Stephen Collins (politician)

Sir Stephen Collins (9 October 1847 – 12 March 1925) was a British Liberal Party politician.

[1][2] The son of William Collins of Swanage, Dorset, Collins moved to London where he became involved in local politics and was a leading member of the temperance movement.

He was twice married: in 1872 to Frances Ann Webber, and following her death to Jane Russell of Marsworth, Hertfordshire in 1901.

[2] A member of the Wandsworth District Board he was subsequently elected to represent Kennington on the London County Council and became an alderman on Lambeth Borough Council.

[3] Collins was a member of the Congregationalist Church and a life-long abstainer from alcohol.