Muirhead Collins
Captain Sir Robert Henry Muirhead Collins KCMG, [1] (1852–1927) was an English-born Royal Navy officer, Colonial (Permanent Victorian Naval Forces) naval officer, Colonial public servant, , Australian public service department head and Australia's official representative in London.[2][3]
Life summary[]
1852 | Born 20 September 1852, Chew Magna, Somerset, England | |
1866 | 1877 | Joins Royal Navy |
1876 | Appointed Lieutenant | |
1877 | Appointed Lieutenant Commander; retired from Royal Navy | |
1877 | Appointed lieutenant in the Permanent Victorian Naval Forces (PVNF), Victoria (Australia) | |
1884 | Appointed Commander, PVNF | |
1886 | Retired from Victorian navy with rank of Captain | |
1886 | Married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Samuel Brush, pastoralist, of . | |
1886 | 1901 | Secretary for Defence in Colony of Australia |
1901 | 1906 | Inaugural Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence |
1904 | Appointed CMG[5] | |
1906 | 1910 | Official Secretary to the Commonwealth of Australia in London |
1913 | Delegate for the Commonwealth Government at the International Conference on Lifesaving at Sea in London | |
1917 | Retired | |
1919 | Knighted KCMG | |
1927 | Died 19 April 1927, Bath, Somerset, England[6] |
Collins was born to Dr , a surgeon, and his (née Groset). Collins died in 1927 and was survived by his wife and their son, Major (graduated from Royal Military Academy in Woolwich) of the Australian Army.
References[]
- ^ KCMG, London Gazette, 7 October 1919.
- ^ a b Chris Cunneen and Ann G. Smith 'Collins, Sir Robert Henry Muirhead (1852–1927)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981.
- ^ a b Sir R. M. Collins. Death in New York., The Register, 21 April 1927, pg.9. trove.nla.gov.au
- ^ Collins, Sir Robert Henry Muirhead (1852–1927), Life Summary, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ CMG, 24 June 1904, It's an Honour. Citation: Secretary of the Department of Defence
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
External links[]
- Olwen Prike (1984) Australia House: A Little Australia in London, Backburning, pp. 163–171,254–256. www.api-network.com
- Lieutenant Robert Henry Muirhead Collins, Victorian Navy. www.cerberus.com.au
Categories:
- 1852 births
- 1927 deaths
- Secretaries of the Australian Department of Defence
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Royal Navy officers
- People from Bath and North East Somerset
- Royal Navy personnel stubs