Baron Monkswell
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Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1885 for the lawyer and Liberal
politician Sir Robert Collier
. His eldest son, the second Baron, served as Under-Secretary of State for War
in 1895 in the Liberal
administration of Lord Rosebery
. His grandson, the fourth Baron (who succeeded his uncle in the title), disclaimed
the peerage on 7 April 1964. He had earlier been a member of the Essex County Council. the title is held by the his eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1984. He was previously a member of the Manchester City Council
for the Labour Party
.
The artist John Collier
was the younger son of the first Baron. His son Sir Laurence Collier
was British Ambassador to Norway from 1939 to 1950.
The heir apparent
is the present the holder's son, James Adrian Collier (b. 1977)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1885 for the lawyer and Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician Sir Robert Collier
Robert Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell
Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell was an English lawyer, politician and judge.-Background and education:Collier was the son of a prominent merchant of Quaker extraction. He was educated at Oxford.-Career:...
. His eldest son, the second Baron, served as Under-Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War
The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean . In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies...
in 1895 in the Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
administration of Lord Rosebery
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...
. His grandson, the fourth Baron (who succeeded his uncle in the title), disclaimed
Peerage Act 1963
The Peerage Act 1963 is the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permitted peeresses in their own right and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, and which allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be "disclaimed".-Background:The Act resulted largely from the...
the peerage on 7 April 1964. He had earlier been a member of the Essex County Council. the title is held by the his eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1984. He was previously a member of the Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by...
for the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
.
The artist John Collier
John Collier (artist)
The Honourable John Maler Collier OBE RP ROI , called 'Jack' by his family and friends, was a leading English artist, and an author. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry...
was the younger son of the first Baron. His son Sir Laurence Collier
Laurence Collier
Sir Laurence Collier KCMG was the British ambassador to Norway between 1939 and 1950, including the period when Norway's government was in exile in London during the Second World War....
was British Ambassador to Norway from 1939 to 1950.
Barons Monkswell (1885)
- Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron MonkswellRobert Collier, 1st Baron MonkswellRobert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell was an English lawyer, politician and judge.-Background and education:Collier was the son of a prominent merchant of Quaker extraction. He was educated at Oxford.-Career:...
(1817–1886) - Robert Collier, 2nd Baron MonkswellRobert Collier, 2nd Baron MonkswellRobert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell , was a British Liberal politician. He was briefly Under-Secretary of State for War under The Earl of Rosebery in 1895.-Background:...
(1845–1909) - Robert Alfred Hardcastle Collier, 3rd Baron MonkswellRobert Collier, 3rd Baron MonkswellRobert Alfred Hardcastle Collier, 3rd Baron of Monkswell , known as Robert Collier before 1909, was a British aristocrat and writer on railways....
(1875–1964) - William Adrian Larry Collier, 4th Baron Monkswell (1913–1984) (disclaimed 1964)
- Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (b. 1947)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present the holder's son, James Adrian Collier (b. 1977)