Honorary Freemen of Notts

The first person elected an honorary freeman of the borough of Nottingham was Sir Charles Seely in 1895. Nottingham was created a city in 1897. Since that time the following have been created Honorary Freemen:

6 November 1905	The Reverend William Booth
30 October 1908	Sir Samuel George Johnson
15 July 1913	Sir Edward Henry Fraser JP DCL
29 June 1914	William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland KG GCV0 PC
20 March 1916	Sir John Turney JP
19 February 1917	Flight Commander Captain Albert Ball VC DSO MC
1 December 1919	Alderman Sir John Tom McGraith JP
25 October 1920	Sir Jesse Boot Bart JP afterwards Jesse Baron Trent of Nottingham
15 January 1929	Alderman Edmund Huntsman
12 July 1934	Sir William J Board OBE JP
12 July 1934	John Dane Player JP
12 July 1934	William Goodacre Player JP
14 October 1948	Alderman Herbert Bowles CBE
14 October 1948	Alderman Sir Bernard Swanwick Wright JPDL
29 December 1950	Alderman Sir Stephen Cecil Armitage CBE JP DL
29 December 1950	Alderman Ernest Archibald Braddock JP
29 December 1950	Alderman Sir William Crane CBE JP
29 December 1950	John Eugene Richards
22 December 1958	Alderman Ernest Purser
23 November 1962	Cyril Theodore Forsyth JP
23 Nov ember 1962	Honorary Alderman Joseph Littlefair JP
23 November 1962	Alderman Fredrick Mitchell
3 May 1965	Cecil Edric Mornington Roberts
4 October 1968	William Alfred Olds MBE
17 March 1976	Right Reverend Bishop Edward Richard Ellis DD PhD
17 March 1976	Douglas Keith Scott CBE
28 April 1983	Jayne Torvill MBE
28 April 1983	Christopher Dean MBE
23 March 1993	Brian Howard Clough OBE MA
5 February 1997	Sir Paul Brierley Smith CBE RDI Hon MDES
23 May 2005	Tim Reddish OBE
23 May 2005	Mich Stevenson OBE DL
6 June 2008	Alan Sillitoe
26 September 2008	Professor Sir Colin Campbell
9 July 2012	Professor Nathu Puri
8 July 2013	Dr Stewart Adams OBE
8 July 2013	Sir Peter Mansfield
16 October 2014	Carl Froch
13 November 2017	Professor Sir David Greenaway DL

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