Past Prime Ministers

Chamberlain Neville 1937–40 Conservative
Name: Chamberlain Neville 1937–40 Conservative

Born: 18 March 1869 in Edgbaston, Birmingham

First entered Parliament: 14 December 1918

Age he became PM: 68 years, 71 days

Maiden Speech: 12 March 1919, during Committee Stage of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest

Total time as PM: Two years, 348 days

Died: 9 November 1940 at Highfield Park, Reading

Nicknames: ‘The Coroner’

Education: Rugby School and Mason College (later became University of Birmingham)

Family: Chamberlain was the third of six children. He was married to Anne de Vere Cole and had one son and one daughter

Interests: Nature, fishing, music and literature

 
 
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