Austen Chamberlain Biography

Elected Member of Parliament

Appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Appointed Postmaster General

Appointed Foreign Minister

Appointed Secretary of State for India

Appointed Secretary of State for India

Resigns after assuming responsipility for the Mesopotamia affair

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

Britain ends support for the wartime dollar rate and allows sterling to float.

Urges the creation of the Irish Free State

Urges the creation of the Irish Free State

Urges the creation of the Irish Free State

Urges the creation of the Irish Free State

Appointed Lord Privy Seal

Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party

Loses the party leadership because of his involvement in the Irish settlement of 1921

Appointed Foreign Minister

Facilitates Germany's membership into the League of Nations

"No British Government will risk the bones of a British grenadier"

The Council of the League is required to rule on alleged breaches of the Treaty and Britain and Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a flagrant contravention

The Council of the League is required to rule on alleged breaches of the Treaty & Britain & Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a flagrant contravention

Chamberlain avoids extending Britain's automatic guarantee to Germany's eastern borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia.

Chamberlain mediates between French demands for security and German demands for restored diplomatic equality.

Chamberlain accepts that Britain should guarantee the Franco-German and Belgian-German frontier settlement.

Chamberlain mediates between French security demands and German revisionist aims during the Locarno negotiations.

Chamberlain's mediation at Locarno becomes a major reason for his award of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.

The delegates choose London for the formal signing, reflecting Chamberlain's central mediating role.

Supports League mediation in the Greek-Bulgarian conflict.

Article Eight establishes a League Council procedure governing any eventual termination of the pact.

Britain agrees that an unmistakable act of aggression in the demilitarized zone can trigger assistance before a final League ruling.

Chamberlain commits Britain to guarantee the western frontier settlement negotiated between Germany, France and Belgium.

Chamberlain accepts the League Council's role in determining whether a treaty breach has occurred.

Chamberlain supports the Locarno settlement as a means of strengthening European security and League diplomacy.

Chamberlain supports judicial, conciliation and League procedures for disputes not resolved by ordinary diplomacy.

Chamberlain initials the final protocol linking the seven Locarno agreements into a single diplomatic settlement.

Chamberlain supports the arbitration conventions and treaties that accompany the main Rhineland Pact.

Other disputes can be submitted to conciliation, with unresolved questions then going to the League Council.

Article Nine states that British dominions and India are not bound unless their governments accept the treaty.

The pact preserves action taken under Article 16 of the League Covenant as an exception to the non-aggression undertaking.

Chamberlain signs in London as Britain's plenipotentiary, formally binding the government to the western guarantee.

Chamberlain attends the formal London signing ceremony for the agreements negotiated at Locarno.

Chamberlain welcomes Germany's League membership as a major fulfilment of the diplomatic process begun at Locarno.

Chamberlain receives the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to European reconciliation and the Locarno settlement.

Chamberlain receives the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize, with his Locarno diplomacy central to the award.

1st publication of, "Peace In Our Time"

1st publication of, "Peace In Our Time"

Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 63 powers renounce war

Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty