(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 Sir David Low
pencil, late 1930s-early 1940s?
NPG 4529(73)
by Victor Demanet
bronze medal, 1938
NPG 4268
by Henry Lamb
oil on canvas, circa 1939
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4279
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1921
NPG x166506
by Bassano
vintage print, 21 February 1929
NPG x83573
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81133
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81134
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81135
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81137
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81136
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 21 February 1929
NPG x81138
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88283
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 August 1931
NPG x88323
by Bassano
vintage print, 3 March 1936
NPG x83574
by Bassano
vintage print, 3 March 1936
NPG x83575
by Bassano
vintage print, 3 February 1936
NPG x83576
by Bassano
vintage print, 3 February 1936
NPG x83577
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81268
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81269
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 February 1936
NPG x81270
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Place
Warwickshire
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