Austen Chamberlain

The Right Honourable Sir Austen Chamberlain (October 16, 1863 – March 17, 1937) was a British statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Foreign Secretary

Chamberlain did, however, return to government in Stanley Baldwin's second government, serving in the important office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1924 to 1929. As Foreign Secretary, Chamberlain negotiated the Locarno Pact of 1925 with Gustav Stresemann of Germany and Aristide Briand of France, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and secured Britain's accession to the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. Chamberlain and his wife were rather sympathetic to fascist Italy, and Chamberlain famously said that Benito Mussolini was "a man with whom business could be done".

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Stanley Baldwin's - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs - 1924 - 1929 - Locarno Pact - 1925 - Gustav Stresemann - Germany - Aristide Briand - France - Nobel Peace Prize - Kellogg-Briand Pact - Fascist - Italy - Benito Mussolini

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