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Honorary freemen
Names of honorary freemen
| 19 June 1897 |
William Henry Cocker Esq JP (deceased) |
| 19 November 1907 |
Joseph Heap Esq JP (deceased) |
| 6 February 1912 |
John Bickerstaffe Esq JP (deceased) James Fish Esq JP (deceased) |
| 16 November 1914 |
James Ward Esq JP (deceased) Robert Butcher Mather Esq JP (deceased) |
| 3 November 1915 |
John Grime Esq JP (deceased)
James Heyes Esq JP (deceased) |
| 6 August 1918 |
The Rt. Hon David Lloyd George PC MP (deceased) |
| 2 August 1922 |
Colonel (Honorary Brigadier-General) Thomas Edward Topping CB CMG DSO TD ADC (deceased) |
| 4 August 1926 |
Thomas Bickerstaffe Esq JP (Jubilee Mayor) (deceased)
Sir Lindsay Parkinson JP (deceased) William Henry Broadhead Esq JP (deceased) |
| 3 October 1928 |
Henry Brown Esq JP (deceased)
Samuel Hill Esq JP (deceased)
John Collins Esq JP (deceased)
Thomas Fielding Esq JP (deceased) |
| 1 August 1934 |
The Right Hon. Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby KG PC GCB GCVO (deceased) |
| 23 March 1937 |
The Baron Stamp GCB GBE LLD DSc FBA (deceased) |
| 31 January 1938 |
Sir Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy JP RCA RI RWA RDS FLS (deceased) |
| 4 September 1946 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S Churchill KG OM CH MP (deceased) |
| 21 July 1948 |
Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO (deceased) |
| 3 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) |
| 2 May 1973 |
Rhodes William Marshall Esq (deceased) Harold Grimbledeston Esq BEM JP (deceased)
Ernest Alfred Machin Esq CBE JP (deceased) Joseph Shepherd Richardson Esq CBE JP (deceased)
Leonard Broughton Esq DL (deceased) |
| 25 June 1984 |
Raymond Jacobs Esq MBE (deceased)
Walter Uriah Robinson Esq (deceased)
Harold Leslie Hoyle Esq MBE (deceased) Percy Patrick Hall Esq JP (deceased) |
| 29 November 1989 |
Stanley Harding Mortensen (deceased) |
| 9 April 2003 |
Lilian Doris Thompson OBE JP (deceased) James Christopher Armfield OBE (deceased) |
Freedom of the borough
Freedom of the borough is 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.
Details of those holding the freedom of the borough
| 1961 |
R (Blackpool) Battery, 288 (2nd West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, Territorial Army |
| 1990 |
HMS Penelope (warship) |
| 2005 |
12th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| 2017 |
12th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| TBA |
An affiliation with HMS Triumph (submarine) |
Blackpool medal
Holders of the Blackpool medal
| 2008 |
Shelley Woods |
| 2010 |
Blackpool Football Club |
| 2012 |
Major Jim Houldsworth (deceased) |
| 2022 |
Peter Callow (deceased)
Lily Henderson MBE (deceased)
Brian London (deceased)
Elaine Smith MBE |
