Godfrey Collins
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Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins (26 June 1875 – 13 October 1936) was a Scottish Liberal Party (and later National Liberal Party) politician.
He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893. He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Greenock in 1910 and sat for the constituency until his death (from 1931 as a Liberal National).
He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to J. B. Seely, as Secretary of State for War from 1910-1914, and to J. W. Gulland, Chief Liberal Whip from 1915. He served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and Mesopotamia from 1915-1917, and was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1916. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1919-1920 and Chief Liberal Whip from November 1924-1926. From 1932 to 1936 he served as Secretary of State for Scotland.
He was appointed a CMG in 1917, KBE in 1919 and a Privy Counsellor in 1932.
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- Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Halley Stewart |
Member of Parliament for Greenock 1910–1936 |
Succeeded by Robert Gibson |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Sir Archibald Sinclair |
Secretary of State for Scotland 1932–1936 |
Succeeded by Walter Elliot |