Neville Chamberlain | |
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Born | Birmingham, England | 13 January 1856
Died | 28 May 1944 Ascot, England | (aged 88)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Indian Army |
Years of service | 1873–1901 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Spouse(s) |
Mary Henrietta Hay
(m. 1886; died 1936) |
Other work | Inspector-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.