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Events on Thursday 2 July 1914 1
1836 – 1914Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)Died 2 July 1914, aged 77A British businessman and statesman, Chamberlain served as a reforming mayor of Birmingham before becoming a dominant and divisive figure in national politics, championing tariff reform and imperial unity. He split both the Liberal and Unionist parties over his policies. A stroke in 1906 ended his active career, and he died just before the war his son Austen and grandson would later shape British policy around.