Honorary Freedom of the Borough - Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE.
Councillors G Cundy and A-M Barker will jointly move and second that the Council confers upon Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Woking and that the Council admits her to be an Honorary Freeman of the Borough and that her name be inscribed in the Roll of Honorary Freemen of the Borough.
The Mayor will call upon any other Member of the Council wishing to do so, to speak to the Motion. The Mayor will then put the Motion to the Council.
Upon the Motion being duly carried, Dame Rosemary Squire will make and sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office. The Mayor will then present a Freeman’s Badge and the Scroll bearing the Resolution of the Council to Dame Rosemary Squire and offer the congratulations of the Council upon her admission to the Roll of Honorary Freemen of the Borough.
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Councillor Graham Cundy and Councillor Ann-Marie Barker jointly moved and seconded that the Council confer upon Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE the Honorary Freedom of the Borough.
Dame Rosemary Squire OBE was the most prominent woman in British theatre of the modern era and under her leadership the Woking-based Ambassador Theatre Group had become the world’s largest live-theatre company. More recently, she had moved into a new creative phase as Joint CEO and Executive Chair of Trafalgar Entertainment.
As Chair of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Theatres for Theatres appeal, Dame Rosemary had helped raise over £5 million and continued to support major fundraising appeals for the hospital.
The Mayor then put the motion to the Council and it was unanimously
RESOLVED
That the Council confer upon Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE the Honorary Freedom of the Borough the most honourable distinction which it is the privilege of the Council to bestow, in recognition of the outstanding personal achievement both nationally and internationally in the Arts and the eminent services rendered to the Borough and the Council does hereby admit Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE to be an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Woking and that her name be inscribed in the Roll of Freemen of the Borough.
Upon the motion being duly carried, Dame Rosemary made the declaration of acceptance of Office.
“I Dame Rosemary Anne Squire DBE, having been admitted an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Woking, hereby declare that I will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties thereof, including upholding the traditions and customs of the Borough, according to the best of my judgement and ability and I do further declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her heirs and successors according to law.”
The Mayor then presented the Freeman’s Badge, the Freedom of the Borough Scroll and a certificate bearing the Resolution to Dame Rosemary, and offered the congratulations of the Council upon her admission to the Roll of Honorary Freemen of the Borough.