William Collins (Warwick MP) explained

William Collins
Office:	Member of Parliament for Warwick
Term Start:	28 March 1837
Term End:	7 July 1852
Predecessor:	Charles Canning Edward Bolton King
Successor:	George Repton Edward Greaves
Alongside:	Charles Eurwicke Douglas (Jul 1837–1852) Edward Bolton King (Mar. 1837–Jul. 1837)
Death Date:	1859
Nationality:	British
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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 22 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180717175034/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons1.htm. 17 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
2. News: State of Polls, & Members Returned . 17 July 2018 . Worcester Journal . 27 July 1837 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. News: The Appropriation Clause . 17 July 2018 . . 28 August 1837 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
4. News: Elections . 17 July 2018 . Saunders's News-Letter . 28 July 1837 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. 1838. 60. . 22 December 2018.
6. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 100–102 . . 22 December 2018.
7. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 320.