 13 February 1922 : Archibald Douglas, Baron Blythswood ; Bonar Law, MP ; and James Bryce, academic ( posthumously ) 26 January 1923 : George, Duke of York 7 August 1923 : Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles 1 October 1923 : James Bell, former Lord Provost of Glasgow, and Thomas Lipton, businessman 1924 : Donald MacAlister, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow 2 May 1925 : Prince Henry 21 September 1927 : Elizabeth, Duchess of York April 1928 : Prince George, Duke of Kent 17 May 1928 : Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 7 May 1929 : John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland 20 June 1929 : Marie Curie, scientist known for her research into radioactivity 1929 : Daniel Macaulay Stevenson, businessman and philanthropist 22 April 1932 : James George Frazer, social anthropologist 6 May 1936 : William Forgan Smith, Premier of Queensland 29 July 1941 : Peter Fraser, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand 26 May 1944 : William Burrell, philanthropist 15 February 1955 : Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 19 October 1961 : Hector Hetherington, Principal of the University of Glasgow 26 May 1971 : Isaac Wolfson, businessman and philanthropist 15 June 1981 : Samuel Curran, physicist, and Benno Schotz, artist 16 June 1981 : Jim Watt, boxer 4 August 1981 : Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolutionary. As Mandela was imprisoned at the time, the Freedom was accepted on his behalf by Alex Ekwueme, Vice-President of Nigeria. 21 December 1984 : Harry McShane, socialist 24 March 1986 : Kenny Dalglish, player - manager of Liverpool F.C. 20 May 1991 : George MacLeod, minister of the Church of Scotland 8 November 1999 : Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United F.C. 23 February 2007 : Norman Macfarlane, businessman and philanthropist 3 March 2009 : Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese political prisoner. The Freedom was accepted on her behalf by Dr Thuang Htun. 20 August 2010 : Billy Connolly, comedian Grantown - on - Spey 12 July 2016 : Suzanne Grant, Scottish International Football Player. 12 July 2016 : Shelley Grant, Former Scotland International Football Player. Hamilton 1938 : Rt. Hon. Earl of Selkirk KT GCMG GBE AFC AE PC QC, British Politician. Inverness 19 September 1885 : Joseph Chamberlain, former President of the Board of Trade 4 October 1921 : David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 17 May 1929 : Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York 13 June 1930 : Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ; Stanley Baldwin, former Prime Minister ; and Sir Murdoch Macdonald, civil engineer and MP for Inverness 26 June 1931 : Edward VIII, Prince of Wales 19 June 1951 : Mary, Princess Royal 7 August 1953 : Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 14 April 1955 : Tom Johnston, former Secretary of State for Scotland ; Hugh MacKenzie, former Provost of Inverness ; and Anthony Miers, Royal Navy officer Jedburgh 11 May 1787 : Robert Burns, Scottish Poet 25 July 1864 : Sir David Brewster, Scottish Physicist, mathematician, and Astronomer, Inventor of the Kaleidoscope. John Ó ' groats 11 December 2013 : John Houston Green, Former Highland Councillor. Kirkintilloch 1931 : Rt. Hon. Tom Johnston, British Politician. 1950 : Sir James Fletcher, Scottish New Zealand industrialist. 1952 : Alexander Thorburn, Kirkintilloch Town Clerk. 1955 : Thomas Gibson. 1955 : James Rutherford. 1966 : James Thomson, Honorary Secretary of the Burgh of Kirkintilloch. Kirkwall 13 August 1814 : Sir Walter Scott, Scottish Historical Novelist 1893 : Sir James David Marwick, Scottish Lawyer and Historian. 28 August 1908 : Sir Thomas Clouston, Scottish Psychiatrist 9 September 1909 : Andrew Carnegie, Scottish - American Industrialist and Philanthropist 1930 : Sir Stanley Cursiter, Scottish Artist. 15 December 1954 : Hugh Marwick, Scottish Academic. Kirriemuir 1930 : Sir James Barrie Bt OM, British Author of Peter Pan. Linlithgow 1842 : HRH Prince Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha, Royal Consort of Queen Victoria 1840 -- 1861. 