When war did come, Astor admitted that she had made mistakes, and even voted against Chamberlain, but hostility remained.

Although Philip's quarrelsome disposition often led him into trouble he did not forfeit the esteem of James I, who heaped lands and offices upon him, and he was also trusted by Charles I, who made him Lord Chamberlain in 1626 and frequently visited him at Wilton.

Although Gladstone did not regard the NLF highly, he recognised the part it had played in winning the 1880 election, and was eager to reconcile Chamberlain and other Radicals to the mainly Whig cabinet.

' Seeking a contest with the Whigs, Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke presented their resignations to Gladstone on 20 May 1885, when the Cabinet rejected Chamberlain's scheme for the creation of National Councils in England, Scotland and Wales and when a proposed Land Purchase Bill did not have any provision for the reform of Irish local government.

Chamberlain discovered the existence of such negotiations from Henry Labouchere, but unsure of the precise nature of Gladstone's offer to Parnell, did not press the issue, although he had already stated his opposition to Home Rule, declaring that " I cannot admit that five millions of Irishmen have any greater right to govern themselves without regard to the rest of the United Kingdom than the five million inhabitants of the metropolis ( i. e. London ).

Unlike Hartington and the Whigs, Chamberlain did not enter the Unionist government, aware that the hostility to him in the Conservative ranks meant that an agreement with them could extend merely to Ireland and not wishing to alienate his Radical support base.

Chamberlain had always been a keen imperialist and an advocate of a stronger empire ; in 1887 in Toronto, he had declared that " I should think our patriotism was warped and stunted indeed if it did not embrace the Greater Britain beyond the seas ".

Urged by Paul Count Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, the senior diplomat serving in his entourage, the Kaiser neglected to see Chamberlain during his fortnight in England, but did speak about the prospect of a future Anglo-German alliance at Marlborough House on the eve of his departure.

When the Cabinet meeting failed to endorse his proposals, Chamberlain announced his resignation, but Balfour did not tell the meeting about Chamberlain's resignation letter, instead telling many members of his belief that Chamberlain was not serious about resigning.

The French government did not wish to face Nazi Germany alone and took its lead from the British government and its Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.

The Goodman's Fields Theatre had been shuttered by the Licensing Act of 1737 which closed all theatres that did not hold the letters patent and required all plays to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain before performance.

Gielgud did voice the Ghost in both the stage and film version of the Richard Burton Hamlet, which he directed in 1964, and in the 1970 Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation starring Richard Chamberlain.

In private, Schreiner directly used whatever influence he possessed to induce President Kruger to adopt a " reasonable " course, but however excellent his intentions, his publicly expressed disapproval of the Chamberlain / Milner policy did more harm than his private influence with Kruger could possibly do good.

Chamberlain suggested that he would withdraw if this became a strong possibility, assuming Long did the same.

Both did so on 10 November, and on 13 November 232 MPs assembled at the Carlton Club, where Law was nominated to be leader by Long and Chamberlain.

However Chamberlain did return to government when Baldwin formed his second ministry following success in the election of October 1924, serving in the important office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1924 to 1929.

Chamberlain did not sign with the Stars ( though he did coach the ABA's San Diego Conquistadors ).

Fortunately, for the players and for English literature, this interval did not last ; when Cobham died less than a year later, the post of Lord Chamberlain went to Henry Carey's son George, second Lord Hunsdon, and the actors regained their previous patronage.

" Many faculty at Bowdoin did not feel his enthusiasm for various reasons and Chamberlain was subsequently granted a leave of absence ( supposedly to study languages for two years in Europe ).

Although Dr Dale did not preach politics, he was a keen Liberal and worked with other Birmingham reformers and radicals including Joseph Chamberlain, Kendrick, Jesse Collings, George Dixon and John Bright.

In 1886 he opposed Irish Home Rule along with Joseph Chamberlain, but this did not seem to make him less influential with other Liberals and Nonconformists who took the opposite standpoint.

James did not prove ideal Archbishop material, and was stripped of his title after murdering the Royal Chamberlain.

The French government did not wish to face Nazi Germany alone and took its lead from the British government and its Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

During the period 1934 to 1937, Chamberlain was, with Winston Churchill, Roger Keyes and Leo Amery, the most prominent voice calling for British rearmament in the face of a growing threat from Nazi Germany.

