Honorary Freemen of the Borough
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Date of admission
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| 19th June 1897 |
William Henry Cocker Esq JP (deceased) |
| 19th November 1907 |
Joseph Heap Esq JP (deceased) |
| 6th February 1912 |
John Bickerstaff Esq JP (deceased)
James Fish Esq JP (deceased) |
| 16th November 1914 |
James Ward Esq JP (deceased)
Robert Butcher Mather Esq JP (deceased) |
| 3rd November 1915 |
John Grime Esq JP (deceased)
James Heyes Esq JP (deceased) |
| 6th August 1918 |
The Rt. Hon David Lloyd George PC MP (deceased) |
| 2nd August 1922 |
Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) Thomas Edward Topping CB CMG DSO TD ADC (deceased) |
| 4th August 1926 |
Thomas Bickerstaffe Esq JP (Jubilee Mayor) (deceased)
Sir Lindsay Parkinson JP (deceased)
William Henry Broadhead Esq JP (deceased) |
| 3rd October 1928 |
Henry Brown Esq JP (deceased)
Samuel Hill Esq JP (deceased)
John Collins Esq JP (deceased)
Thomas Fielding Esq JP (deceased) |
| 1st August 1934 |
The Right Hon. Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby KG PC GCB GCVO (deceased) |
| 23rd March 1937 |
The Baron Stamp GCB GBE LLD DSc FBA (deceased) |
| 31st January 1938 |
Sir Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy JP RCA RI RWA RDS FLS (deceased) |
| 4th September 1946 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S Churchill KG OM CH MP (deceased) |
| 21st July 1948 |
Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO (deceased) |
| 3rd March 1950 |
Eli Hey Howe Esq JP (deceased)
Tom Gallon Lumb Esq JP (deceased)
Thomas Fenton Esq JP (deceased)
Sir Harold R Grime JP (deceased) |
| On 15th March 1961, the Council conferred upon R (Blackpool) Battery, 288 (2nd West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, the right, honour and distinction of exercising all customary Regimental Privileges when parading in or passing through the streets of the County Borough on ceremonial occasions. |
| 2nd May 1973 |
Rhodes William Marshall Esq (deceased)
Harold Grimbaldeston Esq BEM JP (deceased)
Ernest Alfred Machin Esq CBE JP (deceased)
Joseph Shepherd Richardson Esq CBE JP (deceased)
Leonard Broughton Esq DL (deceased) |
| 25th June 1984 |
Raymond Jacobs Esq MBE (deceased)
Walter Uriah Robinson Esq (deceased)
Harold Leslie Hoyle Esq MBE (deceased)
Percy Patrick Hall Esq JP (deceased) |
| 29th November 1989 |
Stanley Harding Mortensen (deceased) |
| On 21st March 1990, the Council conferred upon HMS Penelope the right, honour and distinction of exercising all customary privileges when parading in or passing through the streets of the Borough on ceremonial occasions. |
| 9th April 2003 |
Lilian Doris Thompson OBE JP (deceased) James Christopher Armfield OBE |