1886 : Rt. Hon. Earl of Rosebery KG PC, British Foreign Secretary and Later Prime Minister. Lochaber 28 June 2016 : Colin Neilson, Founder and Chairman of Fort William Football Club. Moray 26 September 2016 : Heather Stanning OBE, British Rowing Olympic Gold Medalist ( 2012 and 2016 ) and British Army Officer. Orkney 5 July 2017 : Dr. John Rae, Scottish Arctic Explorer. ( Conferred Posthumously ) Perth Notable recipients of the Freedom of Perth include : 1833 : Laurence Oliphant, MP for Perth 1835 : Fox Maule, MP for Perthshire 1841 : Robert Wallace, MP for Greenock 6 September 1842 : Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. On the same occasion, Victoria was given the Keys to the City, but she immediately returned them, claiming to be `` quite satisfied that they can not possibly be in better hands ''. 1843 : Richard Cobden, MP and free trade advocate 1847 : Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia 1852 : John Russell, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 26 September 1853 : Henry John Temple ( Lord Palmerston ), Home Secretary 12 September 1861 : James Hope Grant, British Army general 1864 : Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general 21 January 1868 : George Kinnaird, Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, and James Hope, Royal Navy admiral 1875 : Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada 1 December 1879 : William Ewart Gladstone, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 8 December 1896 : Garnet Wolseley, Field Marshal 22 October 1898 : Archibald Primrose, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 8 October 1902 : Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and philanthropist 1911 : Andrew Murray, Lord Justice General 29 September 1933 : John Buchan, MP for Combined Scottish Universities, and Francis Norie - Miller, insurance company manager 10 August 1935 : Albert Frederick Arthur George and Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon, Duke and Duchess of York 1938 : William Mackenzie, barrister and politician 18 March 1938 : Arthur Kinmond Bell, Distiller and philanthropist. 19 July 1947 : Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI, and Archibald Wavell, British Army officer. Elizabeth had received the Freedom once before, in 1935, as the Duchess of York. 27 March 1948 : Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 12 May 1956 : Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden KG MC PC MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1978 : Neil Cameron, Marshal of the Royal Air Force 1982 : David Kinnear Thomson, former Lord Provost of Perth 6 July 2012 : Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip Rothesay June 1902 : John Crichton - Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute 1933 : Duke of Rothesay 1951 : John Crichton - Stuart 1951 : Lord David Crichton - Stuart Skye and Lochalsh June 1987 : Sorley MacLean St Andrews 18 July 1902 : Victor Bruce, Earl of Elgin, Lord Lieutenant of Fife and former Viceroy of India. 18 July 1902 : Alexander Bruce, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Secretary for Scotland and Chancellor of the University of St Andrews 18 July 1902 : Andrew Carnegie, Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews 1958 : Bobby Jones, American Golfer Founder of the Augusta National Golf Club. Stirling September 1852 : John Russell, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 14 October 1922 : Douglas Haig, Field Marshal 29 August 1928 : Albert Frederick Arthur George and Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon, Duke and Duchess of York 20 September 1947 : Princess Elizabeth 24 October 1952 : Tom Johnston, former Secretary of State for Scotland 1953 : Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 3 April 2009 : Irvin Iffla, former cricketer with Stirling County, in recognition of his long standing commitment and contribution to the public life of the city 23 April 2014 : Andy Murray, tennis player, recognising his contribution to tennis both locally and nationally Wales Aberystwyth 1912 : Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London, President of the National Library of Wales, President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. 1912 : David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, British Politician and Public Benefactor. 1912 : Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, British Politician and Public Benefactor, President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. 1922 : Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister. 1923 : Lt. Col. Lewis Pugh Evans, World War I British Army Victoria Cross Recipient. 1923 : Matthew Vaughan - Davies, 1st Baron Ystwyth, British Politician. 