William Collins (Warwick MP)
William Collins | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Warwick | |
| In office 28 March 1837 – 7 July 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Canning Edward Bolton King |
| Succeeded by | George Repton Edward Greaves |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1859 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
William Collins (died 1859)[1] was a British Whig politician[2][3][4][5][6]
Collins was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Warwick at a by-election in 1837—caused by the succession of Charles Canning to the peerage—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[7][6]
References
- ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Appropriation Clause". London Evening Standard. 28 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Elections". Saunders's News-Letter. 28 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 60. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 100–102. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr William Collins