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Richard Henn Collins Collins of Kensington
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "RICHARD HENN COLLINS, COLLINS OF KENSINGTON Baron (1842-1911), English jurist and lord of appeal, was born in Dublin Jan. 1 1842, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Downing College, Cambridge. He was called to the English bar in 1867 and joined the northern circuit. He edited the 7th, 8th and 9th editions of Smith's Leading Cases, was made a Q.C. in 1883 and a judge in 1891. In 1897 he became a judge of appeal and a privy councillor, in 1901 Master of the Rolls, and in 1907 a lord of appeal (resigning in 1 9 10). In 1899 he represented Great Britain on the tribunal appointed to arbitrate in the boundary dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela; and in 1904 he was chairman of the commission which investigated the case of Adolf Beck ( see 14.287) and resulted in his conviction being annulled. Lord Collins died at Hove Jan. 3 1911.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Richard Henn Collins Collins of Kensington'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/richard-henn-collins-collins-of-kensington.html. 1910.
