page_title: Thomas Collins (British politician)
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Collins (British politician)
caption_attribution_description: Caricature of Thomas Collins MP. Caption read "Noisy Tom".
context_page_description: Thomas Collins was a Conservative Party politician in England.
  He was elected as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough at a by-election in 1851 following the death of William Lascelles, but was defeated at the 1852 general election. He regained the seat at the 1857 general election and held it in 1859, but was defeated again at the 1865 general election.
  Collins was returned to the House of Commons at the 1868 general election for Boston, but lost that seat at the 1874 general election.
  He stood unsuccessfully in Derby at the 1880 general election, but won a by-election in Knaresborough in 1881, and held that seat until his death in 1884.
context_section_description: Thomas Collins (1825 – 26 Nov 1884) was a Conservative Party politician in England.
  He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Knaresborough at a by-election in 1851 following the death of William Lascelles, but was defeated at the 1852 general election. He regained the seat at the 1857 general election and held it in 1859, but was defeated again at the 1865 general election.
  Collins was returned to the House of Commons at the 1868 general election for Boston, but lost that seat at the 1874 general election.
  He stood unsuccessfully in Derby at the 1880 general election, but won a by-election in Knaresborough in 1881, and held that seat until his death in 1884.
caption: "Noisy Tom"
  Collins as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1873
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