<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain FRS </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Neville Chamberlain in 1921 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 28 May 1937--10 May 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Monarch </Th> <Td> George VI </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Stanley Baldwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Winston Churchill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Leader of the Conservative Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 27 May 1937--9 October 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Stanley Baldwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Winston Churchill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Ministerial positions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Lord President of the Council </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 10 May 1940--3 October 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Winston Churchill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Earl Stanhope </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Sir John Anderson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chancellor of the Exchequer </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 5 November 1931--28 May 1937 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ramsay MacDonald </Li> <Li> Stanley Baldwin </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Philip Snowden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Sir John Simon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 27 August 1923--22 January 1924 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Stanley Baldwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Stanley Baldwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Philip Snowden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Minister of Health </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 25 August 1931--5 November 1931 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Ramsay MacDonald </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Arthur Greenwood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Edward Hilton Young </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 6 November 1924--4 June 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Stanley Baldwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> John Wheatley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Arthur Greenwood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 7 March 1923--27 August 1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Bonar Law </Li> <Li> Stanley Baldwin </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Sir Arthur Griffith - Boscawen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> William Joynson - Hicks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Paymaster General </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 5 February 1923--7 March 1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Bonar Law </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Tudor Walters </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> William Joynson - Hicks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Postmaster General </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 31 October 1922--5 February 1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prime Minister </Th> <Td> Bonar Law </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Frederick Kellaway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> William Joynson - Hicks </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Edgbaston </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 30 May 1929--9 November 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Sir Francis Lowe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Sir Peter Bennett </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Ladywood </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 14 December 1918--30 May 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Constituency created </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Succeeded by </Th> <Td> Wilfrid Whiteley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Personal details </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 03 - 18) 18 March 1869 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 9 November 1940 (1940 - 11 - 09) (aged 71) Heckfield, Hampshire, England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> Westminster Abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> British </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Political party </Th> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Anne de Vere Cole (m . 1911) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parents </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Joseph Chamberlain </Li> <Li> Florence Kenrick </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Mason College (now the University of Birmingham) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Profession </Th> <Td> Businessman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain FRS </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Neville Chamberlain in 1921 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </Th> </Tr>

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