SINCE Nottingham was given the Royal Charter in 1897, 36 people have been given the title honorary freeman:

1905 - The Reverend William Booth.

1908 - Sir Samuel George Johnson.

1913 - Sir Edward Henry Fraser JP DCL.

1914 - William John Arthur Charles.

1914 - James Cavendish-Bentinck.

1914 - Duke of Portland KG GCV0 PC.

1916 - Sir John Turney JP.

1917 - Flight Commander Captain Albert Ball VC DSO MC.

1919 - Alderman Sir John Tom McGraith JP.

1920 - Sir Jesse Boot Bart JP.

1929 - Alderman Edmund Huntsman.

1934 - Sir William J Boars OBE JP.

1934 - John Dane Player JP.

1934 - William Goodacre Player JP.

1948 - Alderman Herbert Bowles CBE.

1948 - Alderman Sir Bernard Swanwick Wright JP DL.

1950 - Alderman Sir Stephen Cecil Armitage CBE JP DL.

1950 - Alderman Ernest Archibald Braddock JP.

1950 - Alderman Sir William Crane CBE JP.

1950 - John Eugene Richards.

1958 - Alderman Ernest Purser.

1962 - Cyril Theodore Forsyth JP.

1962 - Honorary Alderman Joseph Littlefair JP.

1962 - Alderman Fredrick Mitchell.

1965 - Cecil Edric Mornington Roberts.

1968 - William Alfred Olds MBE.

1976 - Right Reverend Bishop Edward Richard Ellis DD Phd.

1976 - Douglas Keith Scott.

1983 - Jayne Torvill MBE.

1983 - Christopher Dean MBE.

1993 - Brian Howard Clough OBE MA.

1997 - Paul Brierley Smith CBE RDI Hon MDES.

2005 - Tim Reddish MBE

2005 - Mich Stevenson OBE DL.

2007 - Sir Colin Campbell.

2007 - Alan Sillitoe.

The current crew of HMS Nottingham at any one time are also all honorary freemen.