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Chamberlain family
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Wendy
Guest
What lovely photo's of Joseph and his son's. My grandmother was a big fan of his and named her two son's after Neville and Austen. Joseph and his wives are buried at Key Hill Cemetery.
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi Wendy,I know Key Hill Cemetery has figured here a number of times.
Sad though that Find a Grave only has 2 enteries for this place,and Joseph is not one of them.If I had a pic of his gravestone I'd put him in myself.
Tim
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Wendy
Guest
Here is a photo of Joseph Chamberlain's grave. he could have been buried at Westminster Abbey but declined to be buried with his family in his city. The memorial as you can see is a plain slab no ostentatious headstone for Joe.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40449323
If anybody would like to edit it please pm me.
If anybody would like to edit it please pm me.
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Wendy
Guest
That's great wessex I will let you know the plot number and section later. I am off to the cemetery later to join a walk!
guilbert53
master brummie
I have posted this append below on a couple of places on this web site as there are so many forums not sure which one is best (so sorry for the duplicate posts)
Books about Joseph Chamberlain.
I bought a set of books about Joseph Chamberlain in a charity shop about a year ago. Set of 4 volumes in hardback, written by Louis Creswicke. I think published in 1904.
Are these books common or fairly rare? I am not looking to make a lot of money on them and quite happy to give them to a university of other place of learning if they are useful for research.
I found what I think are the books listed on another web site (see below), and this describes my set perfectly. Anyone interested (as I say, not trying to make money, just want them to go to the best home)
THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN (4 Volume set); Creswicke, Louis : London, Caxton Publishing Company, 1904. 4 vols large format red cloth with gilt arms on covers, gilt titles and decoration on spines. Pp208 + 200 + 212 + 558, extensive series of portraits, cartoons and other illustrations. All volumes in Very Good condition. All sound and tight with all outer and inner hinges undamaged, small mark on cover of volume I, all block edges slightly soiled with a few spots, few spots on prelims and end pages, internally tight and clean. Detailed biography of leading Birmingham based Liberal politician, Joseph Chamberlain. These 4 volumes look unread and in super condition. Look very handsome on shelf
Ref 103330 : £120.00
Books about Joseph Chamberlain.
I bought a set of books about Joseph Chamberlain in a charity shop about a year ago. Set of 4 volumes in hardback, written by Louis Creswicke. I think published in 1904.
Are these books common or fairly rare? I am not looking to make a lot of money on them and quite happy to give them to a university of other place of learning if they are useful for research.
I found what I think are the books listed on another web site (see below), and this describes my set perfectly. Anyone interested (as I say, not trying to make money, just want them to go to the best home)
THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN (4 Volume set); Creswicke, Louis : London, Caxton Publishing Company, 1904. 4 vols large format red cloth with gilt arms on covers, gilt titles and decoration on spines. Pp208 + 200 + 212 + 558, extensive series of portraits, cartoons and other illustrations. All volumes in Very Good condition. All sound and tight with all outer and inner hinges undamaged, small mark on cover of volume I, all block edges slightly soiled with a few spots, few spots on prelims and end pages, internally tight and clean. Detailed biography of leading Birmingham based Liberal politician, Joseph Chamberlain. These 4 volumes look unread and in super condition. Look very handsome on shelf
Ref 103330 : £120.00
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Wendy
Guest
There is quite a lot of information about Joseph Chamberlain at The Pen Room (museum) in the Jewellery Quarter I will ask if they have them. They have a brilliant collection of books for anyone to use at the museum. I am not sure if they have these though. Your gesture is a very kind one.
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Stitcher
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View attachment 64009A GREAT MAN CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY.
This shows Mr.Josph Chamberlain accompanied by Mrs. Chamberlain, arriving for The Lord Mayor's recption and luncheon at the Council House on the eve of his 70th birthday. The picture is dated JULY 7th. 1906
This shows Mr.Josph Chamberlain accompanied by Mrs. Chamberlain, arriving for The Lord Mayor's recption and luncheon at the Council House on the eve of his 70th birthday. The picture is dated JULY 7th. 1906
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Stitcher
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Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's birthday celebrations continue with a grand procession of motor-cars to Victoria Park, Small Heath then onto Ward End Park.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's birthday celebrations continue with a grand procession of motor-cars to Victoria Park, Small Heath then onto Ward End Park.
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Wendy
Guest
Thats a great photo Stitch I have not seen that one before thanks for posting it.
