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COLLIER, JOHN, son of John Collier, High Street, Hastings, Sussex, Surveyor-Gen. of Customs for Kent, Usher and Crier of the Court of King’s Bench, Mayor of Hastings, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Rev. James Cranston, Rector of St. Clement’s and All Saints, Hastings; b. 7 May 1720; adm. Aug. 1732; some interesting details of the school life of John and his brother James are given in C. L. Sayer (ed. ), Correspondence of Mr John Collier (deceased) and his family 1716-1780, vol. 1, 1907; d. 31 Dec 1732. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

COLLIER, JOSHUA, eldest son of Joshua Collier, Tottenham, Middlesex, and Jane, dau. of James Landon, EICS Madras; bapt. St. Olave, Hart Street 1 Dec 1789 (IGI); in school lists 1801; left by May 1803; m.

Collier, Lionel Williams, son of Roy Collier, of West Brompton; b. Sept. 5, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (G); left Easter 1909; served in France with the London Rifle Brigade and obtained a commission in the Somerset Light Infantry April 5, 1915; wounded May 5, 1915; transferred to R.A.F.; wounded again July 1, 1917; m. June 11, 1921, Marjory Vyse, only child of Charles Willoughby Williams, of Chelsea, barrister-at-law.

COLLINGTON, ---; b.; adm. 18 Jan 1661/2; a boarder; twice called Colleton (Busby’s Account Book).

COLLINGTON, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Nathaniel Collington, Vicar of Caldicot, Monmouthshire; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 16) 1661 (Chapter Muniments 43105); Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jul 1662; BA 1666; ordained; licensed to curacy of Smallhythe, Kent, 1667/8; Rector of Pluckley, Kent, from 1676/7; m. (by c. 1681) Mary ---; d. 14 Dec 1735.

COLLINGTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; BB 1691-7 (Chapter Muniments 33726-30).

COLLINGWOOD, EDWARD, brother of John Spencer Stanhope (qv); b. 30 Oct 1791; adm.; in school lists May and Oct 1803; left 1807; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1809; assumed surname of Collingwood in lieu of Spencer Stanhope on inheriting his great-uncle’s estate at Dissington, near Newcastle, 1816; had the reputation of being the best rider in Yorkshire and Northumberland; DL JP Northumberland, High Sheriff 1824; m. 9 Sep 1820 Arabella, dau. of Gen. Henry John Calcraft [check], Cholderton, Hampshire; d. 4 Aug 1866.

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COLLINS, ---; b.; in school list 1754.