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- 1. (1869–1940), British statesman; prime minister 1937–40; full name Arthur Neville Chamberlain. He pursued a policy of appeasement with Nazi Germany and signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, but was forced to abandon this policy following Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939.
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Definition of Neville Chamberlain in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Neville Chamberlain was born in 1869. He was the son of the great, and divisive, Birmingham politician Joseph Chamberlain. Neville was educated at Rugby School, and then worked in business, spending six years trying to establish a sisal plantation in the Bahamas. The venture was a failure, but Chamberlain learned much about management.
- Initially He Showed Little Interest in Politics
- His Wife Convinced Him to Run as An Mp
- He Clashed Frequently with David Lloyd George
- His Star Began to Rise After The 1924 General Election
- He Thought His Premiership Would Be Defined by Domestic Reform
- The Situation in Europe Was Out of His Control
- He Took Britain to War in September 1939
- He Quickly Came Under Attack from His Own Government
- He Died Shortly Afterwards
Chamberlain was born in 1869 in Birmingham, to a middle class family with connections in local politics. He attended Rugby School, and later Mason College (now known as the University of Birmingham), but showed little enthusiasm for his studies. Neville became an apprentice accountant, but after less than a year, his father dispatched him to the Ba...
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. The two shared a lot of views and political interests – particularly regarding housing – and Anne remained a constant source of support throughout his life....
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. Less than a year later, Chamberlain resigned, saying he had received little to no support from the Prime Min...
Chamberlain was reappointed as Minister of Health in 1924, and passed 21 key pieces of legislation before he left office 5 years later. In 1931, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer: no small job given the extent of Britain’s war debt. Major policies and achievements included the passing of ‘Imperial Preference’ import tariffs, increases in...
Stanley Baldwin resigned as Prime Minister following the abdication crisis of 1936 and coronation of the new king, George VI: he advised the new king to send for Chamberlain in order to appoint him as the new Prime Minister. In 1937, Chamberlain passed the Factories Act, and in 1938, the Holiday With Pay Act, Coal Act, and Housing Act, all of which...
By 1937, European politics were becoming increasingly strained: Spain was already engulfed in a brutal civil war. Under Adolf Hitler, Germany was rearming – breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles– and Chamberlain did his best to reconcile with Germany rather than to openly condemn Hitler’s policy. He also opened talks with Italy, who had be...
Kristallnacht, in November 1938, firmly turned public opinion against Germany: any dialogue or friendliness with Germany would have been deemed unacceptable by the public following a violent pogrom against Germany’s Jewish population. Germany continued to rearm and expand, invading Bohemia and Moravia in early 1939. Chamberlain began to increasingl...
Debates over Norway brought matters to a head for Chamberlain’s government. Germany had invaded, and the few Allied forces that were deployed there were no match for the German army – they were ordered to withdraw. The whole operation, known as the ‘Norway Debate’, received immense criticism. Debates in Parliament worsened the situation, as many fe...
Initially Chamberlain continued to serve as an MP and was appointed Lord President of the Council: Churchill decided not to dramatically shake up the Cabinet given the situation. Colleagues remember him continuing to work diligently and hard, showing no bitterness However, Chamberlain had no chance to repair or fully understand his legacy: he resig...
- Sarah Roller
May 17, 2018 · Chamberlain, Neville 1869-1940. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Although Arthur Neville Chamberlain entered Parliament in 1918 at the age of almost fifty, the election of a Conservative government in 1922 paved the way for his meteoric rise from postmaster-general, via the Ministry of Health to the Treasury and the second place in Stanley Baldwin ’ s government within only ten months.
British statesman and Conservative prime minister (1937–40). He advocated appeasement towards the fascist powers in the 1930s. Born in Birmingham, of which his father, Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), was to become a famous mayor, Neville Chamberlain was a Conservative MP from 1918 to 1940. He is least known for his important social reforms ...
Sep 30, 2013 · Seventy-five years after the Munich Agreement signed with Hitler, the name of Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister at the time, is still synonymous with weakness and appeasement.
Neville Chamberlain. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (March 18, 1869 – November 9, 1940), known as Neville Chamberlain, was a British Conservative politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain is perhaps the most ill-regarded British prime minister of the twentieth century in the popular mind internationally ...
