Collins, William Frederick, brother of Henry Akerman Desmond Collins (q.v.); b. Jan. 19, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1897; Royal School of Mines; London Univ.; a mining engineer; adm. to the Inner Temple Nov. 18, 1909; became a tobacco grower at lnjino, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia; served in Great War I as Capt. of Chinese Labour Corps, and as Staff-Capt. Salvage Control, G. H. Q.; author of Mineral Enterprise in China (1919) and Dogs of China and Japan (1921); m. Dec. 7, 1916, Mary Evelyn de Fonblanque; d. 1961.

Collins, William John, brother of James Mottershead Collins (q.v.); b. April 10, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left Sept. 1896.

COLLINS, WILLIAM, son of Antony Collins, Witney, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth Sylvester (IGI); bapt. Witney, Oxfordshire 16 Feb 1752 (IGI, sic); adm. 21 Nov 1768; KS (aged 15) 1769; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1773, matr. 11 Jun 1773, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1773 - void 10 Oct 1789 (expiry year of grace as R. Slapton); BA 1777; MA 1780; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778, priest 20 Dec 1778; Perpetual Curate, Cogges and Hailey, Oxfordshire; Rector of Slapton, Bucks., from 18 Oct 1788; d. Apr 1808.

Collis, Reginald George, son of George Collis, of Croydon, Surrey; b. April 25, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (G); left July 1914.

COLLIS, WILLIAM BLOW, eldest son of William Blow Collis DL, Wollaston Hall, near Stourbridge, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of James Horman, Franche, Kidderminster, Worcs.; b. 7 Feb 1839; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (Scott's); QS Oct 1853; left May 1856; mining engineer and colliery manager; of Swinford House, near Stourbridge, Worcs.; JP (1905) Worcs.; m. 1864 Helen Firmstone, dau. of Henry Cosser, Swinford House, Worcs.; d. 24 Apr 1922.

Collison, David Michael, son of Robert Lewis Wright Collison, librarian and author, of Hampstead, and Mary Patricia Daws, d. of Capt. Frederic Herbert James Marshall OBE, Rifle Brigade, of Croydon; b. 18 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (KS); left July 1954; Magdalene Coll. Camb., matric. 1956, BA 1959, MA 1963; a computer programmer; d. 12 Mar. 1991 in California, USA.

Collon, Alexandre Oscar Auguste Gabriel Constant, son of Auguste Isidor Collon, of Antwerp, Belgium, by Rachel, daughter of Mathieux Coron, of Kovno, Russia; b. Nov. 11, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; a merchant at Antwerp; m. Petronella Margaret Fitzwilliams-Hyde, daughter of Major John Kenrick Lloyd Fitzwilliams, R. H. A. by Margery Laura, daughter of Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde, of Faringdon, Berks.

COLLYER, FRANCIS SPENCER, [doubtless] brother of George Samuel Collyer (qv) [described as son of George Samuel Collyer, and Mary ---, in baptismal entry (IGI)]; b. 30 Sep 1810; adm. (G) 4 Feb 1822.

COLLYNS, CHARLES BAYLEY, son of George Nelson Collyns MRCS LSA, Moreton Hampstead, Devon; b. 16 May 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873; QS 1874; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1878, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, sizar 1881, matr. Mich. 1878; BA 1882; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (St. Albans); Curate, Leytonstone, Essex, 1883-5, Stoke Damerel, Devon, 1885-95; Vicar of Plymstock, Devon, from 1895; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1887 Agnes Emma, younger dau. of J. W. L. Ashe, Bexley, Kent; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1910 Helena Sarah, widow of Rev. Richard Trezise Tyacke, Rector of Meavy, Devon, and of Rev. C. Scott, Vicar of Seaton, Devon, and dau. of William Henry Rough (qv); d. 8 Jun 1913.

COLMAN, GEORGE, son of Francis Colman, British Resident at Court of Tuscany, and Mary, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissioner-Gen. of Musters, and sister-in-law of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 18 Apr 1732; adm. Oct 1741; KS 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void 25 Jun 1764; BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1752, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; Oxford circuit; joint editor with Bonnell Thornton (qv) of The Connoisseur, 1754-6; his first play, Polly Honeycombe, was produced at Drury Lane 5 Dec 1760; his Jealous Wife, the most popular comedy of its day, appeared in the following year, and The Clandestine Marriage, written in collaboration with his friend David Garrick, in 1766; manager, Covent Garden Theatre 1767-74, Haymarket Theatre 1777-89; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1778; edited The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1778; translated The Comedies of Terence, 1765, and Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1783; m. Sarah Ford, actress; d. 14 Aug 1794. DNB.