Colonel, British Army officer and later Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., K.P.M. He was a British Army officer, and later Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary who resigned in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. He is credited with inventing of the game of snooker while serving in Jubbulpore (Jabalpur), India in 1875. He was born into a military family, the son of Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain and nephew of Neville Bowles Chamberlain. He was educated at Brentwood School, Stubbington House School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the 11th Foot on 9 August 1873, and promoted lieutenant in August 1874. In 1878, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, he joined the staff of Field Marshal Sir Frederick Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Afghanistan. He was wounded slightly at the Battle of Kandahar. He served with Roberts at Ootacamund between 1881 and 1884, promoted captain in August 1885, and brevet major in November 1885. In 1890 he became Military Secretary to the Kashmir Government. He was promoted brevet colonel in 1894, and this was made substantive in February 1899. He rejoined Roberts in South Africa in December 1899, as "First Aide-de-Camp and Private Secretary". He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1900.
∼Inventor of the Game of Snooker, Col. Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain was born at Upton Park, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain (1826-1870) and Marian Ormsby Drury. He married in St Mark's Church, Bangalore, India on 1/9/1886, Mary Henrietta (1866-26/7/1936), daughter of Major-General Alexander Charles Hay, Bengal Staff Corps. joined the army as a Sub Lieutenant on 9/8/1873, serving with the 11th (Devonshire) Regiment and promoted Lieutenant on 9/8/1874; Bengal Staff Corps on 25/7/1876 serving with the Central India Horse, 1876; served on the staff of Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914), throughout the Afghan War, 1878-80 and present at the capture of Peiwar Peital, action at Mungiar defile, expedition into Khost Valley, battle of Charasiah, operations at and around Kabul in December, 1879; March from Khabul to Khandahar and the battle of Khandahar of 1 September (wounded); Despatches (London Gazette, 4/9/1879, 16/1/1880 and 4/5/1880); Medal and four clasps and the Bronze Star); ADC to Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, commander-in-Chief, Madras, 28/11/1881-17/8/1885; promoted Captain on 9/8/1885 and Brevet Major on 7/11/1885; Persian Interpreter to the Commander-in-Chief, India, 28/11/1885-31/12/1889; served with the Burmese Expedition, 1886-7 as DAA and QMG (Medal and clasp); Despatches (London Gazette, 2/9/1887). Military Secretary to the Kashmir Government and reorganized the Kashmir Army, 1890-7; promoted Major on 9/8/1894, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1/7/1887, Brevet Colonel, 6/1/1894 and Colonel on 6/2/1899; Commanded the Khyber Force, 1899; Private Secretary to Field Marshal Lord Roberts in the South African War, 1899-1900; Operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Poardeberg, (17th to 26th February); actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5th and 6th May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Praetoria and Diamond Hill (11th and 12th June); operations in the Transvaal east of Praetoria, July, 1900 (Despatches, London Gazette 8/2/1901); Afghan Medal, 1878-80, with four clasps for Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul and Kandahar; Kabul to Kandahar Star, 1878-80; India General Service Medal, 1854, with one clasp for Burma, 1885-7; Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1902, with five clasps for the Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; inspector general 1/9/1900; CB (Military), 1900; KCB (Civil), 1903; King Edward VII Visit to Ireland Medal, 1903; KCVO (Civil), 1911; awarded in 1915 the King's Police Medal, 1909 (L.G. 1/1/1915). Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, 1900-1916. pensioned 31/7/1916; in retirement he resided at Brookville House, Raheny, Dublin, Ireland and later at The Wilderness, Ascot, Berkshire, England where he died on 28/5/1944. He is buried in the cemetery of All Souls Church, South Ascot, England.