Joseph Chamberlain (1836 - 1914)

Born 8 Jul 1836 in Camberwell, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Kenrick) Chamberlain — married 1861 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Florence (Kenrick) Chamberlain — married 8 Jun 1868 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Husband of Mary Crowninshield (Endicott) Carnegie — married 26 Nov 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1914 at age 77 in Brompton, London, England

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Biography

Joseph Chamberlain is Notable.

Industrialist and politician. He began his career in Birmingham as a manufacturer of screws, and then transferred into politics. In 1906 he became Leader of the Opposition opposite Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman.^[1]

Birth/Baptism

• 8 Jul 1836 Camberwell, Surrey the son of Joseph Chamberlain and Caroline Harben ^[2]

Census

• 1851 25 Highbury Place, Islington age 14 born Camberwell, the son of Joseph (an export and wholesale shoe dealer) and Caroline Chamberlain ^[3]

• 1871 South Boen?, Edgbaston, Birmingham age 34 born Camberwell, a town Council Member, husband of Florence ^[4]

Marriage

• 1868 Birmingham ^[5]

Death

• 2 Jul 1914 Brompton, London age 77 ^[6]

Online biographical sources

• Wikipedia entry ^[7]
• The Chamberlain Family ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Peter T. Marsh, ‘[Chamberlain, Joseph (1836–1914)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013, accessed 5 July 2017
2. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Birth Certificates from the Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist Registry and from the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry; Class Number: RG 5; Piece Number: 136
3. ↑ 1851 census Class: HO107; Piece: 1501; Folio: 524; Page: 21; GSU roll: 87835
4. ↑ 1871 census Class: RG10; Piece: 3082; Folio: 33; Page: 59; GSU roll: 838893
5. ↑ GRO index Q2 1868 Birmingham ref 6d 243
6. ↑ GRO index Q3 1914 St Geo Han Sq ref 1a 454
7. ↑ Wikipedia [1]
8. ↑ The Chamberlain Family [2]

• Find a Grave memorial # 20921.

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