1863-1937. British Conservative politician,
elder son of Joseph Chamberlain; as foreign
secretary 1924-29 he negotiated the Pact of
Locarno, for which he won the Nobel Peace
Prize 1925, and signed the Kellogg-Briand
pact to outlaw war 1928. He was elected to
Parliament 1892 as a Liberal-Unionist, and
after holding several minor posts was
chancellor of the Exchequer 1903-06. During
World War I he was secretary of state for
India 1915-17 and member of the war cabinet
1918. He was chancellor of the Exchequer
1919-21 and Lord Privy Seal 1921-22, but
failed to secure the leadership of the party
1922, as many Conservatives resented the part
he had taken in the Irish settlement of 1921.
He was foreign secretary in the Baldwin
government 1924-29, and negotiated and signed
the Locarno Pact 1925 to fix the boundaries
of Germany, and the Kellogg-Briand pact 1928
to ban war and provide for peaceful
settlement of disputes.