Jesse Collings

Jesse Collings (2 December 1831 – 20 November 1920) was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal (later Liberal Unionist) member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.

Read more about Jesse Collings:  Background, Birmingham Town Council, Free Education, Land Reform, Member of Parliament, As A Liberal Unionist, Portrait

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