| 词条 | Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Monkswell | honorific-suffix = | image = Robert Collier.jpg | imagesize = | caption =Lord Monkswell, 1885 | order1 = Under-Secretary of State for War | term_start1 = 5 January 1895 | term_end1 = 21 June 1895 | monarch1 = Victoria | primeminister1 = The Earl of Rosebery | predecessor1 = The Lord Sandhurst | successor1 = Hon. St John Brodrick | birth_date = {{birth-date|26 January 1845}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|22 December 1909|26 January 1845}} | death_place = | nationality = British | party = Liberal | alma_mater = | spouse = Mary Josephine Hardcastle (d. 1930) }} Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell (26 March 1845 – 22 December 1909), was a British Liberal politician. He was briefly Under-Secretary of State for War under The Earl of Rosebery in 1895. As a young man, he was a first-class cricketer active from 1866 to 1867. He was born and died in Chelsea. BackgroundMonkswell was the eldest son of Robert Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, and his wife Isabella Rose, daughter of William Rose. The artist John Collier was his younger brother.[1] Cricket careerMonkswell did not succeed to his title until 1886 and so was known as Robert Collier during his cricket career. He appeared for Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire) in three first-class matches, scoring 33 runs with a highest score of 14.[2] Political careerLord Monkswell entered the House of Lords on his father's death in 1886, and later served in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and Lord Rosebery as a Lord-in-waiting from 1892[3] to 1895[4] and as Under-Secretary of State for War from January to June 1895. He was also a member of the London County Council for the Progressive Party, and served as Vice-Chairman 1902-03, and Chairman 1903-04. FamilyLord Monkswell married Mary Josephine Hardcastle, daughter of Joseph Hardcastle, in 1873. He died in December 1909, aged 64, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Robert. Lady Monkswell died in May 1930.[1] Notes1. ^1 cracroftspeerage.co.uk Monkswell, Baron (UK, 1885) {{S-start}}{{S-off}}{{Succession box | title=Lord-in-waiting | before=The Earl of Romney | after=The Earl Granville | years=1892–1895}}{{Succession box | title=Under-Secretary of State for War | before=The Lord Sandhurst | after=Hon. St John Brodrick | years=January–June 1895}}{{s-bef|before=Andrew Mitchell Torrance}}{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the London County Council|years=1903 – 1904}}{{s-aft|after=John Benn}}{{S-reg|uk}}{{Succession box | title=Baron Monkswell | before=Robert Monkswell | after=Robert Collier | years=1886–1909 }}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Monkswell, Robert Collier, 2nd Baron}}{{england-cricket-bio-1840s-stub}}2. ^[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28638/28638.html Robert Collier at CricketArchive] 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26327 |date=20 September 1892 |page=4329 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26595 |date=5 February 1895 |page=683 }} 8 : 1845 births|1909 deaths|English cricketers|Cambridge Town Club cricketers|Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom|Liberal Party (UK) Lords-in-Waiting|Members of London County Council|Progressive Party (London) politicians |
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