The Chamberlain Family

Daniel Chamberlain ( - 1757)
Maltster of Lacock, Wiltshire
- William Chamberlain (1713 - 19 Sep 1788)
  Apprenticed 1723
  Cordwainer of Milk Street, London
  Churchwarden St Leonard`s Jewry London 1760
  Elected Master of the Company of Cordwainers 1769
  married Elizabeth Dismoor (1716 - 1795)
  - William Chamberlain (1746 - 1830)
    married 3 Oct 1770, Eleanor Budgen -
  - Joseph Chamberlain (18 Dec 1752 - 15 Nov 1837)
    Cordwainer
    married [1] 18 Dec 1783, Elizabeth Strutt -
    married [2] Apr 1792, Martha Statham Strutt (1762 - 1824)
    - Martha Chamberlain (1794 - 1866)
      married 7 Oct 1819, John Sutton Nettlefold (1792 - 1866)
      Ironmonger of Holborn, London
      Screw Manufacturer of Birmingham (ca 1842)
      - Martha Sanderson Nettlefold (ca 1822 - 1905)
        married 1848, Charles Steer -
        
        Arnold Steer (1857 - 1930)
        Wholesale Ironmonger
      - Edward John Nettlefold (ca 1826 - 1878)
        married 1855, Frances Wyman (ca 1835 - 1907)
        
        Edward Nettlefold (1856 - 1909)
        married 1885, Clara Grace Outhwaite Hutton (1864 - 1957)
        
        Frances Jane Nettlefold (1857 - )
        
        Hugh Nettlefold (19 Aug 1858 - 23 Dec 1893)
        
        Constance Nettlefold (1860 - )
        
        Lucy Nettlefold (1861 - )
        
        Margaret Nettlefold (1863 - )
        
        Oswald Nettlefold (1865 - 1924)
        married 1889, Emily Josephine Buckingham (1863 - 1941)
        
        Lucy Frances Nettlefold (1891- )
        Lawyer
        
        Joyce Nettlefold (1893 - 1978)
        Suffragette
        Mayoress of Cape Town
        married 1917, Cyril Newton Thompson (1891 - 1958)
        Lawyer
        
        Major Christopher Newton Thompson MC (14 Feb 1919 - 29 Jan 2002)
        Politician
        Royal Armoured Corps in WW2
        married 1951, Philippa Bunn -
        
        John Oswald Newton-Thompson DFC (2 Dec 1920 - 3 Apr 1974)
        Sportsman and MSAP
        
        Major Hugh Nettlefold (1898 - )
        Last MD of Nettlefold & Sons
        Served in the Royal Artillery in both World Wars
        
        John Sutton Nettlefold (2 May 1866 - 3 Nov 1930)
        married 1891, Margaret Chamberlain (1 Mar 1871 - 7 Jun 1949)
        
        Jessie Nettlefold (1867 - )
        
        Bertha Nettlefold (1868 -)
        
        Grace Nettlefold (1870 - )
        married 1897, John Archibald Kenrick (19 Mar 1869 - 1933)
        
        Harold Nettlefold (1872 - 1872)
        
        Godfrey Nettlefold (1875 - 1918)
        married 1902, Alice Evelyn Cunningham Johnstone -
        
        Ruth Nettlefold (1875 - )
      - Joseph Henry Nettlefold (19 Sep 1827 - 22 Nov 1881)
        Mechanical Engineer
        married 1867, Mary Maria Seaborne (1835 - )
        
        Winifred Nettlefold (ca 1870 - )
        
        Maud Nettlefold (1871 - )
      - Frederick Nettlefold (1833 - 1913)
        Hardware Merchant
        married 1867, Mary Catherine Warren (ca 1834 - )
        
        Mary Edith Nettlefold (1869 - )
        married 1897, Sydney Martineau (1863 - 1945)
        
        Rupert Nettlefold Martineau (1901 - )
        married 1932, Anne R Stavers (1911 - )
        
        Frederick Allen Martineau (1904 - )
        married 1939, Vera R Capewell -
        
        Edith Marjorie Martineau (1906 - )
        married 1933, Henry J Cumming-Lattey -
        
        Anne Noel Martineau (ca 1910 - )
        married 1940, Arthur A Capewell -
        
        Archibald Nettlefold (1870 - )
        
