The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord.[1] In the Middle Ages, this developed into a freedom or right to trade, becoming closely linked to the medieval guilds, the livery companies. In 1835, eligibility for the freedom of the City was extended to anyone who lived in, worked in or had a strong connection to the City. The freedom that citizens enjoy has long associations with privileges in the governance of the City.[1]
Whilst no longer carrying many substantive rights and largely existing as a tradition, the freedom is a pre-requisite for standing for election to the Common Council[2] and Court of Aldermen[3] of the City of London. The Lord Mayor of the City must first become an alderman, and hence must also be a freeman.
There are multiple routes to gaining the freedom of the City of London.[4]
The original three routes to the freedom, via the livery companies, still exist. An individual can become a freeman of a livery company by servitude (apprenticeship), patrimony (either parent being a member of that livery company), or redemption (general admission, the criteria varying by livery company). Once a freeman of a livery company, an application can be made to the Chamberlain's Court for admission as a freeman of the City, which requires approval from Common Council.[4] It is necessary to become a freeman of the City to advance to the livery company status of 'liveryman', or to hold an office in a livery company. Liverymen have electoral rights in the City of London in voting for certain offices.
It is also possible to become a freeman of the City by nomination by two common councillors, aldermen or liverymen.
Similarly, due to freedom being a pre-requisite for standing for elected office in the City, it is possible for a prospective candidate to obtain freedom by nomination by any two electors.[1]
There is a long-standing tradition of the City admitting women to the freedom. Although they are now usually called freemen as well, historically the term was free sisters.[citation needed]
Freemen are admitted by the Clerk of the Chamberlain's Court during a ceremony at Guildhall.
Honorary Freedom
Honorary Freedom of the City of London is a recognition of lifetime achievement or high international standing, and is much rarer than the broader freedom of the city.
The granting of the Honorary Freedom of the City of London (or Freedom Honoris Causa) is extremely rare and generally awarded today only to royalty, heads of state, or figures of genuine global standing. It is the greatest honour that is in the power of the City of London to bestow, and usually takes place in Guildhall in the presence of the Common Council and the lord mayor, sheriffs, and aldermen, along with invited guests.
For example, in 2013, after a gap of some eleven years, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Honorary Freedom of the City of London, with the ceremony taking place at Mansion House. In 1996, Nelson Mandela, as President of South Africa, received the same honour. The presentation on such occasions is made by the Chamberlain of the City of London and is often followed by a banquet at Guildhall or Mansion House. Historically, the first personage to be so honoured was William Pitt the Elder in 1757. However, there are also records of the presentation of such in May 1698 to Philemon Philip Carter, son of Nathaniel Carter (goldsmiths) in the "Freedom of the City Admission Papers" 1681–1930. For many years, it was the custom to present the Freedom in specially commissioned and unique gold or silver caskets, the design of which was inspired by the background and the achievements of the individual to which it was presented. More normal today would be to present the honour in the form of a scroll in an inscribed box.[citation needed]
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List of Freemen
The mixed list below contains just some of the names of people who have received the Freedom or Honorary Freedom over the years. Dates of awards are shown in brackets.
