COLLINS MBE, William Janson (Jan) 1929-2022
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Richard R
Feb 5, 2022, 4:38:28 AM2/5/22
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From the Telegraph of 5 Feb 2022: COLLINS Jan (William Janson) MBE died peacefully at his daughter's home, aged 92 on 29th January 2022, following a 7 year battle with cancer. A family burial will be followed by a Service of Thanksgiving on Saturday 12th February at 12 noon at St Ninian’s Episcopal Church, Troon... Live stream available. In lieu of flowers, donations if wished to Sue Ryder...
He was s of Sir William Alexander Roy COLLINS CBE 1900-76 (chairman of the eponymous publishers) and Priscilla Marian LLOYD 1901-90 scion of that Welsh gentry family of Dolobran. He m 1951 Lady Sara (Sally) Elena HELY-HUTCHINSON 1930-2013 d of 7th Earl of DONOUGHMORE 1902-81 and Dorothy Jean HOTHAM 1906-95 (4xgt gd of Sir Beaumont HOTHAM 7th Bt 1706-71 f of the 1st and 2nd Barons HOTHAM), and had a son and three daus.
He was s of Sir William Alexander Roy COLLINS CBE 1900-76 (chairman of the eponymous publishers) and Priscilla Marian LLOYD 1901-90 scion of that Welsh gentry family of Dolobran. He m 1951 Lady Sara (Sally) Elena HELY-HUTCHINSON 1930-2013 d of 7th Earl of DONOUGHMORE 1902-81 and Dorothy Jean HOTHAM 1906-95 (4xgt gd of Sir Beaumont HOTHAM 7th Bt 1706-71 f of the 1st and 2nd Barons HOTHAM), and had a son and three daus.
Richard R
Feb 14, 2022, 3:46:23 AM2/14/22
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Obit in the Times of 14 Feb 2022:
E X T R A C T
Jan Collins obituary
Eccentric head of Collins, the publisher, who boosted sales with a Bible in contemporary English that remains the most popular version
...William Janson Collins was born in Great Western Terrace, Glasgow, in 1929, son of Sir William “Billy” Collins, who was head of William Collins and the grandson of the founder of the publishing house, and Priscilla Marian Lloyd...
...When Collins was 15, he met his wife, Lady Sally Hely-Hutchinson, at the Eton and Harrow cricket match at Lord’s.
...He did his National Service as a young officer in the Coldstream Guards. According to family legend, he performed ceremonial duties with such incompetence at Windsor before George VI that the King informed the senior officer in charge: “I never want to see that young officer in my presence again.”... The couple married while he was still at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took an English degree...
...Under the pen name of Harriet Martyn, Lady Sally wrote three girls’ boarding school works of fiction — the Balcombe Hall stories — which were inspired by the escapades of her daughter Jane at St Mary’s, Wantage; and as Sara Healy, three historical novels including a Second World War evacuee story inspired by her own experiences. She died in 2013. He is survived by their four children, Noel, an entrepreneur, Jane who runs her own publishing company in Ireland, Tiffany, a company director, and Bryony who is in technology...
Jan Collins, MBE, publisher and sportsman, was born on June 10, 1929. He died on January 29, 2022, aged 92
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jan-collins-obituary-dw7nhngpg
Eccentric head of Collins, the publisher, who boosted sales with a Bible in contemporary English that remains the most popular version
...William Janson Collins was born in Great Western Terrace, Glasgow, in 1929, son of Sir William “Billy” Collins, who was head of William Collins and the grandson of the founder of the publishing house, and Priscilla Marian Lloyd...
...When Collins was 15, he met his wife, Lady Sally Hely-Hutchinson, at the Eton and Harrow cricket match at Lord’s.
...He did his National Service as a young officer in the Coldstream Guards. According to family legend, he performed ceremonial duties with such incompetence at Windsor before George VI that the King informed the senior officer in charge: “I never want to see that young officer in my presence again.”... The couple married while he was still at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took an English degree...
...Under the pen name of Harriet Martyn, Lady Sally wrote three girls’ boarding school works of fiction — the Balcombe Hall stories — which were inspired by the escapades of her daughter Jane at St Mary’s, Wantage; and as Sara Healy, three historical novels including a Second World War evacuee story inspired by her own experiences. She died in 2013. He is survived by their four children, Noel, an entrepreneur, Jane who runs her own publishing company in Ireland, Tiffany, a company director, and Bryony who is in technology...
Jan Collins, MBE, publisher and sportsman, was born on June 10, 1929. He died on January 29, 2022, aged 92
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jan-collins-obituary-dw7nhngpg
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