The Guild of Freemen of the City of London is an association of those who hold the Freedom of the City of London.

Membership of the Guild is open to all freemen, regardless of whether they are also members of a City livery company.[1]

The purpose of the Guild, which was founded in 1908, is to bring Freemen of the City together for charitable, educational, benevolent, and social activities.[2][3] An annual magazine called The Freeman is published in April of each year and includes reports on past and future activities.[4]

With some two thousand members, activities include dinners in notable City of London halls, clubs, and other buildings, an Annual Banquet with the Lord Mayor of London at Guildhall, musical and cultural events, and a carol service.[5]

The Guild has its offices at 4 Dowgate Hill in the City.[6] A Master is elected annually, who holds office for one year.[7] Anne, Princess Royal, was Master in the centenary year of 2008.[1]

Past Masters

The following have served as Master:[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Welcome", guild-freemen-london.co.uk, accessed 15 September 2022
  2. ^ Colin F. W. Dyer, The Guild of Freemen of the City of London: A Record of Its Formation and History (London, 1982), p. 5
  3. ^ John Charles Thornley, George Woodyatt Hastings, "The Guild of Freemen of the City of London" in The Guilds of the City of London and Their Liverymen (1911), pp. 354–356
  4. ^ "Membership", guild-freemen-london.co.uk, accessed 15 September 2022
  5. ^ "Events", guild-freemen-london.co.uk, accessed 15 September 2022
  6. ^ "GUILD OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON (1908), 4 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2SH" in Joseph Whitaker, An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 2005, Vol. 137 (2005), p. 670
  7. ^ Dyer (1982), p. 5
  8. ^ List of Past Masters, guild-freemen-london.co.uk
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