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by introducing coloured balls into the game. It was dubbed snooker—a derogatory nickname given to first-year cadets studying at the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich that Chamberlain had heard about from a young Royal Artillery subaltern visiting the mess. Chamberlain later retorted to a fellow
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player who had failed to pot a coloured ball: "Why, you're a regular snooker". While explaining the term to his fellow officers
Chamberlain, to mollify the officer concerned, remarked that they were all "snookers at the game" and the name snooker or snooker's pool immediately stuck.
431:. Chamberlain's years in the RIC coincided with the rise of a number of political, cultural and sporting organisations with the common aim of separating Ireland from the UK, which were often referred to as
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Chamberlain was born into a military family, in Slough, Berkshire, as the son of
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commission) cleared the RIC of any blame for the Rising, Chamberlain was eventually forced to resign following continued criticism of the force's intelligence handling.
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on 6 January 1894. He was promoted to colonel on 6 February 1899, when he was appointed
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began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, and lasted for six days, ending only when much of
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While serving at
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in 1900. In the same year he was appointed
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British army officer and head of the Irish police force (1856–1944)
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and
Private Secretary", and was highly commended by Roberts in
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describes the circumstances in which the new game came about:
243:(13 January 1856 – 28 May 1944) was an officer in the
492:, England. On 19 March 1938, he had a letter published in
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661:"The Origin of Snooker: The Neville Chamberlain Story"
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874:The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture
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518:in 1875. His claim was supported by the author
396:(RIC), the armed police force for the whole of
1131:English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
1126:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
668:International Billiards and Snooker Federation
528:International Billiards and Snooker Federation
847:"Chamberlain, Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald"
417:Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
179:Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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319:, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in
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488:After his retirement, Chamberlain lived in
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419:(KCVO) in 1911 and Knight of Grace in the
331:between 1881 and 1885. He was promoted to
323:. Chamberlain was wounded slightly at the
224:Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
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413:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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1136:Snooker coaches, managers and promoters
607:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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203: 1886; died 1936)
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1014:Foy, Michael; Barton, Brian (2004).
978:Sinn Féin. A Hundred Turbulent Years
307:in August 1874. In 1878, during the
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423:in April 1914, and was awarded the
390:Companion of the Order of the Bath
342:on 7 November 1885, and to brevet
303:on 9 August 1873, and promoted to
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1058:Dublin Castle and the 1916 Rising
943:. 29 December 1914. p. 2874.
903:. 26 November 1901. p. 8095.
845:Hawkins, Richard (October 2009).
809:. 22 December 1899. p. 8542.
285:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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295:Chamberlain was commissioned a
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562:Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram
368:Following the outbreak of the
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852:Dictionary of Irish Biography
421:Venerable Order of Saint John
263:while serving in Jubbulpore (
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1111:Devonshire Regiment officers
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621:. Retrieved 11 February 2008
327:. He served with Roberts at
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277:Neville Bowles Chamberlain
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611:Oxford University Press
388:Chamberlain was made a
309:Second Anglo-Afghan War
165:Second Anglo-Afghan War
51:Sir Neville Chamberlain
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508:Devonshire Regiment
425:King's Police Medal
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214:Inspector-General,
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566:myocarditis
321:Afghanistan
137:Indian Army
109:28 May 1944
1095:Categories
1073:081476150X
1033:0750934336
993:0299186709
572:References
553:black pool
484:Later life
452:, and the
378:despatches
329:Ootacamund
305:lieutenant
283:, and the
271:Early life
123:Allegiance
92:1856-01-13
1079:6 January
1039:6 January
999:6 January
495:The Field
441:in 1913.
434:Sinn Féin
301:11th Foot
185:Spouse(s)
146:1873–1901
118:, England
101:, England
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512:Jabalpur
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500:snooker
400:except
398:Ireland
359:colonel
355:Kashmir
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333:captain
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