Richard Chamberlain
Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom
About Richard Chamberlain
Lived 1840 – 1899 (aged 58–59). Richard Chamberlain was a British politician.
Richard Chamberlain (7 July 1840 – 2 April 1899) was a Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.
Life The younger brother of Joseph Chamberlain, he was born in Camberwell to Joseph Chamberlain (1796–1874) and Caroline Harben (1806–1875).
Chamberlain was Mayor of Birmingham from 1879 to 1880,
Family 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.
His relative Robert Francis Martineau was also a City of Birmingham alderman and a member of the Birmingham University council.
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Who was Richard Chamberlain?
Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom
When was Richard Chamberlain born?
Richard Chamberlain was born in 1840.
When did Richard Chamberlain die?
Richard Chamberlain died in 1899.
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Richard Chamberlain was a politician.
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Richard Chamberlain was British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Richard Chamberlain
· DBpedia: Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West)
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