
Honoured by Edinburgh
For more than 500 years Edinburgh’s civic authorities have awarded the Freedom of the City to prominent and influential individuals with a connection to Edinburgh or to those who have deserved recognition from the city, granting them an honorary Burgess ticket and admitting them as a Burgess and Guild Brother of the City. The choice of individuals honoured has remained solely in the jurisdiction o...
For more than 500 years Edinburgh’s civic authorities have awarded the Freedom of the City to prominent and influential individuals with a connection to Edinburgh or to those who have deserved recognition from the city, granting them an honorary Burgess ticket and admitting them as a Burgess and Guild Brother of the City. The choice of individuals honoured has remained solely in the jurisdiction o...