Neville Chamberlain Biography

Born as	Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Occup.	Politician
From	United Kingdom
Born	March 18, 1869 Birmingham, England
Died	November 9, 1940 Reading, England
Cause	Cancer
Aged	71 years

Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a famous British politician that functioned as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. He was born on March 18, 1869, in Birmingham, England. His dad, Joseph Chamberlain, was a noticeable entrepreneur and also politician that served as the Mayor of Birmingham and also as a participant of Parliament.

Chamberlain was enlightened at Rugby School and afterwards went to study engineering at Mason Science College, which later ended up being the University of Birmingham. After completing his research studies, he signed up with the household company, which was associated with metalworking as well as engineering, as well as became an energetic participant of the Birmingham City Council.

In 1915, Chamberlain was elected to your home of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party. He swiftly increased via the rankings as well as was designated Minister of Health in 1923, a placement he held till 1924. Throughout this time, he presented different reforms to the healthcare system, consisting of the establishment of a main health and wellness authority.

In 1924, Chamberlain was selected Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. He remained to hold this placement up until 1929 when the Conservative Party shed power to the Labour Party. Nonetheless, Chamberlain was re-elected to Parliament in 1931 when the Conservative Party won once more and was selected Minister of Health once again.

In 1937, Chamberlain was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after the resignation of Stanley Baldwin. Among his main goals as Prime Minister was to maintain tranquility in Europe, as well as he went after a policy of appeasement in the direction of Nazi Germany, believing that he could negotiate a compromise and prevent a battle.

Chamberlain famously made a journey to meet German leader Adolf Hitler in Munich in September 1938, where they authorized the Munich Agreement, which permitted Germany to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia with a big German population. Chamberlain believed that the Munich Agreement had protected peace in Europe, notoriously claiming that he had attained "tranquility for our time".

Nonetheless, less than a year later, World War II broke out when Hitler got into Poland. Chamberlain's policy of appeasement was heavily criticised and he was replaced as Prime Minister by Winston Churchill in May 1940. Chamberlain stayed in the federal government as component of the War Cabinet yet he was detected with cancer in July 1940 as well as he passed away on November 9, 1940, at the age of 71.

Neville Chamberlain's legacy is often outweighed by his plan of appeasement, which is seen as a failing. Nevertheless, he did have considerable success as a politician, including his reforms to the health care system and his role in transforming the Conservative Party right into a modern-day political pressure.

Our collection contains 6 quotes who is written / told by Neville.

Related authors: Adolf Hitler (Criminal), Winston Churchill (Statesman), Joseph Chamberlain (Politician), Stanley Baldwin (Statesman), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

6 Famous quotes by Neville Chamberlain

"I believe it is peace in our time"

"However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account"

"We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth"

"In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers"

"How horrible, fantastic, incredible, it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing"

"We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will"