Robert Collier, 3rd Baron Monkswell
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Robert Alfred Hardcastle Collier, 3rd Baron of Monkswell (13 December 1875–14 January 1964), known as Robert Collier before 1909, was a British aristocrat and writer on railways.
Collier succeeded to the barony in 1909 on the death of the 2nd Baron Monkswell
, his father. He was one of 112 peer
s (known as the "diehards") to vote against the Parliament Act 1911
in the House of Lords
.
Ezra Pound
accused Lord Monkswell of displaying arrogance in his faith in capitalism
, in an article he penned for The Globe in its last issue of 1919. Monkswell is quoted as writing there, "A man without any tools can produce nothing" to which Pound replied, in The New Age
Vol. 26 #12, January 22, 1920, "Loophole being that one can make poems out of mere words, and that many have done so; but lacking speech one can say nothing".
Collier succeeded to the barony in 1909 on the death of the 2nd Baron Monkswell
Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell
Robert 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:...
, his father. He was one of 112 peer
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
s (known as the "diehards") to vote against the Parliament Act 1911
Parliament Act 1911
The Parliament Act 1911 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is constitutionally important and partly governs the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords which make up the Houses of Parliament. This Act must be construed as one with the Parliament Act 1949...
in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
accused Lord Monkswell of displaying arrogance in his faith in capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
, in an article he penned for The Globe in its last issue of 1919. Monkswell is quoted as writing there, "A man without any tools can produce nothing" to which Pound replied, in The New Age
The New Age
The New Age was a British literary magazine, noted for its wide influence under the editorship of A. R. Orage from 1907 to 1922. It began life in 1894 as a publication of the Christian Socialist movement; but in 1907 as a radical weekly edited by Joseph Clayton, it was struggling...
Vol. 26 #12, January 22, 1920, "Loophole being that one can make poems out of mere words, and that many have done so; but lacking speech one can say nothing".