Deletion of William Highfield Jones

Comment: I'm out of my depth on 19th C English political structure, but Jones received the Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act 1885|Freedom of Buroughs in 1902 I guess for Wolverhampton. This might apply to  #1. Looking at larger cities like Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham there are not many on the list. So it looks like a select honor. Does anyone know
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