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Chamberlain, Arthur Neville, (1869-1940), statesman

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Surname: Chamberlain
Forenames: Arthur Neville
Gender: Male
Date: 1869-1940
History: Statesman and Prime Minister. Conservative MP for division in Birmingham 1918-40. Minister of Health 1923, 1924-29; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1923-24, 1931-37; PM 1937-40. Negotiated ill-fated Munich Treaty 1938. Succeeded by Winston Churchill May 1940
Biography: ODNB link for Chamberlain, Arthur Neville (1869-1940) Statesman
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274872 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P142797 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1938-1947: War Cabinet and Cabinet: Various Ministers: Private Office Files
The National Archives, Kew
CAB 118
2
1914-1920: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of National Service
The National Archives, Kew
NATS
3
corresp, diaries and papers
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NC
NRA 12604 Chamberlain

See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
4
1940: corresp and papers as Lord President of the Council
The National Archives
CAB 118
5
1917-20: corresp with Viscount Addison with a few misc papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Addison dep c 84, 144
NRA 42344
6
1930-38: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook
Parliamentary Archives
BBK C/80
NRA 19284 Aitken
7
1917-34: letters to 1st Viscount Bridgeman
Shropshire Archives
S.R.O. 4629
NRA 34743
8
1937-39: corresp with Lord Cecil
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 51087
9
1928-1940: corresp with Lord Croft
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
CRFT
NRA 15709 Croft
10
1924-39: corresp with 17th Earl of Derby
Liverpool Record Office
920 DER
NRA 20761
11
1927-32: corresp with Lord Elibank
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD32
NRA 11852 Murray

See NRA(S)0367 1172
12
corresp with Dame Katharine Furse
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
DAU
See Guide vol 2
13
1938-40: letters to Seton Gordon
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.5640
14
corresp with HA Gwynne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Gwynne MSS
See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 5 1978
15
corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Templewood Papers
NRA 42205 Hoare
16
1932-1940: corresp with Leslie Hore-Belisha
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
HOBE
NRA 28241 Hore-Belisha
17
1928-40: letters to Lord and Lady Kennet
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
16/1-20, 81/2, 120/1-3
NRA 12509 Young
18
c1919-40: letters to Lady Londonderry
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3099
NRA 19803 Stewart
19
1900-36: letters to the MUCA
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 28056
20
1938-39: corresp with Lord Ponsonby
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng hist a 20, c 561-85, d 363
NRA 18634
21
1931-39: corresp with Walter Runciman
Newcastle University: Special Collections
WR
NRA 13873
22
corresp with Herbert Samuel
Parliamentary Archives
SAM
NRA 11187
23
c1925-40: corresp with Sir Leslie Scott
Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
MSS.119
NRA 21609 Scott
24
1930-31: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Selborne papers
NRA 22802
25
1930-40: corresp with Lord Simon
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Simon
NRA 24981
26
c1934-40: letters to Lord Stanhope
Kent History and Library Centre
U1590/C658
NRA 25095
27
1889-98: letters to CJ Wainwright
Royal Entomological Society
Box 64/13
See Berit Pedersen, Guide to the Archives of the Royal Entomological Society (2002)
28
corresp with C Walker
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Afr s 717
NRA 13167 Walker
29
1925-39: corresp with 1st Viscount Weir
Glasgow University Archive Services
DC 096
NRA 26835
30
1932-1933: corresp with 1st Viscount Weir
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
WEIR
NRA 13671 Weir
31
letters
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
L Add
NRA 13481 Birmingham
32
1938: draft text of statement rel to his appeasement policy
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NCLadd/176
See Annual Return 2009