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Anne Chamberlain

Anne de Vere Chamberlain (née Cole; 1 June 1882 – 12 February 1967) was the wife of British prime minister Neville Chamberlain. A successful businessman when they married, he credited her with encouraging him into political life, and rising to the premiership.

Anne Chamberlain

Anne de Vere Cole

1 June 1882
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

12 February 1967(1967-02-12) (aged 84)

Belgravia, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England

St Peter's Church, Harborne

British

Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1937–1940)

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(m. 1911; died 1940)​

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In popular culture[edit]

Anne is referenced in the popular television series Downton Abbey. In the last season, Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, informs her son Robert that Anne's godfather was her husband and she hopes that connection will help convince Chamberlain, as Minister of Health, to visit the estate and take her side in a dispute over a local hospital.[4]