Honorary Freemen
The following six persons have been appointed as Honorary Freeman of East Renfrewshire under section 206 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 for being persons of distinction or persons who have rendered eminent service to the area:
Walter McCreadie, JP (Former councillor of Renfrew District Council and East Renfrewshire Council)
Marianne Grant (Holocaust survivor)
Alex McLeish (Former manager of Scotland football team; current manager of Nottingham Forest FC)
Sir Harry Burns (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland)
Ian Drysdale (Former councillor of Strathclyde Regional Council and East Renfrewshire Council)
Allan C Steele, MBE, JP, ACII (First Provost of East Renfrewshire Council (two terms); former councillor of Eastwood District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council)
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