Royal Family members
- Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (4 November 1857)[citation needed]
- Edward VII (1863)
- Prince Albert Victor (29 June 1885)[citation needed]
- George VI (28 October 1919)[citation needed]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1946)[5]
- Elizabeth II (11 June 1947)[6][7]
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (14 June 1948)[8]
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1953)[9]
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (21 June 1966)[10]
- Charles III (1971)[11]
- Anne, Princess Royal (February 1976)[12]
- Diana, Princess of Wales[13] (22 July 1987)[14]
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (2011)[15]
Prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (received the first honorary Freedom in 1757)[citation needed]
- William Pitt the Younger (February 1784)[citation needed]
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1815)[citation needed]
- Benjamin Disraeli (3 August 1878)[16]
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 August 1878)[16]
- William Gladstone (October 1881)
- David Lloyd George (27 April 1917)[17]
- Winston Churchill (30 June 1943)[18]
- Clement Attlee (26 November 1953)[19][20]
- Margaret Thatcher (26 May 1989)[21]
Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients
- William Reid[citation needed]
- Joshua Leakey (5 May 2016)[22]
Foreign royalty
- Margrethe II of Denmark (2000)[citation needed]
- David Bagration of Mukhrani, Head of the Royal House of Georgia.[citation needed]
- Otto von Habsburg (11 July 2007)[23]
- Michael I of Romania (2011)[24]
- Kigeli V of Rwanda (28 June 2016)[25]
Presidents of the United States of America
- Ulysses S. Grant (15 June 1877)[26]
- Theodore Roosevelt (31 May 1910)[27][28]
- Woodrow Wilson (28 December 1918)[29]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt[citation needed]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (12 June 1945)[30][31]
International leaders and principal figures
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (20 April 1864)[citation needed]
- Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I (25 July 1876)[citation needed]
- Louis Botha (16 April 1907)[32]
- Wilfrid Laurier (16 April 1907)[citation needed]
- Robert Borden (29 July 1915)[33]
- Jan Smuts (1 May 1917)[34]
- V. S. Srinivasa Sastri (1921)[citation needed]
- R. B. Bennett (4 November 1930)[35]
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1956)[citation needed]
- Lester B. Pearson (1967)[36]
- Lee Kuan Yew (15 July 1982)[37]
- Nelson Mandela (10 July 1996)[38]
- Helmut Kohl (18 February 1998, "as the first European leader")[39]
- Bob Hawke (March 1999)[40]
- Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (24 June 2005)[41]
- Alan Greenspan (December 2005)[citation needed]
- Lee Hsien Loong (28 March 2014)[42]
Entrepreneurs and academics
- George Peabody (10 July 1862, in recognition of his financial contribution to London's poor)[43]
- Sir Albert Sassoon (1873)
- Sir George Stokes, Bt[citation needed]
- Benjamin Henry Blackwell (1920; founder of Blackwell's academic publishing company)[44]
- Mark Watson-Gandy (1995)[citation needed]
- Patrick Boylan (1991)[45]
- Bill Gates[citation needed]
- Jimmy Choo (14 November 2006)[46]
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee (24 September 2014)[citation needed]
- George Helon, JP (3 March 2016[47][48] and presented on 12 September 2016)
- The 4th Earl of Selborne
- Dame Kate Bingham (2021)
Archbishops of Canterbury, York and London
- Randall, Lord Davidson of Lambeth (1928)[citation needed]
- Geoffrey Fisher (1952)[citation needed]
- Robert Runcie (2 January 1981)[49]
- Rowan Williams[citation needed]
Religious leaders
- William Booth (26 October 1906)[50][51]
- Arnold Brown[citation needed]
- Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor[citation needed]
- Robin Dunster (13 September 2007)[52]
- Cardinal Vincent Nichols (7 September 2011)[53]
- Cardinal Renato Martino (6 May 2013)[54]
Diplomats
- Ferdinand de Lesseps (1870)[citation needed]
- Alexander Downer, Sr. (1965)[citation needed]
- Daniel Mulhall (17 July 2017)[55]
- Sylvie Bermann (26 July 2017)[citation needed]
- Arkady Rzegocki, Polish Ambassador (26 February 2020)[56]
- Ľubomír Rehák (2020)[57]
- John Kerry (9 May 2022)[58] United States Secretary of State 2013-2017
Entertainment and the arts
- Dame Vera Lynn (1978)[citation needed]
- Raymond Baxter (1978)[citation needed]
- Ron Goodwin[citation needed]
- Justin Connolly (13 January 1989)[citation needed]
- Eric Sykes[citation needed]
- Paul Humphreys (1996)[citation needed]
- Annie Lennox[13]
- Audrey Russell, broadcaster[59]
- Luciano Pavarotti (12 November 2005)[60]
- Dame Barbara Windsor (4 August 2010)[61]
- Simon Russell Beale (10 January 2011)[62]
- Colin Firth (8 March 2012)[citation needed]
- J. K. Rowling (8 May 2012)[63]
- Dame Judi Dench[13]
