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Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins, KBE, CMG, PC (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 (MP) 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.

References

  • Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Greenock
19101936
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Liberal Chief Whip
1924–1926
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State for Scotland
1932–1936
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