Career
Chambers was the seventh child of George Nicholson Chambers and Margaret Bennet. His father was related to the former Chief Justice of Bengal, Sir Robert Chambers, and the family were originally from Northumberland before settling in London. Chambers spent some time in his youth as a Benedictine monk, based at Caldey Island in Pembrokeshire.
He was ordained a deacon in 1906 and a priest in 1907.
He was appointed Vicar of Carbrooke Church in 1927, where he remained until 1955. Whilst at Carbrooke he also became Rector of Ovington, Norfolk in 1952.
Chambers was actively involved in fundraising for institutions that included the Imperial Cancer Research fund (now part of Cancer Research United Kingdom).