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Thomas Collins (1825 – 26 Nov 1884) was a
Thomas Collins (1825 – 26 Nov 1884) was a Conservative Party
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politician in England.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Knaresborough at a by-election in 1851 following the death of William Lascelles
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles PC (29 October 1798 – 2 July 1851) was a British Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1847 to 1851.
Background
Lascelles was the third son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Hare ...
, but was defeated at the 1852 general election. He regained the seat at the 1857 general election and held it in 1859
Events
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, but was defeated again at the 1865 general election.
Collins was returned to the House of Commons at the 1868 general election for Boston, but lost that seat at the 1874 general election.
He stood unsuccessfully in Derby at the 1880 general election, but won a by-election in Knaresborough in 1881, and held that seat until his death in 1884.
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* 1825 births 1884 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1880–1885 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub