Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West)

Richard Chamberlain (7 July 1840 – 2 April 1899)[1] Was born in Camberwell to Joseph Chamberlain (1796-1874) and Caroline Harben (1806-1875).

For the 15th-century MP, see Richard Chamberlain (MP for Calne).


He was a Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.

Richard was the younger brother of Joseph Chamberlain ,[2] he was Mayor of Birmingham from 1879 to 1880,[2] and later Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington West from 1885 to 1892.[1] His relative Robert Francis Martineau was also a City of Birmingham alderman and a member of the Birmingham University council.[3]

He was buried at Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham.[4]

References
  1. Historical list of MPs: I[Usurped!]
  2. Anderton, Thomas (1900). A Tale of One City: The New Birmingham. Birmingham: Midland Counties Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  3. Alamac, British (1832). "British Alamac 1882". British Alamanac - The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge . R.F. Martineau - Council of Birmimgham University. Company of Stationers, London 1812. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. Manning, E. H. (1924) [1915]. Handbook of the Birmingham General Cemetery: together with biographical notes on those interred therein. Birmingham: Hudson & Son. p. 21. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.


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