The Chamberlain Family

Daniel Chamberlain ( - 1757)

Maltster of Lacock, Wiltshire

William Chamberlain (1713 - 19 Sep 1788)
Apprenticed 1773
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 (c1842)
    - Martha Sanderson Nettlefold (c 1822 - 1905)
      married 1848, Charles Steer -
    - Edward John Nettlefold (c 1826 - 1878)
      married 1855, Frances Wyman (c 1835 - )
      - Edward Nettlefold (1856 - )
      - Frances Jane Nettlefold (1857 - )
      - Hugh Nettlefold (1858 - )
      - Constance Nettlefold (1860 - )
      - John Sutton Nettlefold (2 May 1866 - 3 Nov 1930)
        married 1891, Margaret Chamberlain (1 Mar 1871 - 7 Jun 1949)
      - Bertha Nettlefold (1868 -)
      - Grace Nettlefold (1870 - )
        married 1897, John Archibald Kenrick (19 Mar 1869 - 1933)
      - Godfrey Nettlefold (1875 - )
      - Ruth Nettlefold (1875 - )
    - Joseph Henry Nettlefold (19 Sep 1827 - 22 Nov 1881)
      Mechanical Engineer
      married 1867, Mary Maria Seaborne (1835 - )
      - Winifred Nettlefold (c 1870 - )
      - Maud Nettlefold (1871 - )
  - 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 [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 - c 1911)
      - Vivien Enid Chamberlain (1897 - )
    - Walter Chamberlain (1847 - )
      Deputy chairman of BSA
      married Agnes Gilmour -
      of Quebec
      - Basil Chamberlain -
      - Caroline Pearl Chamberlain -
    - 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 Robert M Catterson-Smith (1882 - 1962)
      - Clara Winifred Ryland (1857 - c1950)
      - Sybil Mary Ryland (1890 - 1968)
        married Geoffrey Thompson (1883 - 1962)
        
        Richard Ryland Thompson (1923 - )
        
        Christopher Ryland Thompson (1925 - )
        
        Mary Felicity Thompson (1930 - )
        married David Bruce Metcalf (1921 - 1999)
      - 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 -
    - 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. As always, any corrections or updates are welcome.

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