MONKS WELL

Robert Porrett Collier , 1 Baron (eld. son of John Collier 1769–1849, M.P. for Plymouth 1832–41). b. Mount Tamar near Plymouth 21 June 1817; ed. at Plymouth gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1843; member of the anti-corn law league; barrister I.T. 27 Jany. 1843, went western circuit, leader of the circuit 1854–63; recorder of Penzance 14 July 1848 to March 1856; M.P. for Plymouth 1852–71; Q.C. July 1854; counsel to Admiralty and judge advocate of the fleet Dec. 1859 to Oct. 1863; solicitor general 2 Oct. 1863 to July 1866; knighted at Windsor Castle 23 Nov. 1863; attorney general 12 Dec. 1868 to Nov. 1871; recorder of Bristol for a few days Oct. 1870; P.C. 3 Nov. 1871; judge of Court of Common Pleas 7 Nov. 1871 where he sat for a few days only; judge of judicial committee of P.C. 22 Nov. 1871 to death; created baron Monks well of Monks well, co. Devon 1 July 1885; exhibited 20 landscapes at R.A. and 3 at Suffolk st. gallery 1864–80; author of The railways’ clauses, companies clauses and lands clauses consolidation acts, 1845, 2 ed. 1847; A treatise on the law relating to mines 1849; A letter on reform of the superior courts of common law 1851, 2 ed. 1852; translated The oration of Demosthenes on the Crown 1875. d. Gra e near Cannes 27 Oct. 1886. bur. Brompton cemet. London. I.L.N. xliii 393 (1863) portrait , liv 385, 446 (1869) portrait ; Saturday Review 30 Oct. 1886 p. 578; Law Journal 30 Oct. 1886 pp. 604, 616, 618.