Biography of Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell 1817-1886
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On 21 Jun 1817 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell was born to John Collier (age 48).
In 1843 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 25) was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. He joined the Western Circuit and Devonshire, Plymouth, and Devonport sessions. His first important success was a brilliant defence of some Brazilian pirates at Exeter in July 1845; the prisoners were, however, condemned to death, and the judge (Baron Platt) refused to reserve a point of law on which Collier insisted. Collier hurried to London and laid the matter before the home secretary (Sir James Graham) and Sir Robert Peel. Both ministers appear to have been convinced by Collier's argument, and on 5 Aug. it was announced in both houses of parliament that Baron Platt had yielded (Hansard, lxxxii. 1349-50, 1367-8). The subsequent argument before all the judges in London of the point taken at the trial resulted in the grant of a free pardon to Collier's clients.
In 1844 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 26) and Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 29) were married.
On 26 Mar 1845 [his son] Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell was born to Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 27) and [his wife] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 30).
On 28 Feb 1849 [his father] John Collier (age 79) died.
On 27 Jan 1850 [his son] John Collier was born to Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 32) and [his wife] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 35).
In 1852 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 34) was elected MP Plymouth. He retained the seat till he became a member of the judicial committee of the privy council. Lord Cranworth made him a queen's counsel in 1854.
The London Gazette 23799. Whitehall, November 23, 1871. The Queen (age 52) has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Sir Robert Porrett Collier (age 54), Knt., to be a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the purposes and under the provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to make further provision for the despatch of business by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council."
In Jul 1873 [his son] Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Josephine Hardcastle Baroness Monkswell (age 23) were married.
On 30 Jun 1879 [his son] John Collier (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 20) were married. They had one child. He would marry her sister Emma aka Ethel Huxley (age 13) ten years later; Married to Two Siblings.
The London Gazette 25486. Whitehall, July 2, 1885. The Queen (age 66) has been please'd to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of 'Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned persons and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, namely:
Mervyn Edward (age 48), Viscount Powerscourt, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, K.P., by the name, style, and title of Baron Powerscourt, of Powerscourt, in the county of Wicklow.
Sir Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild (age 44), Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Rothschild, of Tring, in the county of Hertford. [Emma Louise von Rothschild Baroness Rothschild (age 41) by marriage Baroness Rothschild of Tring in Hertfordshire]
Edward Charles Baring (age 57), Esq., by the name, style, and titie of Baron Revelstoke, of Membland, in the county of Devon. [Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke (age 46) by marriage Baroness Revelstoke of Membland in Devon]
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Porrett Collier (age 68), Knt., a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by the name, style, and title of Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell, in the county of Devon. [[his wife] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 70) by marriage Baroness Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Hobhouse, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hobhouse, of Hadspen, in the county of Somerset.
Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, KC.B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Lingen, of Lingen, in the county of Hereford.
The Right Honourable Edward Gibson, Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne, in the county of Meath.
Rowland Winn (age 65), Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Saint Oswald, of Nostell, in the West Riding of the county of York [Harriet Dumaresq Baroness St Owsald by marriage Baroness St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.]
In 1886 [his wife] Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 71) died.
On 27 Oct 1886 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 69) died. His son [his son] Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Josephine Hardcastle Baroness Monkswell (age 36) by marriage Baroness Monkswell of Monkswell in Devon.