(Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), Prime Minister; son of Joseph Chamberlain
Sitter in 41 portraits
Chancellor of the Exchequer and a reforming Minister for Health in successive Conservative governments, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the National Government. He succeeded Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister in 1937. Knowing Britain was unprepared for war, Chamberlain temporised in the face of growing Axis aggression. Meetings with Hitler in September 1938 failed, and although Chamberlain declared the Munich Agreement 'peace in our time', he ordered the acceleration of rearmament. In March 1939 when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain abandoned appeasement and introduced conscription. War was declared on 3 September 1939. Chamberlain resigned after the Allied withdrawal from Norway in 1940.
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81271
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81272
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81273
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, May 1937
NPG x38790
by Edward George W. Malindine
modern resin print from original negative, 30 September 1938
NPG x88291
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax; Erich Kordt; (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain
by Edward George W. Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 16 September 1938
NPG x88292
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
NPG x515
by Powys Evans
pencil, 1920s-1930s
NPG D1692
by Powys Evans
pencil, 1920s-1930s
NPG D1697
The Westminster Follies: Second Edition. New Turns! New Dresses!
by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1926
NPG D9611
by Tom Cottrell
cigarette card, 1929
NPG D2611
The Tree that Spoilt the Prospect ((Arthur) Neville Chamberlain)
by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1932
NPG D9900
published by Illustrated London News, after Vandyk
photogravure, published 8 October 1938
NPG D32828
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 30 September 1938
NPG x76560
by Unknown photographer, for Wide World Photos
bromide print, 16 March 1939
NPG x76577
by Unknown photographer
half-plate glass negative
NPG x87684
by Unknown photographer
half-plate glass negative
NPG x87685
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Place
Warwickshire
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