Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell in the County of Devon, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great ...
. It was created in 1885 for the lawyer and
Liberal politician
Sir Robert Collier. His eldest son, the second Baron, served as
Under-Secretary of State for War
The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State ...
in 1895 in the
Liberal administration of
Lord Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death o ...
. His grandson, the fourth Baron (who succeeded his uncle in the title),
disclaimed the peerage on 7 April 1964.
He had earlier been a member of the
Essex County Council
Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. It has 75 councillors, elected from 70 divisions, and is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The council meets at County Hall ...
. the title is held by his grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in that year.
The artist
John Collier John Collier may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*John Collier (caricaturist) (1708–1786), English caricaturist and satirical poet
*John Payne Collier (1789–1883), English Shakespearian critic and forger
*John Collier (painter) (1850–1934), ...
was the younger son of the first Baron. His son,
Sir Laurence Collier, was
British Ambassador to Norway from 1939-50.
Barons Monkswell (1885)
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Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell (1817–1886)
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Robert Collier, 2nd Baron Monkswell (1845–1909)
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Robert Alfred Hardcastle Collier, 3rd Baron Monkswell (1875–1964)
*William Adrian Larry Collier, 4th Baron Monkswell (1913–1984) (
disclaimed 1964)
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Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell
Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (28 January 1947 – 12 July 2020) was a British hereditary peer.
Life
He was educated at Portsmouth University (BSc Mechanical Eng, 1971) and Thames Valley University. He succeeded to the title Baron Mon ...
(1947–2020)
*James Adrian Collier, 6th Baron Monkswell (b. 1977)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, the Hon. Robert William Gerard Collier (born 1979)
References
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External links
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1885
Noble titles created for UK MPs