Born Camberwell, London. Moved to Islington in 1845. In 1854, aged 18, he moved to Birmingham, where he made his fortune in the screw-making business. Related to and in business with the Nettlefold family. Mayor and then MP for Birmingham. Liberal then Conservative politician. His mansion in Birmingham was "Highbury". Father of Austen and Neville Chamberlain who became Prime Minister. Buried in Birmingham.
Shortly after Chamberlain's death in July 1914 the London County Council rather extraordinarily decided, on 23 March 1915, to erect plaques on no fewer than three houses in the County of London associated with him. We're working on the other two. To have 3 plaques agreed on the same day, less than a year after his death - very unusual.
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