Collings, William

Collings, William an English Baptist minister, was born in Walworth, August 8, 1814. He was baptized March 2, 1836, and began at once to preach. In 1842 he commenced his pastorate at Kingston-on-Thames, and remained until 1856, when he accepted a call to the Church in Gloucester, and was successful in bringing it up from a depressed state to one of strength and prosperity. He died September 10, 1869. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1870, pages 190, 191. (J.C.S.)