1923 : Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Lewis, British Politician. 1928 : Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister. 1936 : Sir David Charles Roberts, High Sheriff of Cardiganshire. 1936 : Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne, High Sheriff of Cardiganshire, Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. 1951 : Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. 1965 : Sir David James, Pantyfedwen, Philanthropist and Benefactor. 2011 : Herr Fritz Pratschke, Krönberg, for over 40 years ' contribution to twinning. Barry 10 September 2008 : David Davies, British Swimmer. 10 August 2015 : Lee Selby, British Boxer IBF Featherweight Champion 16 October 2015 : James Savoy, British Sprint kayaker. Cardiff Notable recipients of the Freedom of Cardiff include : 13 August 1888 : Alfred Thomas, former Mayor of Cardiff 6 July 1889 : William Ewart Gladstone, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 17 September 1890 : Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale 27 March 1891 : Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer 26 January 1894 : Frederick Roberts, army officer 28 September 1895 : Edward James Reed, former MP for Cardiff 27 June 1896 : Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 3 June 1897 : Robert Windsor - Clive, former Mayor of Cardiff 2 December 1897 : Herbert Kitchener, army officer 29 May 1903 : Robert Baden - Powell, army officer 10 March 1905 : William Lewis, coal mining magnate 29 June 1905 : George, Prince of Wales 24 June 1908 : David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer 25 October 1909 : Godfrey Morgan, army officer and politician 24 March 1916 : Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia 27 October 1916 : David Alfred Thomas, industrialist and politician 8 May 1917 : William Massey, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand 27 October 1917 : Jan Smuts, South African Minister for Defence 24 July 1918 : Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada 26 June 1919 : Edward, Prince of Wales 22 October 1926 : Prince Albert, Duke of York 26 March 1928 : William Reardon Smith and William Tatem, shipowners 25 October 1932 : Prince George, Duke of Kent 5 March 1934 : John Sankey, Lord Chancellor 26 October 1936 : Ivor Windsor - Clive, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, and William Morris, motor manufacturer 27 May 1948 : Princess Elizabeth 16 July 1948 : Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1 December 1954 : Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 26 October 1956 : Gwilym Lloyd George, Home Secretary 6 July 1969 : Charles, Prince of Wales 16 March 1975 : James Callaghan, Foreign Secretary, and George Thomas, former Secretary of State for Wales 29 October 1981 : Diana, Princess of Wales 2 June 1982 : Pope John Paul II 29 January 1985 : Cennydd Traherne, Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Glamorgan 25 January 1993 : Philip Dunleavy, former Lord Mayor of Cardiff 16 June 1998 : Nelson Mandela, former South Africa President and anti-apartheid activist 4 December 2000 : Cledwyn Hughes, former Secretary of State for Wales 27 November 2003 : Tanni Grey - Thompson, Paralympic wheelchair racer, and Colin Jackson, Olympic athlete 12 April 2006 : Tasker Watkins, former president of the WRU and Glamorgan Wanderers 2012 : Dame Shirley Bassey, international singer born in Cardiff Flint 17 September 2016 : Jade Jones MBE, Olympic Gold Medalist in Taekwondo at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Haverfordwest 1802 : Lord Nelson, British Royal Navy Admiral. Merthyr Tydfil 10 January 1907 : David Alfred Thomas, British Politician and Later Minister of Food Control. 1 October 1908 : Sir William Thomas Lewis, Welsh Coal Mining Magnate. 6 July 1923 : Henry Seymour Berry, Welsh financier and Industrialist. 6 February 1930 : Enoch Morrell, Merthyr Tydfil Mayor 1905 -- 1906. 27 June 1938 : Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Royal Air Force Officer. 5 October 1939 : Andrew Wilson, Merthyr Tydfil Mayor 1908 -- 1909. 5 October 1939 : Frank Treharne James, Merthyr Tydfil Mayor 1907 -- 08. 18 April 1946 : Rt. Hon. Clement Richard Attlee, British Prime Minister. 8 July 1948 : John Edward Jones, Merthyr Tydfil Mayor 1931 -- 1932. 5 July 1951 : Charles James Griffiths, Merthyr Tydfil Mayor : 1922 -- 1923. 28 April 1955 : Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, Welsh Colliery Owner and Newspaper Publisher. 