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LEFT CHAMBERLAIN 414 CHAMBERLAIN beriain, and is changed with the admin- istration. This officer has the control of all parts of the household (except the ladies of the queen's bed-chamber) which are not under the direction of the lord- steward, the gi'ooni of the stole, or the master of the horse. The king's (queen's) chaplains, physicians, sur- geons, etc., as well as the royal trades- men, are by his appointment; he is also the licenser of plays. He has under him a vice-chamberlain. CHAMBERLAIN, (JOSEPH) AUS- TEN, an English public official born in Birmingham in 1863, the son of the late Joseph Chamberlain. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cam- bridge, and at once entered official life. From 1895 to 1900 he was Civil Lord of the Admiralty, and from 1900 to 1902 was Financial Secretary of the Treas- ury. He was Postmaster-General in 1902-1913, and Chancellor of the Excheq- uer from 1903 to 1906. In 1913 he was appointed Chairman of the Royal Com- mission on Indian Finance and Cur- rency. He was Secretary of State for India from 1915 to 1917, resigning in the latter year. From April, 1918, he was a member of the Coalition War Cabinet. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in January, 1919. He was successively elected to Parliament from East Worcestershire from 1892 to 1914, and from Birmingham, West, since 1914. CHAMBERLAIN, BASIL HALL, an English Japanese scholar; born South- sea, Oct. 18, 1850. He devoted his life to the study of Japanese customs and literature and was professor of Japan- ese and philology at the Imperial Uni- versity of Tokio. Among his publica- tions were "The Classical Poetry of the Japanese" (1880) ; "Translation of the Ko.iiki" (1883) ; "A Romanized Japanese Reader" (1886) ; "Language, Mythol- ogy and Geographical Nomenclature of Japan in the Light of Aino Studies" (1887); "Luchuan Grammar" (1895); "Things Japanese" (1890) ; "Japanese Poetry" (1910). CHAMBERLAIN, GEO RGE EARLE, an American legislator, born near Natchez, Miss., Jan. 1, 1854. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1876. In December of that year he removed to Oregon, which he has since made his home. He taught school and practiced law until 1880, when he was elected to the State Legis- lature. He was appointed State Attor- ney-General in 1891 and was twice elected Governor, in 1902 and 1906. On Jan. 19, 1909, he was elected to the United States Senate and re-elected in 1914. As chairman of the Senate Com- mittee on Military Affairs he was an in- fluential factor in the prosecution of the World War. Though a member of the Democratic party, his views on pre- paredness brought him into conflict with President Wilson. CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN LOOMIS, an American army officer; born at New York, Jan. 20, 1858. He graduated from the United States Military Acad- emy in 1880. In the Spanish-American War he served as major of the United States Volunteers with the Seventh Army Corps. He had five years' service in the Philippines. He was appointed Major-General Oct. 6, 1917. His later service was in the department of the Inspector-General, U. S. A., and, in his capacity as Inspector-General, he made a tour of inspection of the A. E. F. in France in 1918. He was awarded the D. S. M. CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH, an Eng- lish statesman, born in London in July, JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN 1836. He was educated at University College School, and entered his father's screw factory at Birmingham, from which, however, he retired in 1874. He