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'''Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain''' {{postnominals|country=UK|size=100%|KG}} (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British
Brought up to be the political heir of his father, whom he physically resembled, he was elected to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] as a [[Liberal Unionist]] at a by-election in 1892. He held office in the [[Unionist government, 1895–1905|Unionist coalition governments]] of 1895–1905, remaining in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1903–05) after his father resigned in 1903 to campaign for [[Tariff Reform]]. After his father's disabling stroke in 1906, Austen became the leading tariff reformer in the House of Commons. Late in 1911 he and [[Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long|Walter Long]] were due to compete for the leadership of the Conservative Party (in succession to [[Arthur Balfour]]), but both withdrew in favour of [[Bonar Law]] rather than risk a party split on a close result.
Chamberlain returned to office in [[H. H. Asquith]]'s wartime [[Asquith coalition ministry|coalition government]] in May 1915, as [[Secretary of State for India]], but resigned to take responsibility for the disastrous [[Siege of Kut|Kut Campaign]]. He again returned to office in [[David Lloyd George]]'s [[Lloyd George ministry|coalition government]], once again serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He then served as Conservative Party leader in the Commons (
Like many leading coalitionists, he did not hold office in the [[Conservative government, 1922–1924|Conservative governments of
== Early life ==
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