Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham.
List
The City of
Birmingham
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,
England
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has granted
Honorary Freedom to individuals and military organisations since 1888. Designation as a
Freeman of the City is an honorary title and, subject to a two-thirds majority of the
Council
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, is granted to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent services to the City. The following have received this honour (up to 1998):
Notes
References
*''Birmingham Post and Mail Yearbook and Who's Who, 1998'',
Kinslea Press, 1998. .
*''History of Birmingham – Volume II'',
Asa Briggs
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,
Oxford University Press
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, 1952.
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
*Honorary Freedom
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