- Sir Michael Caine (8 March 2013)[64][65]
- Damian Lewis (20 March 2013)[66]
- Plácido Domingo (16 April 2013)[67]
- Bob Geldof (16 September 2013)[68]
- Henry Winkler (9 January 2014)[69]
- Teriy Keys (18 September 2014)[citation needed]
- Dame Joan Collins (18 September 2014)[citation needed]
- Sir Ian McKellen (30 October 2014)[70]
- Morgan Freeman (12 November 2014)[71]
- Stephen Fry[13]
- Eddie Redmayne[72]
- Stephen Sondheim (2018)[73]
- Mark Oliver Everett (July 2019)[74]
- Ronnie Wood (6 April 2021)
- Tommy Steele (19 July 2021)
- Arif Anis (7 April 2022)[75]
- Marco Camisani Calzolari (22 June 2022)
- Ed Sheeran (24 June 2022)[76]
- Cameron Mackintosh (1 June 2023)[77]
- Robert J. Sherman (11 January 2024)[78]
Historically notable Britons
- Lord Henry Howell of Westbury Manor in Buckinghamshire, England[79]
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham[citation needed]
- Edward Jenner (11 August 1803)[citation needed]
- James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez[citation needed]
- Sir Edward Berry[citation needed]
- John Francis Scott (1823) son of Warrant Officer John Scott R.N., purser, secretary and close friend to Admiral Nelson[80]
- Sir John Ross (March 1834)[citation needed]
- Sir George Arthur[citation needed]
- Sir James Brooke (1847)[81]
- Sir William Fenwick Williams[citation needed]
- Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (May 1860)[citation needed]
- Richard Cobden (1861)
- Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1868)[citation needed]
- Baroness Burdett-Coutts (18 July 1872).[citation needed] first female Honorary Freeman.[citation needed]
- Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (9 March 1876)[82]
- Sir Rowland Hill (1879)
- Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1880)
- Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (1883)
- Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1883)[citation needed]
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1884)
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley (13 January 1887)[citation needed]
- William Lidderdale (1891)[citation needed]
- Sir George Williams (June 1894)[83]
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (4 November 1898)[84]
- Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (23 July 1901)[85]
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell[citation needed]
- Joseph Chamberlain (13 February 1902)[86]
- Florence Nightingale (16 August 1908).[citation needed] She was the second woman to receive the Honorary Freedom.[citation needed]
- Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (23 January 1912)[87]
- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (16 June 1919)[88]
- David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (16 June 1919)[88]
- Sir Austen Chamberlain (25 March 1926)[89]
- Bernard, Baron Weatherill (1949)[citation needed]
- Sir Neville Leigh
- John Bercow (4 July 2016) [90]
- Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham[citation needed]
- Captain Sir Tom Moore[91] (12 May 2020)
Other notable recipients
- Sir Thomas Phillips (voted 26 February 1840, admitted on 7 April 1840)[92][93]
- Sir James Willcocks (11 July 1901). Freedom of the City of London with sword of honour.[94]
- Frederick Cook (15 October 1909)[95]
- Charles Lindbergh[citation needed]
- Roy Chadwick (1943)[citation needed]
- Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood[citation needed]
- Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall of Leeds[citation needed]
- PC Trevor Lock [96][97]
- Bartholomew Broadbent (17 January 1985)[citation needed]
- Ari Norman (6 November 1992) for services to the British silver industry[98]
- Ed Mirvish[citation needed]
- Brian Dear (3 October 2001)[99] for charity work
- Massimo Ellul (26 September 2005)[citation needed]
- Peter Ackroyd (15 December 2006)[100]
- Bob Winter (10 September 2007)[101]
- Shaw Clifton (13 September 2007)[52]
- Lasse Lehtinen (21 September 2007)[102]
- Liam Hackett (15 September 2010)[103][104]
- Robin Tilbrook (27 September 2011)[105]
- David Wallin (approved 19 July 2012, admitted 1 March 2021)
- David Weir (3 December 2012)[106]
- Alastair Cook[13]
- Dwayne Fields (2013)[107]
- Crista Cullen (23 August 2013)[108]
- Rob Whiteman (1 May 2014), public servant and CEO of CIPFA
- Mark Carney (2014), former governor, Bank of Canada; former governor, Bank of England[citation needed]
- Chris Pavlou[citation needed]
- Nigel Cumberland (29 June 2016)[109][110][111]
- Angelo Musa (19 April 2016)[112]
- Tom Cox[citation needed] (April 2017)
- Kishan Devani (November 2017)[113]
- Joseph de Giorgio-Miller (July 2018)
- Kevin John Reid (24 May 2019)
- Adam Ockelford (2021)[114]
- Tom Harwood (14 February 2022)[115]
- Kevin Henderson[disambiguation needed] (23 February 2022)
- Luis Felipe Tilleria (23 February 2022)
- 2022 EURO England Women's Football Team squad (announced 1 August 2022):[116]
