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Portrait of The Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain by Philip de László.
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Portrait of The Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain by Philip de László.
Austen Chamberlain: Every year I keep tabs on stuff father and Mr. Balfour do for me, and each Father’s Day the one with more points gets a "#1 Dad" mug and the other "#2 Dad" mug. That way I use male ego to get whatever I want for the small price of 2 mugs a year.
Stanley Baldwin: Austen, I’m honoured to inform you that you’ve won the Nobel Prize!
Austen Chamberlain: The Nobel Prize? Finally! So it’s for what? My whole deal?
Austen Chamberlain was never president of the United States.
austen chamberlain is not valid
aristide briand has double the validity to make up for it
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