Joining him were writers who had worked with him on Robotech, most notably, Steve Kramer, Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff and Ardwight Chamberlain, each of whom are also experienced voice actors.

Chamberlain or R. Dwight ) is a voice actor and screen writer currently living in Los Angeles, California.

The voice for the character was provided by Ardwight Chamberlain, and he was physically played by Jeffrey Willerth.

The voice for the character was provided by Ardwight Chamberlain.

" This is the voice of the England I love ," wrote a correspondent from Prague in 1938, " and for whose soul I was trembling when I heard about the welcome given Mr Chamberlain on his return from Munich.

The Liberals languished in opposition for a decade, while the coalition of Salisbury and Chamberlain held power.

The party was saved after Salisbury's retirement in 1902 when his successor, Arthur Balfour, pushed a series of unpopular initiatives such as a new education bill and Joseph Chamberlain called for a new system of protectionist tariffs.

Cygwin began in 1995 as a project of Steve Chamberlain, a Cygnus engineer who observed that Windows NT and 95 used COFF as their object file format, and that GNU already included support for x86 and COFF, and the C library newlib.

After graduating Hughes began working for Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower where he met his future wife.

In the United Kingdom, at the behest of Neville Chamberlain, ( more famous for his ' peace in our time ' speech ) the entire British aviation industry was retooled, allowing it to change quickly from fabric covered metal framed biplanes to cantilever stressed skin monoplanes in time for the war with Germany.

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham may have become aware of the offensive representation after a public performance ; he may also have learned of it while it was being prepared for a court performance ( Cobham was at that time Lord Chamberlain ).

Such was the state of public fury that it appeared possible for several days afterwards that the Chamberlain government might fall due to a backbencher rebellion.

According to Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita, Hirohito, still looking for a tennozan ( a great victory ), firmly rejected Konoe's recommendation.

Among the books he authored are Guilty Men ( an attack on Neville Chamberlain and others for the policy of appeasement ), a biography of Jonathan Swift ( The Pen and the Sword, 1957 ) and a biography of Aneurin Bevan.

In recent centuries, when a pope was judged to have died, it was reportedly traditional for the Cardinal Chamberlain to confirm the death ceremonially by gently tapping the pope's head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time.

* September 14 – Joseph Chamberlain resigns as British Colonial Secretary, in order to campaign publicly for Imperial Preference.

* May 25 – In Australia, Lindy Chamberlain receives compensation for wrongful conviction on murder charges.

* June 21 – In Britain the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship.

In another letter to his parents in June 1939, before the beginning of war, Powell wrote: " It is the English, not their Government ; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other smarmy traitors ".

The Lord Mayor is also the Chancellor of the City University of London and is assisted in the daily operation of the city by the leading personnel for the City of London whose titles are the Town Clerk and Chief Executive, Chamberlain and Remembrancer.

To Lord Milner's satisfaction, the June 1899 negotiations in Bloemfontein failed, and in September 1899 British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain demanded full voting-rights and representation for the uitlanders residing in the Transvaal.

Paul Kruger, leader of the South African Republic, ( Transvaal ), issued an ultimatum of withdrawal in response to the British ultimatum by Joseph Chamberlain for uitlander rights, which escalated the situation to a state of war

In September 1899, Chamberlain sent an ultimatum demanding full equality for British citizens resident in Transvaal.

The Unionist support for ( trade ) protection in the early twentieth century under Joseph Chamberlain ( probably the least Whiggish character in the party ) further alienated the more orthodox Whigs, however, and by the early twentieth century Whiggery was largely irrelevant and without a natural political home.

An important building, the Palazzo Aquila for Leo's Papal Chamberlain Giovanni Battista Branconio, was completely destroyed to make way for Bernini's piazza for St. Peter's, but drawings of the facade and courtyard remain.

The only protocol they were obliged to adhere to stipulated that their sketches be sent to the Lord Chamberlain for approval prior to performance ( a requirement abolished in 1968 ).

The team played on a strictly amateur basis for 1895 at least, with a team featuring a number of works employees including Thomas Freeman ( ships fireman ), Walter Parks ( clerk ), Tom Mundy, Walter Tranter and James Lindsay ( all boilermakers ), William Chapman, George Sage, and William Chamberlain and apprentice riveter Charlie Dove.