- Sarina Wiegman (coach, from The Netherlands)
- Mary Earps
- Lucy Bronze
- Rachel Daly
- Keira Walsh
- Alex Greenwood
- Millie Bright
- Beth Mead
- Leah Williamson
- Ellen White
- Georgia Stanway
- Lauren Hemp
- Jess Carter
- Hannah Hampton
- Fran Kirby
- Demi Stokes
- Jill Scott
- Nikita Parris
- Chloe Kelly
- Bethany England
- Ella Toone
- Ellie Roebuck
- Lotte Wubben-Moy
- Alessia Russo
- Mark Noble (18 November 2022) life-long football player at West Ham United[117]
- Harry Kane (25 May 2023) England Men's Football Captain [118]
- Sarah Gilbert (6 October 2023) Oxford Project Leader for the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine[119][120]
- Ian Wright (1 November 2023) former Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England international footballer.[121]
- Robert Evans (9 July 2024) Age Group British Triathlete [122]
See also
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- ^ @spectaclemakers (15 January 2021). "Delighted to welcome our first new Freeman of 2021, Professor @AdamOckelford, Professor of Music @RoehamptonUni & co-founder of @theambertrust. His research shows the positive effects of #Music #Education on children with #VisionImpairment and special educational needs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "GB News' Tom Harwood reacts to receiving Freedom of the City of London". theglobalherald.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Lionesses and Sarina Wiegman given Freedom of the City of London after Euros win". ITV News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Mark Noble awarded Freedom of the City of London | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Harry Kane awarded Freedom of the City of London". Harry Kane awarded Freedom of the City of London. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Gilbert receives Freedom of the City of London | Christ Church, University of Oxford". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert awarded Freedom of the City of London". www.psi.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Ian Wright awarded Freedom of the City of London". news.cityoflondon.gov.uk. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Triathlon, World. "Results: 20-24 Male AG Sprint | 2023 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships Hamburg". World Triathlon. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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Further reading
- London's Roll of Fame: Being Complimentary Notes and Addresses from the City of London, on Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of that City, and on Other Occasions, to Royal Personages, Statesmen... A.D. 1757-1884 etc. (The City of London Corporation, Cassell & Co., 1884). Benjamin Scott (ed.)
- London's Roll of Fame: Being Presentations of the Freedom of the City and Addresses of Welcome from the Corporation of London to Royal and other Distinguished Personages, A.D. 1885-1959. (The City of London Corporation, 1959).
- Valerie Hope, Clive Birch & Gilbert Torry, The Freedom: the Past and Present of the Livery, Guilds and City of London. (Barracuda Books, 1982).
- Caroline Arnold, Sheep over London Bridge: Freedom of the City of London. (Corporation of London Records Office, 1996).
- Some Rules for the Conduct of Life, to which are added a few cautions: For the use of such Freemen of London as take Apprentices. (Chamberlain's Court, Guildhall, London).
- Addresses presented from the Court of Common Council to the King, on his Majesty's accession to the Throne, and on Various other Occasions, and his answers; Resolutions of the Court, Granting the Freedom of the City to several Noble Personages, with their answers; Instructions at different times to the Representatives of the City in Parliament; Petitions to Parliament for different purposes; Resolutions of the Court, on the Memorial of the Livery, to request the Lord Mayor to call a Common Hall; for returning thanks to Lord Chatham, and his answer; for erecting a Statue in Guildhall, to William Beckford, Esq; late Lord Mayor, agreed to between the 23rd October, 1760, and the 12th October 1770. (printed by Henry Fenwick, printer to the Honourable City of London).
- Addresses, Remonstrances, and Petitions; commencing the 24th of June, 1769, presented to the King and Parliament, from the Court of Common Council, and the Livery in Common Hall assembled, with his Majesty's answers; likewise the speech to the King, made by the late Mr. Alderman Beckford, when Lord Mayor of the City of London. (printed by Henry Fenwick, London).
- A Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, presented to His Majesty, the 24th of May, 1769, by Mr. Serjeant Glynn, John Sawbridge, Esq; James Townsend, Esq; the Rev. Dr. Wilson, George Bellas, Esq; Francis Ayscough, Esq; and William Ellis, Esq. (printed by Henry Fenwick, London).