Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of the United Kingdom from May 28, 1937, to May 10, 1940, whose name is identified with the policy of ‘appeasement’ toward Adolf Hitler’s Germany in the period immediately preceding World War II. Learn more about Ch
1.Sir (Joseph)Austen.1863--1937, British Conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1924--29); awarded a Nobel peace prize for his negotiation of the Locarno Pact (1925) 2.his father,Joseph.1836--1914, British statesman; originally a Liberal, he resigned in 1886 over Home Rule for Ireland...