William Rickford Collett
(1810-1882), Mine owner and politician; MP for LincolnSitter in 2 portraits
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1842
NPG D22366
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Charles Matthews
11 August 2016, 08:23
William Rickford Collett (1810-1882) was MP for Lincoln, and now has a biography on the History of Parliament site. He is described in Victorian Lincoln by Francis Hill, p. 22, as a banker, railway projector and owner of a slate mine in Tipperary.