Thomas Collins (other)
Thomas Collins may refer to: * Thomas Collins (governor) (1732–1789), American lawyer and governor of Delaware * Thomas Collins (pirate) (died 1719), English pirate active in the Indian Ocean * Thomas Collins (British politician) (died 1884), Member of Parliament for Knaresborough and Boston * Thomas Collins (bishop of Meath) (1873–1927), Irish Anglican bishop * Thomas Collins (Australian politician) (1884–1945), Australian MP and postmaster-general * Thomas Collins (Arizona politician), American politician * Thomas Patrick Collins (1915–1973), American-born Catholic bishop in Bolivia * Thomas H. Collins (born 1946), retired commandant of the United States Coast Guard * Thomas Collins (cardinal) (born 1947), Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal * Thomas Collins (cricketer, born 1895) (1895–1964), English cricketer * Thomas Collins (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1934), English cricketer * Thomas D. Collins (1847–1935), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War ...
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Thomas Collins (governor)
Thomas Collins (1732 – March 29, 1789) was an American planter and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the American Revolution, and served in the Delaware General Assembly and as President of Delaware. Early life and family Collins was born in Duck Creek, now Smyrna, Delaware, married Sarah, and had four children, William, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah. His sister was the wife of former Governor John Cook. Collins was trained in the law, but never practiced, and must have had considerable wealth available to him as he purchased several large tracts of land in the Duck Creek area early in life. They lived first at ''Gloster'' on the south side of Dawson's Branch and after 1771 at Belmont Hall, now on U.S. Highway 13, south of Smyrna. They were members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Military career Collins began his military career during the American Revolution as lieutenant colonel in Caesar Rodney's Upper Kent m ...
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