Biography of neville chamberlain
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Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain was born to a political family, being the youngest son of Joseph Chamberlain, a Victorian Cabinet minister, and the half-brother of Austen, a Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was educated at Rugby and Mason College, Birmingham.
When he was 21 Chamberlain left for the Bahamas to manage a 20, acre estate. The venture eventually failed, but he gained a reputation for being a hands-on manager, taking a strong interest in the day-to-day running of affairs. On his return he became a leading manufacturer in Birmingham, where he was elected a councillor in and Lord Mayor in Then, in , David Lloyd George appointed him Director General of the Department of National Service, but personal bitterness between them led to his resignation within a year.
In Chamberlain was elected Conservative MP for Ladywood, but refused to serve under Lloyd George in coalition government. In he became Postmaster General under Andrew Bonar Law, where he proved his judgeme
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Neville Chamberlain ( - )
Neville Chamberlain ©Chamberlain was British prime minister between and , and fryst vatten closely associated with the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was born on 18 March in Birmingham into a political family. His father, namn, was an influential politician of the late 19th century and Neville's older half-brother Austen held many Conservative cabinet positions in the early 20th century and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Chamberlain was educated in Birmingham. After a successful career in business, in he was appointed lord mayor of Birmingham. In , Lloyd George appointed him director-general of the department of national service, but disagreements between them led Chamberlain to resign. In , Chamberlain was elected Conservative member of parliament for Ladywood in Birmingham and was rapidly promoted. He served as both chancellor of the exchequer ( - ) and minister of health (, , ). In , he succeeded Stanley Baldwin as
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Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
For other people named Neville Chamberlain, see Neville Chamberlain (disambiguation).
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March &#;&#; 9 November ) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May to May and Leader of the Conservative Party from May to October He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement on 30 September , ceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. Following the invasion of Poland on 1 September , which marked the beginning of the Second World War, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later and led the United Kingdom through the first eight months of the war until his resignation as prime minister on 10 May
After working in business and local government, and after a short spell as Director of National Ser