Richard Chamberlain (MP for Islington West)
Richard Chamberlain (7 July 1840 – 2 April 1899)[1] was a Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.
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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
- Historical list of MPs: I
- Anderton, Thomas (1900). A Tale of One City: The New Birmingham. Birmingham: Midland Counties Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- 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 March 8, 2012.
- Manning, E. H. (1924) [1915]. Handbook of the Birmingham General Cemetery: together with biographical notes on those interred therein. Birmingham: Hudson & Son. p. 21.
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New constituency | Member of Parliament for Islington West 1885–1892 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lough |
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