11/27/2023 0 Comments Sir edward billiards glove![]() The Easter Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, and lasted for six days, ending only when much of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) had been destroyed by artillery fire. However, in April 1916, when Nathan showed him a letter from the army commander in the south of Ireland telling of an expected landing of arms on the south-west coast and a rising planned for Easter, they were both "doubtful whether there was any foundation for the rumour". In reports to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell, and the Under-Secretary, Sir Matthew Nathan, Chamberlain warned that the Volunteers were preparing to stage an insurrection and proclaim Irish independence. Chamberlain's years in the RIC coincided with the rise of a number of political, cultural and sporting organisations with the common aim of separating Ireland from the UK, which were often referred to as Sinn Féin, culminating in the formation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in August 1903, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1911 and Knight of Grace in the Venerable Order of Saint John in April 1914, and was awarded the King's Police Medal in the 1915 New Year Honours. He formally resigned from the British Army on 1 November 1901. It was responsible for intelligence gathering as well as maintaining order, and was seen as the "eyes and ears" of the government. The force was under the direct control of the British Administration in Ireland, based in Dublin Castle. In the same year he was appointed Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the armed police force for the whole of Ireland except Dublin. Royal Irish Constabulary Ĭhamberlain was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1900. Chamberlain rejoined Lord Roberts in South Africa in December 1899, as "First Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary", and was highly commended by Roberts in despatches from the war in 1900. įollowing the outbreak of the Second Boer War, Lord Roberts had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in South Africa. He was promoted to colonel on 6 February 1899, when he was appointed Colonel on the Staff in Delhi. He was promoted to brevet colonel on 6 January 1894. In 1890 he became Military Secretary to the Kashmir Government. He was promoted to captain on 9 August 1885, to brevet major on 7 November 1885, and to brevet lieutenant-colonel on 1 July 1887. He served with Roberts at Ootacamund between 18. Chamberlain was wounded slightly at the Battle of Kandahar. In 1878, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, he joined the staff of Field Marshal Sir Frederick Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Afghanistan. Military career Ĭhamberlain was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the 11th Foot on 9 August 1873, and promoted to lieutenant in August 1874. He was educated at Brentwood School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was also the nephew of Neville Bowles Chamberlain. He is credited with having invented the game of snooker while serving in Jubbulpore ( Jabalpur), India, in 1875.Ĭhamberlain was born into a military family, in Birmingham, Warwickshire as the son of Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain and his wife Marianne Ormsby Drury. He was later Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and resigned in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, KCB, KCVO, KStJ, KPM (13 January 1856 – ) was an officer in the British Indian Army. Inspector-General, Royal Irish Constabulary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ![]() ![]() Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ![]() ![]() Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain ![]()
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