Chamberlain was born in
Edgbaston in 1862. Her father was
Joseph Chamberlain, a local industrialist who later became
Mayor of Birmingham and a Cabinet minister and was, for roughly thirty years until he suffered a stroke in 1906, one of the most consequential figures in British politics. Her mother was Harriet Kenrick, Her early education was at
Edgbaston High School for Girls. As a girl Beatrice dominated her shyer brother Austen. Her brother, Austen, went on to win a
Nobel Peace Prize, her half-brother Neville would be the Prime Minister who declared war on Germany, and her half-sisters all had long, notable lives. ==References==