United Kingdom

Wooden Coat of Arms and official guide book from the City of Barrow-in-Furness

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0261
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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Omagh in Northern Ireland by the Omagh District Council

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Glasgow

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4 August 1981

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The Scroll was accepted on behalf of Mandela by Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Ekwueme (Alex). Presented by Lord Provost Mr Michael Kelly. The scroll, known as the Burgess Ticket, was to be kept in Government House, Lagos and "when M gains M's freedom in I hope, the not too distant future, he will be able to come to Lagos to receive it"

Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich in appreciation of his service to Greenwich and his contribution to world peace

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20 July 1983, reconfirmed in 2012

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Agreed by special resolution in 1983, sealed in 1993 and re-affirmed in 2012

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0489
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1 July 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

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29 November 1984, presented 9 Octobe

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award admitting and receiving Mr Mandela as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, UK

City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0514
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19 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales

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1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The borough was abolished in 1996, when its area became part of Caerphilly County Borough

Honorary Freemand of the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0546
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2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate admitting Mr Mandela to be an Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in recognition of his services to the cause of freedom

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0547
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2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0685
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11 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City by the Mayor-President and fellow members of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Council

Freedom of select Cities and Boroughs in the United Kindom with 9 signatories in support of his resistance to Apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0866
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1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield Metropolitan District

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0870
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13 February 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of Kingston Upon Hull (usually referred to as Hull)

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0907
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6 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0909
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9 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of London

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1183
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10 July 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Oxford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1271
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11 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1280
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27 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1295
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16 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Leeds as part of the celebrations marking the seventh anniversary of the end of apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1495
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30 April 2001

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela also rededicated the city's Mandela Garden, which first opened in 1983 in support of South Africa's struggle for equality

Honorary Freedom of the City of Salford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1728
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30 November 2005

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1743
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2006

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Brent Council awarded Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the Borough in recognition of his lifelong connection with the borough

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-2006
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24 June 2013

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela addressed the Willesden Trades Council in 1962. The honour was supposed to have been conferred in April 1990 when Mandela visited Brent but it failed to get the necessary support. Hence this was only done in 2013.
See https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2019/01/i-am-pleased-to-kick-off-new-year-with.html

Honorary Freedom or the City of London