Neville Chamberlain (police officer)

This article is about the British Army officer and head of the Irish police force. For the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, see Neville Chamberlain.

Colonel

Sir Neville Chamberlain

KCB KCVO KStJ KPM
Sir Neville Chamberlain, aged about 60, with grey hair and moustache, in full dress uniform bearing several decorations.
Born(1856-01-13)13 January 1856
Slough, England
Died28 May 1944(1944-05-28) (aged 88)
Ascot, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchIndian Army
Years of service1873–1901
RankColonel
Battles / warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Spouse(s)
Mary Henrietta Hay
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(m. 1886; died 1936)​
Other workInspector-General, Royal Irish Constabulary

Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain KCB KCVO KStJ KPM (13 January 1856 – 28 May 1944) was an officer in the British Indian Army. He was later Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and resigned in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. He is credited with having invented the game of snooker while serving in Jubbulpore (Jabalpur), India, in 1875.