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Stitcher
Guest
As always Wendy, if it causes a little interest for someone I am happy to post.
Thylacine
master brummie
Guilbert, the splendid books you referred to are available at archive.org as e-texts:
Louis Creswicke. The Life of the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain. In Four Volumes. London: Caxton, [1904]. Volume I; Volume II; Volume III; Volume IV. (Just click on the link for the required volume.)
The pictures of Joseph Chamberlain attached below are taken from the frontispieces of Volume II (left) and Volume I (right). There are many more excellent illustrations.
Aidan
master brummie
Thank you Thylacine for finding and making these eBooks accessible.
I love eBooks and I love cartoons (even though the meaning is sometimes lost over time) and here is a selection that caught my eye across the 4 volumes, but there are plenty more as well as good quality photos and of course the authoritative text.
I love eBooks and I love cartoons (even though the meaning is sometimes lost over time) and here is a selection that caught my eye across the 4 volumes, but there are plenty more as well as good quality photos and of course the authoritative text.
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Wendy
Guest
Here's nice photo of the great man.
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Wendy
Guest
Joseph Chamberlain with his third wife Mary Endicott.
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Wendy
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Joseph Chamberlain's grave at Key Hill Cemetery where he is buried with his first two wives the Kendrick cousins who both died in child birth. He had a tragic life as well.
This was probably why he turned down a state funeral at Westminster Abbey.
This was probably why he turned down a state funeral at Westminster Abbey.
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Thylacine
master brummie
Thanks Wendy. The memorial inscription tells a tragic tale. Here is my attempt at a transcription:
"To live is Christ, and to die is gain." / In / memory of / Harriet, / wife of Joseph Chamberlain, / and / daughter of Archibald Kenrick, / died October 22nd 1863, aged 27 years. / "There is no death! What seems so is transition. / This life of mortal breath / Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, / Whose portals we call death." / Also of Florence, daughter of / Timothy Kenrick, / and second wife of the above / Joseph Chamberlain, / and their infant son, / who died February 14th 1879. / Also of Joseph Chamberlain / born July 8th 1836, / died July 2nd 1914.
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Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Having alway's been a fan of the chambelain family,it's nice to see them remembered with these great photo's.
Neville Chamberlain is often only remembered for his "peace in our time" speech,and percieved as being a bit gullible,not so.He was buying time,in one year he organised rationing,evacuation and home defence on a scale never known before.All this was achieved when he was very ill,and thus he left us better able to cope with the events that followed.
He was a great Englishman, and of course, even better, a great Brummie...
Neville Chamberlain is often only remembered for his "peace in our time" speech,and percieved as being a bit gullible,not so.He was buying time,in one year he organised rationing,evacuation and home defence on a scale never known before.All this was achieved when he was very ill,and thus he left us better able to cope with the events that followed.
He was a great Englishman, and of course, even better, a great Brummie...
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Stitcher
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This two page photo shows Birmingham City Council on a voyage of discovery. They paid a vsit to the Elan Valley Waterworks on 19th June 1901 almost 4 years earlier than the previous post.
This two page photo shows Birmingham City Council on a voyage of discovery. They paid a vsit to the Elan Valley Waterworks on 19th June 1901 almost 4 years earlier than the previous post.
Thylacine
master brummie
The lines beginning "There is no death!" in the Chamberlain MI (post #24) are from a moving poem called "Resignation" by US poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). This poem was published in The Seaside and the Fireside (Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850). Longfellow wrote the poem a few days after the tragic death of his daughter Fanny (7 April 1847 - 11 September 1848).
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Stitcher
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The first picture is of some women at their work-place where their children help them. They are at the back of Nos. 12 & 13 Upper Priory and the year is 1872.
The second picture Court No.1 Thomas Street and the year is 1871. These pictures show the squalid conditions that were swept away by Joseph Chamberlain's improvement scheme.
The first picture is of some women at their work-place where their children help them. They are at the back of Nos. 12 & 13 Upper Priory and the year is 1872.
The second picture Court No.1 Thomas Street and the year is 1871. These pictures show the squalid conditions that were swept away by Joseph Chamberlain's improvement scheme.
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Stitcher
Guest
Hello Charlie, yes and because the newspapers were a bit thin on the ground, no T.V. and very few radios, if any and no internet we assume they did not mind or moan. I do understand that if everyone you ever knew or met was living under the same conditions, then you would accept it because you would never know there was better things elsewhere.
