Birth of Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain is born in Birmingham to Joseph and Florence Chamberlain.
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Neville Chamberlain Biography and Timeline
Follow Neville Chamberlain through 263 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Neville Chamberlain, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1869–1937Years on this page
1869
1915
Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Chamberlain becomes Lord Mayor and promotes municipal savings during wartime.
Role range: 1915-1916
1916
Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank
Chamberlain establishes a municipal savings bank to mobilise household savings during wartime.
Role range: 1915-1916
National Service
Leaves Birmingham municipal work for national wartime service.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1916
1918
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Ladywood
1919
Birmingham Municipal Bank
The municipal savings institution begins operating under its permanent Birmingham Municipal Bank name.
1922
Paymaster General
Appointed Paymaster General
Role range: 1916-1922 – 1922-1923
Postmaster General
Appointed Postmaster General
Role range: 1916-1922 – 1922-1923
1923
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of Health, 1st term
Role range: 1923-1924 – 1923-1923
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
Role range: 1923-1924 – 1923-1924
1924
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of Health, 2nd term
Role range: 1924-1929 – 1924-1929
1926
Local Health Services
Administers health policy through local authorities before NHS reform.
Role range: 1924-1929
1930
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party
1931
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of Health, 3rd term
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1931
1932
Import Duties Act
The Import Duties Act introduces a general tariff and ends Britain's long free-trade era.
Role range: 1931-1937
Reform of Taxation
Britain returns to protectective tariffs
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Budget
Includes low expenditure on Defence
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Budget
Sets up an Exchange Equalization Fund to prevent sudden fluctuations in sterling
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Exchange Equalisation Account
The Exchange Equalisation Account is created to manage sterling and official reserves after Britain leaves gold, replacing automatic gold-standard intervention with discretionary exchange management.
Role range: 1931-1937
Conference of Imperial
Opening day of the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Conference of World Economic
Fails to agree on methods to check spread of trade barriers
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Conference of Imperial
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade. Final day of the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottowa
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Economy of Great Britain
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Imperial Preference
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Imperial Preference
National Liberal free traders resign from Government over Imperial preference
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Resignation of National Liberal free traders
National Liberal free traders resign from Government over Imperial preference
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Exchange Equalisation Account
The Treasury establishes an account to manage sterling and official foreign-exchange reserves.
Role range: 1931-1937
Exchange Equalisation Account
The Treasury creates the Exchange Equalisation Account to manage sterling and official reserves after gold.
Role range: 1931-1937
1934
Reform of Unemployment Support
Creates an unemployment assistance board to administer aid at a fixed national rate
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Reform of Government
Announces economic relief for depressed areas
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Free State
Concludes the coal & cattle pact, a trade agreement made with the Irish Free State
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
Trade Agreement at London
Concludes the coal & cattle pact, a trade agreement made with the Irish Free State
Role range: 1931-1935 – 1931-1935
1936
International Sanctions at London
Attacks the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia
Tripartite Monetary Agreement
Britain joins France and the United States in coordinating exchange policy and gold dealings after the collapse of the interwar Gold Bloc.
Role range: 1931-1937
Rearmament Policy
Shapes rearmament finance before becoming prime minister.
Role range: 1931-1940 – 1931-1937
1937
Becomes Prime Minister
Succeeds Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister and makes the pursuit of negotiated European settlements central to his foreign policy.
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Role range: 1937-1940 – 1937-1940
Election
Derby, seconded by Churchill, proposes Chamberlain for Leadership
Halifax Mission to Germany
Supports Lord Halifax's visit to Germany and direct discussions with Hitler as part of the government's search for a wider European settlement.
Records, sources and methodology
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