| Mr William Collins | |
|---|---|
| Jane Austen character | |
 Mr. Collins proposes to Miss Elizabeth Bennet. | |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Home | Hunsford, Kent |
Mr William Collins is a fictional character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. He is the distant cousin of Mr Bennet, a clergyman and holder of a valuable living at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosings Park, the estate of his patroness Lady Catherine De Bourgh, in Kent. Since Mr and Mrs Bennet have no sons, Mr Collins is also the current heir presumptive to the Bennet family estate of Longbourn in Meryton, Hertfordshire, due to the estate being entailed to heirs male.[1] Mr Collins is first introduced during his visit to Longbourn.
- ^ Rossdale, P. S. A. (1980). "What Caused the Quarrel Between Mr Collins and Mr Bennet – Observations on the Entail of Longbourn". Notes and Queries. 27 (6): 503–504. doi:10.1093/nq/27.6.503.