Montague Chambers

Who was Montague Chambers?

Montague Chambers QC was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1874.

Chambers was the son of George Chambers, son of the architect Sir William Chambers and his wife Jane Rodney, daughter of Admiral the 1st Baron Rodney. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Grenadier Guards. In February 1828, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He became editor of "The Law Journal" in 1835. He went on the Home circuit and in 1845 was appointed a Queen's Counsel. He was a bencher of his inn and a member of the Royal Institution.

Chambers stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Greenwich at a by-election in February 1852, but was elected as a Member of Parliament for Greenwich at the general election in July 1852. He was defeated at the 1857 general election. In 1865 he stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Bedford. He was elected an MP for Devonport at a by-election on 22 May 1866, and held the seat until he stood down from the Commons at the 1874 general election.

Chambers died in the Fulham district at the age of 85.