On This Day

26 January 1845

Birth of Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell

Lord Monkswell entered the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1886 and later served in the Liberal administrations of W E Gladstone and Lord Rosebery as a government whip from 1892-95. He was also a member and Chairman of the London County Council for the Progressive Party (as the Liberals on the LCC were known). Robert Collier was the brother of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Collier.