Honorary Freemen and Honorary Aldermen

In accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Borough Council (since its inception in April 1974) has conferred the Honorary Freedom of the Borough on the following in recognition of their eminent services to the community:

 

  • Mr Max Jaffa (1986) – now deceased
  • Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (1986)
  • Mr Charles McCarthy CBE (1996)
  • Mr Alan Booth MBE (1999)
  • Mr Max Payne MBE (1999)
  • Mr Thomas Pindar OBE DL (1999)
  • Sir John Wilson CBE (1999) – now deceased
  • Alderman Bernard Bosomworth (2005)
  • Mrs Elizabeth Mackenzie (2005)
  • Sir James Savile OBE (2005) - now deceased
  • Mr Christopher Wilby (2005)
  • Mr Ken Dale MBE (2009)
  • The Rt Hon Lord Derwent LVO, DL (2009)
  • Mr Tony Peers (2009)
  • Mr George Thomas Tuby (2009) 
 

Honorary Aldermen

In accordance with Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Borough Council (since its inception in April 1974) has conferred the title of Honorary Alderman on the following in recognition of their eminent services rendered to the Council:
 
  • Mr Ernest John Pilgrim (1990) – now deceased
  • Mr Edward Sulman (1996)
  • Mr Andrew Thomas Fenby Young (1996)
  • Mr Harold Robert Bedford (1996)
  • Mr Bernard Harry Bosomworth (1996)
  • Mr John Duncan Dunning (1996)
  • Mrs Jean Gilchrist Greenan (1996)
  • Mr Richard Wastell (1996) – now deceased
  • Mr Peter Jaconelli (1996) – now deceased
  • Mrs Mavis Don OBE (2000)
  • Dr G B McIntyre (2000)
  • Mr F Standing (2000)
  • Mr J A Warwick (2000)
  • Mr James Edward Agar (2004)
  • Mr Richard John Crawford Creasey (2004)
  • Mr Harry Dixon (2004) – now deceased
  • Mr Charles Carr Mann (2004) – now deceased
  • Mr Michael Ford Pitts (2004)
  • Mr Stephen Henry Rowe (2004)
  • Mr Ian Douglas Stubbs (2004)
  • Mr David Charles Thompson (2004)
  • Mr William Joseph Woodroffe (2004)
  • Mr Brian Gibson Wormald (2004)
  • Miss Sheila Kettlewell (2007)
  • Mr Alan Oxley (2007)
  • Mrs Eileen Bosomworth (2007) 
 

The Yorkshire Regiment - Freedom of the Borough

The Green Howards were granted the Freedom of Scarborough in 1945. This freedom gives the regiment the “right, title, privilege, honour and distinction of marching through the streets of the town with drums beating, colours flying and bayonets fixed.” This right was last exercised in October 2004 to celebrate the Green Howards' return from Afghanistan.
 
The Freedom of the Borough is a highly prized honour for many regiments implying a long and harmonious association between a regiment and the local community.  With the recent amalgamation of the Green Howards into the Yorkshire Regiment, the honour was transferred to the new regiment in September 2006 and for the entire Borough of Scarborough.
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