William Collins (Warwick MP)

William Collins (died 1859)[1] was a British Whig politician[2][3][4][5][6]

William Collins
Member of Parliament
for Warwick
In office
28 March 1837  7 July 1852
Preceded byCharles Canning
Edward Bolton King
Succeeded byGeorge Repton
Edward Greaves
Personal details
Died1859
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

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

  1. 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)
  2. "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The Appropriation Clause". London Evening Standard. 28 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Elections". Saunders's News-Letter. 28 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 60. Retrieved 22 December 2018 via Google Books.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.