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    Austen Chamberlain

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  1. 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 ...

  2. Sir Austen Chamberlain was a British foreign secretary from 1924 to 1929, who helped bring about the Locarno Pact (1925), a group of treaties intended to secure peace in western Europe by eliminating the possibility of border disputes involving Germany.

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  3. Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (October 16, 1863-March 17, 1937) was the eldest son of Joseph Chamberlain, the great British statesman known as the «Empire-builder» he was a half-brother of Neville Chamberlain, prime minister from 1937 to 1940.

  4. Jul 11, 2024 · The Nobel Peace Prize 1925 was divided equally between Sir Austen Chamberlain "for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty" and Charles Gates Dawes "for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan"

  5. Sir Austen Chamberlain. The Nobel Peace Prize 1925. Born: 16 October 1863, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Died: 16 March 1937, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom. Role: Foreign Secretary; Part-originator of Locarno Pact. Prize motivation: “for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty”

  6. 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.

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  8. Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary in Stanley Baldwins Conservative government from 1924 – 1929, is best remembered as the author of the Locarno Pact of 1925. After the Treaty...

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