Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West)
Richard Chamberlain (7 July 1840 – 2 April 1899) was a Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom. [1]
Life
[edit | edit source]The younger brother of Joseph Chamberlain,[2] he was born in Camberwell to Joseph Chamberlain (1796–1874) and Caroline Harben (1806–1875).
Chamberlain was Mayor of Birmingham from 1879 to 1880,[2] and later Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington West from 1885 to 1892.[1]
He died at age 58 and was buried at Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham.[3]
Family
[edit | edit source]Chamberlain married firstly, in 1872, Mary Dawes, daughter of the ironmaster Henry William Dawes of Kenilworth, and secondly, in 1887, Rahmen Theodora Swinburne, daughter of Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet.[4]
His relative Robert Francis Martineau was also a City of Birmingham alderman and a member of the Birmingham University council.[5]
References
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- 1840 births
- 1899 deaths
- Chamberlain family
- Politicians from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1885–1886
- UK MPs 1886–1892
- Mayors of Birmingham, West Midlands
- Burials at Key Hill Cemetery
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