        Christine Mina Nettlefold (1872 - )
        
        Dorothy Nettlefold (1873 - )
        
        Sydney Warren Nettlefold (1878 - 1883)
    - Joseph Chamberlain (10 Jul 1796 - 24 Jan 1874)
      Shopkeeper
      married 26 Mar 1835, Caroline Harben (25 Jul 1808 - 20 Aug 1875)
      - Joseph Chamberlain MP (8 Jul 1836 - 2 Jul 1914)
        married [1] Harriet Kenrick (5 Nov 1835 - 22 Oct 1863)
        married [2] Florence Kenrick (19 Aug 1847 - 14 Feb 1875)
        married [3] Mary Crowningsheild Endicott (16 Mar 1864 - 17 May 1957)
      - Mary Chamberlain (1838 - 1918)
        married William Kenrick MP PC (8 Jun 1831 - 31 Jul 1919)
      - Richard Chamberlain MP (1841 - 1899)
        Brassfounder
        Lord Mayor of Birmingham
        MP for Islington West
        married [1] 1872, Emilie Agnes Dawes (1850 - 1882)
        Warwick, Warwickshire, England
        
        Born: Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.
        Died: Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England.
        
        Emilie Agnes Chamberlain (1874 - )
        
        Gertrude Chamberlain (1876 - )
        
        married [2] 19 Jul 1887, Rahmeh Theodora Swinburne -
        St Margaret's, Westmister, Middlesex, England
      - Arthur Chamberlain (11 Apr 1842 - 19 Oct 1913)
        married 3 Jun 1869, Louisa Kenrick (19 Aug 1847 - 18 Jan 1892)
      - Frank Chamberlain (1845 - 1845)
      - Herbert Chamberlain (1845 - 1904)
        Chairman of BSA
        married 1883, Agnes Lilian S Williams -
        
        Walter Chamberlain (Aug 1884 - May 1885)
        
        Norman Gwynne Chamberlain (Aug 1884 - 1st Dec 1917)
        Naturalist, discovered a butterfly: Terias Chamberlainii
        Captain, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
        Killed in Action in France
        
        Dorothy Enid Chamberlain (1887 - 1911)
        
        Vivien Enid Chamberlain (1897 - )
        married [1] 1924, Alan A M Durand -
        married [2] 1936, Abraham Bernard O Schonegevel -
      - Walter Chamberlain (1847 - )
        Deputy chairman of BSA
        married Agnes Gilmour -
        of Quebec
        
        Basil Chamberlain -
        
        Caroline Pearl Chamberlain (1892 - )
      - Caroline Chamberlain (1849 - )
        married 1877, Christopher James -
      - Clara Chamberlain (1851 - 1915)
        married 1885, Frederick Ryland (1845 - 1899)
        
        Mabel Dorothy Ryland (1885 - )
        
        Caroline Mabel Ryland (1886 - 1949)
        married 1919, Robert M Catterson-Smith (1882 - 1962)
        
        Clara Winifred Ryland (1887 - ca 1950)
        
        Sybil Mary Ryland (1890 - 1968)
        married 1923, Geoffrey Thompson (1883 - 1962)
        
        Richard Ryland Thompson (1923 - 2010)
        
        Christopher Ryland Thompson (1925 - )
        
        Mary Felicity Thompson (1930 - )
        married 1954, David Bruce Metcalfe (1921 - 1999)
        Barkston Ash, Yorkshire, England.
        
        Helen Ryland (1892 - 1992)
        married Henry Basil Darby (1891 - 1961)
        
        Hester Emily Ryland (1895 - 1958)
    - Richard Chamberlain (1798 - 1867)
    - John Chamberlain (1799 - )
      Cordwainer
      married 13 May 1828, Harriett Oakey -
      - Harriet Martha Chamberlain (1829 - 1911)
      - John Joseph Chamberlain (1831 - )
      - William Henry Chamberlain -

Note: This is a quick and dirty page to show the basic ancestry of Joseph Chamberlain and the relationships between the Chamberlain and Kenrick families in 19th Century Birmingham. The main source is Vol 1 of J L Garvin's biography. Additional information on the Nettlefolds courtesy of Kim Claridge.

Additional information courtesy of Christopher R Thompson.

As always, any corrections or updates are welcome.

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