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- They had always been friends.
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Chamberlain had few friends among his parliamentary colleagues; an attempt by his parliamentary private secretary, Lord Dunglass (later prime minister himself as Alec Douglas-Home), to bring him to the Commons Smoking Room to socialise with colleagues ended in embarrassing silence.
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- Initially he showed little interest in politics. Chamberlain was born in 1869 in Birmingham, to a middle class family with connections in local politics.
- His wife convinced him to run as an MP. In 1910, aged 40, Chamberlain met Anne Cole, with whom he quickly, and surprisingly, fell in love. The pair married the following year and Anne greatly encouraged his entry into local politics.
- He clashed frequently with David Lloyd George. Before being elected as an MP, Chamberlain had been appointed Director of National Service by the then Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, co-ordinating conscription and ensuring essential industries had sufficient workforces during the war.
- His star began to rise after the 1924 General Election. Chamberlain was reappointed as Minister of Health in 1924, and passed 21 key pieces of legislation before he left office 5 years later.
If accurate, this assessment of his personality would explain why Chamberlain strove to remain on friendly terms with the Third Reich long after many of his colleagues became convinced that Hitler could not be restrained.
that he was sitting next to Lady Megan as Chamberlain was making his ill-judged appeal to his Parliamentary friends and said to her, ‘Your father must speak now’. He added, honestly, that she did not need telling, and dashed out of the Chamber up to Lloyd George’s room. A few minutes later the former Liberal Prime Minister entered the arena
Sep 30, 2013 · After his royal audience, Chamberlain returned to his official residence at No. 10 Downing Street. There a jubilant crowd shouted “Good old Neville!” and sang “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.”
Dec 12, 1996 · The occasion of the fall from power of Neville Chamberlain and his replacement as prime minister by Winston Churchill in May 1940 is remembered as one of the few Parliamentary epics of our history. British arms had just suffered a stinging reverse in Norway. In the two-day debate in the House of Commons of May 7th, and 8th, Sir Roger Keyes, in ...
The early life, business career and political rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated on 28 May 1937, when he was summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands" and accept the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Chamberlain had long been regarded as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin 's political heir, and when Baldwin announced his ...
