Neville Chamberlain

Politician

1869 – 1940

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Who was Neville Chamberlain?

Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the German-populated Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. However when Adolf Hitler continued his aggression by invading Poland, Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of World War II.

After working in business and local government and after a short spell as Director of National Service in 1916 and 1917, Chamberlain followed his father, Joseph Chamberlain, and older half-brother, Austen Chamberlain, in becoming a member of parliament in the 1918 general election at age 49. He declined a junior ministerial position, remaining a backbencher until 1922. He was rapidly promoted in 1923 to Minister of Health and then Chancellor of the Exchequer. After a short Labour-led government, he returned as Minister of Health, introducing a range of reform measures from 1924 to 1929.

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Born
Mar 18, 1869
Birmingham
Also known as
  • Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
  • Chamberlain, Neville
  • アーサー・ネヴィル・チェンバレン
  • Arthur Neville Chamberlain
  • The Coroner
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Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Unitarianism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Rugby School
  • Mason Science College
Died
Nov 9, 1940
Heckfield

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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