23 April 1959 : Arthur Lewis Horner, Welsh trade union Leader. 26 April 1962 : Lord Evans of Merthyr Tydfil, Welsh Physician. 10 April 1969 : Howard Winstone, Welsh Boxer. 13 March 1970 : Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister. 22 March 1974 : Stanley Beynon. 22 March 1974 : David Thomas Davies. 22 March 1974 : Felix Mansager, Chairman of The Hoover Company. 23 May 1986 : Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican Bishop and Opponent of Apartheid. 23 April 1992 : Edward Thomas, Welsh Boxer. 23 April 1992 : Stanley Thomas, Welsh Businessman. 5 May 2006 : Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas, Welsh Businessman. 5 August 2013 : Sir Mansel Aylward, Cardiff University Professor. Neath Port Talbot 21 July 2008 : Michael Sheen, Welsh Actor. 21 July 2008 : Margaret Thorne, Long time Neath Volunteer. 9 June 2010 : Ken Sawyers, Former Chief Executive of Neath Port Talbot Borough Council 12 March 2011 : Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Singer. 16 October 2013 : Andrew John, Chairman of Ospreys Rugby Team. 16 October 2013 : Colin Price, Welsh Comedian. 16 October 2013 : Max Boyce Welsh Entertainer Newport 1909 : Rt. Hon. Lord Tredegar, British Politician and Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 1899 -- 1913. 25 September 1945 : Sir Bernard Montgomery, British Army Field Marshal. Rhondda Cynon Taf 28 January 2008 : Stuart Burrows OBE, Welsh Opera Singer. 10 April 2013 : Elaine Morgan OBE FRSL, Welsh Writer. 1 October 2014 : Bernard Baldwin MBE, Founder of the Nos Galan road race. 2 August 2016 : Dai Dower MBE, Welsh Flyweight Boxer ( Conferred Posthumously ) 14 March 2017 : David Roberts CBE, British Swimmer 11 Time Paralympic Gold Medalist. Swansea 1889 : Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, British army general 3 October 1892 : Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer 21 December 1901 : Archibald Primrose, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1948 : Bernard Montgomery, army officer 11 August 1995 : Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States 4 March 2002 : John Charles, footballer with Leeds United and Juventus 31 July 2010 : Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 20 October 2016 : Chris Coleman, Wales National Football Team Manager Other recipients of the Freedom of Swansea include Charles, Prince of Wales, James Callaghan, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Alan Williams, MP for Swansea West. Usk 24 May 2017 : Jean Williams, Usk Business Woman. Vale of Glamorgan 13 April 1977 : Sir Raymond Gower, British politician and a Welsh MP for 38 years. 19 March 1984 : Sir Cennydd Traherne KG TD, Welsh landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan. 19 March 1984 : Sir Hugo Boothby, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. 4 March 1991 : Mrs. Susan Eva Williams MBE D. StJ JP, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan. Welshpool 27 June 1953 : Rt. Hon. Clement Davies KC PC, British Politician and Leader of the Liberal Party. Wrexham 28 March 1906 : Mr. Thomas Bury, Wrexham Town Clerk 1879 - 1906. 8 October 1923 : Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister. 11 November 1963 : Arthur Herbert Dodd, Welsh historian. 11 November 1963 : Charles Harold Dodd, Welsh religious scholar and Protestant theologian. 28 September 2012 : Tom James, British Rower, Olympic Gold Medalist 2008 and 2012. British overseas territories Gibraltar 2004 : Lord Hoyle, British politician 1 June 2010 : Andrew MacKinlay, British politician. 1 June 2010 : The Most Honourable Marquess of Lothian PC QC DL, British politician. 23 March 2012 : Lord Janner, British politician 10 September 2014 : Sir Graham Watson, British politician Falkland Islands 10 January 1983 : Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher PC, FRS, FRIC, British Prime Minister 1985 : Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands 1980 -- 1985. Canada Main article : List of Keys to the City in Canada United States Main article : List of Keys of the City in the United States Viscount Cornbury was the first to receive the Freedom of the City of New York in 1702, and in 1871, Chicago handed out its earliest known Freedom to Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. 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Question: who has the freedom of the city of manchester
Answer: Enriqueta Augustina Rylands