Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS ( 18 March 1869 - 9 November 1940 ) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 .
Arthur Neville Chamberlain , ( surname pronounced : CHAIM-BER-LIN ; 18 March 1869 - 9 November 1940 ) was a politician , Lord Mayor of Birmingham , Chancellor of the Exchequer and British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940 .