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May 14, 2018 · The English statesman Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) held a number of high offices, most notably that of foreign secretary. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 16, 1863.
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG (October 16, 1863 – March 17, 1937), was a British statesman, politician, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925. The son and brother of successful politicians, it is said that Austen Chamberlain did not so much "choose a career, he accepted it."
Austen Chamberlain was the archetypal political heir apparent. As the first-born son of Joseph Chamberlain he was, from the beginning, groomed to follow his father. Educated at Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge, he spent time in Europe before returning to take a seat in the Commons in 1892.
Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary in Stanley Baldwin’s Conservative government from 1924 – 1929, is best remembered as the author of the Locarno Pact of 1925. After the Treaty of ...
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 45 years, as Chancellor of the Exchequer (twice) and was briefly Conservative Party leader before serving as Foreign ...
Quick Reference. (b. 16 Oct. 1863, d. 16 Mar. 1937). British Foreign Secretary 1924–9. Early career. Born in Birmingham, he was the half‐brother of Neville Chamberlain, and the son of Joseph Chamberlain, who groomed him for a political career.
Jun 8, 2001 · When Andrew Bonar Law resigned as Conservative leader in 1921, Austen Chamberlain was his natural successor. But politically, he had a fatal flaw: his strong sense of personal loyalty to the ...
